Articles About Grief
Dr. Alan Wolfelt runs The Center for Loss and Life Transition. He regularly writes books and articles regarding grief and dealing with grief. There are several helpful articles found here.
General Grief
These thoughtful articles provide guidance and direction for anyone touched by grief
Helping Others with Grief
The following articles provide many practical suggestions for helping others with grief
Helping Yourself with Grief
The following articles provide many practical suggestions to help you move toward healing in your unique grief journey
- Too Much Loss: Grief Overload and Its Causes
- First Aid for Broken Hearts
- Why Choose A Final Resting Place for Your Loved One
- What’s Your Love Language
- The Teeter-Totter of Resilience and Vulnerability in Grief
- You Must Say Hello Before You Say Goodbye
- You Must Make Friends with the Darkness Before You Can Enter the Light
- You Must Go Backward Before You Can Go Forward
- Helping Yourself Heal When an Adult Sibling Dies
- Mustering the Courage to Mourn
- Love and Grief:
In Communion and Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts - Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Loved Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When Your Parent Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies
- Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
- Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief
- Helping Yourself Live When You Are Seriously Ill
- Exploring the Uniqueness of Your Suicide Grief
- Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace Part 1
- Healing Your Traumatized Heart: Seeking Safety, Understanding, and Peace Part 2
- Healing Your Grieving Body: Physical Practices for Mourners
- The Spiritual Path to Healing: An Introduction
- The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 1
- The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 2
- The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 3
- The Spiritual Path to Healing: Mourning Ideas, Part 4
- Dispelling the Misconceptions About Suicide and Grief and Mourning
- Will I Befriend My Feelings Or Will I Deny, Repress, Or Inhibit Them?
- Will I Grieve Or Will I Mourn?
- The Capacity to Love Requires the Necessity to Mourn
- Embracing the Sadness of Grief
- When Your Soulmate Dies
For and About Grieving Children and Teens
The following articles provide wonderful insight in helping children and teens understand and express their grief
- Finding the Right Words: Guidelines on how to talk to grieving children about death
- Helping Children Cope With Grief
- Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief
- Helping Infants and Toddlers Cope with Grief
- Helping Children with Funerals
- Helping Children Understand Cremation
- Helping Grieving Children at School
- Helping Bereaved Siblings Heal
Funerals, Memorials, Cremation and Related Topics
The following articles can help you understand the importance of the rituals surrounding death
For Hospices and Other Caregivers
The following articles are designed to help caregivers take care of themselves as well as those who are suffering from loss
- Companioning the Bereaved: An Introduction
- Tenet 1: Companioning Principle
- Tenet 2: Companioning Principle
- The Awesome Power of “Telling The Story”
- Caregiver as Gardener: A Parable
- Companioning vs. Treating: Beyond The Medical Model of Bereavement Caregiving
- Growing Through Grief: The Role of Support Groups
- Responding to Problems in the Support Group Setting
- The Bereavement Caregiver’s Self-Care Guidelines