Losing someone you love sucks. Losing someone you love near the holidays sucks. Losing someone you love and then going through the holiday season for the first (or second, or sixth, or tenth…) time without them sucks.

Unfortunately, death is all too familiar to all of us and, as a counselor who specializes in grief, I often find myself talking to my clients who are grieving about how to survive the holidays. Here are a few tips:

Wishing you all a holiday season full of joy, hope and peace.