Illness, Loss, and Change. How do we process it all?

Change is one of the most constant things that happen to us in life. Some changes are by choice, but many happen to us that we do not expect or maybe cannot even control. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss American psychiatrist and pioneer of studies on dying people. One of the models she is most known for is “The 5 Stages.” She identified these stages as defense mechanisms or coping mechanisms to change, loss, and/or shock. The stages were not meant to be described as linear, nor in a step-by-step manner. However, for the sake of written description, they have been laid out in the DABDA (Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance) manner as it is a common path taken. Please join me as I share and process through how to think through and process change.