Here it is, the 4th Thursday in November. Thanksgiving can be the hardest holiday of the bunch. It’s centered on community and gratitude and all of it seems to highlight the empty place at the table – even if those big gatherings aren’t happening this year because of the ongoing pandemic. Let’s take gratitude…
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Grief Impacts Dreams & Nightmares
Though sleep is even more decessary during intense grief than it is at other times, nightmares about your loss can make sleep something you’d rather avoid. Dream-state sleep is when our minds do the deep, heavy work of breaking down the reality of loss into absorbable pieces. Recurrent dreams and nightmares don’t bring solutions or…
Grief is Brutal and Beautiful
Grief is so brutal. And sometimes, there’s beauty right alongside all the awful things. This story is about one of those times something beautiful sat alongside the intensity of grief. Be sure to click through the hear it: it’s an audio story. This audio clip below is the first part of the story. It’s from…
Biden’s super power: not turning away from grief
The US just elected a person who lost his wife and daughter to a car accident, and then years later, his son, to cancer. He’s also familiar with addiction and recovery. Our VP elect is *quite* familiar with misogyny and racism – all things that impact, influence, create, and flow from loss. As all of…
Grief Impacts Sleep
Sleep—getting too much or too little—is a big thing inside grief. Especially in the early days (define early for yourself), grief often seems to have its own sleep schedule. Sleep is a time of restoration for the body, and it’s always the first place to look for improvement or comfort when things are completely falling…
Upcoming Event! Bereavement and Grief: Megan Devine in conversation on Speak On October 21, 2020
Join me in conversation with Speak On host Yolanda Copes-Stepney on Wednesday, October 21st at 7pm BST (11am PST). Find more information and the sign up at this link. Check out the complete list of Speak On’s mental health awareness events at speakonevents.eventbrite.com. Wishing for some company inside your grief? Now, as always, the very…
Don’t Grieve Alone. Reach Out.
This New York Times article mentions something I talk about often: the emotional time share. At a time when most people are stressed and many are grieving, it can be hard to be there for each other. Naming that struggle – and creating systems of mutual support – can really help. “With grief on this…
What Chrissy Teigen’s Public Grief Shaming Says About Our Culture—And How Far We Have To Go
In our own little world here – where we acknowledge and respect all grief – it can be easy to think the work is done. People know that grief is normal and healthy; that just because it’s painful doesn’t mean it’s “wrong.” But all it takes is one quick glance at the way Chrissy Teigen…