Friends Missing Friends

Grief can completely rearrange your priorities. It can be a sudden, vicious reveal of the most barren parts of your life, leaving you feeling naked and foolish; whose life was I even living? Why have I been spending my energy painstakingly building this ludicrous tower of cards?

Have you ever felt that way? That’s how I felt in the days, weeks, and months after my friend’s death, and I talk about it in today’s episode.

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Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!

 In this episode, Toby Dorr and I discuss:

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About today’s guest, Toby Dorr: Toby Dorr is a bestselling author and the founder of Unleashed where she inspires women to escape their emotional prisons and find purpose. She has been featured on Dateline, Inside Edition, Lifetime, Anderson Cooper, and The Atlantic magazine. Her writing has appeared in: Newsweek, Today, Authority Magazine, USA Wire, and Huffington Post. Her first book LIVING WITH CONVICTION was released in 2022.

To learn more about Toby Dorr and her memoir LIVING WITH CONVICTION, visit her website here: https://tobydorr.com

On today’s episode, my Toby and I discuss:

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Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated! You can send in your questions to [email protected], send a voice clip to our google voice number 312-291-1781, and follow us on IG @friendsmissingfriends. For more information, you can visit our website: friendsmissingfriends.com.

On today’s episode, I read from an excerpt I wrote about the dark and tumultuous moments, hours, and days after I found out my friend had passed

If you’re experiencing the aftermath of a loss, or are going through a hard time, I want you to know that I’m sending you love. And if you or anyone you know is going through crisis, you can reach out for confidential support at https://988lifeline.org/, or by dialing 988.

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Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated! You can send in your questions to [email protected], send a voice clip to our google voice number 312-291-1781, and follow us on IG @friendsmissingfriends. For more information, you can visit our website: friendsmissingfriends.com.

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!

In this bonus episode, Jaymie and I discuss:

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Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so

On today’s episode, my friend Jaymie and I discuss:

Additional Resources:

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On today’s episode, I talk about:

· How no matter how strong, deep, and vicious your grief is, you are NOT overreacting

· How we often discount the depth of our sadness (and love)

· Megan Devine’s book IT’S OK THAT YOU’RE NOT OK

Additional Resources:

To Learn more about Megan Devine and buy her book IT’S OK THAT YOU’RE NOT OK,

go here: https://refugeingrief.com/book/

Get in touch:

Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated!

You can send in your questions to [email protected], send a voice clip to our google voice number 312-291-1781, and follow us on IG @friendsmissingfriends. For more information, you can visit our website: friendsmissingfriends.com.

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!

In this episode, Robin and I discuss:

· How you bring your value to your group of friends, but your value is not defined by the group

· The guttural experience of releasing her father as he died

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Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated!

You can send in your questions to [email protected], send a voice clip to our google voice number 312-291-1781, and follow us on IG @friendsmissingfriends. For more information, you can visit our website: friendsmissingfriends.com.

About today’s guest, Robin Pollak: Robin is a Speech Pathologist with over 30 years experience. She became an intuitive Life Coach after quickly realizing the way these magical gifts contributed to her work with speech clients. Robin has earned multiple certifications in coaching techniques, including Neuro-Linguistic Programming, which strengthened her ability to widen her practice to include coaching adults. Robin taps into intuitive gifts to work with her clients to guide them to discover and learn to use their own inner wisdom. She collaborates with them to find the key to unlock where they are stuck, often by showing them the abundance in their lives that is available at any time. This guides them to create and live a life filled with what they want to feel fulfilled. Robin Pollak is a master at helping her clients rediscover parts of themselves that got tucked away. Her ability to understand how patterns repeat in our lies that are not serving them are actually here to teach them where the growth should begin. Robin’s 1:1 coaching will help anyone move past judgment and begin to create empowered change.  

Learn more about Robin here: https://www.robinspollak.com/

Read about Robin’s book TRUST YOUR INTUITION here: https://trustyourintuitionbook.com/

On today’s episode, Robin and I discuss:

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Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated! 

You can send in your questions to [email protected], send a voice clip to our google voice number 312-291-1781, and follow us on IG @friendsmissingfriends. For more information, you can visit our website: friendsmissingfriends.com.

Is it normal to feel jealous? Yes. I talk about how intertwined with grief jealousy can be, and how much I've experienced it after the death of my friend. 

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Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated!

You can send in your questions to [email protected], send a voice clip to our google voice number 312-291-1781, and follow us on IG @friendsmissingfriends. For more information, you can visit our website: friendsmissingfriends.com.