This episode is brought to you by: FEELINGS (the weirder the better)

Grief doesn’t wear black every day. It can show up in your dreams. Or as a specific smell. Or your playlist shuffles to that one song... We're genuinely curious: Is it ok to laugh at a funeral...?

Instead of trying to make grief appear anything other than messy, Jordan and J.T. dig into the all-too-turbulent discomfort of loss. Listen to discover why the real-life grief ambush is part of the process. (You’re not broken. You’re just… HUMAN.)

- What part of grief did no one warn you about?

- How can we carry opposing emotions at once (sorrow and joy)?

- Ghosted in Grief: Why some people disappear instead of showing up when you’re grieving.

- The Grief that Doesn’t Get Flowers: Uncelebrated griefs like estranged parents, friendship breakups, lost dreams, not having kids

- Micro-grieving: the catharsis of a good public or bathroom cry

- Spiritual platitudes that should be retired (Time heals all wounds, What doesn't kill you...etc)

- When can we feel JOY without GUILT while grieving?

- What happens when you remove/replace coping crutches? The power of new rituals - and poetic playlists.

- LDIT's Grief Manifesto: "We believe grief is not a problem to fix— it’s a sacred, shitty, wild thing we carry..."

- GOOD IDEAS on how to be there for those you love: send a one-line text (no response required), drop off snacks with a note "grief doesn't cook," invitation to non-grief activity (karaoke, trashy TV marathon, hike, dog park.,.), just be quiet together, say their person's name

The Deepest THANKS, ADMIRATION, & APPRECIATION to: Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning (Button Poetry, 2021) ...a super hero on earth...rest in peace

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