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Grief and Sharing Loss

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“Grief, when it comes, is nothing like we expect it to be,” Joan Didion reflects in startling honesty.

In Michael Rosen’s Sad Book, the author processes the grief of losing his 18-year-old son in gradients of deep veracity. He reflects that sometimes sadness is “a cloud that comes along and covers me up.” It is a brilliant, honest, alarmingly relatable, illustrated book that is fitting for Mental Health Awareness Month. It is also a beautiful resource for my community who has sustained its fair share of losses since I’ve moved in.

Maria Popova shares excerpts from the book, as well as, erudite reflections and literary connections here. It is well worth the read for those who have experienced significant loss, and for those who are near to someone who’s suffered such grief. So, well, all of us.

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Nicole

Nicole Oliver Snyder’s expertise lies in the areas of leadership, gender issues, and mindfulness practice as it affects both. Leadership, particularly in an urban setting, requires community-relations skills, and an ability to clearly convey justice issues as they relate to felt, spiritual ones. Dr. Snyder is author of Leading Together: Mindfulness and the Gender Neutral Zone, and specializes in teaching mindfulness leadership development, formative spirituality, counseling, and Old Testament theology (emphasis on justice issues). She has a diverse background in international community-relations work combined with volunteer work in multi-ethnic communities, and with local institutions. She is an ordained Clergy; holds a BS in Human Development and Family Studies, w/Education Certificate, an MA-Counseling, MDiv Equiv., holds a Doctor of Ministry and Advanced Certification in Formative Spiritual Direction, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (CO, MI).

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