Penelope Wesley is a retired nurse with personal and professional experience with grief. She has led small groups and is past coordinator of women... 

As the author of three books on death and dying and contributing author to a fourth book on these subjects, Dr. Jane Robertson Westerfield has some un... 

Mary Rondeau Westra grew up in Northeast Minneapolis. She graduated from Macalester College and taught French for eight years before becoming a stay-a... 

For 20 years, Karla Wheeler has been an expert in hospice care and grief support - both personally and professionally. A former newspaper reporter and... 

Jerry White is a Global activist and executive director and founder of Survivor Corps (formerly Landmine Survivors Network), Jerry White is a leading ... 

Susan Whitmore lost her daughter, Erika Whitmore Godwin, in 2002 and started griefHaven.org. She is also a grief specialist and leads groups and provi... 

I had a journey from shock and fear at my young daughters cancer diagnosis to anguish and despair at her death just a year later, and finally to pe... 

Shirley Wiles-Dickinson is the youngest of four girls in a Midwestern family. In 2009, her sister was brutally murdered. She writes about her experien... 

Jean Williams, a freelance writer, lost her young adult son Joshua to suicide in 2004. She lives in Southern Oregon in a mountain valley community whe... 

I am a recently retired clinical psychologist who worked for over 25 years with individuals who had experienced trauma, life threatening illness, and ... 

Dr. Howard R. Winokuer, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, brings a special sensitivity and total commitment to his work. Dr. Winokuer was the co-founder of TO LIFE, a ... 

After the death of her son, Daniel, in 1997, Alice J. Wisler claims writing saved her. Her newest book, Life at Daniel's Place: How The Cemetery Becam... 

Linda C. Wisniewski writes and teaches memoir workshops in Bucks County, PA. Her work has been published in the Christian Science Monitor, two Cup of ... 

Judy Wolf is a wife and mother. In 2001, her son Joe was struck by a car while walking home from church. He sustained a severe brain injury from which... 

Becky Womack is a retired teacher with an M.A. from the University of Mississippi and additional graduate hours from Western Kentucky University and t... 

I have been married to my husband, Lyle Wood, for 37 years. We are the parents of 8 children, including our son, Brant, who died in a drowning acciden... 

Susan Wysoki is a graduate of Middlebury College, where she earned a B.A. cum laude in Political Science. She also holds a Certifict from LUniver... 

In "Losing Your Only" Dr. Debi Yohn, a Counseling Psychologist, has shared her journey as a parent that lost an only child. She her healing lessons ... 

KimBoo York lives in a small Southern town and is an author and full time graduate student. At 40 years old, she "rebooted" her life after facing up t... 

Carolyn Zahnow is the founder and executive director of The Shore Grief Center located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The Shore, a nonprofit 501c3 or... 

I always wanted to write, said Nan Zastrow. But I never dreamed it would be about death, grief, and mourning. Today I write to heal my pain a... 

Linda Zelik is a retired occupational therapist who specialized in treating hand injuries. Unable to have children, she and her husband felt blessed... 

Mary Zemites faced the loss of her husband, Greg Jarczyk, in 1992. Left with three young children, ages 4 to 10, she immediately returned to school at... 

Nisha Zenoff Ph.D. is a California licensed marriage and family counselor, psychotherapist, grief counselor, and dance/movement therapist, who began h... 

Jeff Zhorne, MA, Grief Counselor and bereavement specialist, is founder and director of the Loss & Recovery Center and The Grief Program, an organ...