In our Transitions section, we explore life’s inevitable changes and the challenges that come with loss, upheaval, and uncertainty. Here you’ll find honest conversations about grief, mental health, family dynamics, and finding stability when everything feels unstable – support for navigating the difficult passages we all face.
Today’s toilet paper run shouldn’t have been noteworthy. Yet between my apartment and the shop, I caught myself doing it again—that internal check-in that’s become familiar since 419 days ago. Am I dressed appropriately? Did I acknowledge neighbors properly? Do you…
The last clear sign: my mum was feeding the dog from the dinner table—something she’d never done. Now, she sits silently in a care home, clutching a toy. How do we navigate the slow, painful goodbye when dementia turns a loved one into a stranger?
You don’t need a degree to sit with someone in their grief. You need to have been there. What if your hardest-won lessons are the very things that qualify you to offer the only genuine help that matters? Exploring how pain becomes an unexpected credential.
They say you can’t outrun time, and I’m not lacing up to try. These days, knocking on my late 50s’ door, the invites pile up—not parties, but funerals. More names turning into dates on stones. It’s not morbid, just math. Each departure whispers: live fully, pursue what truly matters.