Holding Space Quotes

“Grief isn’t something to manage efficiently. It’s not an illness. There’s nothing pathological about mourning. Furthermore, anyone who has been torn asunder by loss knows that prior normalcy is never regained. Our very bones and sinews are transformed. We are irrevocably changed after the passing of those we love. How could we not be?”
― Amy Wright Glenn, Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go

“Dr. Alan D. Wolfelt, the founder and director of the Center for Loss & Life Transition, affirms the wisdom in choosing to be present to the energies of sorrow. There’s no need to reign in the chaos of grief; no need to “impose order.” Wolfelt advises us to listen rather than lecture, companion rather than “treat” the bereaved.”
― Amy Wright Glenn, Holding Space: On Loving, Dying, and Letting Go