The GoodHard Story Podcast

Epiode 55: Hard-Fought Contentment: Integrating Our Losses into Wholeness with Jerry Sittser


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After Katherine’s stroke nearly 16 years ago, she was desperate for a “survival guide”—some voice to offer real hope in the aftermath of such disorienting loss.

Jerry Sittser, the author of A Grace Disguised, was one of the few trustworthy resources she found after searching far and wide. Dr. Sittser became a bona fide member of the young suffering club when he lost his wife, mother, and young daughter in a catastrophic car accident. The lowest point in his life has developed an astoundingly robust faith and authentic joy. 

Sounds like someone we could all learn from, doesn’t he?

What we’ll cover…

  • The possibility that grief could become integrated into healthier, more whole versions of ourselves

  • Allowing our responses to loss to become what defines us, rather than the loss itself defining us

  • Discovering new capacities to develop hard-fought contentment after losing the good things in our lives

  • Practical ways to offer comfort to the people in our lives who are suffering

  • If your loss is swallowing you whole today and you’re in desperate need of a survival guide, this episode is for you.

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