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Why We Need to Give Men Permission to Grieve
View image | gettyimages.com “We feel we should be strong enough to handle grief on our own. Grief doesn’t give us that option.” ____ There are good reasons for not dealing with grief. We have to go...
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LEHR’s Rose: For Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
If you’ve ever lost a child, a pregnancy, or perhaps even the ability to become pregnant in the future, don’t allow others to tell you how or how long you should grieve. “I dreamed of a young band...
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For Evan
CJ Kaplan loses a childhood friend and gains some perspective. — I’ve recently come to a rather maudlin place in my life. A significant number of my contemporaries have lost one or both parents,...
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What I Learned About Grief from a Stranger on a Plane
Embed from Getty Images A random conversation reminded him of some personal truths about grieving the loss of his wife. — A few months ago, I was traveling on business. As I sat on the plane, a man...
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Making the Every Day Difficult Decisions When You are Grieving
Embed from Getty Images Losing a loved one means you’ll have both big and small decisions to make. Trust your inner voice. — I called a company to order something for my wife. The lady who answered...
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How I am Grieving the Loss of My Grandmother
Saying goodbye is difficult, but together we are stronger. ___ Grief is inescapable. It is part of being a human. We each will face grief and it is something you never want to get good at. My...
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Measuring Success by the Love and Writing of a Best Friend Years After His...
Long after losing a best friend, his memory is a reminder to breath easy. — As I walked to work this morning, the sun was still resting below distant Badger Mountain. The streets were quiet and the...
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When a Parent Dies
His diagnosis of death changed the tenor of our conversations. Instead of focusing on the surfaces of life, our conversations became more intimate. It wasn’t until my father was diagnosed with...
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The ‘Ready to Die But Still Alive’ Suicide Club (and the Life That Follows)
“I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.” (Roger Zelazny, Frost & Fire) Since a young age I’ve thought about death, dying, or suicide almost every day—through adolescence...
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I Don’t Need Help: Guys and Grief
Embed from Getty Images — Guys are different. (No, they’re not!) I work at a hospice. Part of my job involves grief support after a loved one dies. When making a bereavement phone call, about half the...
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Men and Death
Embed from Getty Images — Men cannot “fix” death. Hence, death irritates and unsettles men to no end. Men were not designed to deal with death. Even less so than women, though they are not either....
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Big Boys Don’t Cry: Helping Men With Their Grief
Embed from Getty Images — When was the last time you saw a man really cry? This was a topic raised in one of my men’s groups recently and most of the men (myself included) shared a feeling of...
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The Armor That Sinks Men
Embed from Getty Images — I accidentally discovered armor when my Father died. I’d been unaware until a confrontation with a neighbor revealed how guarded I’d become. She’d learned of my Father’s...
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We Men Must Learn How to Grieve (Everything)
— In 2010, I spent 12 months in a purple SUV Dodge Durango crisscrossing North America on the most wondrous adventure with five other men, five brilliant musical shamans forever my brothers. That...
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Fathers and Grief
Father’s Day is typically a time to honor our fathers. A time of giving thanks to those men that have raised us, hopefully, with love and care. Many of us reflect on fathers who have passed. There’s...
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Nazim Artist on Sacred Grief
This line from Shakespeare’s “King Henry VI” has become an internal reference point for Nazim Artist as he navigates life after the loss of his wife and muse, Celeste Yarnall, a 1960s starlet, 19 years...
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Why We Can’t Just ‘Get Over’ Grief
Grief is universally experienced but is very complex. Losing a loved one or experiencing a traumatic life circumstance are challenges that many will have to deal with in their lifetime. The closer you...
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Making the Journey Through Loss and Grief
We all experience loss, and the resulting grief, at some point in our lives. Dealing with the pain of loss is a part of the mythological roots of the hero’s journey. Legends from around the world...
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3 Healthy Ways for Men to Deal With Grief
Death and loss are often associated with different intensities of grief, especially if it’s of a family member or friend or even a beloved pet. Grief can be overwhelming, and it can bring with it...
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‘My Friend Just Died. I Don’t Know What to Do’
View image | gettyimages.com One man on Reddit responded with a life lesson we all need to hear. ____ Alright, here goes. I’m old. What that means is that I’ve survived (so far) and a lot of people...
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