We often struggle to talk about death with other adults, so we often feel helpless when the need arises to inform a child someone has died.
Good Grief News
Self-Care for Health: Top 3 Coping Strategies
The idea of caring for ourselves can feel a bit strange during times of heightened stress in our lives when it is easy to become self-critical.
How to Help a Grieving Child (Best Tips)
Children often struggle to adapt to this new normal. It takes patience, persistence, and the support of loved ones to get children through periods of grief. When it comes to how to help a grieving child, it’s crucial to take effective steps in the right direction.
Observing Children’s Grief Awareness Day this November
Children’s Grief Awareness Day seeks to raise awareness of the impact that death has on children, highlight the benefits of finding support, and equip peers and adults with the tools necessary to support grieving kids.
How to Practice Gratitude This Holiday Season
The holiday season is just around the corner. It’s a time of year when many people feel the stress of overloaded schedules, competing priorities, and the weight of family expectations. One way to manage through these challenging times is to choose and practice gratitude.
How Schools Can Help Grieving Students
At Good Grief, we equip educators with language, tools, and training to develop a sense of self-confidence in their ability to support their students navigating grief and adversity.
Return to School & Grieving Kids: 3 Tips
After experiencing a loss, grieving kids often feel the need for consistency and a sense of control in their lives—at home and in school.
How Grief Affects You (Better Understand Grief)
To learn how grief affects you and your child, understand the five components of grief: emotional, physical, spiritual, intellectual, and social.
How the Grief Experience Affects Us
Understanding the Grief Experience and the Benefits of Peer Support The grief experience is not a linear one—and it’s different for everyone. For some, processing grief begins right away after losing someone; for others, it doesn’t happen for weeks or months later. And even then, healing from grief will have …
Good Grief to Honor Michael Sharp with Community Hero Award at Annual Gala
Good Grief announced today that it will honor Mike Sharp with the nonprofit organization’s Community Hero Award as its annual gala on October 14, 2021, at the Park Savoy in Florham Park, NJ.