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Letters from Judy: It takes heart to tell your story

From therapeutic art workshops with cancer patients to podcast interviews with athletic coaches, I’ve seen how different the effects of grief are in different people. We can feel it emotionally, we can watch it

Meeting Fear and Grief with Mercy

This post explores the connection between fear and grief and how having a merciful perspective creates an opportunity for healing. At the Heart of It • Fear is a normal

There Is No ‘But’ in Grief: Disenfranchised vs. Collective Grief

Whose grief is worse: the doctor who loses her patient, or the family who loses their beloved dog? Which situation is harder: a long, debilitating illness, or a sudden accident?

Letters from Judy: When Your Loss Is Not Recognized

“You were so lucky to have her for so long.” Martha was 75 years old when her mother, Rose, died. Rose had just turned 101. Martha’s friends comforted her by

Letters from Judy: What to Say When Someone Is Grieving

In the early days of my working life, one of my colleagues returned from bereavement leave. Her husband had just passed away, and it was her first day back at

Letters from Judy: Thank you to our teachers

When we think of who is working on the front lines of grief and loss, we picture hospice nurses, firefighters, and counselors. We imagine doctors and first responders. But do

Who Am I Without My Loved One?

Loss doesn’t only take away a person you love. It also takes away a part of yourself. When you first experience a loss, you might feel lost and afloat. It’s

Recipes for Resilience: When I Say “I’m Fine,” I Might Be Masking My Feelings

Welcome to the next installment of our monthly series, Recipes for Resilience, meant to inspire you to reflect, connect, and develop tools that help you on your grief and loss

Letters from Judy: What Do I Do With All This Anger?

“I can’t believe he did this to me. How could he leave me with this much debt? I had no idea things were this bad.” Janet was 66 years old

Letters from Judy: When Does Grief Begin?

I started my career offering bereavement services as a hospice social worker, and those days supporting my patients and their families taught me so much about what I do now.

Recipes for Resilience: I Didn’t Know This Was Grief

We are excited to share our new monthly series called Recipes for Resilience, meant to inspire you to reflect, connect, and develop tools that help you on your grief and

A Good Ritual Brings Us Comfort

Going through grief and loss turns our worlds upside down. Even if our day-to-day stays mostly the same, the way we experience our lives is completely different. The familiar task