This podcast is all about learning to FEEL GOOD, even when life DOESN'T.
This episode is about grief, recorded last August right in the thick of the beginning months of the pandemic. It resonates still--having passed the anniversary recently. Learning how to accept the rather nebulous nature of grief is challenging. What matters is being able to name and feel our emotions in the safe witness of another human being who is comfortable enough to be with us in our grief. What may be helpful is understanding:
1. Humans are hardwired to connect; when experiencing disconnection (for any reason--death, divorce, moving away, leaving a job, etc) from situations, environments, or people, we feel emotional pain. This emotional pain may be described in different ways.
2. Grief is not just regarding the death of someone we love. We can grieve the loss of a friendship or the end of a dream career. There are complex layers to grieving.
3. Loss is loss. It doesn't matter the intensity or how traumatic it was. If you feel it, it is valid.
4. Grief may present in a variety of different ways--anger, irritation, lack of energy, or anxiety. There is no "right way" to grieving. It is as unique as each of us.
5. In this podcast, I mention David Kessler, a long-time colleague and co-author with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross of the book On Grief and Grieving about the five stages of grief. Mr. Kessler has written a new book on grief, adding a new stage--finding meaning--to the classic five stages of grief, Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief.
6. Here's the podcast with Brene Brown talking with David Kessler
7. Here's all a link to a Feeling Wheel (I call it an "emotional wheel" in the podcast). Great tool to help "name" our emotions.
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