Is There a Way to Remember Those That Have Died?

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I am basically what we would call am realistically optimistic. So i i hope for the best and i plan for the worst. That's like a, i want the glass to be half full, but i also know exactly how full this glass is. And also, am, grief doesn't go away. You know, at some point this am covet locke down pandemic will end. Other people are going to require help once it's ended. There's really great research around the importance of rituals,. Of kind of unofficial ways of remembering and memorializing those that have died. Whether it's lighting a candle, or wearing the colour nail varnish that your mother wore, or whether

Life can throw curveballs that you feel wholly unprepared for-- just ask Dr. Lucy Hone, a resilience researcher, who tragically lost her 12-year-old daughter in a road accident. While all of us may experience tragedy in our lives, not everyone knows how to manage it. In this episode, Dr. Hone shares the strategies that got her through unimaginable adversity and—in doing so—helped her find meaning through loss. Co-director of the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience, Hone's research is published internationally and her PhD was acknowledged for its outstanding contribution to wellbeing science at the World Congress of Positive Psychology in 2019. Her grief work now encompasses the best-selling book, Resilient Grieving, alongside other engaging online content. Hone's work has been featured in several documentaries by the BBC, Swedish Television, The Bolt Report Australia and TVNZ. To learn more about "How to Be a Better Human," host Chris Duffy, or find footnotes and additional resources, please visit: go.ted.com/betterhuman

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