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August 31, 2022

A Beginner’s Guide to Grief: joy and sadness belong together in this new Australian ‘traumedy’

Sian Mitchell, Deakin University

Grief is messy, surprising, revealing and honest at different times and all at once. Here, it is also funny.

Feelings of grief – and depression – are common post-election emotional responses. hocus-focus/GettyImages

November 5, 2020

Post-election grief is real, and here are 5 coping strategies – including getting back into politics

Christopher Ojeda, University of Tennessee

Every election triggers distress for some people. Here are some ways to possibly cope.

May 13, 2020

What’s the point of grief?

John Frederick Wilson, York St John University

A bereavement counsellor on grief, loss and longing.

The holidays for many are not always about joy. Grief is a significant part of the holidays for those who have lost loved ones in the past year. Smileus/Shutterstock.com

December 18, 2019

The holidays remind us that grief cannot be wished away

Heather Servaty-Seib, Purdue University

Grief has been thought to present itself in five stages, but newer studies into how people process grief shows that, in many ways, it never ends. Grief can be especially powerful at the holidays.

It’s important to help children understand that death is part of life. Here, the father, Mufasa, voiced by James Earl Jones, and his son, Simba, voiced by JD McCrary, in a scene from ‘The Lion King.’ (Disney via AP)

August 8, 2019

What ‘The Lion King’ teaches us about children’s grief

Elena Merenda, University of Guelph-Humber

‘The Lion King’ illustrates how a child moves through five stages of grief with the support of loving friends, family and community.

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