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When someone learns I’m a homicide survivor, their posture, facial expression, breathing, and ability to speak immediately veer off course. They break eye contact. Stammer.

When someone we love is murdered, language fails. There are no tidy words for the magnitude of that loss, the chaos it brings, or the

We live in a culture that often sees crying — especially in public and especially among males — as something shameful. “I’m sorry,” we whisper

Recently I gave a talk on the power of first person narratives in understanding trauma—particularly the trauma of losing someone to homicide. The room was

It’s natural for people to wonder about the frequecy of homicide. And, sadly, it’s just as common for them to be misled about it. Here

Today is May 5. It is not an ordinary day. It’s a day when we stop. We remember. We reckon. Across North America, red dresses

The idea of a national conference for homicide survivors has been bubbling inside me for a while. It finally took hold after I attended the

In film and television, homicide survivors (families, loved ones, or close friends of the murdered person) are often portrayed in very narrow and sometimes unrealistic

If you’ve lost someone you love to murder, you already know this:Grief after homicide isn’t neat. It isn’t tidy. It doesn’t “heal” in the way

If your view of the justice system comes from dramatizations, you’d be forgiven if you expect most murder cases to go to trial. Isn’t that

Timing is Everything! As a witness to a crime, everything blurs. You’re trying to stay safe, make sense of what you’ve seen, and—if asked—help police

Losing a loved one to violence is hard enough, without the added pressure from legal gaps and unfair laws that complicate the grief experience. Here

For those of us who’ve lost someone to murder, walking into a courtroom feels like crossing into a tense, sacred space. It’s where we seek

Grief is tough enough; a steep learning curve. And it’s unfairly compounded during turbulent political and economic times such as we’re experiencing in 2025. Here

Sadly, we now live in a time when words like “trauma” and “survivor” have saturated people’s ability to comprehend their real meaning. These words risk

Grief can manifest in unexpected ways. For some, it appears as sadness or isolation; for others, it takes the shape of excessive accumulation—stacks of papers,

Losing a loved one to a violent death is an experience no one is prepared for. Amid grief, families often face difficult and abrupt decisions