Pauline Boss
Family sciences researcher known for her work on ambiguous loss, a concept describing grief with uncertain nature. Author of "The Myth of Closure: Ambiguous Loss in a Time of Pandemic and Change."
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Jan 9, 2022 • 37min
The Sunday Read: ‘What if There’s No Such Thing as Closure?’
Pauline Boss, a family sciences researcher and author known for her work on ambiguous loss, shares insights from her book, ‘The Myth of Closure.’ She discusses the emotional complexities of grief, especially in cases of ambiguous loss such as missing loved ones or enduring long illnesses. Boss highlights how the pandemic has intensified feelings of 'frozen grief,' making it difficult for many to find closure. With six non-linear guidelines, she explores coping mechanisms, emphasizing the need to find meaning and maintain connections with what has been lost.
Jul 17, 2020 • 27min
Living the Questions: It’s really settling in now, the losses large and small
Pauline Boss joins Krista to ponder what it means to be living through a collective experience of “ambiguous loss” right now. This is a companion to this week’s On Being rebroadcast of our conversation with Pauline Boss, a family therapist, on navigating loss where there is no closure. How does that work during a pandemic with no end in sight?Krista Tippett created and leads The On Being Project and hosts the On Being radio show and podcast. She’s a National Humanities Medalist, and the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living. Read her full bio here.Pauline Boss is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Loving Someone Who Has Dementia, and Loss, Trauma and Resilience.
Jul 16, 2020 • 51min
Pauline Boss — Navigating Loss Without Closure
Pauline Boss coined the term “ambiguous loss” and invented a new field within psychology to name the reality that every loss does not hold a promise of anything like resolution. Amid this pandemic, there are so many losses — from deaths that could not be mourned, to the very structure of our days, to a sudden crash of what felt like solid careers and plans and dreams. This conversation is full of practical intelligence for shedding assumptions about how we should be feeling and acting as these only serve to deepen stress.Pauline Boss is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief, Loving Someone Who Has Dementia, and Loss, Trauma and Resilience.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.orgThis show originally aired in June 2016.
