While each grief experience is unique, deep, winter-like emotions are common.

Of all the experiences we confront in life, the toughest to face is the sudden, unexpected loss of someone we love. Social worker Judy Tatelbaum shares ways to heal that she gathered from talking to many people who have suffered sudden loss.

Past experiences and difficult situations may make your journey through grief more difficult. If so, you may want to seek help from a counselor.

We receive so much advice, often contradictory ... sometimes we just never know what we are supposed to do or how we are expected to feel.

Often, when someone dies, there are "leftovers" - unresolved issues with the person who died.

Many bereaved family members and friends experience their grief alone, hiding their feelings, which makes this time even harder. Here are some physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual responses to grief.

When good days outnumber the bad, you are well on your way toward successfully adjusting to your loss.

Like any hard work, there are times that we need to put it aside to return to it later. We need respite.

Writer Paul Bennett describes how he developed a simple, yet powerful ritual, after the death of his wife of 20 years in this excerpt, "Bonnie's Bridge" from his book, "Loving Grief."

It is essential that we accept how we ourselves grieve, even if it doesn’t fit our pictures.

Numbness is our natural protection when facing any kind of trauma.

Many times during the bereavement process we are haunted by the feeling that somehow we could have made the situation better for ourselves or for the deceased.