Nov 29, 2022
What does OK look like after you’ve been through a devastating
loss? How does the new person you become in the aftermath of that
loss go on living even as you go on grieving?
This week, we talk with Marisa Renee Lee, a former official in
the Obama White House and a regular contributor to Glamour, Vogue
and The Atlantic. She discusses at length the struggles she endured
after her mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, then
battled and succumbed to breast cancer when Marisa was just 25
years old. She set that emotional journey between the covers of her
book, GRIEF IS LOVE: LIVING WITH LOSS.
In it, she offers a roadmap for readers to help them navigate
the complexities of sadness and joy that accompany not just the
loss of a loved one, but the loss of anything you love. And the
first healing step on that journey, she says, is giving ourselves
permission to grieve … even as we continue to love who or what we
are grieving.
To learn more about Marisa Renee Lee, visit
www.marisareneelee.com