How to find meaning after loss | David Kessler

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🗓️ 31 August 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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You may be familiar with the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. After decades of research and his own experience with tragic loss, grief expert David Kessler ventured beyond that classic framework and sought a sixth, crucial stage: meaning. He shares practical wisdom and strategies for anyone seeking to honor a loved one's memory and move through life in light of personal loss. (This conversation, hosted by TED curator Cloe Shasha Brooks, is part of TED's "How to Deal with Difficult Feelings" series.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:08.0	This is Ted Health.
0:09.0	I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Ungerlater.
0:13.0	COVID-19 has brought global collective loss, and it's not just the loss of lives.
0:18.6	So many of us are grieving the futures that we'd hope to live.
0:22.4	In his 2021 conversation with Ted's Chloe Shasha Brooks, author and grief expert, David
0:28.4	Kessler shares how to find meaning through loss.
0:31.7	He explains the concept of personal growth after trauma and reminds us that whether you're
0:36.1	facing a big loss or a little loss, they're all valid.
0:40.2	Hey listener, a quick favor.
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0:55.7	So now I will be speaking with David Kessler, an author who has written six books on grief
1:05.3	and loss.
1:06.3	Two of those books were co-author with Elizabeth Kubler Ross, a Swiss American psychiatrist,
1:11.6	who was a pioneer in near-death studies.
1:14.0	And his most recent book published last year is called Finding Meaning, the Sixth Stage
1:18.8	of grief.
1:19.8	Let's dive right in.
1:20.8	You know, so many people are struggling with grief right now.
1:24.0	And the five stages of grief are typically known to be denial, anger, bargaining, depression
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