Grief knocks you to your knees and you’re left knowing your life will never be the same. Losing someone you love is hard. But when the dust settles and the pain starts to fade, grief can surprise you in stark and subtle ways. A few bars of a tune, a faint hint of perfume, a brief glimpse of a stranger in a crowd can bring your loss crashing in. Join author Dr. Marianne Bette as she shares her recently published book, Living with a Grieving Heart: Thoughts from a Grief Warrior with us.
At this informal talk, Dr. Bette will share some of the lessons we can learn from grief. It’s not all pain. It can also bring appreciation: for the love you had, for the people who support you, for the life you still have ahead of you. And as you pick yourself up, made subtly stronger by grief, you find more clarity of purpose, more appreciation for others, and more desire to live your life fully. You become a grief warrior. That’s what Dr. Marianne Bette calls herself. A grief warrior. She is no stranger to grief and the transformation it brings. Let her teach you how to embrace life again using her personal experiences with grief as well others’ whose stories she shares from forty years in family medicine.
Dr. Marianne Bette is the author of Living with a Dead Man, a Story of Love and Living with a Grieving Heart: Thoughts from a Grief Warrior. Dr. Bette is a Family Physician in Southbury, Connecticut, the town where she was born and raised. She is also a clinical professor at the medical schools of the University of Connecticut, Quinnipiac University and the University of Vermont.
Join Dr. Bette for a conversation about grief, how we heal, and her new book with us.
Date:
Saturday Jun 25, 2022
Time:
11:00 AM
Location:
Library Gallery Space
There are 32 spaces available.
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