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Good Grief! How to Cope with Life's Inevitable Losses

Death, illness, divorce, unemployment, retirement, betrayals, broken relationships, family cut-offs, moving… such losses permeate everyone's life, eventually. Whether chosen (as in retirement) or imposed, the healthy human response to loss is grief. When grief is accepted and moved through with awareness and the willingness to express its emotions, it can lead to healing and even growth. When resisted, denied, or repressed, grief's emotional turmoil goes underground and can do damage to one's body, mind, and spirit. Join Eileen and learn how to handle grief so that it leads to growth, instead of to a sustained state of gloom or even depression.

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