"Dealing with Grief"--an interview by Bill Turpie with Dr. Mwalimu Imara

The interview was done for Genesis Two, which was produced and hosted by Bill Turpie. Dr. Imara was a colleague of Dr. Kubler-Ross when she was at the University of Chicago and first working on her concept of "The five stages of grief." Dr. Imara later worked as a pastor and therapist in Boston and at Morehouse University among other career mileposts.

[@jessicamoore96]

I love seeing Mwalimu again! I met him at UU church in Boston in 1971 when my mom died. He then married my stepmother to my father 6 months later.( Crazy of them to do that. ) I was 14. My sister 15 and steps even younger!
He was a gentle person and I trusted the experience of that wedding maybe because he was there.
Thanks for the interview and your work, Mwalimu. My mother's death in '71 has taken a toll on me, my life. Yet, here I am today in actual cognizant acceptance, perhaps for the first real time. It is 2023. My mother's suicide is/was her choice, and terribly unfortunate. But, she had a life too and I was part of it and she, a part of mine.
Jessica Moore

[@HombreAlterado]

great host and interview ....thanks!

[@kidist4436]

Thank you for this! This my grandfather! Hey aunty Akosua

[@theaidavis]

This is my dad!!!!!! Thank you so much!!! Do you have anything else with him?

[@mediadesign1000]

Alosua, so glad you saw this. I have been trying to reach someone in your family, to talk with them about your Dad for a column I do. Would it be possible for us to talk sometime? Unfortunately, I don't have anymore content with him. I've always appreciated his insights and career. Bill Turpie

[@theaidavis]

William Turpie someone from my family would love to talk with you. My sister walks in his footsteps as a clinical therapist I will have her reach out to you if you send me your email.

[@mediadesign1000]

@@theaidavis Akousa, that would be great here is my email: [e-mail]

[@mondoburley]

@@theaidavis Just read your Father's essay in EKR's Death is The Final Stage of Growth, incredibly insightful, moving and comforting. I will be citing him in my college assignment