How to Cope With Grief

Legacy offers advice from leading experts, helpful information related to loss, and to help you cope with the death of someone important to you. , find comfort and inspiration, and begin to heal.

This new Netflix short shows how parents grieve after a tragedy

A new animated short on Netflix, “If Anything Happens I Love You,” explores a couple’s grief and resilience after their child was killed in a school shooting.

Visit a loved one's grave virtually during the pandemic

If you’ve lost a loved one and their grave isn’t near your home, odds are that you have not visited the cemetery in months. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench in travel plans for most of us, even for important sentimental trips like visiting a cemetery on an anniversary. For some people, it can feel devastating to be unable to sit at a special person’s grave and talk, grieve, or simply commune quietly, as they would in normal times.

What to Do When a Loved One is Terminal

If your loved one has received a terminal diagnosis, you are likely scared and/or overwhelmed. You know there's a lot for you to do, as you're an important part of their support system, but you don't know what it all is. Here's a checklist of what needs to be done to provide care and prepare for their death.

Find Comfort in Legacy's Grief Support Groups

The loss of a loved one can turn your world upside down in an instant and leave you feeling isolated from the world at large, but you are not alone. In , you’ll find help from others who have stood where you are standing right now. Our private Facebook groups offer a safe space to share your bereavement and connect with others experiencing the same kind of loss you are.

How Funeral Directors Can Help a Family

A funeral director can be one of your most important allies in the days and weeks after a loved one's death. Whether the funeral was prepared for years in advance, or the death was unexpected and you're making all the arrangements in a grief-stricken hurry, there's so much you can lean on a funeral director for. Here are eight important tasks a funeral director helps a family with.

If You Like “Dead to Me,” You Should Watch “Sorry for Your Loss”

When “Dead to Me” premiered on Netflix this summer, viewers quickly got sucked into the dark comedy’s soapy drama. While they binge-watched to find out what would happen when young widow Jen, played by Christina Applegate, found out who really killed her husband, they might have found themselves learning a thing or two about grief.

Mourning Miscarriage: How Families Grieve a Pregnancy Loss

Yes, it's healthy to remember and honor the baby.

What Is Disenfranchised Grief?

Everyone who’s ever grieved knows . It affects every part of us, tangling our emotions and putting stress on our bodies. Grief can cause physical pain and illness, and it can make us distracted, exhausted, and depressed. 

Understanding Mourning: The Six Needs of Mourning

Grief and mourning aren’t interchangeable words. They’re two distinct things that happen in the wake of a death.

Meet the CNN Hero who's helping kids through their grief

Mary Robinson's Imagine provides grief support for children whose loved ones have died.

Netflix's "Dead to Me" Explores a Widow's Grief Through Comedy

“Dead to Me,” which debuted on Netflix this summer, stars Christina Applegate in a fascinating look at how grief molds and changes our lives.

The Five Stages of Grief

The five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

How Do I Handle Holidays While Grieving?

In his latest Facebook Live session with Legacy, compares death to the Grinch from Dr. Seuss’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas . For many grievers, that’s how death feels — like a thief who has stolen the joy from their lives — and the months leading up to the holidays are some of the hardest to get through.

"Sorry for Your Loss" Recap, Season 1 Episodes 9 and 10

Six months later, a vacation offers new experiences beyond grief.

"Sorry for Your Loss" Recap, Season 1 Episodes 7 and 8

Grief for her husband's death makes attending a friend's wedding hard.

"Sorry for Your Loss" Recap, Season 1 Episodes 3 and 4

Weekly review of the new Elizabeth Olsen show about grief on Facebook Watch.

"Sorry for Your Loss" Recap, Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2

Weekly review of the new Elizabeth Olsen show about grief on Facebook Watch.

Elizabeth Olsen plays a young widow on the new show 'Sorry for Your Loss'

The Facebook original series debuts Tuesday, Sept. 18.

Pregnancy and Infant Loss: Share Encourages Grievers to Find Support in Loved Ones

The grief that comes from the loss of a baby never truly goes away, but supportive loved ones can make all the difference for new grievers. We spoke to Patti Budnik from Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support about just how important a strong support system can be in the wake of a pregnancy or infant loss.

Find People Who Understand: Connect With Others Grieving a Suicide Loss

To those grieving the loss of a loved one from suicide, we invite you to visit our "Suicide Loss" grief support group.

When People Needed Help, Russell Friedman Was There

Now his friends at the Grief Recovery Institute honor his life by continuing his work.

Why Is It So Hard to Ask for Help?

It’s really tough to ask for help. And yet we all face experiences that are so difficult, it is impossible to cope by ourselves.