Rethinking grief

Rethinking grief

Even the wisest people can find that their beliefs stop just short of death.

Rethinking grief

A conversation with a friend after a recent death showed what grief can look like when you stay open to all of it.

Healing from grief

Being "fine" after a death is far too low a standard. You can have nothing but love for them.

Rethinking grief

The idea that the immensity of your grief shows the immensity of your love for them is a belief I bump up against all the time.

Rethinking grief

Why "getting over it" pushes so many buttons, and how healing is something very different.

Rethinking grief

A death can free you to keep the traditions you love and let go of the ones you don't.

Rethinking grief

There is no hierarchy. There is no worst death.

Healing from grief

Your pain over the death of someone you love is not them.

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