Beyond The 5 Stages: How To Rebuild Life After Loss With The GRIEF Method

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For decades the 5 Stages of Grief, identified and introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969, have been widely recognized as the framework for understanding grief. And while the 5 Stages have been helpful in many ways, they’ve also been misunderstood and misapplied over time.

In her final book, published after her death, Elisabeth wrote:

“[The 5 Stages] were never meant to help tuck messy emotions into neat packages… They are tools to help us frame and identify wh...