When I say the word grief, many of you will think of death. Of someone you know or care about dying or that has died. Grief is absolutely connected to death and dying, but it is not only connection to the death of a person. Grief is the embodied reaction of loss. There are many different ways someone can experience loss, such as loss of income, home, job, pet, relationship, community, safety or security, identity, purpose. Grief can be about you or about someone or something else, or a mix of both.

What is grief? It is more complex of an experience than you might think. In fact, there are different types of grief.