Pauline Boss — Navigating Loss Without Closure

<p>Pauline Boss coined the term “ambiguous loss” and invented a new field within psychology to name the reality that every loss does not hold a promise of anything like resolution. Amid this pandemic, there are so many losses — from deaths that could not be mourned, to the very structure of our days, to a sudden crash of what felt like solid careers and plans and dreams. This conversation is full of practical intelligence for shedding assumptions about how we should be feeling and acting as these only serve to deepen stress.</p><p>Pauline Boss is professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of   <i>Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief</i>, <i>Loving Someone Who Has Dementia</i>, and <i>Loss, Trauma and Resilience</i>.</p><p>Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org</p><p>This show originally aired in June 2016.</p><p>___________</p><p>Do you love what you're hearing? Our invitation to patronage is happening now. Participate in all that On Being is and is becoming. Give and more: <a href="https://bit.ly/440HRHI" target="_blank">onbeing.org/LoveUs</a>.</p><p>Sign up for The Pause to receive our seasonal Saturday morning newsletter and advance invitations and news on all things On Being.</p><p>And: if you can, please take a minute to rate On Being in this podcast app — you'll be bending the arc of algorithms towards this adventure of conversation and living.</p>