Originally premiered on RfRx YouTube Channel May 8, 2020

We are all grieving in some shape or form, some more than others.  How do you handle your grief, how does one handle grief now if you’ve given up the belief that a god is in control? How should we respond to someone who is grieving? This week we’ll be navigating through these questions and more. Join us as we talk with Kayce Hodos, LPC and provide you with some tools on how to manage our grief.

Resources 

- The Grieving Nonbeliever’s Bill of Rights: http://griefbeyondbelief.org/the-grieving-nonbelievers-bill-of-rights/

- Holmes and Rahe Social Adjustment Scale: https://www.stress.org/holmes-rahe-stress-inventory

- Association For Death Education and Counseling: https://www.adec.org

"Afterlife" - (Netflix) - Ricky Gervais’s beautiful depiction of a man’s grieving process after losing his wife. Accurately captures how complicated grief is and all the things people grieve throughout the lifespan.

"Fleabag" - (Amazon Prime) - Irreverent amazon prime show about a woman’s lack of healthy coping after her friend’s death; Layers and layers of loss; explores relationships with family; the final season deals with religion.

"The Good Place" - (Netflix) - More about morality and what it means to be a good person; what is good enough; does a great job of pointing out the absurdity of the idea of an afterlife and the notion that people are simply either good or bad.

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Kayce Hodos, LPC, a licensed therapist in Wake Forest, NC. She has advanced training in loss and grief and postpartum depression and anxiety. She is a screened mental health provider with the Secular Therapy Project and a large part of RfR’s new online mental health programming.

Find her on the web at: Website: https://www.kaycehodos.com

Educational and coaching resources: https://www.nuancecoaching.com

Twitter: @kaycehodos 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KayceHodosLPC

This discussion is hosted by Eric Wells, the RfR Support Group Director, and Todd Yoder, the RfR Helpline Director.