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When shared grief leads siblings to incompatible coping philosophies

My brother and I both lost spouses young and we've been each other's main support, but he's found peace through accepting that 'everything happens for a reason' while that phrase makes me want to scream, and lately we can barely talk.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The same type of loss is generating opposite spiritual responses that are threatening the very relationship that provides survival.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The teacher of grief — every tradition's view?”

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