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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.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday Sep 28, 2021
Michele Benyo is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, parent mentor and founder of Good Grief Parenting, whose purpose is to support parents who are raising young bereaved siblings after child loss. Her mission is to be a voice for the youngest of grievers and to help parents nurture and understand the unique needs of the children who have lost a sibling in early childhood.
https://www.goodgriefparenting.com/about
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
On the day of his sister’s funeral, while standing alone at her grave, Matt Bays tells the truth for the very first time; that he is gay. At forty-six years old, and with a highly religious worldview, Matt sets out on a powerful journey to grapple with this new reality and find the part of himself that was buried in his youth.
Together, Bays and his dead sister take to the open road, listening to 80s music and lying under the stars at the Grand Canyon. Her prevailing love had once given him the courage to come out. And now, after the heartbreaking end of a relationship he thought would go the distance, he is searching for her guidance once again.
https://leatherandlacememoir.com
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Tuesday Sep 14, 2021
Parents of 18 year old sons with severe autism, Una and Amit Basak discuss the beauty and the challenge of children with disabilities, the community that supports them and the techniques they use to regulate stress, and stay resourced and hopeful.
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
Tuesday Aug 31, 2021
The extraordinary author of "Lemons" and "The Truth About Martians" joins Meghan on the podcast to talk about child loss, using writing to grieve and what children can teach adults about how to grieve.
https://www.melissadsavage.com
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Tuesday Aug 24, 2021
Join me as I talk to the my three kids about what it was like to live through the death of their papa, and nana in the past 4 years, as well as my inpatient hospitalization for PTSD.
Come learn from Lucy (13), Daniel (11) and Nicky (9) about loss.
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
This episode got to me. I cried (not just teared up) for the first time on the podcast. I just loved learning about how our subconscious can help us move toward healing even when we are sleeping.
To learn more about Dr. Black go to his web page
https://www.griefdreams.ca
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Laila's husband died of an accidental overdose, within a few weeks her father died, and shortly after her mother. In this discussion we talk about compound loss, avoiding feelings and what it looks and feels like to honor them.
Strong Like Water: Lessons Learned From Leading With Love
https://shewritespress.com/portfolio/laila-tarraf/
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