Tag: Grief
Want to help Maui’s animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble
Sarah DeYoung, University of Delaware
An estimated 3,000 pets were still missing more than a week after deadly wildfires...
A trauma-focused therapy is helping Ukrainian children besieged by war –...
Zlatina Kostova, UMass Chan Medical School
Childhood trauma is a global health problem. Every year, up to 1 billion...
Processing and grieving an ongoing loss – such as a child...
Brad Phillips, West Virginia University
Traditional loss is typically considered a five-stage process, linear and time-bound, where a person...
Pushing ‘closure’ after trauma can be harmful to people grieving –...
Nancy Berns, Drake University
From the breakup of a relationship to losing a loved one, people are often told...
What Greek epics taught me about the special relationship between fathers...
Joel Christensen, Brandeis University
Father’s Day inspires mixed emotions for many of us. Looking at advertisements of happy families...
What Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ can teach us about reentering the world after...
Joel Christensen, Brandeis University
In the ancient Greek epic “The Odyssey,” Homer’s hero, Odysseus, describes the wild land of...
Here’s why Christmas movies are so appealing this holiday season
S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate, Hamilton College
With the pandemic limiting travel over the holiday season, many Americans will be settling in front of the television to...
Schools fall short when it comes to helping students in grief...
David Schonfeld, University of Southern California
An adolescent experiences the death of his mother after a lengthy illness.
When I ask what services he would like...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
