Susan, your host, welcomes Meghan Smith Brooks to today’s episode. Meghan is an Ordained Unity Minister and the author of Unraveling Grief: A Mother’s Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery, which details her grief experience when she lost her son when he was just 19 years old. Meghan shares how she was able to pull herself out and find a sense of gratitude for this new path she has been set on in this week’s episode.

 

Key Takeaways:

• Meghan shares her grief story and the murder of her son.

• Meghan spent two months walking around like she wasn’t in her body.

• How did Meghan find gratitude after she found out about her son’s death?

• Meghan is so grateful that she had a spiritual foundation to stand on.

• Pain and loss are part of our human reality.

• Meghan still has moments when she wants to scream.

• Sometimes you have to forgive the people who killed your loved one, not for their sake, but yours.

• You can live in a dark hole when someone you love passes away, but it’s up to you to get past that.

• Susan remembers her arguing with her husband about where to go to eat.

• It’s a choice to be angry at someone.

• Grief is your teacher. It broke Meghan open.

• When Meghan wrote her book, it helped her oldest son cope.

• It becomes an ongoing blessing when you can be vulnerable and create something beautiful out of your pain.

• How does Meghan spiritually help people in grief?

• Every day you get to choose how you will show up and what you do to make a difference.

• Keep breathing; keep moving forward.

 

Resources:

Tendrilsofgrief.com

Email Susan: [email protected]

 

Learn more about Meghan Smith Brooks:

Unityawakeningways.org

Meghan on LinkedIn

Unraveling Grief: A Mother’s Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery