"I expected to feel only empty heartbroken after Paul died," his widow wrote in the epilogue of her memoir. "The grief so heavy that at times I shiver and moan under the weight of it, Paul is gone." She says she has a deep sense that the relationship with her mom still exists. There's a relational experience that we have with memory,. A social worker named Michael White believed that clients needed opportunities to develop new relationships with their deceased loved ones.
After the loss of someone we love, we’re inevitably faced with the question, “How do I live with this grief?” In this episode of “Something to Normalize,” Ginny and Brandi offer some answers to this question. Through research and personal experiences with grief, they share strategies, powerful bits of wisdom, and practical tools they’ve discovered. They also discuss how they’ve applied these tools in their own lives, and what was most helpful in their process. This is the second in a two-part series on grieving. Click here to listen to part 1.
In This Episode, Ginny & Brandi Discuss:
- How grief is more than just the loss of a person; it is also the loss of our identity as it relates to that person
- What opportunities grief offers us— like forming a new relationship with the memories of a loved one
- How rituals can have an important role in helping us process our grief
- Ways to navigate the ever-changing nature of grief
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