Being Well Podcast: Being with Grief with Dr. Joanne Cacciatore

May 24, 2021

In this conversation from the Life After COVID Summit, Dr. Joanne Cacciatore joins Forrest to help us put the past in perspective, and relate in healthier and more whole ways to the many things we’ve lost over the past year.

Key Topics:

2:00: Mortality salience
5:00: Putting “little stresses” in context alongside the big ones
6:40: The problems with “getting back to normal,” and our new opportunities
12:10: Remember what has happened, and turning toward grief
15:30: Practices that support us during grief
20:30: The importance of social support
26:50: How we can support people who are grieving
30:15: Should we name the people who are no longer here?
31:55: Understanding the trauma associated with grief
39:50: Working with anger
43:40: Using the body as a tool for healing
48:00: Caregiver fatigue
53:30: Survival guilt
57:30: Advice for the future
59:20: Recap

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