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Exploring the AfterGrief, Part Two: Healing the Rift

By Casey Walsh on Sep 11, 2020 05:29 pm

Healing the Before-and-After Rift

When she recently spoke with Rebecca Soffer about her upcoming book, The AfterGrief, Hope Edelman discussed the need to bridge the “before and after” narrative. She pointed out that that rift in our lives also becomes a rift in our identity. She understood its importance, she says, when she saw this touching conversation between Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert, which aired in August 2019.

While their entire talk speaks so clearly to the impact of grief on the lives of those who experience it, especially when they are young, pay particular attention to what Anderson shares, beginning at 1:15:

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"For me, losing my dad (at 10)...changed the trajectory of my life.

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