The Grief Coach

In this episode @BrookeLJames and guest, Liya Shuster-Bier discuss what it's like to go through a rare cancer diagnosis in your 30s (including missing the time that we think will be the take-off of our career and how to plan for a family pre-treatment), how Liya's medical isolation prepared her for pandemic quarantine life, and how this experience encouraged Liya to found Alula. 

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In this episode, the co-founders of AFTR join host @BrookeLJames to discuss how they leveraged technology to bring comfort and allow Beth to participate in a grieving ritual when she could not be there in person due to the pandemic, how the online grief community has been of great comfort, and how they continue to connect with their father after his passing.

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In this episode host @BrookeLJames is joined by trauma and grief informed therapist @Meghan.Riordan.Jarvis to talk about how grief and anxiety effect our brains. Brooke and Meghan talk about how they found resources after a loss, how do you support people you care about who are going through a loss, and what is going in in our brains after a loss. 

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In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by @ZachWeismann, Founder of Mag Impact Collective, to discuss the difference in expectations between caregivers across genders, how to balance work and caregiving, and societal expectations on male grievers. 

CW - mention of suicidal ideation

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Zach's TedX talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tyMwL95Ugw

In this episode co-founders of @oaktreememorials and @loyalpetmemorials, Miles Adams and Max Lemper-Tabatsky, join host @brookeljames to talk about their experience in shopping for memorials after a loss and very quickly realizing the experience could be improved. Here at The Grief Coach, we think it's very important to examine the industry and showcase all the amazing people who are making this experience suck less. Miles, Max, and Brooke talk about how things can be better, what it's like to tell people you work in the end-of-life industry, and how their own experiences informed the work they do.

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In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by Kerry Hoffman (@soverykerry) where she shares the experience of losing her Father to covid in March 2020 and her experience in grieving during quarantine. Kerry shares wonderful advice on how to make space for grief in your life, what she sends people after a loss, and how we can all do better in talking about grief.

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Author Cynthia Hayes joins @BrookeLJames to share the story of her cancer diagnosis and all the accompanying emotions. We also discuss the difference between being a cancer patient versus being a caregiver and which was harder.

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thebigordeal.com - and buy Cynthia's Book on Amazon or Bookshop

Some of the Organizations Cynthia mentions

Mount Sinai Woman to Woman

Montefiore Medical Center BOLD Buddies

Global Focus on Cancer

Moving for Life

In this episode host @BrookeLJames is joined by Author @RochelleBugg whose latest book "Handle WIth Care" explores Rochelle's grief experience of losing her father at 14 to pancreatic cancer and her mother to brain cancer at 25. Rochelle and Brooke discuss Rochelle's experience, what it means to lose both parents, how to talk to others about the grief experience, and how to prepare for administrative pieces of a loved one's death that no one tells you about.

Rochelle's Book "Handle With Care" is out March 4

www.rochellebugg.com

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In this episode, @doctor.darien joins host @brookeljames to discuss how losing a beloved family member his first year of medical school had a profound impact on how he interacts with patients and families, what it's like for the medical team when a patient does not have advanced directive paperwork, the lasting impact of covid on all of us (and specifically the medical community)

Find Darien on Instagram at @doctor.darien and on twitter at @DoctorDarienMD

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In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by Kelli Chu (@mzchu) who shares her experience of losing mobility after a car accident. Kelli and Brooke discuss what it was like for Kelli to experience an accident in a foreign country, resilience after loss, the perspective they've gained from grief (and if they would give it back or not), and how to talk to those who've experienced something hard. 

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