After my son died I learned that I could not be in control of grief — I had to surrender to it

Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke expected life to continue on a successful trajectory until her infant son was diagnosed with leukaemia and died shortly afterwards, shattering her world. She…

Stanford psychiatrist Anna Lembke expected life to continue on a successful trajectory until her infant son was diagnosed with leukaemia and died shortly afterwards, shattering her world. She later found peace in total surrender