Permission To Grieve: How To Cope Through Public Loss In The Midst of Private Pain

Download or read book Permission To Grieve: How To Cope Through Public Loss In The Midst of Private Pain written by Dwann Holmes and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-05 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something to be said when we truly give people Permission To Grieve, in all situations of loss, not just in death, but even in divorce and in the midst of unexpected transitions.In "Permission To Grieve: How To Cope Through Public Loss In The Midst of Private Pain," Author Dwann Holmes takes us through her personal journey of grief in the death of her father, Dewayne Holmes Sr. who died not quite one year after her 101 year-old grandmother, Eleanor Nash Holmes. These personal losses happened during a time when many looked up to Holmes as their pastor. She shares how Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) helped her in ways she could have never imagined and what hurt is as a leader coping through public loss in the midst of private pain.Dwann Holmes gives interesting insight on what she calls the global grief of the world now that COVID-19 is listed as the cause of death for more than 2 million people and rising.Plus, Holmes provides brief prayers for those grieving and practical instructions on how leaders can develop a Grief Contingency Plan. You will find help and hope as you journey with Chaplain Dwann during this thought-provoking piece.