406 SelfWork: How to Grieve A Parent’s Death

How do you grieve a parent’s death?

Even older adults have told me they feel “orphaned” after both of their parents die. So imagine what can happen when a parent dies when a child is young. There are all kinds of reasons for that child to feel as if their life will never be the same – that the loss makes it impossible to recover their innocence or contentment.

Today we’ll hear from a listener who’s describing this very dynamic. So much of what happens to a child depends on the adults around them. Yet, I offer ideas on what you can do about it as an adult yourself… as always. The death can’t be changed, obviously. But how you live on, how you work through your grief, can be helped through these proactive steps.

 

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