Dr. Gina Belton, Palliative Psychology

04/06/2026

03/31/2026

Indeed. Grief is a time traveler ⚡️💫✨

Grief doesn’t move in neat stages. It can show up in the present (your day-to-day life), reach back into the past (memories, regrets, longing), and hit you in the future (milestones, fears, what will never be). And sometimes it all shows up at once.

If you’ve been thinking, “I should be further along,” this is your reminder: you’re not doing grief wrong. You’re experiencing how big grief really is.

Save this for the days you need the reminder.

Read more: https://whatsyourgrief.com/the-only-grief-timeline-that-matters-past-present-and-future/

03/31/2026

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03/26/2026

For many who have endured catastrophic loss, the ground collapses, time breaks apart, identity is lost, and the world has forever changed.

There's a moment, very subtly and almost without noticing, when some actually are able to hold the grief differently. Some begin to build emotional muscles while learning how to cope with the immensity of an unredeemable loss.

Maybe saying their name, one day, happens without falling apart, or the cereal aisle doesn't drop us to our knees as it once did, or the raw emptiness is now matched only by the ongoing connection to our beloved. Still, nothing is "fixed" or needs fixing, and nothing is "solved" or solvable.

And, some precious awareness begins to form: an awareness of how to carry them forward with us in the world.

At its deepest, grief isn't about letting go for many. It's about taking them with us, learning to continue this very important relationship that death couldn’t end. The relationship just continues on in a different form. It's not good enough, of course we wish for them, and because of that, most of us won't go back to being the person we once were.

That life, as it once was, is over.

Most of us will become someone else, someone who understands the risk of loving and still chooses to love. Someone who has seen how easily everything can shatter and yet bravely continues to care. Someone who carries the emptiness as proof of existence.

If you are grieving, there is nothing wrong with you. Not in how fiercely you miss them. Not in your oceans of tears. Not in the way time has unraveled, or how the world can feel both unbearably loud and impossibly distant at the same time. There is nothing wrong with you. There may be, instead, something wrong with a world where someone so precious can leave us so tragically, and we are left to find our way through the wreckage.

And one day, not because we tried harder, not because we “moved on,” but because something in us refused to abandon what will always matter, we begin to slowly, perhaps solemnly, live again.

How? This is a great mystery.

Maybe it's because we know we can carry them forward.

Maybe a wisdom in us knows that grieving is the contour of a shattered heart.

Maybe, just maybe, this deep sorrow is a continuance of a love that refuses to be silenced by death.

03/22/2026

03/21/2026

Grief feels different for everyone. We asked Dougy Center kids and teens what grief feels like for them. What does grief feel like for you? Let us know!

03/03/2026

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02/25/2026

Living alone after loss can mean carrying both the practical responsibilities and the emotional weight of daily life without the person who used to be there.

In this webinar, we’ll talk about what often catches people off guard: decision fatigue when every choice falls to you, routines that feel empty, guilt that can surface when you enjoy independence, and loneliness that shows up in unexpected ways. You’ll leave with practical strategies you can actually use.

Adjusting to Living Alone After Loss
Feb 25, 2026 • 8:00 PM ET

Join live: https://streamyard.com/watch/THvE6sj6q9z7

02/12/2026

"Many grieving people feel alienated by Valentine's Day, either because they've lost someone they love or because celebrating the day is a tonal switch their hearts can't maneuver. It's somewhat ironic because grieving people are often loving as hard, if not harder than they’ve ever loved before; it just so happens that the object of their love is gone in some way, shape, or form."

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02/08/2026

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