grief

Healing Relationships When You’d Rather Not
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Healing Relationships When You’d Rather Not

In the 5 Tasks of the Living to Prepare for a Peaceful Dying (from Facing Death and Finding Hope by Christine Longacker) we are charged with Step 2: Healing Relationships. But don’t worry; I’m not going to force you to confront every person you ever had beef with. This step isn’t about forgiving the unforgivable…

Finding Meaning After a Death
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Finding Meaning After a Death

David Kessler recently added a sixth stage to Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief, and that is Finding Meaning. The original stages left something important off the table: what happens after acceptance? How do we go forward?  Remember, the Five Stages weren’t originally meant for the grieving at all, rather they were created to help…