Megan Devine reveals a path for navigating grief and loss not by trying to escape it, but by learning to live inside it with more grace and skill. Through stories, research, life tips, and creative and mindfulness-based practices, she offers a unique guide through an experience we all must face. Here she debunks the idea of trying to โcureโ grief, offering skills and tools to help us move forward through our own grief and provide genuine comfort to others experiencing intense loss.
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When a painful loss or life-shattering event upends your world, here is the first thing to know:ย there is nothing wrong with grief.ย โGrief is simply love in its most wild and painful form,โ says Megan Devine. โIt is a natural and sane response to loss.โ
So, why does our culture treat grief like a disease to be cured as quickly as possible?
Inย Itโs OK That Youโre Not OK,ย Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy. Having experienced grief from both sidesโas both a therapist and as a woman who witnessed the accidental drowning of her beloved partnerโMegan writes with deep insight about the unspoken truths of loss, love, and healing. She debunks the culturally prescribed goal of returning to a normal, โhappyโ life, replacing it with a far healthier middle path, one that invites us to build a life alongside grief rather than seeking to overcome it. In this compelling and heartful book, youโll learn:
โข Why well-meaning advice, therapy, and spiritual wisdom so often end up making it harder for people in grief
โข How challenging the myths of griefโdoing away with stages, timetables, and unrealistic ideals about how grief should unfoldโallows us to accept grief as a mystery to be honored instead of a problem to solve
โข Practical guidance for managing stress, improving sleep, and decreasing anxiety without trying to โfixโ your pain
โข How to help the people you loveโwith essays to teach us the best skills, checklists, and suggestions for supporting and comforting others through the grieving process
Many people who have suffered a loss feel judged, dismissed, and misunderstood by a culture that wants to โsolveโ grief. Megan writes, โGrief no more needs a solution than love needs a solution.โ Through stories, research, life tips, and creative and mindfulness-based practices, she offers a unique guide through an experience we all must faceโin our personal lives, in the lives of those we love, and in the wider world.
Itโs OK That Youโre Not OKย is a book for grieving people, those who love them, and all those seeking to love themselvesโand each otherโbetter.
