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When we suffer a serious loss, we come face-to-face with the fragile nature of this world. Yet in today’s culture, we often try to avoid or deny the deep emotions associated with losing the people and things we love. In this podcast, Tami Simon speaks with therapist and grief consultant Megan Devine about her uniquely helpful books with Sounds True, <\/span>It’s OK That You’re Not OK <\/span><\/i>and<\/span> How to Carry What Can’t Be Fixed<\/span><\/i><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tune in for a much-needed conversation on the best ways to tend one another’s pain during periods of loss, as Tami and Megan discuss: the cover-up narrative that “bad things help us grow”; the roots of today’s grief phobia; pain vs suffering; grief without a story; the healing power of acknowledgment; tolerating feelings of helplessness; the impulse to fix things; the weaponization of acceptance; time and the notion of complicated grief; the dangers of pathologizing grief; the lost opportunity to reframe grief during the pandemic; naming the awkward instead of silencing yourself; offering concrete assistance rather than an open offer to help; three kinds of hope: transactional, functional, and inhabitable; speaking our truth and allowing others the same; and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of <\/span>Insights at the Edge<\/span><\/i> are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20388,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[381],"tags":[170],"contributor":[811],"class_list":["post-20387","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-self-compassion","tag-insights-at-the-edge","contributor-megan-devine"],"yoast_head":"\nMegan Devine Acknowledging Our Grief And Carrying What Ca...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Listen to this Insights at the Edge podcast exploring megan devine acknowledging our grief and carrying what cant be fixed. 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