What ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Taught Me About Love, Grief, and Coming-of-Age

For the past 10 weeks, The Summer I Turned Pretty has had me, like so many others, in a chokehold. I watch it alone, I host viewing parties, and I’ve…

On the Grief—and the Joy—of Parental Estrangement

When I was eight, my mother stood in front of 12 third grade girls, teaching us how to make “chicken ovens”: fold sheets of aluminum foil into pockets; fill them…

How One Couple Found Love Amid Tragedy

After our wedding, I moved to Geneva to live with Andy. Throughout our apartment, framed photos of Laurence, Evan, and Baptiste mingle with others of us. Their names come up…

Was I Allowed to Grieve My Ex-Lover? His Wife Said Yes.

Shortly before the first anniversary of Anthony’s death, she invited me to his life celebration at their home. Still, that night, I stood outside their house, gripped with shame. Who…

Paris Is for Grievers, Too

Less than three months after Ivy’s death, on a freezing January day, I moved across the world into a lunchbox-sized apartment with a sweet stranger in Paris. The city was…

First, My Father Died. Then, I Got a “Grief Gut”

It first happened when I was lying face up on a massage bed. Wrapped in one of the Ricari Studios’ signature sheer mesh body stocking, the practitioner worked her lymphatic…

‘Loved One’ Author Aisha Muharrar on Writing a Fun Novel About Grief

How did the seed of Julia, Gabe, and Elizabeth’s story come to you? I was in New York, in a cab with my friend leaving a party, and during the…

The Underexamined Grief of Losing a Best Friend

Some losses shape us more than we realize. From the starting point of Big’s death, And Just Like That set out to chart how Carrie Bradshaw would recover and heal…

Grief Travel Is On The Rise, And Now I Understand Its Impact

Whenever I asked my mother which city was on her travel bucket list, she never wavered when she said Paris. So in 2022, after my health scare with a rare…

Tawera Nikau: Rugby League great discusses loss of wife Letitia and managing grief on latest Bench podcast | Rugby League News

Rugby League legend Tawera Nikau is this week’s guest on Sky Sports‘ The Bench Podcast with Jenna Brooks and Jon Wilkin. The former New Zealand international talks about his incredible…