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Megan Devine



Megan Devine, MA, is an American psychotherapist who writes and speaks on the experience of grief and on skills to assist, not heal, a grieving person.

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How Do You Help a Grieving Friend?

It's so hard to know what to do when your friends are hurting. The thing is, you can't cheer someone up by telling them to look on the bright side, or by giving them advice. It just doesn't work.

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It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand

In It’s OK that You’re Not OK, Megan Devine offers a profound new approach to both the experience of grief and the way we try to help others who have endured tragedy.

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Is It Really Grief If You Don't Cry?

"Real" grief means you cry all the time, right? Wrong! Real grief looks like a lot of different things, and no one way is the right way. But what if your partner, friends, or family members DO cry, and you don't. Is that weird? Does it cause conflict in your relationship?

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How to Help Your Partner When They’re Grieving

Psychotherapist Megan Devine on the impossibility of taking pain away from your partner, the difficulty of two people grieving one person, and how loss can impact sex.

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What *Should* You Say When Someone Dies?

How do you really help a person after someone they love dies? We often talk about what not to say to a grieving person, but what are the right things to say?

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How to Help a Grieving Friend at the Holidays: An Illustrated Guide

Grief - from any kind of loss - makes the holiday season harder. Knowing how to help can make things better, even when they can’t be made right. Grief therapist and author Megan Devine and illustrator Brittany Bilyeu teamed up to help you learn how to support the people you love.

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What Is Grief Shaming?

Grief shaming happens when we make judgments or decisions about someone's public face of mourning. It happens when we judge whether we think the way someone is grieving is acceptable.

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Your Pain Isn't Your Fault: Why Some Teachers and Gurus Have It Wrong

Pain simply. It's a natural, normal response to loss. But the literature in the self-help world, in the therapy world, and sadly, yes even in the world of spiritual guidance, is heavy on blame. Grief is considered unhealthy. A "bad" experience.

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Motherless Daughters: Talking All Things Grief with Hope Edelman and Megan Devine

Are you a motherless daughter? That can mean any number of things, from the death of your mom or a mother figure, to the loss of a "good" relationship with your mom or mother figure.

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Her Partner Drowned at 39. She Learned That for the Young and Unmarried, Death Has No Playbook.

Even without outside assessment, when the person you love disappears in an instant, it can make you question everything. You lose the echo of your life. You can no longer do those reality checks we all do or reach out to your partner for reassurance.

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