But in fact, there is a third certainty, we will experience loss. That is a condition of being human. We will live and we will lose, and how we live depends in many ways on how we deal with the losses we face and sort through the chaos they create.

We don’t “get over” our losses; yet we can integrate them into our lives and weave them into the story of ourselves.  We can build resilience as we face the myriad of losses that may come as a fundamental part of the human experience. We can successfully transcend the tremendous challenges we may encounter throughout our lifetime, loss of relationship, loss of personal safety and security, loss of employment, loss of self-esteem, loss of voice, and loss of sense of self and identity.