Steve Andrus is a clinical mental health counselor who’s son died by suicide 11 years ago.  He speaks openly with me about pain, how he practices being there for himself, for others and how working with this experience has brought deeper meaning to his life.

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin and I discuss alternatives to the mainstream model of labeling mental health challenges as disorders, the creative gifts and empowerment that can come from depth of feeling, and some tools to process and even benefit from criticism.

In today’s episode, Elizabeth Suzanne Shapiro shares her No Wrong Way Ritual Recipe and we speak about how connecting to that which is greater can support us when crossing thresholds and processing challenging emotions.

Ivy Moon is a childhood abuse and neglect survivor and a sibling incest survivor. Instead of just talking about feelings like anger and shame, in this podcast we will explore more directly some ways of how to be with and process them together.

Jack and I speak about the loss of his dad, the Good Grief support groups he's created in the UK, how to be there more for yourself and others in grief and how many of us can say grief has changed us for the better.