You Can Get Through It: How to Handle the Hardest Things That Will Ever Happen to You | Dr. Lucy Hone
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You Can Get Through It: How to Handle the Hardest Things That Will Ever Happen to You | Dr. Lucy Hone

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 17, 20261 hr 2 min
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Why the five stages of grief are a myth, a go-to phrase for when everything's falling apart, and three steps for getting through loss. Dr. Lucy Hone is an adjunct fellow at the University of Canterbury and a sought-after professional speaker, a bestselling author, and an award-winning internationally published science educator. She is regularly featured in international media, including in The Guardian, Hidden Brain, and The Washington Post. Dr. Hone is a columnist for Psychology Today. In this episode we talk about: A three-step recipe for getting through any major loss Why the five...

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So, yeah, two lives. Was this your only child? No. Fortunately for us, we have two beautiful boys who, as I speak to you today, are 28 and 26,

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two brothers who are on a two-month-long surf trip in Mexico together at the moment, which is, you know, as a mum, this is kind of my peak life moment. My boys chose to go away together. That's beautiful. Well, my younger brother is still my best friend to this day. A wrenching loss, no question about it. And you were, as you said, you were

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studying human flourishing. Did this provoke you to take a deeper dive into resilience itself? I love the fact that so many of your listeners will be so familiar with many of the concepts that I was studying at

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