A Pack of Big Red – When Grief Finds You in the Kitchen
I wasn’t looking for a memory.
I was just cleaning the kitchen when I spotted it, tucked behind the medicines in the “miscellaneous ...
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Why We Gather – The Power of Connection at the ASCA National Conference
As the 2025 ASCA National Conference unfolded in Long Island, California, July 12–15, thousands of school counselors, counselor educato...
Grief Is Not a Crisis of Confidence: Reframing Loss as Love, Not Weakness
Throughout our life experiences, we are often taught to respond to grief as though it were a crisis—something to be stabilized, soothed...
What I Wish I Knew: School Counseling Tips for New Counselors
No matter how many textbooks you read or courses you pass, nothing prepares you for that first day in your office as a school counselor...
How to Help Students Build Resilience in a World That Keeps Changing
You’ve probably seen it. A student falls apart after one missed assignment. Another won’t speak after losing a friend group. You want t...
Four Years Without Daddy – Walking This Grief Journey Together
Today, July 7, 2025, marks four years since Daddy went to Heaven.
It’s a day that comes with a deep heaviness—a weight that settles ...
What Is a School Counselor? Understanding Their Vital Role in Student Success
A school counselor is far more than just someone students go to when they need help with scheduling or career advice. Over the years, t...
Grief Insurance: Why People Say the Wrong Things After Loss
Navigating Hurtful Responses in Grief
When we find ourselves sharing the news that we’ve lost someone we deeply loved, the responses w...
How to Cope with Grief When the World Moves On
There’s a strange silence that settles after a loss. People return your calls less often. The meals stop showing up. The house feels fu...
The Myth of Closure in Grief: Why Love Never Truly Ends
Love’s Eternal Connection
In grief counseling, we often hear about the idea of closure — that elusive state where we “move on” and f...