Blog – personal stories, insights & support on grief & loss

A coworker has died, and nobody knows what to say. Practical words and steps for coworkers and managers, from the first 48 hours to supporting the team long-term.

A sudden death shakes more than your heart, it shakes your nervous system. How to recognize trauma and what actually helps right now.

Martina's mom died within a week, with no chance to say goodbye. What remains four years later, and what can help if your mother died suddenly.

Breakup grief is just as real as grief after a death. Why it so often gets dismissed, and what actually helps you right now.

A real grief story about what losing your mother actually feels like, why grief never follows a straight line, and what's different five years later.

"How long is this going to last?" is one of the most common questions in grief. Why there's no fixed timeline, what shapes your grief, and when to reach out for support.

After a loss, your circle of friends often changes too. Some drift away, some stay, and some suddenly become closer than ever. Why this happens and what helps.

After an abortion, relief, certainty, and grief can sit side by side. Why all of these feelings are allowed, and how to find space for them without judgment.

"I should be feeling something, but there's nothing there." Emotional numbness after a death can be a normal protective response, and part of grief rather than its absence.

Racing heart, headaches, brain fog: grief is a whole-body experience. Which physical and mental reactions are normal, why they happen, and how to care for yourself.

Want to be there for someone who's grieving but can't find the right words? What actually helps, which well-meaning phrases can hurt, and how to keep showing up over time.

"It was still so early." Words like these hurt because they make the loss seem smaller. Your grief after a miscarriage is real and doesn't need justifying.

Grief, relief, guilt, all at once? If your relationship with your mother or father was difficult, your grief is still real.

Denial, anger, acceptance: almost everyone has heard of the stages of grief. Where the model really comes from, why it rarely matches real grief, and what can help instead.

A colleague dies, an employee loses a parent: most companies aren't prepared. What HR and managers can do, drawn from real workplace grief programs.

Margarita was 24 when she lost her mom after two years of cancer. In this interview, she shares what gives her strength, what remains, and what grief really feels like.

Eleven years in the corporate world, where grief was taboo. What you need when you have to work after a loss, and why grief needs room between emails and meetings too.