Join Click and Clack (aka Cody and Dan) as they explore the difficult topic of grief to open up 2024.  This episode has special guest Dorrie Beckley, LPC, join Click and Clack to provide clinical examples and expertise.  The history of stages of grief, ideas about meaning making, and strategies for coping with grief are introduced.  Lastly, don't tune out too quickly as Dorrie concludes this episode with a poem entitled "December, Good Company"DecemberOn the days when it all feels heavyWhen the inner swirl matches the December bleakI feel adrift My gaze, untethered.Although not alone, And often in good company,gratitude will not bring back the things that have disappeared.When grief and loss are real, tooWhat then?I walk along the forested pathof tall straight Ponderosa Pines.I come upon a slanted onemaybe 15° off a direct line to the sky. I approach this slanted treeLike an old friendWith a smile and a longing.I lay my weary bones to it.As my belly softened to the butterscotch barkI turn my cheek to rest, and my ears to listen. Of course this tree here does not speak,but we understood each other.Maybe words fail anyway, when it comes to grief.And perhaps being simply heldheretodayOn this gray, breathless morningis the language of love and loss.I smile again.I hear the birds and squirrels scuffling aboutMore good company.The mourning dove takes flight again.Dorrie Beckley,  2023

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