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The Geometry of Grief: Mathematician Michael Frame on How Fractals Help Fathom and Move Through Loss
7 min read · Nov 11th · “The distance between here and there is the answer to the wrong question.”
Aeon+Psyche
How the brain responds to grief can change who we are
9 min read · Aug 10th · The five stages of grief can’t begin to explain it: grief affects the body, brain and sense of self, and patience is the key
The Atlantic
The Year of Postponed Grief
3 min read · Aug 18th · 16 months after my grandmother died, my family finally gathered to bury her.
The Atlantic
What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind
Aug 9th · Grief, conspiracy, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11
BuzzFeed News
My Phone Doesn’t Realize My Mother Is Dead
10 min read · Aug 3rd · Technology has made avoiding painful memories impossible.
The Guardian
Unspeakable grief: breaking the silence around terminations for medical reasons
7 min read · Aug 9th · In the UK, at least 5,000 pregnancies a year end in termination for medical reasons, but the grief and guilt of the parents can endure for years, while they often feel unable to speak openly about…
ELLE Magazine (US)
How Amanda Kloots Faced Modern Grief
~11 min read · Jun 10th · Tens of thousands of followers witnessed the fitness entrepreneur's Instagram dispatches documenting the three-month hospitalization and eventual death of her husband, actor Nick Cordero. Is this how…
Brain Pickings
I Measure Every Grief I Meet: Emily Dickinson on Love and Loss
4 min read · May 29th · “‘Tis good — the looking back on Grief.”
The Guardian
Post-traumatic growth: the woman who learned to live a profoundly good life after loss
9 min read · May 11th · After the deaths of her son and husband, Rhian Mannings emerged slowly from grief to start a charity and find love again. What does her experience tell us about how suffering can change us?
The New York Times
How Losing a Pet Can Make You Stronger
5 min read · May 3rd · The process of acceptance and letting go builds the resilience necessary to navigate an array of life’s obstacles.
The New York Times
The Biology of Grief
6 min read · Apr 22nd · Scientists know that the intense stress of grieving can affect the body in various ways, but much remains a mystery.
The New York Times
We Weren’t Meant to Grieve Alone
4 min read · Apr 8th · We’ve been deprived of the last moments with loved ones and in-person gatherings to mourn together. What can we do to heal?
The New York Times
When an Estranged Relative Dies, Some Face Grief, Regret and Relief
7 min read · Apr 5th · Some have regrets over unfinished business. For others, the end of an unhappy and complicated relationship just comes as a relief.
Brain Pickings
Growing Through Grief: Derek Jarman on Gardening as Creative Redemption, Consecration of Time, and Training Ground for Presence
6 min read · Apr 5th · “The gardener digs in another time, without past or future, beginning or end… Here is the Amen beyond the prayer.”
The New York Times
How to Start Healing During a Season of Grief
7 min read · Apr 1st · There is no singular way to respond to heartache or sorrow. Find the strategy that works best for you.
The New York Times
It’s OK to Grieve for the Small Losses of a Lost Year
~11 min read · Mar 16th · There is a name for grief that isn’t routinely acknowledged: disenfranchised grief.
