Grief and Loss: How we cope

This week's episode is dedicated to the memory of Glen Hall, a southern Indiana farmer, storyteller, armchair historian, and folk artist; friend and brother, cousin and uncle, husband and father, grandfather and great grandfather. A worthy representative of all those who have gone before, and a light to those who follow.  (Though this episode references the current epidemic, the epidemic is not related to his passing)

The youtube version of the National Cathedral chiming of the bell for those lost from Covid used in this podcast lasts for almost 20 minutes. It features a water fountain and song birds - a sweet and tranquil background for meditation, prayer, or contemplation. Touching and beautiful. 

References:

• John Hopkins University Press, Before and After Loss: A Neurologist’s Perspective on Loss, Grief and the Brain, by Dr. Lisa M. Shulman.
• Harvard Business Review, That Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief, by Scott Berinato  
• Psychology Today, Why the Five Stages of Grief are Wrong, by David Feldman
• Misconceptions about the Five Stages of Grief   (From David Kessler’s website on Grief.  Kessler coauthored two books with Elisabeth Kubler Ross and is author of Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief.)
• National Geographic, Science, September 22, 2020,  Why our minds can’t make sense of Covid-19’s enormous death toll  by Sarah Elizabeth Richards, 

Music Sources:

• Lee Brice, I drive your truck
• National Cathedral of Washington, D.C., 200 Chimes for the 200,000 lost in the United States to the Covid 19 pandemic.  9/20/2020 
• Atlanta, GA concert, I'll Fly Away,  with Kelly Daniels, Student Director, August 14, 2010