The 2 Types of Compassion

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Learning about the 2 types of compassion was really useful in understanding where I remain stuck and in victim mode. When I was in my twenties and thirties, I loved being surrounded by friends who “understood” me. Naive and immature as I was, I didn’t realize that these friendships were not authentic and didn’t serve…

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Technology and Mourning

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My conversation with Katherine Conway, founder of Helping Friends Grieve here is about technology and mourning, transitional justice, and reclamation as part of the healing process. 4. You study and work in the field of transitional justice. In traveling the world and working with communities around mourning, memory, memorialization and loss, what are some of…

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How to Help a Grieving Friend

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How to help a grieving friend is a common question where we are seeking to know what to say and be supportive. After a deeply moving personal tragedy, Katherine Conway made the decision to turn her pain into helping others heal. The result: Helping Friends Grieve, a community of shared stories of grief and loss. The…

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