Chatting with a recent graduate of the University of Denver School of Psychology, we agreed just how difficult it has gotten for so so many people to process their grief, partially because they don't have the time or bandwidth to even realize that they are experiencing grief. Since the pandemic, we are all experience emotional, physical, and mental overload. There have been too many losses to count; not all of them are deaths, some are life changes simply too enormous to cope

Grief isn't only about losing a loved one to death. People can grieve the loss of nearly anything. Grief can also come with major change. Recently I was speaking with a woman who hadn't realized that what she was feeling was grief. Following a major accident, she was mourning the loss of the body and mind she had before she was greatly injured. She was also mourning the loss of the dog she used to have. Her dog is still alive, though now much older, not well, and nearly bedri

It's Okay That You're Not Okay by Megan Devine, LPC