It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand

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Not only is it extremely painful to experience our own loss, it can be painful to experience our friends and loved ones grieving for their losses also. Her work is equally applicable to the grief of the loss of a loved one and the loss of a friendship.

But I wish she hadn’t focused so much on accidental deaths because it felt like the rest of us, experiencing “expected” deaths, should just move on already.Megan Devine tells the truth about loss, and in doing so, she normalizes an experience that has been censored and stigmatized. Because of this lack of clarity, some have criticized the book as something that could end up getting grieving people stuck between OK and not OK. With It’s OK That You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we help others who have endured tragedy. Everyone’s at least a little bit Not OK, something grief expert and psychotherapist Megan Devine knows from the inside out.

Did anyone teach you that understanding your grief is the key to being (or becoming) a healthy human being? Unfortunately, the author cannot help, despite her many protestations of the contrary, nudging her readers towards a “happily ever after” ending, although she tries to wriggle out of this inconsistency by trying to 'redefine' what it means to be happy.How to help the people you love-with essays to teach us the best skills, checklists, and suggestions for supporting and comforting others through the grieving process Many people who have suffered a loss feel judged, dismissed, and misunderstood by a culture that wants to solve grief. Devine is masterful at articulating the varied and harsh realities grievers (and those who support them) face on a daily basis and then provides real tools to identify your own path forward by validating your story of devastation, of hopelessness, and of love. Going through my own experiences with multiple dimensions of grief, I’ve heard almost every well-meant but unhelpful, offensive, and out-of-touch remark. Well, lady, let it be a lesson to you: either you care about people and check in with them from time to time, or you don’t and it shows. Chris Guillebeau , New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness of Pursuit --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.