Our most natural instinct as humans is to avoid suffering. But you say that, contrary to all our instincts, we have to allow ourselves to feel the pain in order to make progress. Your mentre is pain is the agent of change. And so the pain is slowly forcing you face this new reality. And as you face it, you adapt. As you adapt, it gives space to kind of think about, what, who am i now? And how am i going to live now?"
Julia Samuel is one of the world’s leading grief therapists. She joins Maya to talk about why it’s important to engage with our grief, and offers strategies for how to do that.
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