Key insights from
Its OK That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn’t Understand
By Megan Devine
What you'll learn
Megan Devine is a psychotherapist, author, and grief counselor who works at the intersection of psychology, emotional literacy, and anthropology. Ever since her husband died, she has reflected deeply upon the nature of grief and loss. She has created an online platform for the sake of navigating grief and helping others live out their losses in community. Her organization gives workshops, runs a podcast, and shares the wisdom she has gained with regard to grief, trauma, and healthy communication. In Its OK, Devine’s first book, she navigates the problematic methods of grief management in our culture, the relationships we have with those who just want to support us, and how we ourselves can live through our grief and seek a good life.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Grief is not a problem to be solved, but a burden to be carried.
- 2 Our culture has a positivity problem, which renders all negative emotions illegitimate.
- 3 In times of grief, pain must be felt, but suffering is to be reduced.
- 4 Grief is not just an emotional experience, but affects us fully.
- 5 Grief may be lessened as time goes on without going away entirely.
- 6 When those we love are in grief, we must be helpers, not fixers.
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