VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The death of 12-year-old Juan Acevedo has been devastating to his family, this community, and schoolmates at Larkspur Middle School. But among the challenges faced when a ...

Though grief can seem insurmountable, there are ways to make your way through it including understanding the phases of grief.

We all want to be there for a friend or loved one who is reeling from a loss. But what can we say to help them feel better? Should we say anything at all? It's a familiar debate we've all had, and one ...

Grief can begin before goodbye: guidance for caregivers, families, and children experiencing anticipatory grief to find ...

When a loved one dies, we often spend a lot of time thinking about ourselves: how we’ll never be able to see them, spend time with them or touch them ever again. On some level, we realize that their ...

December marked 10 years since my son, Alex Morgan, was killed - the subject of the Standard's gripping new true-crime podcast, (In)Justice: Killer Privilege. It is a heart-punch to realise that a ...

Until last year, I had never even heard of a grief ritual, so I certainly didn’t know what one was. But I was tossed into the ocean of grief when my father passed away after a long illness. I was lost ...

“Pet loss grief is considered a ‘disenfranchised grief,’ which means it’s a type of grief that’s not widely acknowledged or validated or supported by our dominant culture,’ explains Beth Bigler, a pet ...

Brent was a psychologist who specialized in grief, and we were trained to support others through suffering. Yet nothing could prepare me for my own loss. Research and personal experience have shown me ...