The "I AM" Blog
For young girls, grief can feel overwhelming and confusing. They may carry questions they don’t know how to ask or emotions that seem too heavy to share. These prompts are meant to be gentle companions—helping young girls find their voice,...
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Children under 10 experience grief with their whole bodies and imaginations in ways that adults often forget. Their grief expressions often contain wisdom that adults miss. Their questions, their imagined scenarios, their artistic representations of loss - all of these...
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Adolescence is a time filled with change, and experiencing grief during these years adds an extra layer of complexity. You’re old enough to understand the permanence of loss, yet still young enough to wish for answers or comfort that might not...
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Here's what nobody talks about: when grief hits, the usual problem-solving strategies often don't work. You can't fix death. You can't negotiate with loss. You can't power through heartbreak the same way you might push through a physical challenge or...
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Grief rarely moves in a straight line—it shifts, softens, and sometimes resurfaces without warning. For women, it can carry not only the weight of personal loss but also the unspoken expectations to “hold it together” for others. In moments when...
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