Dr. Melissa Mork on ambiguous grief and how to heal

Susie Larson Live

Faith Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

When a loved one dies, or you lose your dream job, it's easy to understand your grief. But what about hard years like this, or the times when you feel sadness or anger that is harder to explain? Dr. Melissa Mork shares about Ambiguous Grief and how we can heal.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.
0:05.9	It's only just a matter around. Welcome, welcome to Susie Larson. Do dance. You don't have to know how to ever since, ever since we've got you love.
0:23.2	Welcome, welcome to Susie Larson Live.
0:25.9	Always honored to get to spend this time with you.
0:28.0	In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,
0:34.1	that deep in your understanding of God's Word word and that heightens your awareness of his
0:37.8	very real presence in your life. You know, author and pastor Jeff Mannion made this statement the
0:42.5	last time he was on the show. He says, we've tried to become experts at not getting hurt,
0:47.1	but what we need is to become experts at learning to heal. I absolutely love that. And you've
0:51.9	maybe heard me reference this quote before, but a number of years ago when
0:55.4	author counselor Stephen Arterburn was on the show, he said something I will never forget. He said,
1:00.9	Susie, one of the greatest epidemics of the church is unresolved grief. We've all experienced a series of
1:07.3	hurts and losses, but have not slowed down long enough to deal with them.
1:11.4	What you think about that?
1:12.7	Our hardships and our losses, they change us, but we're the ones who decide if they'll change
1:17.6	us for the better.
1:18.5	So I want to just give you a little opportunity today, just to process through.
1:22.5	I want you to text your thoughts, if you would.
1:25.2	What about 2020 was most difficult for you personally?
1:28.9	I'm going to pray for you, too. If you have prayer requests, I'm excited about my guest and I
1:32.0	are going to be doing that for you. And this isn't about rehashing, rehearsing. It's not about
1:36.5	self-pity. It's about journeying through the Valley of Grief. And I think so often, well, I know
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