March 11 marks the fourth anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration that the COVID-19 outbreak was a pandemic. COVID-19 hasn’t gone away, but there have been plenty of actions that ...

What compounds it is that the culture around aging parenting doesn't have much language for this. There are scripts for proud ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul presented lawmakers and advocates of the Grieving Families Act with an 11th hour proposal that would have largely gutted the law, offering a series of chapter amendments as an all-or ...

Co-authored by Nina Bakoyiannis, PhD and Amy Vigliotti, PhD Grief is one of the most universal human experiences; each of us will endure the pain of losing someone we love, whether it was a pet who ...

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 ...

Grief is complicated, but author Annie Sklaver Orenstein tells Morning Edition there are simple ways to help those grieving a loss. (Getty Images) Annie Sklaver Orenstein was 25 when her brother Ben ...

It’s almost impossible to know what to say to someone in the throes of grief. We all want to say something comforting. Very few of us know what that is. I’ve learned this the hard way. My beloved ...

Before dropping her album The Tortured Poets Department this spring, Taylor Swift shared five intriguing playlists. Based on the Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s “five stages” of ...

Grief takes many forms. From lost loved ones to life-changing injuries, it can make us feel numbly — even agonizingly — frozen in place. For anyone grieving, one question often lingers: How long will ...

The message Jesus shares with his disciples in today’s Gospel is relayed before his crucifixion. At the moment when he speaks ...

The holiday season, often considered a time of joy and togetherness, can also be one of the most challenging periods for those who are grieving a loss. Nearly 95 percent of people who have experienced ...

Annie Sklaver Orenstein, author of Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner's Guide to Grief, tells Morning Edition that grief is complicated but... Grieving the dead is complicated. Here's how you can ...