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 ...

When Cody Delistraty lost his mother in 2014, he was surprised by the various ways that he, his brother and his father dealt with their grief. The journalist and speechwriter had expected his family’s ...

Trauma overwhelms the nervous system. It floods the body with vigilance and fear, pulling attention into an eternal present where danger feels ongoing. In that state, the future becomes either ...

While the holidays are supposed to bring a time of joy, surveys consistently show it is a time of sadness for many, especially when dealing with loss.

Navigating the holidays can be exhausting for anyone, but for grievers, the effort can feel downright Herculean. That’s because, much like the hustle and bustle of the season, grieving is exhausting.

When is grief too much grief? Journalist and editor Cody Delistraty examines this question in “The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss,” a hybrid memoir through which he explores the role of ...

My dad died three years ago. Looking at blue Christmas lights and telling family stories reminds me of him over the holidays.

As the earliest Chinchorro mummies were children from the Camarones Valley, researchers discovered that their environment contained high levels of arsenic. This toxicity affected their reproductive ...

Humans aren’t the only species that mourn their dead. Mother chimpanzees have been observed carrying their dead babies for months, continuing to groom them during this time. Giraffes, crows, and ...