Living Through and Beyond Specific Losses: Long-Term Integration

Non-death losses do not have funerals or formal acknowledgements. They are often integrated more slowly because the rest of life often does not pause for them. This applied course teaches you to integrate these losses over the long arc. By the end of this course you will be able to integrate the specific loss you face into your identity, rebuild routines and relationships that the loss affected, navigate ongoing reminders without panic, and build forward into a life shaped by but not defined by the loss. What you will learn: - How to integrate relationship loss including divorce into identity over years - How to integrate career loss including layoff or forced retirement into long-term direction - How to integrate health loss into a sustainable life including pacing and adaptation - How to integrate identity shifts including life stage transitions and role changes - How to handle ongoing reminders and anniversaries - How to build meaning and purpose that incorporate the loss without erasing it - How to support others who later face similar losses The course is structured around six applied modules. Each produces a written artifact: an integration reflection, a routines and relationships plan, an ongoing reminders plan, a meaning-making practice, a long-term direction sketch, and a support-others plan. This course is written for adults at least a year past a significant non-death loss. By the end you will move from coping week by week to integrating the loss into a life you continue to build.