Examine Continuing bonds — ongoing relationship with the deceased With Clarity

The twentieth-century view of healthy grief as gradual letting go has been substantially revised by contemporary research, which finds that maintaining ongoing bonds with the deceased — talking to them, including them in family celebrations, continuing to be influenced by them — is not pathological but is, for many people, part of healthy integration. Different cultures have always known this; the psychological tradition is catching up. This domain examines what continuing bonds are, how they function, and how to cultivate them consciously.

The course sequence, in order.

Each step builds on the last.