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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 1d

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Historians like Heather Cox Richardson help us name the moment, so we don’t drown in it. Naming grief is the first step to healing it—whether personal or political. 🌊
#Bluesky #Grief #CaliforniaGriefCenter #Democracy #History #Justice #Healing #Community

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 1d

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But resistance is also part of grief. Judges push back. Governors speak up. Polls show Americans still want neutrality, fairness, balance. The thread of democracy, frayed yet not severed.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 1d

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Grief teaches us that loss can be both sudden and slow. Here, the loss of equal justice under law is unfolding in real time. It is disorienting, like watching the ground shift beneath our feet.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 1d

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An indictment is supposed to be evidence of law, not evidence of loyalty. Yet what we see is political grief: the loss of faith that institutions can hold steady. A wound in the body of America.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 1d

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History bends like a river, and today’s current is swift and dangerous. Heather Cox Richardson reminds us that when justice is bent into a tool of revenge, democracy itself trembles.
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October 9, 2025

Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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The lesson: democracy is fragile but not fated to collapse. It is a practice we renew when we speak, gather, resist, remember. Grief teaches us the same—loss can crush or it can bind us closer. The choice is ours.
#Bluesky #Grief #Democracy #History #Equality #Community #Resilience

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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Governor Pritzker says: “If you come for my people, you come through me.” This is not just defiance, it is a statement of community grief and collective courage. In every age, democracy has asked ordinary people to stand against fear. 🌊🕯️

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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Heather reminds us: words like “insurrection” and “emergency” echo through history. Carl Schmitt’s philosophy once armed dictators. Today it resurfaces. Historians are our lanterns—they show us where this path has led before, and why vigilance is survival.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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Political grief is real. It is the disorientation when laws are bent to justify force, when peaceful protest is painted as chaos. Like personal grief, it carries disbelief and rage. But also the possibility of clarity: we see what must be defended.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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History bends in moments like this. National Guard troops on Illinois soil against the governor’s will. A president invoking the Insurrection Act’s shadow. What HCR calls out is not just politics—it’s democracy’s breaking point.
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October 8, 2025

Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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Lear’s life reminds us: philosophy is not only what we think—it’s how we live.
When grief feels unbearable, you deserve a space where your pain is taken seriously & your love carried forward.
👉 For more: www.caligrief.com

#Bluesky #Grief #Healing #RadicalHope #Philosophy #Legacy #Support

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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At the California Grief Center, we share this spirit.
We help people face grief with patience, community, & care—through therapy, groups, and Catharsis Theater. Because mourning is not something to “get over,” it’s work that honors what we’ve loved. 💙
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HOME | California Grief Center

At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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His insight: Hope is possible even when we cannot picture the future.
That is radical hope—the commitment to keep living, loving, & creating meaning when old frameworks collapse. This wisdom matters now more than ever.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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Jonathan Lear asked: What does it mean to have an inner world?
From Aristotle to Freud, from classrooms to consulting rooms, he believed grief is not pathology but meaningful work that shapes who we become. 🌊

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 2d

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🕯️ Echoes & Endings honors Jonathan Lear (1948–2025).
A philosopher & psychoanalyst, he showed us that wisdom is not in avoiding pain but in facing it with courage. His work on Radical Hope and mourning helps us imagine how to live when futures collapse.
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🕯️ Echoes & Endings | Jonathan Lear (1948–2025)

A life that proved patience could be revolutionary, transforming our understanding of what it means to be human by first understanding what it means to be chimpanzee.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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To grieve is to remember, to resist forgetting. To act is to honor that memory. 🌊
We stand at the edge of history’s tide, called to choose resilience over resignation, justice over silence, life over indifference.

#Bluesky #Grief #AmericanHistory #Democracy #PoliticalGrief #Community

California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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Historians like Heather Cox Richardson are lantern-bearers. 🕯️
They remind us that grief is not just personal but political. Loss of trust, loss of health, loss of dignity. The past whispers: democracy withers when responsibility is abandoned.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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A century ago, Harding’s aimless drift left space for others to seize control. 🎭
Today, echoes ring: when presidents neglect governance, unelected officials and billionaires step in. What fills the vacuum often reshapes the soul of a nation.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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The furloughed worker, waiting for back pay, embodies political grief: lives suspended by decisions far above them. 💔
Grief is not abstract here. It is rent unpaid, medicine delayed, children watching parents carry fear.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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History is not only memory, it is warning.
Heather Cox Richardson reminds us: power abandoned by elected leaders does not vanish, it seeps into the hands of unelected actors. ⚖️
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

October 7, 2025

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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If you carry unspoken sorrow, know this: you do not have to grieve alone.
Our work at CGC is about facing the hurt together and finding relief, community, & renewed hope. 💙

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#Bluesky #Grief #Healing #MentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #TheGriefWave #CatharsisTheater

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At California Grief Center, we offer a range of personalized mental health services to support individuals and families dealing with grief, trauma, and loss. Our team of licensed grief therapists, cou...

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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At the 🌊 California Grief Center, we believe grief is not a problem to fix but a passage to be honored.
We offer:
💬 Grief Therapy (virtual & in-person)
🎭 Catharsis Theater (monthly psychodrama gatherings)
👥 Virtual Groups
📘 Grief Counselor Training (Fall 2025)

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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🎭 Events for care & connection:
🌸 Oct 18 — Catharsis Theater for Loss and Healing (Culver City, free)
🤝 Oct 10 — Holding Space: Mindfulness for Social Workers (Virtual, free)
🤖 Oct 15 — Suicide & AI: Armchair Discussion (Virtual, free)
🌅 Dec 3–8 — Ram Dass Legacy Retreat (Maui)

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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💙 Honoring Jody S. Gottlieb — a voice of compassion in suicide prevention.
🌱 Grief 101: When Children Grieve (Part 2) — practical ways to support young hearts.
🕯️ 70 years of the NASW Code of Ethics.
📰 New CA suicide prevention laws + the uncertain future of telemedicine.

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California Grief Center (CGC) @caligrief.bsky.social · 3d

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🍂 The Grief Wave — Oct 7, 2025
Grief is never loss. It is also a lantern — casting light on memory, presence, and the path forward in one another’s company. 🌊🕯️
This week’s edition: honoring a leader, supporting children, new laws, & healing gatherings.
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"The Grief Wave" Newsletter – October 7, 2025 | Threads of Grief, Threads of Care + Catharsis Theater for Loss and Healing

Reflections, resources, and events for navigating grief

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