The Science of Grief: What Happens to Your Brain?

The Science of Grief: What Happens to Your Brain?

Grief isn’t just an emotional experience—it’s a biological event that changes the way your brain functions. When you lose someone you love, your body reacts as if it’s under attack. Your brain chemistry shifts, your nervous system goes into survival mode, and even...
How Grief Affects Self-Identity

How Grief Affects Self-Identity

Grief doesn’t just take away a person you love—it can take away who you thought you were. Losing someone close to you can make the world feel unrecognizable, including the version of yourself that once existed. Suddenly, the roles you played, the routines you...
Breaking the Cycle of Grief Avoidance

Breaking the Cycle of Grief Avoidance

Grief is painful. It’s messy, unpredictable, and sometimes unbearable. And because of that, many people do something that feels easier in the moment: they avoid it. They distract themselves with work, social media, endless errands, or mindless TV. They push down their...
Guilt vs. Regret in Grief: Understanding the Difference

Guilt vs. Regret in Grief: Understanding the Difference

Grief carries many emotions, but two of the most painful—and often confusing—are guilt and regret. They whisper in your mind late at night, replaying moments over and over. I should have called more. Why didn’t I visit that day? I should have done something...
When You Feel Nothing After Loss

When You Feel Nothing After Loss

Grief is often imagined as endless sobbing, deep sadness, and overwhelming emotions. But what happens when you feel… nothing? When the loss is real, but your heart feels frozen? When people expect you to cry, but you can’t? Emotional numbness is a real and common...
The Silent Weight of Grieving Without Words

The Silent Weight of Grieving Without Words

Grief doesn’t always look like we expect. Sometimes, it arrives in silence—not in sobs or outbursts, but in the quiet moments when you feel an unbearable weight pressing down on you. It’s the kind of grief that makes your chest feel tight, your body heavy, and your...