Tag: Grief
The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies,...
Brian N. Chin, Trinity College
I saw it firsthand after my cat Murphy died earlier this year. She’d been...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
