It's ok that you're not ok : meeting grief and loss in a culture that doesn't understand
"In It's OK That You're Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy"--Amazon.com.
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| Summary: | "In It's OK That You're Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy"--Amazon.com. "Having experienced grief from both sides-- as a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partner-- Devine writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, 'happy' life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Physical Description: | xix, 249 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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Boulder, CO :
Sounds True,
2017.
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| ISBN: | 9781622039074 1622039076 |
Table of Contents:
- This is all just as crazy as you think it is
- The reality of loss
- The second half of the sentence: why words of comfort feel so bad
- It's not you, it's us: our models of grief are broken
- Emotional illiteracy and the culture of blame
- The new model of grief
- What to do with your grief
- Living in the reality of loss
- You can't solve grief, but you don't have to suffer
- How (and why) to stay alive
- What happened to my mind? Dealing with grief's physical side effects
- Grief and anxiety: calming your mind when logic doesn't work
- What does art have to do with anything?
- Find your own image of "recovery"
- When friends and family don't know what to do
- Should you educate or ignore them?
- Rallying your support team: helping them help you
- The way forward
- The tribe of after: companionship, true hope, and the way forward
- Love is the only thing that lasts
- Appendix. How to help a grieving friend.