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Trauma therapist, writer and podcast host Meghan, found herself on the receiving end of the same treatments she used with her own clients after the death of both her parents within two years of each other. Meghan hosts a weekly discussion with guests who carry personal loss, professional expertise, and a belief that talking about grief and loss helps provide needed support in a world that finds the topic all kinds of awkward.
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Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Tuesday Aug 03, 2021
Widowish author Melissa Gould talks about her husband's death from West Nile virus, raising a teenage daughter with a legacy of loss, and writing as a way to navigate grief. An award winning screenwriter who worked on such shows as Bill Nye the Science Guy, Beverly Hills 90210, Party of Five and Lizzie McGuire, Melissa's book is a quick, compelling beautiful read that will leave you thinking. Read it and you'll be recommending to friends.
Join Meghan as she learns from this wise, funny and warm woman.
https://widowish.com
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Join Meghan as she talks with the brilliantly warm, trauma informed author, Jessica DuLong, about her extraordinary book: Saved At The Seawall. A deeply emotional, and personal telling of one of the greatest stories of hope from 9/11, that you may have never heard before. Jessica and Meghan talk PTSD, brain science and the ways in which writing can help manage trauma and allow us to tell some of the most important stories of hope.
Saved At The Seawall is Meghan's First Book Club book!! Come over to www.griefismysidehustle.com
and going "Grief Mates" a grief writing workshop to be part of the discussion on Trauma Narrative, why it's important and how to create one.
“The greatest 9/11 story you’ve never heard.”
— Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky
“No one has told this incredible story better than Jessica DuLong. Saved at the Seawall is a moving page-turner.”
— Kenneth T. Jackson, president emeritus, New-York Historical Society
The definitive history of the largest ever waterborne evacuation, when ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels spontaneously converged to rescue nearly 500,000 stranded people from Manhattan on September 11, 2001
SAVED AT THE SEAWALL reveals the dramatic story of how the New York Harbor maritime community heroically delivered stranded commuters, residents, and visitors out of harm’s way. Even before the US Coast Guard called for “all available boats,” tugs, ferries, dinner boats, and other vessels had sped to the rescue from points all across New York Harbor. In less than nine hours, captains and crews transported nearly half a million people from Manhattan.
Anchored in eyewitness accounts and written by a mariner who served at Ground Zero, SAVED AT THE SEAWALL weaves together the personal stories of people rescued that day with those of the mariners who saved them. Jessica DuLong describes the inner workings of New York Harbor and reveals the collaborative power of its close-knit community.
Initially published as Dust to Deliverance, this edition, released in time for the 20th anniversary, contains new updates: a preface by DuLong and a foreword by Mitchell Zuckoff.
https://jessicadulong.com/saved-at-the-seawall/
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Tuesday Jul 20, 2021
Dr. Lisa Shulman is an award winning neuroscientist and prolific author including of the truly singular book:"Before and After Loss: A Neurologist's Perspective on Loss, Grief and Our Brain." In her conversation with Meghan, Dr. Shulman talks about how the brain cannot distinguish between the emotional trauma of bear attack versus the emotional trauma of a sudden attachment loss, discusses her husband's death from cancer and how it gave her work a much more personal perspective, and frames traumatic loss as a chronic condition we will need to treat for the rest of our lives.
This is a PACKED episode you do NOT want to miss.
"In Before and After Loss, neurologist Dr. Lisa M. Shulman describes a personal story of loss and her journey to understand the science behind the mind-altering experience of grief. Part memoir, part creative nonfiction, part account of scientific discovery, this moving book combines Shulman's perspectives as an expert in brain science and a keen observer of behavior with her experience as a clinician, a caregiver, and a widow. Drawing on the latest studies about grief and its effects, she explains what scientists know about how the mind, brain, and body respond and heal following traumatic loss. She also traces the interface between the experience of profound loss and the search for emotional restoration.
Combining the science of emotional trauma with concrete psychological techniques— including dream interpretation, journaling, mindfulness exercises, and meditation—Shulman's frank and empathetic account will help readers regain their emotional balance by navigating the passage from profound sorrow to healing and growth."
https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/and-after-loss
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
David Richman is an author, philanthropist, and athlete who was so impacted by his sister's death from cancer he not only wrote a beautiful book including 15 stories that cover a wide breadth of people whose lives were impacted by cancer, he also rode his bike 5,000 miles across the county to connect the stories and the story tellers.
Don't miss this warm and thoughtful episode as he shares his experience and learnings with Meghan
https://david-richman.com/cycle-of-lives/
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Join Meghan for this discussion with perinatal mental health specialist Megan MacCutcheon about where grief can shows up in the processing of trying to get pregnant, being pregnant and new motherhood. Both mother's of three, who experienced miscarriages (with the same name) these two therapists discuss the importance of opening up the conversation on pregnancy in a way that dispels obstacles to taking the best care of new moms.
https://www.meganmaccutcheon.com
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
Tuesday Jul 06, 2021
In this Episode Meghan talks with Sherri Puzey, Director of "Mom's Don't Have Time to Grieve", a new off shoot of Zibby Owen's "Mom's Don't Have Time To..." media powerhouse. Sherri reflects on her trajectory of grief after her brother's murder when she was only 21, and her passion project of creating a resource clearinghouse to help others in grief. For those still new to grief, Sherri offers so much hope of finding a manageable way grow into grief.
https://zibbyowens.com/grieve-1
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
Thursday Jul 01, 2021
In this episode Meghan talks with Episcopal priest and author Liz Tichenor about the death of her son Fritz at only 40 days old as well as the legacy of her mother's suicide. Liz reflects how running, community, family and eventually her religion helped to support her through her loss and find her way back to life.
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
20 years after her mother's death, Author, cancer survivor, mother and wife, Dara Kurtz's found a bag full of letters from her mother and grandmother. A mother to a new baby at the time of her mother's death, Dara's did not truly begin to process the depth of her grief until she began reading and ultimately writing " I Am My Mother's Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss and Love, about all she had lost. Listen as Meghan and Dara talk about the truisms of carrying grief and the many ways loss manifests in our lives.
https://crazyperfectlife.com
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Thursday Jun 24, 2021
Dr. Kathryn Mannix is an expert in Palliative Care and death and dying educator based in the UK. Author of the best selling With the End in Mind and upcoming Listen, Dr. Mannix has revolutionized our understanding of end of life care, and authored guidebooks for those wanting to learn more about death and how the body dies. In this delightful conversation, Dr. Mannix gives Meghan a generous tutorial on how palliative care is most effective, how we have become so unskilled in managing grief, and offers true hope of education and compassion to those grieving. Don't miss this expisode.
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Tuesday Jun 22, 2021
Peg Conway is a writer, and energy healer who shares her story of losing her mother at age seven, the protracted grief that didn't really manifest until her 20's after she witnessed a dear friend injured by a car. Peg discusses how reading and writing her own book has helped her come to know her loss better and as well as face the surprising ways that grief shows up even 50 years on.