No one gets a pass on grief, not even a three-year-old. Janice lost her sister Julie at the age of 3, she was too young to understand what was going on around her and her coping mechanism growing up was saying that she had grown up as an only child. She didn't acknowledge that she was a surviving sibling until she started going to therapy for an ailment she thought was completely unrelated, and it ended up being “stuck grief”. Grief that Janice had not given herself the space to process and understand. 

In this week's episode, I am sharing Janice and Julie’s story, how Janice started on her grief journey, how her partner supported her through her grief journey, what inspired her to write her book: Opening Up to Grief and so much more.

In this episode, I’m covering:

• Intro [00:00:00]
• Janice and Julie’s story [00:02:06]
• The start of Janice’s grief journey [00:09:23]
• Grieving Julie [00:26:27]
• Supporting partners for surviving siblings [00:30:02]
• Writing Opening Up to Grief [00:38:27]
• Advice for Surviving Siblings [00:52:11]

For full episode show notes and transcript, click here

Connect with Janice Jernigan

Instagram | @innertrailblazer | @janicejernigan

Janice’s Book | Opening Up to Grief: A Surviving Sibling's Journey with Loss and Love

 

Connect with Maya 

Instagram | @survivingsiblingspodcast | @mayaroffler 

TikTok | @survivingsiblingspodcast

Twitter | @survivingsibpod

Website | The Surviving Siblings