Grief · Living Losses
Divorce, estrangement, and other living losses
Stanford Lifeworks and Together Estranged on the grief of losses where the person is still alive.
Stanford University HR Wellness6 min read
Living losses — divorce, estrangement, the loss of a friendship, the loss of a former self — produce grief that is real but often unsupported, because there is no funeral and no obvious sympathy ritual.
Stanford's wellness pages are an unusually candid free resource on the topic, and Together Estranged is the major peer-support community for adults estranged from family members specifically.
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