Articles On:death of a spouse

June 17, 2025

‘Do You Believe in Them Yet?’

This story of grief, the loss of a spouse, lingers 27 years later, bookended by ...

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grieving loved ones hold roses in a cemetery. Used with Robert Koehler essay, “Do you believe in them yet?” Image by Arne9001
June 11, 2025

Ask for Support in Mourning the Death of a Spouse

If you’re mourning the death of a spouse, you may feel alone in your grief. ...

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Man grieving his wife's death, needs to learn how to ask for help when grieving the death of a spouse
May 1, 2023

Widow Struggles with Letting Go of Bitterness

A grieving widow is having trouble letting go of bitterness for the way her brother-in-law ...

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Sad woman, perhaps with dementia phobia. Image by Nikolay Mamluke
August 24, 2022

Musings on Afterlife, Science and His Wife’s Death

Columnist Robert C. Koehler ponders a panel discussion on consciousness and the afterlife and recalls ...

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Grave of the Painter Therese Van Duyl-Schwartze at the Nieuwe Ooster at Amsterdam the Netherlands 2020. By Robert Van ‘t Hoenderdaal, Dreamstime. Columnist Robert C. Koehler ponders a panel discussion on consciousness and the afterlife, and recalls his wife’s death, 22 years earlier.
September 20, 2019

What Is an End-of-Life Doula?

Doulas are helpers. The word “doula” comes from the Greek, where it means, roughly, “female ...

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End-of-Life Doula