What does your relationship with grief look like? Have you resigned yourself to a life of pain or given yourself the freedom to rewrite your story? Can your grief exist alongside gratitude, sadness amongst joy, longing mixed with cherished memories?

Join Amanda and her guest, Lisa Keefauver, a narrative therapy-trained social worker and widow who transformed her personal and professional experiences with loss into a mission to reimagine grief, for a lively discussion where missing your loved one meets forward motion and life as you know it, although forever changed, continues with purpose.

The two grief enthusiasts also dissect:

🔥The Both/And concept—the place where duality of emotions are given permission to coexist

🔥 Making space for good memories of your beloved to exist even though the end time is what may occupy your thoughts

🔥 Seven practices to "Center Aliveness in a World Full of Loss," based on Lisa's popular blog post

🔥 The various types of grief such as ambiguous, anticipatory, and disenfranchised, and why each are important to acknowledge personally and culturally

🔥 The importance of identifying and paying attention to your "grief beliefs" and how they dictate your grieving process as well as broader grief beliefs that set the standard in the workplace and society at large

🔥 Phrases you can use to educate a well-meaning friend or family member who says the wrong thing while you're grieving

🔥 A beautiful and simple somatic practice to bring yourself peace while grieving

About Lisa

For more than two decades, Lisa Keefauver has dedicated herself to the healing power of holding space and bearing witness, helping people transform their relationship with grief. As host of a top-rated grief podcast, TEDx and keynote speaker, former professor, grief guide, grief-smart workplace consultant, and author of the internationally acclaimed book Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss, she is helping us learn how to center aliveness in a world full of loss.

You can learn more about Lisa and how to work with her by visiting her website.

Read Lisa's book, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss. Also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and bookstores in U.S., Mexico, U.K., and Spain

Listen to her podcast Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Available on all platforms.

Read her Substack: AFGO with Lisa Keefauver

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