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Scenario

When couples grieve differently after sudden vs expected loss

My partner and I have both lost parents but mine died suddenly in an accident while his went through a long illness, and when we try to comfort each other we keep missing the mark because our grief feels so fundamentally different. He talks about closure and final conversations and I feel like I'm speaking a different language.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who love each other are discovering that the shape of their grief creates a chasm between them, each carrying loss the other cannot fully comprehend.

Your guide for this
Mira
Mira works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sudden loss vs. expected loss?”

Peri

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