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Less Fear/More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning
Loss is hard. For queer folx, erasure, bias, and complicated grief can make it harder. Find advice grounded in clinical expertise, spiritual insight & lived experience.
Keeping the dead alive
How to Let Grief Grow and Keep the Dead Alive
A resource by Mary-Joan Gerson, Ph.D.
Key points
- Grief is not time-limited. It continues throughout the rest of a lifetime.
- Those who’ve died can remain alive in conversation and in shared relationships much more than Western culture seems to allow.
- The Western psychological approach to grief should become less pragmatic and more open to the spiritual dimension of presence and connection.
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Personal loss and 50+ years of psychoanalytically treating grief and loss
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Less Fear/More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning
Loss is hard. For queer folx, erasure, bias, and complicated grief can make it harder. Find advice grounded in clinical expertise, spiritual insight & lived experience.
Less Fear/More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning
Recommended books and resources from the Less Fear, More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning online discussion series.
Less Fear/More Fierce: Queer End-of-Life Planning
A queer-affirming webinar series exploring end-of-life planning through the lens of LGBTQ+ identity—addressing complicated grief, inclusive care, and chosen family.
