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When spiritual acceptance feels inadequate for harsh aging realities

My meditation teacher keeps talking about accepting impermanence but my grandmother's dementia is destroying our family and I cannot find peace with this kind of 'natural' aging process.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Philosophical frameworks about accepting aging and death feel insufficient when confronted with the brutal practical realities of cognitive decline.

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