Newsletter Articles

• posted: Jun. 30, 2025

After my son Eric died by suicide, I entered a world I didn’t know existed—a world filled with sorrow, silence, and stigma. I quickly learned that grief after suicide or Read More

• posted: Jun. 30, 2025

Peace might feel like an impossible word when your heart has been shattered by the loss of someone you love…especially when that loss comes through suicide or substance use. Peace Read More

• posted: May 31, 2025

Soren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, said: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”   I find insights into many people’s grief journeys, including my own, in Read More

• posted: May 29, 2025

In the aftermath of losing a loved one to suicide or overdose, the weight of our grief can feel unbearable. We may long for hope and reassurance that healing can Read More

• posted: May 01, 2025

Grief can bring forward a storm of emotions—some so intense they feel impossible to name, others so subtle they go unnoticed until they rise unexpectedly. In our culture, where we Read More

• posted: May 01, 2025

We focus so much of what we do in EricsHouse on the concept of companioning that sometimes I think we underestimate its importance because of its simplicity. I believe companioning Read More

• posted: Apr. 30, 2025

Grieving and mourning a loss to suicide or substance overdose carries a unique kind of weight. As a member of the EricsHouse Community, you are aware that these losses come Read More

• posted: Dec. 09, 2024

The holidays are tough for those of us who are grieving the loss of someone dear to us. We learn from our clients at EricsHouse that each person experiences loss Read More

• posted: Dec. 09, 2024

For many of us, the holidays embody the past, present and future. In grief, we are drawn into the past – family connections, shared meals, and, I hope, the joys Read More

• posted: Oct. 30, 2024

“Today…I open my heart’s hand to allow…the touch of hope.”— Julia Cameron Someone you love has died.  In your heart you have come to know your deepestpain. Your grief has brought Read More

• posted: Sep. 04, 2024

Self Care: taking action to preserve one’s own physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health, especially during periods of stress All of us in the EricsHouse community understand that the unexpected loss Read More

• posted: Sep. 03, 2024

We just got back from a cruise/land tour in Alaska. It was incredible. Marianne and I took our middle son, Joey (many of you have met Joey – for those Read More

• posted: Aug. 06, 2024

August 30th is National Grief Awareness Day. This day focuses on awareness of grief, which can be a complex and unpredictable experience that affects people differently.  Likewise, there are different Read More

• posted: Aug. 01, 2024

What does it mean to survive the loss of someone to suicide or substance? It’s got to be more than continued breathing… more than just not dying ourselves. At EricsHouse, we believe Read More

• posted: Jul. 08, 2024

From earliest childhood we learn to avoid pain.  As we grow, we engage in the natural instinct to block pain and suffering – especially in the West, where we learn Read More

• posted: Jul. 08, 2024

Often when we lose someone we love we are encouraged to move quickly through our grief, to try to fix our pain, to try to avoid our deepest sorrows, and Read More