Susan Kendal became a widow, 6 years ago. Her husband passed suddenly of an unexpected heart attack while getting ready for work. Grief does occur in different times and 6 weeks after she and her husband got married, at 18 and 21, her best friend & brother-in-law died. So, their kids actually grew up their entire lives knowing about death. Which she feels it was probably good in retrospect.

She also shares her grief experience a few years after she became a widow when her dad succumbed to cancer and heart disease and both her brothers died as well.

She initially started Evolve for Widows to be a positive site for women who want to move forward. But, as she continued her involvement in the community (including coaching training), she's realized the biggest problem for anyone moving thru grief is the death taboo.

Those grieving are talking about death but no one else is!!

We hide in chat groups talking about our pain and loneliness because society has taught us to be afraid of speaking out because grief has a time limit.

So now she's trying to change that and open up the dialogue about DEATH as we have done for other taboo subjects like mental health, gay rights, infertility etc. She believes a dialogue that starts with children is ideal but we all must learn what NOT to say to someone who is grieving and how to hold space for someone who feels compelled to mention a loved one and lean in to death.

We shall all lose a loved one in our lifetime (actually probably more like 5 loved ones) so this is THE most important taboo to end.

Listen to this podcast as we dive into the topic of how Talking About Death Helps Normalize Grief.

Contact Susan Kendal: https://www.evolvebeyondgrief.com/

Contact Kendra Rinaldi to be a guest or for coaching: https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/

Music: https://www.rinaldisound.com

Logo: https://www.pamelawinningham.com

Production: Carlos Andres Londono