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Building resilience during loss and trauma

Join us in part two of 'Building Resilience' where Claire talks to us about how loss and trauma impact us and how we can learn to build resilience in the face of it.

Brené Brown: The power of vulnerability

Brené Brown studies human connection - our ability to empathise, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.

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How to Build Resilience and Find Joy After Loss

Cutting-edge research and advice on how to move forward after life’s inevitable setbacks, and how to build up your own resilience practically. Applying the lessons she learned after the unexpected death of her beloved husband, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg explains how to lean into those uncomfortable conversations with friends and loved ones after loss.

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Every Word You Cannot Say

'May this book find the person it needs to. May they find every word they were looking for.

I know you don’t want to talk sometimes. Sometimes because it hurts and sometimes because you’re just not supposed to talk about what you want to talk about. Sometimes it can be hard to say, “this is beautiful,” when no one else can see what you see. Or, “Here, this is where the pain is.” But some part of you knows, the truth about the words you cannot say is that they only hurt until you say them.'

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The Other Side of Sadness

Until now, we have come to understand grief as a predictable and straightforward process of denial; anger; bargaining; depression; and, acceptance. But in this paradigm-shifting new look at loss and life, George Bonanno argues that this process discounts our universal ability to be resilient. He offers a refreshing new discussion of cultural differences surrounding loss and healing and argues that we are much more capable than we know.

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Resilient Grieving

The death of someone we hold dear may be inevitable; being paralysed by our grief is not. A growing body of research has revealed our capacity for resilient grieving, our innate ability to respond to traumatic loss by finding ways to grow - by becoming more engaged with our lives and discovering new, profound meaning.

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Further support

You can find further support in our Self help guide for bereavement

Urgent Care

If you need urgent help please contact your doctor, or Imperial College Health Centre on 020 7584 6301.

You can also ask to see someone at the Accident and Emergency department of your nearest hospital. Information about your local A&E services can be found here - Find your nearest A&E - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Call 999 if you need help straight away

Other urgent out of hours mental health support

Samaritans - for people experience high levels of distress including suicidal feelings. Call 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org, this service is 24 hours.

Shout crisis text service - offers a 24 hour text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. Text 'SHOUT' to 85258.

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Building resilience during loss and trauma