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Megan Devine, It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand Quotes: True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the way forward.
         

True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the way forward.


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True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the way forward.
         



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Acknowledgment--being seen and heard and witnessed inside the truth about one's own life--is the only real medicine of grief.

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This page presents the quote "True comfort in grief is in acknowledging the pain, not in trying to make it go away. Companionship, not correction, is the way forward.". Author of this quote is Megan Devine, It's Ok That You're Not Ok: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture That Doesn't Understand. This quote is about candor, love, support, grief, shame, hope, authenticity, pain, care-taking,.