Grieve That Sh!t

Sharon and Erica compare the grief associated with a long term illness versus the grief that accompanies a sudden death.  The sisters share their experiences with both types of loss.  Both events cause extreme heartbreak and grief.  For more information please see our website at www.healingstartswiththeheart.com as well as our private facebook group www.facebook.com/hope...heal...recover...

Sharon and Erica discuss the challenging times we as a society have been facing in 2020.  They address Covid-19, the social unrest, not being able to attend a loved ones funeral and the economic crisis that many people are finding themselves in today.  All of these things can result in people feeling unsettled and broken, which is normal.  The sisters give tips on how to manage these feelings.  For more information go to www.healingstartswiththehheart.com please join their private Facebook Group at www.facebook.hope...heal..recover.com

Sharon and Erica discuss the impact being a survivor has on an individual.  The sisters also define what guilt truly means for a griever.  This is something our first responders struggle with daily. For more information please go to our website at www.healingstartswiththeheart.com and please join our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/hope...heal...recover

Sharon and Erica discuss the very important connection between childhood trauma and grief.  Too many children who suffered severe trauma were not taught the proper way to handle their emotions.  The sisters discuss the grave consequences that will follow one into adulthood when their childhood wounds are not healed.  For more information on this and many other topics see their website at www.healingstartswiththeheart.com.  They would also like to invite you to their private facebook group at www.facebook.com/hope...heal...recover

Erica and Sharon give voice to the pain and the heartbreak felt by grievers.  They have worked with many grievers who have expressed that they want to die.  Erica shares her own personal experience with those feelings and the stigma she felt would attributed to her if she were to express those feelings out loud. The sisters discuss how these feelings are completely normal and how saying these words does not make one suicidal. They also give advice to the people supporting the griever to make sure that the individual is not suicidal.  For more information please go to our website www.healingstartswiththeheart.com  

Erica and Sharon discuss how the second year of grief can be more challenging than the first because the permanency of having to live life without your loved one sets in.  In the first year, grievers tend to be in shock and numb to their new reality.  But there is no denying it in the second year.  The holidays and special days become more empty and it becomes increasingly difficult to live in a world without our loved ones.  For more information please see our website www.healingstarstwiththeheart.com  

Erica and Sharon discuss how challenging it can be when you don't feel like you have anyone to talk to when you are grieving.  Grievers need to be heard and they want to tell their story.  It's part of the healing process to feel the need to share their pain with anyone who is willing to listen. For more information please see our website www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Erica and Sharon discuss how sometimes when we are grieving our thoughts will drive our emotions.  The sisters share a very important message and that is that grief happens in your heart and not in your head.  In an attempt to avoid doing the much needed heart work we need to heal a griever will allow their thoughts to distract them from how much they are hurting.  For more information please go to our website www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Sharon interviews a special guest, David Keese to discuss the challenges associated with grief in the workplace.  Grief will take over every aspect of your life if you allow it and you will find this specifically in the workplace.  When someone is grieving it is beyond challenging for them to focus on anything let alone their job.  For more information please go to our website www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Sharon and Erica invite their sisters Yolanda and Sharlene along with their sister in law Peggy to discuss racism in America.  This conversation is coming on the heels of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George's Floyd's deaths at the hands of the police.  The sisters explain how racism can cause a grieving event in your heart.  For more information please see their website at www.healingstartswiththeheart.com