The news of the Tumbler Ridge school shooting has impacted our province, counstry, and beyond. Parents held their breath. Even though the tragedy happened hundreds of kilometres away, the grief landed here in Surrey, Coquitlam, and Greater Vancouver. Maybe you have no connection to Tumbler Ridge. But when you heard the news, something shifted inside you. This is grief after a school shooting. It doesn't ask for permission. It arrives because this kind of loss tears at what we believe about...

Doom scrolling offers a quick escape from pain, but breaking the cycle means creating boundaries with your phone and finding safer ways to sit with what hurts. You're lying in bed at 2 AM, phone glowing in the dark. Another article about grief symptoms. Another Reddit thread asking "does it ever get better?" Another search for "why does grief feel like this?" Your thumb keeps scrolling, scrolling, scrolling. You know you should sleep, but somehow this feels easier than being alone with your...

Yes, and it's one of the most common ways people maintain connection after loss. You might worry that talking to your person means you're losing it. That maybe you should have "moved on" by now. That other people would think you're stuck or can't let go. But here's what I see in my grief counselling practice: almost everyone talks to the person who died. The difference is that most people keep it secret. You might whisper "good morning" when you pass their photo. You might update them on what...