EP. 1965

08/10/26

David Kessler

โ€œGrief and love are a package deal in this lifetime. You gotta take both.โ€

The Grief Expert Who Discovered a Sixth Stage | David Kessler

Your grief is not the thing keeping you stuck. Running from it is.

David Kessler spent years working alongside Elisabeth Kubler-Ross before everything he taught got tested against his own life, when his son died unexpectedly and the grief expert became the one who needed help.

He talks about sitting in a grief group with his own books on the table and still not being able to say the words out loud. About discovering there is a stage past acceptance, one built on meaning instead of just getting through it.

You will hear why anger is often just pain wearing a disguise, why your triggers are actually a map back to what needs healing, and why the people who seem to have it all together are usually the ones running the hardest.

This conversation will change how you think about every hard thing you have survived and every hard thing still ahead.

Davidโ€™s books:

Grief.com

David’s Instagram

David’s Facebook

Online Grief Group and Grief Education

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โ€œNo feeling is final. No feeling is forever. Your feelings are always gonna change.โ€ โ€” David Kessler
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And now let’s jump into episode 1965 of The School of Greatness!

Some Questions I Ask:

  • Can you briefly share what these six stages of grief is? 
  • How does someone find the meaning in loss?
  • Can someone fully experience love at the greatest levels if they’re unwilling to go through grief at the deepest level?
  • Grief must be witnessed. What does that mean?
  • You wrote that you can only avoid grief by avoiding love. What do you mean by that?
  • How does someone know if they have unattended grief?
  • If someone is always stressed and worrying about the future, what is that signaling about that person?

In this episode, you will learn:

  • Learn the sixth stage of grief that goes beyond acceptance and into real meaning
  • Discover why your triggers are actually a map to your deepest healing
  • Overcome the fear of speaking your pain out loud to the people who love you
  • Recognize the difference between grief and clinical depression
  • Build the courage to feel your feelings instead of outrunning them
  • Plus much more…
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