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When a guide's death triggers impermanence despair

My therapist died unexpectedly last month and I keep thinking about how all the wisdom he gave me died with him and nothing lasts.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The loss of a wisdom figure can collapse faith in the continuity of knowledge and meaning across generations.

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