In this episode of The Flow: Commentary by Bob Martin, Bob reframes loss in a way that may change how you grieve forever. He explores the profound truth that grief is love with nowhere to go. Drawing on Buddhist philosophy and the teaching of impermanence (Anicca), he challenges our culture's pressure to "get over" loss and instead invites a more compassionate, honest relationship with grief. Bob discusses how love and grief are inseparable — you cannot have one without eventually experiencing the other. He shares practical pathways for giving that love somewhere to land: through ritual, storytelling, conscious presence with the living, and the Buddhist practice of dedicating merit to those we've lost. This episode redefines healing — not as the end of grief, but as grief grown wise.

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Video Chapters:

0:00 – 0:30 Dedication to Kirsten Boswell

0:30 – 1:30 The question everyone asks about grief

1:30 – 3:00 Why 'getting over it' is the wrong goal

3:00 – 4:30 Buddhist teaching on impermanence (Anicca)

4:30 – 5:30 Grief as a natural response to love

5:30 – 7:00 Grief is love with nowhere to go

7:00 – 9:00 Finding places for love to land

9:00 – 10:30 Ritual, storytelling, and community grief

10:30 – 12:00 Dedicating merit — a Buddhist practice

12:00 – 13:30 Grief grown wise — closing reflection

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