L.I.V.E. – Love Infinite, Vigorously Exercised

Beyond the Five Stages: What Modern Grief Research Really Says About Mourning IntroductionMost people recognize the five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969, this model became a cultural touchstone for understanding loss. But decades later, modern grief research paints a more complex—and more hopeful—picture of how…