I haven’t been able to post for a while because, well, I’ve been busy. And, truthfully, somewhat overwhelmed. At the outset of the pandemic I quipped that “Apparently, couples and families are not meant to be quarantined together, for undetermined amounts of time.” Like many I kept thinking it would be over……soon? (Remember the 2 week ‘lockdown?’) COVID 19 has wreaked havoc with our lives this past year; it is hard to fathom so much change, so much loss. The …
Category: grief
Today I read one of the most helpful articles on dealing with COVID 19 in The Harvard Business Review. Staff’s shared reflections about their collective “queasy, anxious” feelings lead to an interview with noted expert on grief, David Kessler. This is a time to overprotect but not overreact. Kessler, the author of Finding Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief and founder of grief.com shares his thoughts about why it is so important to acknowledge and name what we’re feeling as …
