Many of us have experienced the loss of a pet. It’s a feeling that words can hardly capture—horrendous, often surprisingly so ...
A preschooler's loss resurfaces differently as a teenager, and adults must understand that grief evolves over years, ...
When Jane Oh and Ben Yan’s 6-month-old son Alexander unexpectedly died in 2017, time seemed to stop. Grief paralyzed the Vancouver couple. Oh could barely get out of bed for the first two years and ...
In Georgia, one in 10 children will lose a parent, sibling or primary caregiver before turning 18. For many of them, help comes from Kate's Club, an Atlanta-based nonprofit that supports children and ...
Schools should be ideal places for children who have faced trauma to process their experiences. Yet too often, school systems ...
A family gathers around a photo of the child they lost to a life-threatening illness. Friends of Karen is a non-profit that provides vital financial, advocacy, and emotional support to families ...
Losing a pet is the first time many children encounter death. The experience can become an opportunity for profound emotional learning and influence how young people understand and process grief when ...
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes in waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” –Vicki Harrison It’s impossible to make ...
At some point, grief has the power to cause a ripple effect in our lives, regardless of our age. Following her mother’s passing, Chantal Rochelle found her young niece grappling to come to terms with ...
A counselling service for children is facing closure after losing its NHS funding. The Lincolnshire Centre for Grief and Loss ...
The sorrow of loss comes to all of us. That’s universal. But how we respond to and experience it varies with remarkable ...
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Music and Grief After Losing a Child

In a deeply moving conversation on the Open to Hope podcast, musician and author Nate McClendon shares his transformative journey through grief following the tragic loss of his 18-year-old daughter ...