When grief strikes, it's disruptive. There are changes in your brain, in the rest of your physiology and also in your emotional state - all resulting in altered behavior. Because you often don't recognize what's happening, these behaviors creep up on you in your ever-effort of pushing down or avoiding the feelings of isolation, pain and loneliness…But if you don't even know you're grieving, how can you begin to take steps toward recovery? Read on to learn some signs that you may be experiencing grief that needs to be explored.

You may think end-of-life doulas are only for the last days before death or at least when there has been a terminal diagnosis, but they can actually be engaged at various points long before death. Here's how and when they can help.

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