Our culture has never been comfortable with death. When someone close to us has a parent, sibling, or child die, we often don’t know what to say, let alone how to provide comfort and support. It’s ...

Grieving individuals often struggle with decision-making, making open-ended offers of help overwhelming. Supportive actions ...

In this segment of the Making a Difference series, a look at how grief can lead to loneliness and ways to address those ...

Whether you're navigating personal loss or supporting someone who is, there are compassionate resources available both ...

The term Gold Star Family refers to the immediate family of a U.S. service member who died in the line of duty. It's a term Oscar-nominated actor Virginia Madsen was all too familiar with even before ...

Whether one leaves a role voluntarily, is laid off, or transitions to a “better” opportunity, the experience often feels like ...

Five years ago, Sandra Wittman wrote to the Sun-Times about the COVID death of her husband, Norm. Today she struggles to ...

In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish ...

When my older sister “Sonya” was a teen, she was assaulted by an adult. She got pregnant, and our parents refused to let her terminate the pregnancy or put the baby up for adoption. Sonya was an ...

Connie Sherburne lost her husband to a plane accident in 2020. A small bit of advice she got from an insurance company employee made a huge difference in her life for years after that.

The sorrow of loss comes to all of us. That’s universal. But how we respond to and experience it varies with remarkable diversity.