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Osha interviews Claire Willis, author of Opening to Grief: finding your way from loss to peace. Since the Covid-19 pandemic has caused grief for so many people, here is an invitation to be with your grief in all its depths and to find your unique way to peace, balance, and acceptance. This thoughtful conversation between Osha and Claire is an offering to all those who are experiencing grief on any level. As a Bereavement Counselor, Clinical Social Worker and Lay Buddhist Chaplain, Claire Willis offers clear eyed, compassionate guidance and supportive practices.
An excerpt from Opening to Grief: “You could think of grief as a sacred passage. You are torn from the life you knew before. You are not who you were, and you are not yet who you will become. Like everything else, you are changing. You are, in a very real way, between identities. This experience—profoundly different for each of us—is confusing, agonizing, and potentially life-transforming.”
Willis says: “Now we see that there are aspects and qualities of grief and grieving that are universal. We are recognizing that some of the feelings we are experiencing in these uncertain times—such as anxiety, despair, anger, and confusion—are grief. This is how we humans respond to loss.” The essential message of Opening to Grief is that grief and love are intertwined.