Grief is not always about death. Sometimes it’s the quiet ache that follows change. When most people think about grief, they think about death. But many life experiences that cause grief have nothing to do with death. Grief can come from any significant change, ending, or disruption to the life we once knew. It can appear after divorce, illness, job loss, retirement, financial stress, betrayal, estrangement, or even major life transitions that others expect us to celebrate li