What to Say; What Not to Say (PDF)

Someone you care about is grieving because someone they love has died. What do you say or not say to this person? Does it make a difference if what you are saying is found to be caring and comforting or, conversely, hurtful and upsetting?
What to Say; What Not to Say (PDF)

Being Stoic For the Spouse (PDF)

In the wealth of studies about parental grief, little attention has been paid to precisely how couples relate to each other as they struggle to come to terms with the death of a child. A new study addresses this gap in bereavement research by focusing on the way that couples together process the grief of losing a child.
Being Stoic For the Spouse (PDF)

The griefHaven Word Exercise (PDF)

Today I’m going to teach you an exercise that is very powerful. We use this exercise at griefHaven, and I’ve taught it all over the world. It has to do with those looping thoughts that cause us to keep re-living a traumatic event over and over again.
Being Stoic For the Spouse (PDF)

The GIVE Skill

A few years ago I learned an acronym for a social skill from DBT Therapy that I’ve found has improved my interpersonal skills. It’s call the “GIVE Skill.”
The GIVE Skill