Grieve That Sh!t

Sharon interviews David Keesee about why men choose not get help when they are grieving.  David shares his insights as well as his personal experience with being an exception to that rule.  

Sharon interviews Rachelle Jones who shares about her past experiences with grief and a broken heart.  Rachelle talks in detail about her healing journey and the action steps she took to rid herself from the pain of her dad's death by suicide.  

Erica and Sharon discuss how grief  is cumulative and in most cases it's cumulatively negative.  Throughout our lives we experience a multitude of grieving events and if we do not address the events from our past they will begin to clutter our hearts.  

Sharon and Erica debunk the myth of the five stages of grief and how they do not apply to grievers.  The sages of grief were developed by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross for people in the process of dying not for the grievers who were left behind. 

Erica and Sharon discuss Erica's adopted daughter Kayla and how she came to be in her life.  Erica shares their personal journey and how Kayla has impacted her family dynamic in a positive way.

Erica and Sharon discuss how this simple question can stop a grieving parent in their tracks.  A grieving parent will struggle with answering this question because their first instinct is to always honor the relationship with their child that has passed away.  As a society, we're not taught how to talk about grief because it makes others uncomfortable so a grieving parent will put the comfort of others before themselves when answering this question.  Erica shares her own personal struggle with this question and how she answers it today.

Erica and Sharon interview guests Brittany Ramos and Julie Brown who are the founders of Forever in Our Hearts Retreat for families who have lost children.  Through their own separate tragedies they have come together to provide families with an opportunity to begin their healing at this amazing retreat.

Sharon and Erica discuss how the break-up of a marriage or long term relationship can also be a grieving event.  Often times grief is only associated with death, but there are over forty known losses that can cause grief and a broken heart.

Sharon and Erica discuss the importance of choosing recovery.  Often times grievers feel as though they're destined to live with the pain from their broken hearts, but that is not the case.  Anyone can choose to take the necessary action steps towards healing.

Erica and Sharon discuss the loss of hopes, dreams and expectations experienced when you have a non-typical child or a child born with physical disabilites.  Erica shares her struggles with Austin and the challenges she faced when he was diagnosed as being on the spectrum.  Sharon shares how she had to grieve for her granddaughter Ever who also has Autism.