My partner and I both lost our fathers within three months of each other and we've been trying to grieve together but we keep stepping on each other's pain. When I want to sit in silence, she wants to talk about meaning, and when she needs to rage, I need to pray, and we're both so raw that we can't hold space for the other's way of moving through this.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people in profound grief are discovering that their spiritual practices around loss are incompatible, creating isolation precisely when they most need connection.
“Where Are You with Grief as spiritual practice?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.