Topic

healing

3 essays on healing from the Consilium journal. Featuring Aaron Beck, Boethius, Audre Lorde. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Loss

When Is It Okay to Stop Grieving?

Three thinkers on grief and its end. Beck asks what the thoughts are actually saying. Boethius says you never owned what you lost. Lorde says grief is also fuel.

Aaron BeckBoethiusAudre Lordegriefhealing

Loss

How Do You Move On When You Can't Forget?

Three thinkers on memory and moving forward. Sacks says memory shapes you. Dickinson says pain has an element of blank. Freud says you must mourn to let go.

Oliver SacksEmily DickinsonSigmund FreudMemoryHealing

Relationships

Should I Forgive Someone Who Isn't Sorry?

Three thinkers disagree on forgiving without an apology. Rogers asks what you feel. Lorde asks what your silence cost. Dostoevsky asks what you really want.

Carl RogersAudre LordeFyodor DostoevskyForgivenessBoundariesHealing

Related

Aaron Beck Audre Lorde Boethius Carl Rogers Emily Dickinson Fyodor Dostoevsky Oliver Sacks Sigmund Freud Boundaries Forgiveness Memory grief

Begin

Bring your situation to Consilium.

Describe what is happening, what you have tried, and what frightens you most. Your council will be assembled and your brief delivered within 48 hours.

Begin your consultation →

One consultation. No subscription.