Grieve That Sh!t

Sharon and Erica discuss the challenges couples are facing amidst the pandemic.  With the family all under one roof it can cause conflict and drama in your relationship.  The sisters share where hey are having challenges and they come up with suggestions on how you can prevent the stress of the quarantine from affecting you and your significant other.  For more information please go to 

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Erica and Sharon continue their Covid series and discuss the multitude of changes families have experienced with the quarantine. Those changes being home schooling children, working from home or becoming unemployed causing financial stress.  For more information go to our website: www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Erica and Sharon discuss how easy it is to engage in behaviors in an attempt to numb the pain from our grief.  Such behaviors include: over drinking, over eating, binge watching TV and excessive social media usage.  It is not uncommon to find things to distract ourselves from our pain, but if we are not careful we can develop addictions that will negatively impact not only us but our families as well. For more information please see our website

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Erica and Sharon discuss how social distancing is affecting our children.  Erica shares her struggle with her seventeen year old son Jordan.  The sisters give some suggestions on how to address the pandemic with your children.  For more information please go to their website www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

The sisters answer a question that was emailed to them from a griever.  The question asked was if the manner in which a person dies affects how you grieve for them? The sisters share their most personal losses some tragic and some were due to long term illness.  The grief they felt did not change based on the cause.  The heartbreak and the sadness was the same and they still had to experience it regardless of the loss.  Visit our website for more information www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

The sisters discuss the difference between free grief share groups typically held at churches and facilitated by church members and their program.  Grief healing is an educational program on grief and loss that has a set format and requires the griever to complete assignments where they examine their beliefs on grief and the pain in their heart.  For more information on the program click this link:

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The sisters discuss the grief that is associated with losing a business.  Sharon shares her very personal struggle with this specific loss when she had to close the doors on a children's closing store she opened. She describes how this business was like her baby because she along with her parents built it from the ground up.  It was devastating for her when she had to close it down and walk away.  For more information on the sisters please see their website: www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Sharon and Erica discuss how common it is for a griever to be so overwhelmed by their grief they begin to display features that are outside of their character.  Erica shares how her grief manifested itself as anger and that is the opposite of how she normally behaves.  The sisters share the importance of processing your feelings on a regular basis otherwise they will fester and come out in a negative way that will interfere with other relationships in your life. For more information see our website: www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Erica and Sharon discuss how challenging it is to cope with the feelings the that surface after a tragedy.  The sisters outline some very specific coping strategies that might help you to manage your feelings.  It's not uncommon for grievers to want to avoid using specific words or to even say that their loved one has died.  No matter how much you try to avoid feeling sad; the feelings will still come.  Grief will find a way whether you want it to or not. for more information go to our website; www.healingstartswiththeheart.com

Sharon and Erica address the many times people experienced a grieving event as a result of a miscarriage, stillbirth or problems with their infertility.  Often times their grief is minimized and it should not be.  They have every right to grieve the loss of their child no matter what the cause.  They dedicate this show to their sister Sharlene Honore' who was unable to bring her son home from the hospital.  Please click on the link to their website for more information www.healingstartswiththeheart.com