Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief
Grief is love. How can we hold this grief without holding each other? To bear witness to this moment of undoing is to find the strength and spiritual will to meet the dark and smoldering landscapes where we live. We can cry.
Terry Tempest Williams • The Pall Of Our Unrest
The grief psychologist William Worden takes into account these questions by replacing stages with tasks of mourning. In his fourth task, the goal is to integrate the loss into your life and create an ongoing connection with the person who died while also finding a way to continue living.
Lori Gottlieb • Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
What Dr. Jo has discovered by companioning people in their darkest descent is that human beings have a deep need to be present with our losses rather than turn away from them.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
Grief asks that we honor the loss and, in so doing, deepen our capacity for compassion.