In It’s OK That You’re Not OK, 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. I agree with her basic point on the subject: that enlightenment in the face of grief is to look straight at it, staying emotionally open and bearing witness to the pain, knowing that it can’t be changed.

It's OK That You're Not OK is a permission slip to feel what you feel, do what you do, and say what you say, when life finds you in a place of profound loss and the world seems hell-bent on telling you the right way to get back to being the person you'll never again be. Activist and author Joanna Macy speaks of the unrecognized, and unwelcome, pain in the hearts of most activists. But many, many, many therapists have dealt with their own grief and trauma; often bringing them to their own therapeutic journey and their own desire to become a therapist.This approach is perfectly sensible and quite common in many books on difficult subjects such as grief and cancer. I do not tolerate those views because I detest oppression and love social justice, not because I lack empathy. How challenging the myths of grief-doing away with stages, timetables, and unrealistic ideals about how grief should unfold-allows us to accept grief as a mystery to be honored instead of a problem to solve . Megan is an executive producer and host of the podcast It’s OK that You’re Not OK (fka: Here After with Megan Devine), and is a featured expert in the PBS documentary, Speaking Grief. It also perfectly evaluates what our western culture and medical establishment get wrong about grief.

Megan Devine shows us that rather than treat grief as an illness to recover from, we can approach it with warmth and understanding. I have since passed this book on to my Mom who is also finding a lot of clarity and helpfulness through its message.

She advocates for a revolution in how we discuss loss – personally, professionally, and as a wider community. Megan Devine is the author of the book It's OK that You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn't Understand. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Still, I’m glad that Devine’s book may shift or expand how we talk about grief, to promote more compassion and emotional awareness. This is where the “self-help-part” comes in, as it offers concrete tips on how to navigate everyday-life without trying to fix your grief, and place in perspective some of the unhelpful or even stupid rhetoric you will encounter from other people.

Their therapeutic self-reflection and self-awareness can help their clients process grief, open their hearts to healing, and feel less alone. At one point, the book asserts that our mind and heart will eventually adapt because they are built that way, whether we like it or not. Thank you to Netgalley for my ARC, I will be recommending this book to other family members who are also struggling to make sense of their own grief.In this wonderfully honest and deeply generous book, Devine confronts the reality of grieving and reminds us that 'love is the thing that lasts. In the just under three years since, Leanne has continued to grow the virtual reality fitness community, Supernatural.

Many people who have suffered a loss feel judged, dismissed, and misunderstood by a culture that wants to "solve" grief. This is best suited for people dealing with grief themself or someone who is trying to get ressources on how to help/support a grieving person.Why well-meaning advice, therapy, and spiritual wisdom so often end up making it harder for people in grief .