Mourning

By Kathleen Murphy Especially for older adults, putting your worries on paper unleashes a host of health benefits – from boosting your mood to clarifying your decision-making   After the death of her mother from lung cancer, author Cheryl Strayed struggled with deep grief. She floundered through drugs, promiscuity, and…

Just as death is a universal experience for everyone, so too is loss- that is, if you’re alive, at some point you’re likely to deal with loss and grief from the death of another person. And as one recent post on the topic made clear, “We’re all going to die,…

It’s one of the sad rights of passage as you get older to experience loss. Whether it’s your parents, a spouse, another loved one, or a friend, few of us reach our later years without experiencing loss several times over. And just because you are exposed to loss doesn’t mean…