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Bearing Witness to Grief: A Powerful Way to Support Someone Who is Grieving

Bearing Witness to Grief: A Powerful Way to Support Someone Who is Grieving

Update: 2025-03-20
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It's been an interesting experience for me to experience the loss of my dad and both feel my own grief and also observe it with the lens of a palliative care physician.

I have noticed how healing it has been for me when others bear witness to my pain and also when they bear witness to my dad as a person.

This is how we can best support people who are grieving after someone they love has died: bear witness to the pain or bear witness to the person.

Helping healers heal others and themselves.

Delia

Delia Chiaramonte, MD

www.integrativepalliative.com

Coping Courageously: A Heart-Centered Guide for Navigating a Loved One’s Illness Without Losing Yourself is available here: www.copingcourageously.com

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Bearing Witness to Grief: A Powerful Way to Support Someone Who is Grieving

Bearing Witness to Grief: A Powerful Way to Support Someone Who is Grieving

Delia Chiaramonte, MD