What does healing look like, in unruly and unpredictable grief?

Processing grief isn’t about losing the pain; it’s about being able to sit with it. What is a good way to reach out to someone who is bereaved? Take a look.

So much has changed when it comes to how we grieve.

Grief doesn’t unfold in a linear fashion. It is disorderly, recursive, uncertain. When one no longer reacts to triggers with an intense fight-or-flight response, one can consider healing to have begun. (Pixabay)

It used to be tangible things we clung to – letters, photographs, belongings. Then came virtual memorial pages and Twitter threads.

AI chatbots can now be paid to impersonate loved ones in written and verbal conversations. Interactive memory apps such as HereAfter AI and StoryFile offer to create virtual avatars that resemble the departed person, and can be preloaded with stories from their life. These options are available, but