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FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE: An AfterTalk Inspirational Quote for High Holy Days

By Larry Lynn | October 2, 2024 | 0 Comments

FIVE MINUTES TO LIVE is a famous sermon given by Rabbi Kenneth Berger on Yom Kippur day in the fall of 1986. It was inspired by the crash of the Challenger space shuttle on January 28, 1986 and the subsequent revelation that the crew had likely survived the explosion and lived for another five minutes […]

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Navigating Grief: How to Help a Teen Cope with a Peer’s Death by Suicide

By Larry Lynn | September 25, 2024 | 0 Comments

  by Beau Peters Losing a loved one is never easy and we all deal with grief in our own ways. However, teens can have an even harder time navigating their emotions during grief because teen years are already tumultuous and fraught with change that can cause stress and anxiety. The specifics surrounding the event […]

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How Grief Changes Relationships

By Amanda Winstead | September 18, 2024 | 0 Comments

Grief changes everything. It changes how you sleep and eat; it changes how you work and how you spend your free time. Grief changes how you think. So, it makes sense that grief changes how you relate to other people. So many people want to be supportive of those who are in mourning, but so […]

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We Grieve, We Remember, We Support Each Other: Thoughts from a 9/11 Widow and Grief Advocate

By Alan Wolfelt | September 11, 2024 | 0 Comments

By Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. We as a nation will never be “done” mourning the loss of 2,977 lives lost during the attack on September 11, 2001. On that Tuesday morning at the World Trade Center in New York, more than 2,700 people died, among them over two thousand people working at the Twin Towers, […]

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You’re Not Crazy – You’re Grieving Pt. 6

By Alan Wolfelt | September 4, 2024 | 0 Comments

Part 6: Living and Grieving Together by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.  In the early days after the death of someone you love dearly, it’s normal for this step to seem like a ridiculous impossibility. You feel so raw and torn apart, you can’t imagine surviving, let alone returning to any semblance of “normal life.” But […]

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You’re Not Crazy – You’re Grieving Pt. 5

By Alan Wolfelt | August 28, 2024 | 0 Comments

  Part 5: Embracing Your Spirituality Helps You Survive by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. In early grief, existential questions tend to naturally arise. Why did the person have to die? Why now? Why in this way? Why does anyone live and die? Why are we here? I often say “why” questions naturally precede “how” questions. […]

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You’re Not Crazy – You’re Grieving Pt. 4

By Alan Wolfelt | August 21, 2024 | 0 Comments

Part 4: Telling Your Stories Helps You Survive by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Telling your stories of love and loss helps you survive. The more you allow yourself to tell your stories, the more you will be helping yourself embark on a healthy path to integrating loss into your life. Going Backward Before Forward Since […]

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Nurturing Silence: Self-Care Strategies for the Thoughtful Soul

By Camille Johnson | August 14, 2024 | 0 Comments

Nurturing Silence is about self-Care Strategies for the Thoughtful Soul. Dealing with the loss of a loved one is an incredibly challenging experience. As an introvert, you might find traditional methods of coping overwhelming. Creating a self-care plan tailored to your needs can help you navigate this difficult time. AfterTalk explains how to build a […]

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You’re Not Crazy – You’re Grieving Pt. 3

By Alan Wolfelt | August 7, 2024 | 0 Comments

Part 3: Acknowledging the Illusion of Control by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Death naturally throws thoughts, feelings, and behaviors into disarray. Nothing may feel “normal” right now. Your routines and schedules might be chaotic. You may often find yourself surprised at things you think, say, or do. Small things that you used to take in […]

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You’re Not Crazy – You’re Grieving Pt. 2

By Alan Wolfelt | July 31, 2024 | 0 Comments

Part 2: It’s Important for You to Feel Safe and Comforted by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Have you felt stressed, anxious, fearful, agitated, panicked, worried, or uneasy since the death? I’m not sure grief is possible without these feelings. As author C.S. Lewis wrote after his 45-year-old wife died of cancer, “No one ever told me […]

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