Klára Brázdová and Oleg: Is mourning chaos? Or is it wandering through the forest? And is a funeral a dialogue?

Klára Brázdová and Oleg Vojtíšek record a podcast on a grassy roof above Prague

The deafening silence after the death of a man.

And now we don't mean when you're suddenly home alone. But the silence that comes at the end of the day: when you receive lots of messages, lots of attention, questions and love after the death of a loved one... and then suddenly... it fades away.

Suddenly, the neighborhood decided it was time to move on. But you're not there yet.

As a psychotherapist, Klára Brázdová often works with the bereaved and our work and hers have a lot in common!

As a funeral service, we often consider how much we have to do for our clients: from a service position, we want to deliver the maximum. It's just that grieving is a very specific thing. People need to be guided to go into the grieving process themselves - even by preparing the funeral. And it's similar in therapy.

Klara says she likes that we are having a dialogue with the bereaved. A dialogue about what they want and how they want it. What's even possible. A dialogue about what the deceased would have wanted, what they want. That's what people are often afraid to talk to them about. Grieving people are fully competent and should not be treated like children.

Why is it not good to follow the "expert" stages of grief?

How are mourning and wandering through the forest similar?

And why is it nice to go to Nepal after the funeral?

In our podcast, Oleg talked about grieving with psychotherapist Klara Brázdová and if you're concerned, you'll definitely want to listen in!