grieving process Archives

The Wild Edge Of Sorrow: A Book Review By Carolyn Baker

December 15, 2020August 23, 2015 by Carolyn Baker

Why should we consent to an apprenticeship with sorrow and read this instruction manual for doing so? From my perspective, the answer is quite simple: Unacknowledged and unexpressed grief is the most oppressive and agonizing burden that humans are carrying at this moment in history.

Community Grounded In Grief In The Age Of Limits

December 15, 2020April 18, 2013 by Carolyn Baker

Grief reveals the undeniable reality of our bond with the world…It is grief that moves us in the direction of contact, towards the helping hands and embrace of others…without it we would not know the heartening quality of compassion, could not experience the full breadth of love, the surprise of joy, nor celebrate the sheer beauty of the world.