‘The tapestry of grief and the tapestry of love are woven in the same colors.’ In this episode, guest Beau Stubblefield-Tave weaves a tapestry about losing loved ones, the struggle of addiction and mental health challenges, and the beauty of goodbye through his life experiences and insightful poetry. Listen for so many nuggets of wisdom on topics ranging from finding our own ways of expressing grief to the importance of the early detection of cancer. 

Do you have limited listening time? We've identified some especially moving parts of this episode with Beau:

Do you have limited listening time? We've identified some especially moving parts of this episode with Beau:  

• 2:59 The 'Slow-Motion Grief' of losing a loved one to dementia and the challenge of grieving for someone who is still here

 

• 5:31 Beau shares a piece of his poem, The Tapestry of Grief

 

• 8:07 Saying goodbye to his sister through a family trip to Hawaii and capturing those final happy memories to hold onto

 

• 15:30 Facing expectations of how we are allowed to express grief and finding our own ways of how we want to express and share it

 

• 19:37 Beau shares the ‘distilled wisdom’ of a poem about the facets of humanity by Margarita Battle

 

• 23:08 Beau’s personal message to men about being sure to get screened for prostate cancer and the importance of early detection for all forms of cancer

 

• 27:52 The grief and struggle of mental health challenges, drug addiction, and the opioid epidemic, and how we can move to being more open about struggle and taking things one day at a time

Beau’s poem The Tapestry of Grief

The tapestry of grief

And the tapestry of love

Are woven in the same colors

Woven by the same weaver

They are seen through the lens of life

And the lens of death

They are two sides of the same coin

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Get your free “7 Steps to Walk Through Grief with Grace” guidebook at www.walkthroughgriefwithgrace.com

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Have virtual tea with Jenn! This will be an opportunity for you to get some reflection time on where you’ve been, where you are, and where you want to go. You will get some clarity, and perspective and get a chance to be deeply witnessed. 

https://calendly.com/revjenncormier/tea-with-jenn-what-s-your-big-dream?month=2023-11

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Music by Daniel Plane: www.reelcello.com

Podcast production by Caitlin Epstein