After twelve years with the same company, Marcus packed the contents of his office into a single cardboard box and walked away from the career he thought would carry him into retirement. Months later, he accepted a position in a new field, but some people treated his fresh start as proof that he had completely recovered from what happened. They could not see that he still missed his former colleagues, questioned his professional identity, and mourned the future he had carefully planned. Beginning again did not make the loss insignificant; it revealed his courage to build a life that could hold both disappointment and possibility. Too often, society treats forward movement as evidence that the past no longer matters. Healing allows people to honor what changed them without remaining imprisoned by what ended. GRIEF Relapse: Why Pain Still Returns After You Thought You Were Healing is currently with the publisher and will be available soon.
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