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What not to do after losing a spouse or partner: A financial checklist

By Melanie Lockert | January 8, 2025 | 0 Comments

Taking the vow “until death do us part” ushers in a life filled with love and joy. But when it comes time to part, losing a spouse or partner is among the most painful life experiences one can go through. The weight of a loss can disrupt your life emotionally and financially. Recent findings from Ohio […]

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How Grief Changes Over Time…

By Amanda Winstead | January 1, 2025 | 0 Comments

… What to Expect in the Long-Term Journey   Grief stays with us throughout our lives but changes as time passes. The first stage can feel completely overwhelming, but as days pass, many people find that grief becomes a natural and more controllable part of their everyday world. Grief doesn’t stick to a schedule or […]

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New Year’s Grieving Resolutions: AfterTalk Weekly

By Larry Lynn | December 25, 2024 | 0 Comments

There are several suggested New Year’s resolutions for the grieving. This one is from Hospice of the Red River Valley: I resolve to not place time limits on my grief; it will take as long as it takes. I resolve to acknowledge my grief as my own—that it is as individual as I am—and will take shape […]

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Reflecting on the Awesome Power of “Telling the Story”…

By Alan Wolfelt | December 18, 2024 | 0 Comments

…Going Backward Before We Go Forward   It was Soren Kierkegaard that wisely noted, “Life must be lived forward, but it can only be understood backwards.” As the 25th anniversary of the death of my father approaches this next month, I have found myself instinctively going backward. Backward to the days just prior to his […]

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Waking Up to Gratitude: AfterTalk Weekly

By Alan Wolfelt | December 11, 2024 | 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: it’s obvious that this was written during COVID, but the sentiments it conveys are true for all time. Despite what the world is doing to us, we should all awaken to gratitude. I’ve become a fan of sunrises. Before COVID-19 changed all of our lives, my busy travel and teaching schedule had me […]

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Pearl Harbor: Eleanor Roosevelt Consoles a Nation: AfterTalk Inspirational

By Larry Lynn | December 4, 2024 | 0 Comments

The first public figure to speak to the American People about Pearl Harbor was not President Roosevelt, but his wife, First Lady Eleanor during her weekly radio broadcast. In her remarks she let the nation in on what was going on in Washington at that moment—and spoke specifically to the women of America, who might […]

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Managing Your Own Grief During the Holidays: An AfterTalk Plan B

By Larry Lynn | November 27, 2024 | 0 Comments

  My co-Founder Lisa suggested this. So nobody you know took my advice and called to include you in their holiday plans. Sorry that didn’t work out.. And you were too reluctant to reach out to them and ask to be included. Most of us feel this way. It’s hard to impose yourself on others […]

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Embracing the Sadness of Grief

By Alan Wolfelt | November 20, 2024 | 2 Comments

“In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.” — Marianne Williamson Sadness is a hallmark symptom of grief, which in turn is the consequence of losing something we care about. In this way you could say that sadness and love are inextricably linked. Yes, […]

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Continuing bonds and making deceased loved ones a part of holiday seasons

By Louise McOrmond-Plummer | November 13, 2024 | 0 Comments

By Louise McOrmond Plummer Since my beloved husband Ken’s death in 2016, Christmas has, for the most part, felt pretty ordinary. Being that we are now leading up to the 8th Christmas, one might suppose that I have become used to it, but the truth is, it still hurts, and at the risk of sounding like […]

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Getting through complicated grief with antidepressants?

By Alan Wolfelt | November 6, 2024 | 0 Comments

Is the best and probably only way to get through complicated grief antidepressants? by Center for Loss | Sep 23, 2024 | Ask Dr. Wolfelt, Featured This question was recently posed to Dr. Wolfelt – “Is the best and probably only way to get through complicated grief antidepressants?” See his answer below. My short answer is absolutely not! Why? Because we […]

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