Coping With Death

You Have the Right to Grieve

Loss is loss, whether old or new, animal or human

Brandy L Schillace
Elemental
Published in
7 min readJul 15, 2021

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Photo: Noah Silliman/Unsplash

I first saw the story on Twitter. Dr. Ben Janaway, NHS psychiatrist, educator and mental health advocate, posted a photo of himself at the gym — but this was not the usual workout selfie. His jaw set, his face grim, Ben explained that turning pain into physical activity helped…

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Brandy L Schillace
Elemental

(skil-AH-chay) Author in #history, #science, & #medicine. Bylines: SciAm, Globe&Mail, WIRED, WSJ. EIC Medical Humanities. Host of Peculiar Book Club. she/her