South Africa is a country that has experienced a tremendous amount of loss. We lose people to illness, accidents, crime, suicide and violence — and for many families, one loss can come before
they have even had the opportunity to process the one that came before it. Yet life carries on. We go back to work, we raise our children, we pay the bills and somehow, we are expected to keep
functioning. So what does all of this loss do to us emotionally? Are we actually processing our grief, or have we become accustomed to simply carrying it? And is there such a thing as a country becoming
collectively exhausted from grief? Today, we want to look at how we are grieving as a nation — the
ways we deal with loss, the things we don't talk about, and whether some of us are carrying unresolved grief without even realising it. We're joined by psychologist, author and mental-health advocate Dr. Better, whose new book Reflections of a Grieving Therapist draws on her years of helping people navigate pain and loss, as well as her own experience of grief.

South Africa is a country that has experienced a tremendous&nbsp;amount of loss. We lose people to illness, accidents, crime, suicide&nbsp;and violence &mdash; and for many families, one loss can come before they have even had the opportunity to process the one that came&nbsp;before it. Yet life carries on. We go back to work, we raise our&nbsp;children, we pay the bills and somehow, we are expected to keep functioning.&nbsp;So what does all of this loss do to us emotionally? Are we actually&nbsp;processing our grief, or have we become accustomed to simply&nbsp;carrying it? And is there such a thing as a country becoming collectively exhausted from grief?&nbsp;Today, we want to look at how we are grieving as a nation &mdash; the ways we deal with loss, the things we don't talk about, and whether&nbsp;some of us are carrying unresolved grief without even realising it.&nbsp;We're joined by psychologist, author and mental-health advocate Dr.&nbsp;Better, whose new book Reflections of a Grieving Therapist draws&nbsp;on her years of helping people navigate pain and loss, as well as&nbsp;her own experience of grief.

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