Claire B. Willis - Opening to Grief

Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace with Claire
B. Willis

Aired Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST

Over the past year, the pandemic has robbed every single one of us
of something… If not a loved one or our livelihood it’s our
familiar daily routine, our freedom of movement, or our way of
working, playing, communicating, connecting, and moving through the
world. Many are feeling a mix of emotions – anxiety, despair,
sadness, and anger. While we might not recognize all of these
feelings as grief, we are grieving. This is how human beings
respond to loss. And our losses are far from over.

According to this week’s guest, grieving is one of the most
difficult experiences we will ever face. Grief’s terrain is
unspeakably painful. There are no easy answers and there’s no one
way to grieve. Your grief is yours alone. But the good news is,
whatever you are grieving, you will find your way…

CLAIRE B. WILLIS is a clinical social worker who has worked in the
fields of oncology and bereavement for more than 20 years. A
cofounder of the Boston non-profit Facing Cancer Together, she has
led bereavement, end-of-life, support, and therapeutic writing
groups, and has co-taught spiritual resources for healing the mind,
body, and soul at Andover Newton Theological School. The author of
Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life,
& co-author of Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to
Peace with Marnie Crawford Samuelson, Claire Willis joins Sandie to
share how we can navigate and embrace our emotions and experiences,
however they arise, and follow our own path to healing.

Connect with Claire at https://openingtogrief.com/

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