In the aftermath of loss, was it really within your control? Or was it a natural aspect of life that shall pass with time?

grievingJennifer GoodMay 11, 2023psychology, psychological, grief, effortComment

How to Digitally Preserve Your Loved One’s Life and Memories

Preserving the life of an older family member or friend can be a large undertaking, and it’s undeniable that using technology is the best way to ensure that their memories and stories are available and easily accessible for generations to come.

grievingJennifer GoodFebruary 20, 2023remembering, digital, preserve memoriesComment

Funeral Planning: Adding A Celebration of Life

Whether your plans involve community events, religious traditions, or an intimate family gathering, it can be easy to lose touch with the happier times spent with your loved one in the midst of grief. One way to ensure that funeral plans include the grief of those mourning and highlight the full life lived by your loved one is by adding a celebration of their life to your services.

planning, grievingJennifer GoodFebruary 13, 2023funeral planning, funeral, legacy and funeralComment

Physical and Emotional Symptoms of Grief

Grief can be described as deep sorrow that is felt usually after a negative experience. It is something that everyone experiences at least once in their lifetime. Grief is not limited to the death or loss of a loved one, it can also occur in circumstances that range from your children not meeting your expectations to not being seen. Through the years, scientists and researchers have studied the effects of grief and how the body reacts to this experience. In this article, we will discuss some of the effects grief has on the body and how they show up physically and emotionally.

grievingJennifer GoodNovember 3, 2022grief resources, griefComment

The Myths Around Grief

Throughout history, myths have existed to give context to different phenomenal experiences. They are often fables with narratives that are out of this world. The integrity of these myths have often been associated with folklore. They are ideas that are widely held but false and not objectively true. In this article, I will try to dispel some of the myths and stigmas surrounding grief.

grievingJennifer GoodOctober 25, 2022griefComment

Outliving a Deceased Parent

Writer, producer, and filmmaker, Ava DuVernay was once asked “how do you deal with heartbreak?” She replied “You don’t. You live with it like a stranger until it becomes familiar and changes form. Until it becomes knowledge and power. But until then, just let it walk beside you. There’s really nothing else to be done.”

grievingJennifer GoodOctober 17, 2022specific situations, deceased parent, outliving, agingComment

Grieving victims of anti-Asian hate crimes and violence toward AAPI peoples

Due to the recent surge of anti-Asian hate crimes and violence deliberately targeted toward the AAPI population, feelings of anger, unease, and sadness have taken root and begun running rampant within Asian/Asian American communities across the State

grievingJennifer GoodJune 22, 2022grief resourcesComment

Coping When a Loved One has Dementia

Seeing a loved one develop dementia and experiencing the pain of being forgotten from their memories may be one of the toughest things that you can go through.

emotional/spiritual, grievingJennifer GoodFebruary 3, 2022emotional and spiritualComment

Your Brain on Grief

Seeing how COVID-19 has affected so many people in the last year and a half, grief is becoming more and more relevant in the global community.

grievingJennifer GoodSeptember 28, 2021grief resourcesComment

How To Help a Friend Through Grief

Of the many things one friend can be to another, a shoulder to cry on following the death of a loved one is among the most important.

grievingJennifer GoodSeptember 23, 2021grief resourcesComment

How to grieve someone who died of an unknown cause

Grieving unknown causes of death can feel even more difficult than what might be expected, as a person learns to navigate a loss that also carries with it a lot of uncertainty.

grievingJennifer GoodAugust 17, 2021grief situationsComment

Grieving a death that occurred during childbirth

It may be helpful to know the current health situation surrounding maternal deaths within the US as you try to move on from such a tragedy.

grievingJennifer GoodAugust 4, 2021grief situationsComment

How has COVID disrupted the grieving process?

Due to restrictions, a majority of people could not meet their loved ones who were sick, even for a goodbye.

grievingJennifer GoodJuly 30, 2021covid and culture, grief situationsComment

How memorialization helps the grieving process - and why you should do it

In this article, we discuss how memorialization can be a way to both remember a lost loved one, and also heal and grow through the grief you experience afterwards.

grievingJennifer GoodJuly 15, 2021grief situations, grief resourcesComment

Three ways siblings can support each other after a death

Here are a few suggestions for how to support a sibling after a death in ways that will lead to healing and acceptance.

grievingJennifer GoodJuly 9, 2021grief situations, grief resourcesComment

Here's a list of charities that help those dealing with grief

Here are a few charities that deal with grief, supporting those who have been through or are going through a difficult period of grieving.

grievingJennifer GoodJune 15, 2021grief resourcesComment

When grieving, here's what to do when people say the wrong thing

When a friend or family member makes an unhelpful comment or suggestion, it can feel like a failure of empathy. Here’s what to do in that situation.

grievingJennifer GoodMay 26, 2021grief resourcesComment

How to support a parent who is grieving the loss of their spouse

Once the funeral service is over and friends and relatives return home, a parent’s grief process is just beginning. Here’s what you can do to help.

grievingJennifer GoodMay 19, 2021grief situationsComment

$Grief can fracture families. Here's what to keep in mind as you heal, and reconcile.$

Grief can fracture families. Here's what to keep in mind as you heal, and reconcile.

Because familial differences can often lead to misunderstandings and disagreements, here are some reminders we can all keep in mind to reconcile and heal strained relationships.

grievingJennifer GoodMay 12, 2021grief resourcesComment

Tips on how to face the challenge of grieving as a parent

Instead of simply establishing a barricade between ones’s child and how one feels, here are three things that will help to balance the demands of grief and parenting.

grievingJennifer GoodMay 5, 2021grief situationsComment

Peacefully