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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 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.
Saturday Jun 19, 2021
Saturday Jun 19, 2021
In the final episode of our Father's Day Series, Meghan interviews her friend, colleague and podcast co-host Brooke James of the Grief Coach. With more laughter than tears Brooke and Meghan talk anniversaries and counting days, living into loss, and setting boundaries.
Don't miss this one. Brooke is truly something special.
https://www.thegriefcoach.co/about
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Father's Day Special Join Meghan in this special conversation with her long time high school friend, Lindsey Mead Russell, about losing her father-in-law and father within six weeks of each other. Lindsey talks poetry, writing and long months of tears as ways we actively grieve.
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Tuesday Jun 15, 2021
Join Meghan as she talks with Orange is the New Black Actress, Alysia Reiner (Fig) about losing her dad over a decade ago, growing in grief, maintaining a relationship with his memory for herself and her daughter and how she celebrates the anniversary of his death. Alysia is so warm and generous with her thoughts and feelings on grief and self care, you will find yourself wanting to listen again.