The Grief Expert Who Discovered a Sixth Stage | David Kessler

Your grief is not the thing keeping you stuck. Running from it is.

David Kessler spent years working alongside Elisabeth Kubler-Ross before everything he taught got tested against his own life, when his son died unexpectedly and the grief expert became the one who needed help.

He talks about sitting in a grief group with his own books on the table and still not being able to say the words out loud. About discovering there is a stage past acceptance, one built on meaning instead of just getting through it.

You will hear why anger is often just pain wearing a disguise, why your triggers are actually a map back to what needs healing, and why the people who seem to have it all together are usually the ones running the hardest.

This conversation will change how you think about every hard thing you have survived and every hard thing still ahead.

David’s books:

Finding Meaning: the Sixth Stage of Grief Workbook: Tools for Releasing Pain and Remembering with Love

Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death

Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die

Grief.com

David's Instagram

David's Facebook

Online Grief Group and Grief Education

In this episode you will:

Learn the sixth stage of grief that goes beyond acceptance and into real meaning
Discover why your triggers are actually a map to your deepest healing
Overcome the fear of speaking your pain out loud to the people who love you
Recognize the difference between grief and clinical depression
Build the courage to feel your feelings instead of outrunning them

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