Finding Inspiration In the Fallen
She was a Roosevelt democrat and a civil rights activist.
Randolph M. Nesse, M.D.
Dr. Nesse is a Professor of Psychiatry, a Professor of Psychology, a Research Professor at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, and Director of the Evolution and Human Adaptation Program. He conducts research on the evolutionary origins and functions of emotions. A central goal of his work is to understand how negative emotions are evolutionarily adaptive, and how natural selection shaped the mechanisms that “keep our emotions in check.”
Dr. Nesse is one of the founders of the field...
Coping with the Death of a Loved One: The Seductiveness of...
One of the most widely held assumptions about the grieving process is that people proceed through a series of stages as they attempt to come to terms with their loss.
Born on a Sunny Day
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Katie Couric, the anchor of CBS Evening News, shares her personal story of losing her husband to cancer.
Offering Support to the Bereaved: What Not to Say
Suppose there is someone in your social network who has lost a loved one.
A Special Emotion
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Dr. Nicholas Christakis, talks about the uniquely personal nature of grief.
The Price of Being Human
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Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinical psychologist and writer, talks about losing her husband of twenty years. She explains how she experienced grief.