We Need a Cultural Container to Hold Each Other's Pain and Tears

Our culture is largely inept when it comes to rituals that help us process pain and suffering.

This essay was originally posted on May 1, 2024 and is now updated, with a poll added near the end (make sure you fill it out — it takes only a second!), and republished as part of the month-long collaboration with 12 other Substack writers who contribute to Victoria @Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration’s September anthology on crying.

Dear Ponders,

In t…