California Grief Center (CGC)
@caligrief.bsky.social
If you’ve lost a person, a dream, your health, or your hope — reach out.
1:1 support nationwide (adults & children/adolescents)
Catharsis Theater for Loss & Grief Relief
www.caligrief.com
Facing the hurt together.
1:1 support nationwide (adults & children/adolescents)
Catharsis Theater for Loss & Grief Relief
www.caligrief.com
Facing the hurt together.
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Took the FTC's remaining two commissioners a year to vote to finalize the agency's settlement with GM over the automaker's selling data about how and where people were driving their cars. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
(I broke the news back in 2024 that GM was doing this.)
(I broke the news back in 2024 that GM was doing this.)
FTC Finalizes Order Settling Allegations that GM and OnStar Collected and Sold Geolocation Data Without Consumers’ Informed Consent
The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order with General Motors and OnStar settling allegations that they collected, used, and sold consumers’ precise geolocation data and driving behavior data
www.ftc.gov
January 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Took the FTC's remaining two commissioners a year to vote to finalize the agency's settlement with GM over the automaker's selling data about how and where people were driving their cars. www.ftc.gov/news-events/...
(I broke the news back in 2024 that GM was doing this.)
(I broke the news back in 2024 that GM was doing this.)
Reposted by California Grief Center (CGC)
Reposted by California Grief Center (CGC)
Putting the brand on every possible thing
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Putting the brand on every possible thing
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For some positive news: the effects of congestion pricing in New York City. It has significantly decreased how much time my own commute takes so I'm a big fan. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
For some positive news: the effects of congestion pricing in New York City. It has significantly decreased how much time my own commute takes so I'm a big fan. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
(8/8)
This is the work I keep returning to:
making space for stories like this to be spoken, witnessed, and held.
In January, we resume Catharsis Theater in Los Angeles and beyond.
A space for anyone who has lost something.
You don’t have to grieve alone.
www.caligrief.com
caligrief.substack.com
This is the work I keep returning to:
making space for stories like this to be spoken, witnessed, and held.
In January, we resume Catharsis Theater in Los Angeles and beyond.
A space for anyone who has lost something.
You don’t have to grieve alone.
www.caligrief.com
caligrief.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(8/8)
This is the work I keep returning to:
making space for stories like this to be spoken, witnessed, and held.
In January, we resume Catharsis Theater in Los Angeles and beyond.
A space for anyone who has lost something.
You don’t have to grieve alone.
www.caligrief.com
caligrief.substack.com
This is the work I keep returning to:
making space for stories like this to be spoken, witnessed, and held.
In January, we resume Catharsis Theater in Los Angeles and beyond.
A space for anyone who has lost something.
You don’t have to grieve alone.
www.caligrief.com
caligrief.substack.com
(7/8)
People say you’re strong.
Which is deeply unhelpful.
Strength implies intention.
Most days you are simply upright.
Still noticing light on buildings.
Still here.
People say you’re strong.
Which is deeply unhelpful.
Strength implies intention.
Most days you are simply upright.
Still noticing light on buildings.
Still here.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(7/8)
People say you’re strong.
Which is deeply unhelpful.
Strength implies intention.
Most days you are simply upright.
Still noticing light on buildings.
Still here.
People say you’re strong.
Which is deeply unhelpful.
Strength implies intention.
Most days you are simply upright.
Still noticing light on buildings.
Still here.
(6/8)
Grief turns out to be mostly administrative.
Passwords. Forms. Bins labeled “miscellaneous.”
At Trader Joe’s you stare too long at cereal.
Someone clears their throat.
You want to explain:
I’m not rude. I’m recently bereaved in several directions.
Grief turns out to be mostly administrative.
Passwords. Forms. Bins labeled “miscellaneous.”
At Trader Joe’s you stare too long at cereal.
Someone clears their throat.
You want to explain:
I’m not rude. I’m recently bereaved in several directions.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(6/8)
Grief turns out to be mostly administrative.
Passwords. Forms. Bins labeled “miscellaneous.”
At Trader Joe’s you stare too long at cereal.
Someone clears their throat.
You want to explain:
I’m not rude. I’m recently bereaved in several directions.
Grief turns out to be mostly administrative.
Passwords. Forms. Bins labeled “miscellaneous.”
At Trader Joe’s you stare too long at cereal.
Someone clears their throat.
You want to explain:
I’m not rude. I’m recently bereaved in several directions.
(5/8)
There was also the relationship you hesitate to count as a loss,
except you still reach for your phone when something almost funny happens.
You box up his books.
You forget to mail them.
This feels symbolic but probably isn’t.
There was also the relationship you hesitate to count as a loss,
except you still reach for your phone when something almost funny happens.
You box up his books.
You forget to mail them.
This feels symbolic but probably isn’t.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(5/8)
There was also the relationship you hesitate to count as a loss,
except you still reach for your phone when something almost funny happens.
You box up his books.
You forget to mail them.
This feels symbolic but probably isn’t.
There was also the relationship you hesitate to count as a loss,
except you still reach for your phone when something almost funny happens.
You box up his books.
You forget to mail them.
This feels symbolic but probably isn’t.
(4/8)
Then the job disappears in a 6:12 a.m. email.
You read it while brushing your teeth, foam on your chin, nodding like someone explaining the weather.
“Just business,” people say.
That’s what bleeding tries to sound like.
Then the job disappears in a 6:12 a.m. email.
You read it while brushing your teeth, foam on your chin, nodding like someone explaining the weather.
“Just business,” people say.
That’s what bleeding tries to sound like.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(4/8)
Then the job disappears in a 6:12 a.m. email.
You read it while brushing your teeth, foam on your chin, nodding like someone explaining the weather.
“Just business,” people say.
That’s what bleeding tries to sound like.
Then the job disappears in a 6:12 a.m. email.
You read it while brushing your teeth, foam on your chin, nodding like someone explaining the weather.
“Just business,” people say.
That’s what bleeding tries to sound like.
(3/8)
You lost your mother first, though you hate the word first.
Hospitals smell like disinfectant and burnt coffee.
The hallway art is aggressively cheerful.
You feel oddly polite.
As if grief is a party you don’t want to disrupt.
You lost your mother first, though you hate the word first.
Hospitals smell like disinfectant and burnt coffee.
The hallway art is aggressively cheerful.
You feel oddly polite.
As if grief is a party you don’t want to disrupt.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(3/8)
You lost your mother first, though you hate the word first.
Hospitals smell like disinfectant and burnt coffee.
The hallway art is aggressively cheerful.
You feel oddly polite.
As if grief is a party you don’t want to disrupt.
You lost your mother first, though you hate the word first.
Hospitals smell like disinfectant and burnt coffee.
The hallway art is aggressively cheerful.
You feel oddly polite.
As if grief is a party you don’t want to disrupt.
(2/8)
You are thirty-seven, which sounds older when you say it out loud on the 10 freeway.
Los Angeles is good at making age feel both irrelevant and humiliating.
The sun keeps shining.
Which feels rude, frankly.
You are thirty-seven, which sounds older when you say it out loud on the 10 freeway.
Los Angeles is good at making age feel both irrelevant and humiliating.
The sun keeps shining.
Which feels rude, frankly.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
(2/8)
You are thirty-seven, which sounds older when you say it out loud on the 10 freeway.
Los Angeles is good at making age feel both irrelevant and humiliating.
The sun keeps shining.
Which feels rude, frankly.
You are thirty-seven, which sounds older when you say it out loud on the 10 freeway.
Los Angeles is good at making age feel both irrelevant and humiliating.
The sun keeps shining.
Which feels rude, frankly.
The Grief Wave 🌀
recently bereaved in several directions
(1/8)
As we move into year two of The Grief Wave, I keep returning to a line by Muriel Rukeyser:
“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
Grief rearranges the story before we’re ready.
recently bereaved in several directions
(1/8)
As we move into year two of The Grief Wave, I keep returning to a line by Muriel Rukeyser:
“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
Grief rearranges the story before we’re ready.
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The Grief Wave 🌀
recently bereaved in several directions
(1/8)
As we move into year two of The Grief Wave, I keep returning to a line by Muriel Rukeyser:
“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
Grief rearranges the story before we’re ready.
recently bereaved in several directions
(1/8)
As we move into year two of The Grief Wave, I keep returning to a line by Muriel Rukeyser:
“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
Grief rearranges the story before we’re ready.
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"The advent of realistic videos has been a boon for disinformation, fraud and foreign influence operations"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
What is the positive use case for an easy-to-use fake video tool?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
What is the positive use case for an easy-to-use fake video tool?
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"The advent of realistic videos has been a boon for disinformation, fraud and foreign influence operations"
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
What is the positive use case for an easy-to-use fake video tool?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...
What is the positive use case for an easy-to-use fake video tool?
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Allan Brooks, the corporate recruiter from Canada I wrote about in August who went into a 3-week-long delusional spiral with ChatGPT, sued OpenAI Thursday, alongside six other plaintiffs. They blame ChatGPT for their mental breakdowns and for four suicides. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Allan Brooks, the corporate recruiter from Canada I wrote about in August who went into a 3-week-long delusional spiral with ChatGPT, sued OpenAI Thursday, alongside six other plaintiffs. They blame ChatGPT for their mental breakdowns and for four suicides. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
(5/5)
When grief gets dark, what saves us isn’t strength—it’s company.
A voice that listens. A hand that stays.
A moment when someone says, “I see you,” and means it.
💛 Read the full editions of The Grief Wave:
👉 caligrief.substack.com
#GriefWave #HealingTogether #CommunityCare #GriefTherapy
When grief gets dark, what saves us isn’t strength—it’s company.
A voice that listens. A hand that stays.
A moment when someone says, “I see you,” and means it.
💛 Read the full editions of The Grief Wave:
👉 caligrief.substack.com
#GriefWave #HealingTogether #CommunityCare #GriefTherapy
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
(5/5)
When grief gets dark, what saves us isn’t strength—it’s company.
A voice that listens. A hand that stays.
A moment when someone says, “I see you,” and means it.
💛 Read the full editions of The Grief Wave:
👉 caligrief.substack.com
#GriefWave #HealingTogether #CommunityCare #GriefTherapy
When grief gets dark, what saves us isn’t strength—it’s company.
A voice that listens. A hand that stays.
A moment when someone says, “I see you,” and means it.
💛 Read the full editions of The Grief Wave:
👉 caligrief.substack.com
#GriefWave #HealingTogether #CommunityCare #GriefTherapy
(4/5)
You don’t have to face it alone.
Grief counseling is available throughout California and nationwide (virtually).
We meet you where you are—with empathy, safety, and real conversation.
🕊️ Consultations are always free.
Explore support → caligrief.com
You don’t have to face it alone.
Grief counseling is available throughout California and nationwide (virtually).
We meet you where you are—with empathy, safety, and real conversation.
🕊️ Consultations are always free.
Explore support → caligrief.com
HOME | California Grief Center
At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...
caligrief.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
(4/5)
You don’t have to face it alone.
Grief counseling is available throughout California and nationwide (virtually).
We meet you where you are—with empathy, safety, and real conversation.
🕊️ Consultations are always free.
Explore support → caligrief.com
You don’t have to face it alone.
Grief counseling is available throughout California and nationwide (virtually).
We meet you where you are—with empathy, safety, and real conversation.
🕊️ Consultations are always free.
Explore support → caligrief.com
(3/5)
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels heaviest—
whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or simply long to feel alive again.
💬 Individual & group therapy
🎭 Catharsis Theater (psychodrama for healing)
🌊 Grief education & community workshops
👉 caligrief.com
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels heaviest—
whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or simply long to feel alive again.
💬 Individual & group therapy
🎭 Catharsis Theater (psychodrama for healing)
🌊 Grief education & community workshops
👉 caligrief.com
HOME | California Grief Center
At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...
caligrief.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
(3/5)
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels heaviest—
whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or simply long to feel alive again.
💬 Individual & group therapy
🎭 Catharsis Theater (psychodrama for healing)
🌊 Grief education & community workshops
👉 caligrief.com
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels heaviest—
whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or simply long to feel alive again.
💬 Individual & group therapy
🎭 Catharsis Theater (psychodrama for healing)
🌊 Grief education & community workshops
👉 caligrief.com
(2/5)
🌿 From caregivers tending 104-year-old elders with devotion,
🕊️ to new research showing that family acceptance saves LGBTQ+ lives,
🎨 to rituals of clay, song, and story that help us face mortality—
Each reminds us: grief is not weakness. It’s love, persisting.
#HealingTogether
🌿 From caregivers tending 104-year-old elders with devotion,
🕊️ to new research showing that family acceptance saves LGBTQ+ lives,
🎨 to rituals of clay, song, and story that help us face mortality—
Each reminds us: grief is not weakness. It’s love, persisting.
#HealingTogether
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
(2/5)
🌿 From caregivers tending 104-year-old elders with devotion,
🕊️ to new research showing that family acceptance saves LGBTQ+ lives,
🎨 to rituals of clay, song, and story that help us face mortality—
Each reminds us: grief is not weakness. It’s love, persisting.
#HealingTogether
🌿 From caregivers tending 104-year-old elders with devotion,
🕊️ to new research showing that family acceptance saves LGBTQ+ lives,
🎨 to rituals of clay, song, and story that help us face mortality—
Each reminds us: grief is not weakness. It’s love, persisting.
#HealingTogether
(1/5)
🕯️ When grief gets dark, companionship brings light.
This week’s Grief Wave explores what sustains us when loss feels endless — connection, courage, and care.
Read: The Grief Wave – When Grief Gets Dark
👉 caligrief.substack.com/p/the-grief-...
#Grief #Healing #Help #Bluesky #Love #Loss
🕯️ When grief gets dark, companionship brings light.
This week’s Grief Wave explores what sustains us when loss feels endless — connection, courage, and care.
Read: The Grief Wave – When Grief Gets Dark
👉 caligrief.substack.com/p/the-grief-...
#Grief #Healing #Help #Bluesky #Love #Loss
The Grief Wave – November 4, 2025 | When Grief Gets Dark
How we find light, connection, and courage when loss feels endless
caligrief.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
(4/5)
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels frozen — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
💬 Therapy • 💞 Support Groups • 🎭 Catharsis Theater
Now seeing clients across California and nationwide (virtually).
www.caligrief.com
#Therapy
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels frozen — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
💬 Therapy • 💞 Support Groups • 🎭 Catharsis Theater
Now seeing clients across California and nationwide (virtually).
www.caligrief.com
#Therapy
HOME | California Grief Center
At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...
www.caligrief.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(4/5)
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels frozen — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
💬 Therapy • 💞 Support Groups • 🎭 Catharsis Theater
Now seeing clients across California and nationwide (virtually).
www.caligrief.com
#Therapy
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels frozen — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
💬 Therapy • 💞 Support Groups • 🎭 Catharsis Theater
Now seeing clients across California and nationwide (virtually).
www.caligrief.com
#Therapy
(3/5)
If you’re feeling stuck in your grief, take heart.
Stillness is not failure — it’s part of movement.
Grief asks for patience, honesty, and presence with what is.
Over time, connection brings clarity.
🌊 Read the issue: caligrief.substack.com
#MentalHealth #GriefAwareness #HealingJourney
If you’re feeling stuck in your grief, take heart.
Stillness is not failure — it’s part of movement.
Grief asks for patience, honesty, and presence with what is.
Over time, connection brings clarity.
🌊 Read the issue: caligrief.substack.com
#MentalHealth #GriefAwareness #HealingJourney
The Grief Wave | Brian Stefan | Substack
✍️ Exploring grief, healing, and humanity in all its tangled beauty. Click to read The Grief Wave, by Brian Stefan, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
caligrief.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(3/5)
If you’re feeling stuck in your grief, take heart.
Stillness is not failure — it’s part of movement.
Grief asks for patience, honesty, and presence with what is.
Over time, connection brings clarity.
🌊 Read the issue: caligrief.substack.com
#MentalHealth #GriefAwareness #HealingJourney
If you’re feeling stuck in your grief, take heart.
Stillness is not failure — it’s part of movement.
Grief asks for patience, honesty, and presence with what is.
Over time, connection brings clarity.
🌊 Read the issue: caligrief.substack.com
#MentalHealth #GriefAwareness #HealingJourney
(2/5)
From Japan’s first female prime minister breaking barriers 🇯🇵
to a Caribbean nation rebuilding after disaster 🌪️
this week’s stories show how resilience takes root — not in comfort, but in endurance.
📰 The Grief Wave – When Grief Gets Hard
#Resilience #GriefSupport #CommunityHealing
From Japan’s first female prime minister breaking barriers 🇯🇵
to a Caribbean nation rebuilding after disaster 🌪️
this week’s stories show how resilience takes root — not in comfort, but in endurance.
📰 The Grief Wave – When Grief Gets Hard
#Resilience #GriefSupport #CommunityHealing
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(2/5)
From Japan’s first female prime minister breaking barriers 🇯🇵
to a Caribbean nation rebuilding after disaster 🌪️
this week’s stories show how resilience takes root — not in comfort, but in endurance.
📰 The Grief Wave – When Grief Gets Hard
#Resilience #GriefSupport #CommunityHealing
From Japan’s first female prime minister breaking barriers 🇯🇵
to a Caribbean nation rebuilding after disaster 🌪️
this week’s stories show how resilience takes root — not in comfort, but in endurance.
📰 The Grief Wave – When Grief Gets Hard
#Resilience #GriefSupport #CommunityHealing
(1/5)
When grief gets hard, what we often need isn’t strength — it’s steadiness.
This week’s Grief Wave looks at how we find clarity and connection when everything feels heavy.
💜 Read the full issue: caligrief.substack.com
#Grief #HealingTogether #TheGriefWave
When grief gets hard, what we often need isn’t strength — it’s steadiness.
This week’s Grief Wave looks at how we find clarity and connection when everything feels heavy.
💜 Read the full issue: caligrief.substack.com
#Grief #HealingTogether #TheGriefWave
The Grief Wave | Brian Stefan | Substack
✍️ Exploring grief, healing, and humanity in all its tangled beauty. Click to read The Grief Wave, by Brian Stefan, a Substack publication. Launched 4 months ago.
caligrief.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(1/5)
When grief gets hard, what we often need isn’t strength — it’s steadiness.
This week’s Grief Wave looks at how we find clarity and connection when everything feels heavy.
💜 Read the full issue: caligrief.substack.com
#Grief #HealingTogether #TheGriefWave
When grief gets hard, what we often need isn’t strength — it’s steadiness.
This week’s Grief Wave looks at how we find clarity and connection when everything feels heavy.
💜 Read the full issue: caligrief.substack.com
#Grief #HealingTogether #TheGriefWave
5️⃣
Grief isn’t a problem to fix.
It’s a passage to be witnessed.
If your grief feels lodged somewhere deep, motion can return — through connection, story, and care. 🌊
📬 Read The Grief Wave + explore support: caligrief.com
#CaliforniaGriefCenter #GriefHealing #Community
Grief isn’t a problem to fix.
It’s a passage to be witnessed.
If your grief feels lodged somewhere deep, motion can return — through connection, story, and care. 🌊
📬 Read The Grief Wave + explore support: caligrief.com
#CaliforniaGriefCenter #GriefHealing #Community
HOME | California Grief Center
At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...
caligrief.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
5️⃣
Grief isn’t a problem to fix.
It’s a passage to be witnessed.
If your grief feels lodged somewhere deep, motion can return — through connection, story, and care. 🌊
📬 Read The Grief Wave + explore support: caligrief.com
#CaliforniaGriefCenter #GriefHealing #Community
Grief isn’t a problem to fix.
It’s a passage to be witnessed.
If your grief feels lodged somewhere deep, motion can return — through connection, story, and care. 🌊
📬 Read The Grief Wave + explore support: caligrief.com
#CaliforniaGriefCenter #GriefHealing #Community
4️⃣
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels unmoving — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
Now seeing clients virtually throughout California and nationwide. 💛
🌊 caligrief.com
#GriefCare #Therapy #HealingTogether
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels unmoving — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
Now seeing clients virtually throughout California and nationwide. 💛
🌊 caligrief.com
#GriefCare #Therapy #HealingTogether
HOME | California Grief Center
At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...
caligrief.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
4️⃣
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels unmoving — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
Now seeing clients virtually throughout California and nationwide. 💛
🌊 caligrief.com
#GriefCare #Therapy #HealingTogether
At the California Grief Center, we help people move through what feels unmoving — whether you’ve lost someone, lost your way, or carry unspoken sorrow.
Now seeing clients virtually throughout California and nationwide. 💛
🌊 caligrief.com
#GriefCare #Therapy #HealingTogether