We're back after a brief hiatus! Today's guest is Tamara Sellman. She tells us about the grief in living with chronic illness. We talk about how it affects family and friends, how its important to feel what you need to, and how all of this inspired her to write a book!

Learn more about Tamara, follow her on social, and buy her book here: http://www.tamarasellman.com/

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Today, we are joined by Corey's friend Audrey! She talks about the grief experienced when ending a best friendship. We dive deep into toxic people vs toxic situations, self-worth when grieving the end of a friendship and so much more.

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Audrey and Corey's Movie Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/442C3vsoiIWpTin1SOX0Qa

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Today, we are joined by Blu Sanders! He talks about the experience of losing his dad to ALS (Lou Gherig's Disease.) He and Corey share their experience of losing a parent to the disease and how this journey inspired him to write a book about it!

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This week, we talk with our friend Lyndie. She tells us about how an accident ended her career with the military, the grief process of losing her "normal," and how she found her authentic self through it all.

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We are joined this week by Matt and Allison from Hope For The Day, a non-profit movement empowering one-on-one conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education. We talk about their amazing organization and their own personal health journeys, how the pandemic changed their work and a few stories about the lives they have impacted. We also discussed Sip of Hope, their subsidiary coffee company which offers an open space for peer-to-peer connection.

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Hope for the Day website: https://www.hftd.org/

Sip of Hope: https://sipofhope.com/

Find local resources available to you: https://www.hftd.org/find-help

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We are joined by New York Times Bestselling author Matthew Paul Turner. He tells about his experience coming out as a gay man and the grief that came from living his truth. He tells us about reconciling the hurt he knew it would bring his wife, the mental undoing of damage from his religious background, and how his new book (co-authored by the now deceased Rachel Held Evans) helped him heal long before it was released. This was such a special conversation for us and we hope you enjoy it!

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Today, we are joined by Dr. Melissa Mork. She shares how her experiences with loss and a conversation with her father led her to work in grief support. We talk about how to respond to someone dealing with loss, the common misconception of "getting over" your grief, and so much more.

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Its not often that we talk about workplace grief and today we get to do that! We speak with Christina Romelus who talks about how the fear of failure kept her in a job that ultimately burned her out. We talk about how experience quitting a job (and starting a company) during a pandemic, and the importance of acknowledging your mental bandwith.

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This week, we talk with Aaron Sorrels. He talks the situations in his life that fueled alcoholism and how he now uses comedy to help others and to share a few laughs.

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Imagine finding out about the death of a parent through a stranger on social media. For Jackie Gayton Cooper, this was a reality. This week, we talk with her about the estranged relationship with her father, processing his passing, and what she discovered as she begin to sort through his life.

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