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David Kessler recently added a sixth stage to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief, and that is Finding Meaning. The original stages left something important off the table: what happens after acceptance? How do we go forward? Remember, the Five Stages weren’t originally meant for the grieving at all, rather they were created to help…
It sounds creepy, but Swedish Death Cleaning is a home organizing trend that might actually have some staying power. (It’s already a common practice in Sweden.) This method of decluttering keeps one simple concept in mind: Your stuff is going to become someone else’s problem after you die. If you’ve ever had to go through…
As a follower of my content, you’ve probably realized I have a close relationship with grief, loss, resilience, and death. So, it’s no surprise that I’ve started studying to become a death doula. The title sounds new age-y and, hey, I am kind of new age-y, but I’m also very practical and I know exactly…
Dear Janet, To say I was blindsided the day you died last year would be an understatement, and fittingly would be exactly how you died. (Somehow the impact it had on me was more important than the one that took you out? This is what grief does to us.) It was first thing in the…
