The Dance of Grief

Edy Nathan says no one wants to talk about grief. A lot of people seem like they’re looking at their watches, waiting for their friends to “get over it,” whatever the “it” is, so life can move on beyond grief. But Nathan says about how grief is a dance and you just learn to partner with it, not get over it.

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Death: The Last Taboo

All too often, it’s a taboo topic.

But Anna Lyons and Louise Winter tackle the taboo head on with their book, We All Know How This Ends. The “this” of their book title is life, and the end of life and death – two very separate things, as it turns out – are what Anna and Louise talk about.

When it comes to the end of life, and to grief for the survivors, there’s no right way to deal with it all. And you don’t have to get through it, you really have to learn to live with it. About the only “wrong” thing you can do is to avoid the whole topic because it makes you uncomfortable.

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Andrea Brandt: Gifts of Loss

We spend our whole lives trying to avoid loss — especially the ultimate loss, death. So we’re talking about death and other losses. Sounds fun, fight? Well, actually…our return guest, Dr. Andrea Brandt says death is really just a good way to get perspective on life. She says that death…and loss? They’re gifts. And, since you can’t return them, you might as well enjoy them! The gifts of death and loss on Keep it Juicy!

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