The Grief Coach

By Brooke JamesSociety & Culture

The Grief Coach episodes

February 16, 2021 47. Writing To Make Sense of Grief with Writer and Social Scientist Beth Duckles
CW: suicide
In this episode host @BrookeLJames is joined by Beth Duckles, @BDuckles, who shares how she used writing to make sense of the sudden loss of her mother to a brain aneurysm. Beth and Brooke also discuss how we talk to those who are grieving and how to move through our own grief.
thegriefcoach.co
bethduckles.com
Beth's Writing:
The Two Suicides That Changed My Life - https://narratively.com/the-two-suicides-that-changed-my-life/
39 min
February 10, 2021 46. How Grief Changes Us with Tara Sroka, Founder of Bringing Death Into Life
In this episode, host @BrookeLJames speaks with Tara Sroka, founder of @BringingDeathIntoLife on how grief evolves as time goes on, how to talk to those going through a loss, how grief helps us find our purpose, and more.
www.bringingdeathintolife.com
www.thegriefcoach.co
55 min
February 04, 2021 45. Using Presence and Creativity to Work Through Grief with Patricia de Picciotto
In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by Patricia de Piccioto who started the Instagram community @NeshamaJourney in an effort to find people who she shared an experience with after the loss of her mother. Patricia and Brooke discuss how important it is to take the time to work through your feelings, how important movement and creativity are in moving through loss, and why it is so important to talk about the people we miss.
www.thegriefcoach.co
51 min
January 29, 2021 44. Setting boundaries and Grieving Difficult Relationships with Amy Santee
CW: Suicide, Abuse, Addicition
In this episode, Amy Santee joins host @BrookeLJames to talk about losing her mother to alcoholism. Amy shares what it's like to grieve a parent she did not have a strong relationship with, what it's like to watch someone you love struggle with addiction, how to set boundaries when going through a loss, and how losing a parent early brings on grief for all the things that could be.
44 min
January 14, 2021 43. How Loss Affects Marriage with The Dineens
In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by Sean and Renee Dineen to talk about how the loss of Shawn's father showed up in their marriage. Thank you to Sean and Renee for this honest conversation that covers how grief affects the nuclear family, how to model grief for children, and how to shepherd the family towards a new normal after a loss.
www.thegriefcoach.co
40 min
January 06, 2021 42. The Beauty of What Remains with Author and Rabbi Steve Leder
In this episode host @brookeljames speaks with @steve_leder on life, love and loss. Steve's fourth book is out from Avery Books today, January 5th. Steve speaks about what being a rabbi taught him about loss, how the loss of his father informed his work as a rabbi, the concept of an ethical will, how we write our own eulogies, and more.
The Beauty of What Remains is available from Bookshop and wherever else you get your books.
thegriefcoach.co
Steveleder.com
49 min
December 30, 2020 41. Healing a Relationship After a Diagnosis with Jenn Welch, Comedian and Host of the LadyHD Podcast, Founder of Dead Dad Tinder
In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by @JennWelchNow host of the @LadyHDPod and Founder of @DeadDadTinder where they talk about similarities between grief and ADHD, how to understand feelings of wanting to date after a loss, and how Jenn's time with her father after his cancer diagnosis healed their relationship.
www.thegriefcoach.co
54 min
December 16, 2020 40. How Loss Prepared us for dealing with a Pandemic with Noah James, Co-founder of The Covid Grief Network
In this episode, host @BrookeLJames speaks with Noah James (no relation) co-founder of The Covid Grief Network @covidgrief on how losing a parent prepared them for the discomfort in dealing with a pandemic. They discuss what motivated Noah to start the Covid Grief Network, how to take care of yourself leading up to the holidays, the notion of a grief expert, and the relief in finding a community who has experienced loss.

www.covidgriefnetwork.org
www.thegriefcoach.co
45 min
November 17, 2020 39. Lessons from cycling with Author of Cycle of Lives, David Richman
Author David Richman joins host @BrookeLJames to share his experience in losing his sister and how it motivated him to explore how trauma impacts cancer journeys. In addition to his work as an author and interviewer, David fundraiser for various cancer charities through athletcism. He ran for 24 hours straight to honor his sister and after conducting hundreds of hours of interviewers with cancer patients, he cycled across the country to meet them all in person. David and host Brooke share that action and movement help them both process -- but David has a bit more endurance than our host. Tune in to hear his perspective on loss as well as his writing journey.
thegriefcoach.co
david-richman.com/cycle-of-lives/
41 min
October 27, 2020 38. How First-hand Grief Experience collides with Clinical Training with Behavioral Health Therapist and Licensed Social Worker Colleen Culley
Tw: suicide. In this episode, host @BrookeLJames is joined by Licensed Social Worker and Behavioral Health Therapist Colleen Culley. Colleen's brother died by suicide last year and she shares her story of how her training with mental health impacted her real-life grief experience.
www.theculleystrongfoundation.com
www.thegriefcoach.co
43 min

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In 2019 at the age of 30, Brooke lost her father to cancer and immediately searched for resources that respected the gravity of emotions in her grieving process that also offered concrete support. The…