Deva Nation is a “social model of palliative care” using a public health approach that is rooted in community development processes. We can’t prevent death or grief. We CAN address the anxiety, depression, job loss, social isolation, suicide, and fear that accompany death and grieving. These are the things that are amenable to prevention, harm reduction, and early intervention. 

We know that each of us will experience many kinds of losses. Our ‘seatbelt for grief’ is to create a culture of permission to talk about loss, to listen without judgement, and to harvest the wisdom and resiliency of our shared experiences. We can learn how to companion each other through the hard times in life, to be fully present when a heart breaks–not to fix, advise or save. Life sometimes hurts. Healing can happen in a powerful way if we simply acknowledge the pain and hold space for mourning.