Anxiety
After the Funeral: When Grief is Part of Daily Life
Once all the hubbub dies down…now what? Mindfulness can help us be with our grief, and ourselves, with self-compassion. Read More 
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Compassion
Living With Grief: What to Do When You’re Faced With the Impossible
Whether you like it or not, people and things you love will end. Here are some ways you can prepare for what you cannot bear. Read More
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A Guided Meditation to Help You Let Go and Accept Change
Explore this loving-kindness practice variation to cultivate more ease and openness within the moment-to-moment unfolding of life. Read More
Audio
A 12-Minute Meditation for Grief and Loss
Our hearts break, but our hearts also heal. The thread that pulls us from heartbreak to healing is love, says Judy Lief in this practice for working with grief. Read More
Compassion
Healing in the Deep Ocean of Grief
Grief can hold our heads beneath the waves, but, as Bryan Welch writes, its tides can also open us to compassion for ourselves and others, showing us the value of a broken heart. Read More
Calm
Turning Grief into Random Acts of Kindness
After the loss of their son Thomas, Kristin Fitzgerald-Zita and her partner asked friends and family to do something kind in his honor. Today, this call for kindness has spread all over the world and continues to write Thomas’ story. Read More
Compassion
5 Ways Mindfulness Can Help Us Work Through Grief
Grief is complicated, and there's no "right" way to experience it. As Jennifer Wolkin writes, grief is also intermingled with self-compassion and resilience. Read More
Compassion
Why Imagination—Not Resilience—Might Help You Heal From Heartbreak
There are some kinds of loss we don’t just bounce back from. Instead, we enter what some grief experts call Life Two. To get there, we’re going to need imagination. Read More
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