CONTENT WARNING: Please note that this episode contains depictions and stories of siblings lost by suicide, homicide and/or domestic violence. We understand that some people may find these triggering, activating and/or disturbing.

Maggie Bauer lost her brother Chris by suicide, it has been 10 years and it still hurts that her brother is no longer on this earth. She knows that her grief journey is going to last a lifetime, and recognizes that the most challenging thing of all is advocating for yourself. Maggie decided to become a grief recovery specialist, and this has given her more language and understanding of how to take steps and move through her grief journey, and she has helped people understand the meaning behind grief, feelings and physical experiences.

In this week's episode, Maggie will be sharing her and Chris's story, why you should treat therapy as dating and what questions to ask your therapist to ensure that they are going to help you and give you tools to move through your grief journey, the difficulties that she has, how she has honored Chris and the advice she has for surviving siblings and for her younger self

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In this episode I’m covering:

• Intro [00:00:00]

• Maggie and Chris’ story [00:01:18]

• The missing piece of the puzzle [00:08:15]

• Maggie receives “The Call” [00:14:31]

• Giving yourself grace and finding the right therapist [00:23:03]

• Difficulties in Maggie’s grief journey [00:33:42]

• Becoming a certified grief recovery specialist [00:37:52]

• Honoring Chris [00:44:55]

• Changing the language around suicide [00:54:49]

• Advice for younger Maggie and for surviving siblings [01:01:34]

For full episode show notes and transcript, click here

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