Joy does not mean forgetting. Joy means remembering how to live.
You laugh properly for the first time in weeks, and then the guilt arrives. This guide explores why joy in grief is not a betrayal, what research and the clinic room tell us about how joy and grief live side by side, and how to welcome life back without pushing your loss away.
Inside the guide
- What joy in grief is, and what it is not
- Why they belong together: what grief research shows
- The guilt of feeling better, and why suffering is not the measure of love
- Joy and the body, and soulful, existential joy
- Seven small practices, a letter to the person you lost, a four-week joy notebook and journaling prompts
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By Dr Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell, Chartered Counselling Psychologist (DCPsych, CPsychol, AFBPsS), founder of The Grief Clinic London and author of The Loss Prescription (HarperCollins). This guide is an educational resource and is not a substitute for individual psychological care. If you are in crisis, call Samaritans free on 116 123, or 999 in an emergency.