Nathan Isler shares his journey through grief after losing his father, offering insights on the resilience that comes on the ...

When someone you love dies, the world as you’ve known it is totally upended. “In the actual book, she talked about more than five stages,” Kessler said. “Think about the context of 1969 — doctors and ...

When Cody Delistraty lost his mother in 2014, he was surprised by the various ways that he, his brother and his father dealt with their grief. The journalist and speechwriter had expected his family’s ...

The loss of significant people in our lives comes with many contingencies. Giving attention to these contingencies can ...

The call to be merry and bright can feel impossible when your heart is heavy. Instead, here are a few practices to help ...

My brother Oliver died of a drug overdose in the 1980s. As my parents rode a taxi home from the morgue, they learned that their taxi driver had also lost a son, years prior. “Does the pain get any ...

They say one of the hardest things about life is death, and it’s true. The pain of losing a friend or loved one is immense. And while we all grieve differently, there are some universal truths. One is ...

Jesus said, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). The promise is not that lament will erase our wounds, but that God himself will comfort us in them — and often use ...

For those who have lost loved ones, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. But a Castle Rock community group is ...

“A Real Pain,” written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg, prompts its viewers and characters to consider how true pain manifests. The film centers around two first cousins, David and Benji, portrayed by ...

In recent decades, the conversation surrounding abortion has primarily surrounded women and as a result of societal expectations, men might be less likely to express their true feelings about an ...

When someone you love dies, the world as you've known it is totally upended. One way people cope, psychologist Sherry Cormier said, is by trying to find some sort of certainty. This need for structure ...