Tag: MENTAL HEALTH

THE WORLD JUST CHANGED, GO EASY ON YOURSELF AND YOUR KIDS

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Lots of parents and guardians across the UK picked their children up from school for the last time in who-knows-how-long on Friday this week. The abruptness, shock, fear and confusion of it all reminded me of something else: grief. And grief, at least as I experienced it, can feel a lot like pressure. What will […]

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DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE: RELUCTANT ADVICE FOR THE BEREAVED

.Reading time 8 minutes.

I started writing about grief almost as soon as it came into my life six and a half years ago. My 33-year-old wife was struck and killed by a speeding car; our son had just turned two. The whole incident drew a lot of attention. I suppose through writing about it so openly, I did […]

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SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT BETTER MENTAL HEALTH

.Reading time 5 minutes.

I noticed that it was Mental Health Awareness Week while poking around online the other day. It’s been hard not to notice, in fact. That in itself, I believe, is amazing progress. I remember when I was writing my book about grief in 2013, I had a conversation with my editor about whether or not […]

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