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• posted: Jan. 24, 2023

Dealing with grief is challenging but inevitable at some point in your life. Grieving can last for years, weeks, months, or years; everyone’s grief is different. The Recovery Village notes Read More

• posted: Jan. 04, 2023

March 19, 2016.   Eric died three weeks ago.  His funeral was two weeks ago. We have to get out of the house, too many memories, too much pain.  But where can Read More

• posted: Nov. 16, 2022

As the 2022 year comes to an end, donors should consider how they can efficiently maximize their charitable donations for income tax purposes.  EricsHouse is a qualifying 501(c)(3) charity to Read More

• posted: Nov. 01, 2022

We were discussing Touchstone 1 (Open to the Presence of Your Loss) in our Men’s Group last week and it opened some questions for me. First, what is a touchstone?  Though Read More

• posted: Oct. 03, 2022

When we talk about grief as a journey it highlights the need to understand two key things about ourselves: Where we are right nowWhere we hope to goAlan Wolfelt describes the Read More

• posted: Aug. 29, 2022

As a woman in long term recovery from alcohol and drugs it’s so important I never forget how my journey began. I was chained to the dark side for over Read More

• posted: Aug. 22, 2022

August 21, 2022 was national Fentanyl Awareness and Prevention day. This day was created bythe US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to help raise awareness around the Fentanylcrisis in our country. Read More

• posted: Jul. 19, 2022

9-8-8, three digits that can be memorized with ease and quickly dialed. The new hotline has launched and it aims to strengthen the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. When someone is Read More

• posted: Jul. 01, 2022

Although it is clear that many men and women grieve differently (including my wife and I), I’ve never been comfortable with the idea that it’s just about grieving like a Read More

• posted: Jun. 14, 2022

The arts are a tangible and sensory experience that allows one to express themselves. Creation might serve as a way to unblock, release, and illuminate emotions that may need more Read More

• posted: Jun. 07, 2022

Uvalde, Texas, is grieving. America is grieving. A single man has committed a crime of unimaginable violence, taking the lives of at least 21 people—19 of them children—and now an Read More

• posted: Apr. 28, 2022

Dr. Denise Campagnolo is a Neurologist and EricsHouse Board member, and my collaborator on the EricsHouse research project to validate and explore the usefulness of our Grief Self-Assessment tool. Denise recently Read More

• posted: Apr. 12, 2022

 My Position on the New “Prolonged Grief Disorder” Diagnostic Category in the DSM Our phone at the Center for Loss and Life Transition has been ringing off the hook in recent Read More

• posted: Mar. 31, 2022

How long will this last? When will I get back to normal? Am I getting better fast enough? We are on a difficult, terrible journey. One no one would ever choose Read More

• posted: Mar. 30, 2022

Father’s Day is all about showing love and appreciation to the amazing dads in our lives. But if you know a father who’s lost a child to suicide, substance abuse, Read More

• posted: Mar. 23, 2022

Grief manifests in many different ways and places for each individual. Emotional displays of grief might include numbness, intense sorrow, and detachment. Physical symptoms can range from headaches, chest pain, Read More