Coping With Painful Grief

Coping With Painful Grief

Grief is extremely powerful, but even after a devastating loss it’s possible to find meaning in life again.

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When you’re grieving, it’s easy to get stuck in your pain and remain bitter, angry or depressed. But if you can manage to find meaning in even the most senseless loss, you can keep growing and finding ways to live a good and someday even joyful life, one enriched by the lessons and love of the person who died.

This webinar on grieving will share advice on how to go about it. Topics to be covered include:

• Why the six stages of grief were never meant to be linear 
• What “meaning making” is, and why it’s the key to recovery from grief
• How meaning making can help you remember the person who died with more love than pain
• The keys to finding acceptance and moving into meaning making 
• Why post-traumatic growth is an important part of meaning making

The presentation is based on “Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief,” by David Kessler, whose youngest son died suddenly at age 21. He co-authored “On Grief and Grieving” and “Life Lessons” with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. Visit his website for more information on grief.

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Please note that you must be signed in to your AARP.org account or create an account to register for events. AARP membership is not required. Please do not opt out of event-related email, as you will be emailed a link to join the webinar via Zoom prior to the event.