When tragedy and loss occur in our lives they often detonate profound emotions that can cause us to feel like we’re taken to the edge of sanity. Everything changes, the world seems altered forever. Things don’t make sense. Kind acknowledgement helps, but nothing makes it ‘better’.
Though we will all experience grief in our own unique way (variation is the norm) and it can feel like a very private pain, this book shows we are all connected by suffering. There are very helpful, simple and down-to-earth suggestions on how to support ourselves and others when we are experiencing even the acute early stages of raw grief, as well as what to avoid- toxic positivity being high on that list.
We could all benefit from deconstructing our own (as well as our collective) stigma around this very human, misunderstood process.