Check out episode 65: How to be a Grief Ally, with author and psychotherapist Aly Bird - @thealybird
Aly gives some GREAT advice about how to support the bereaved, including:
👉It’s ok to stick to your strengths!
👉Support doesn’t have to be just food or flowers
👉get creative: do they have a fireplace and need wood chopped? Do they need help with legal documents?
👉Listening and holding feelings IS a skill and is a great way to support
🎙️Listen to episode 65 for more amazing advice about how to be a grief ally! (Link in bio)
📖Read Aly Bird’s fantastic book Grief Ally - go to www.alybird.com/book
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Elizabeth Kubler-Ross developed the 5 stages of grief for patients who were terminally ill, NOT for people grieving the death of a loved one. 🤯
The steps have now been misconstrued to describe grief IN GENERAL, which can sometimes (or often) make people feel like they are doing grief “wrong”.
News flash: you’re not doing grief wrong. You’re not going too “slow”. Grief is nonlinear and messy.
#5stagesofgrief #griefstagesareamyth #griefislove #griefisreal #griefjourney #griefeducation #griefawareness #griefcommunity #griefjourney #griefrevolution #grieving #griefsupport #griefsucks #grief #griefwork #griefhealing #griefprocess #loveandloss #griefprocess #goodgrief #friendsmissingfriends #griefpodcast
You don’t want to miss Episode 64: Live Life with Death in Mind. In this episode I talk to Jenna Golias, founder of the @thelighthereafter
We talk about living in the present moment, what it means to live life with death in mind (being aware of your own mortality), what Jenna does as an End of Life Doula, and so much more.
Link to listen in bio or at friendsmissingfriends.com
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#deathdoula #endoflifedoula #mortality #mortalityawareness #death #dying #grief #grieving #griefjourney #griefawareness #griefrevolution #grieftalk #griefshare #griefpodcast #griefandloss #griefhealing #griefwork #griefcommunity #griefislove #griefisreal #friendsmissingfriends
You’re not just grieving the past.
You’re grieving the future. And the present. And what could have been. What should have been. You’re grieving who you were with them, and who you were together, and everything they wanted to do and see and be. The life they could’ve had.
The losses are infinite.
If you’re grieving, I’m sending you love.
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#grief #grieving #grievingfriend #friend #friendship #griefjourney #griefshare #grieftruth #griefcommunity #griefawareness #griefsupport #griefsucks #griefrecovery #griefrevolution
Ever think about how it’s not considered “normal” to buy a house with your friend? Check out episode 63 of Friends Missing Friends! Rob and I talk about friendships, relationship anarchy, building community, and more!
Link to listen in bio 💜
#friendsmissingfriends #relationshipanarchy #friendship #friendships #friendshippodcast #podcast #episode #friends #grief #griefpodcast
Ever think about how it’s not considered “normal” to buy a house with a friend?
Check out episode 63 of Friends Missing Friends, where I talk to guest Rob about friendships, relationship anarchy, building a community, and more!
Link to listen in bio 💜
#episode #podcastepisode #podcast #griefpodcast #grief #friendships #relationshipanarchy #relationships #friends #friendgrief #friendsmissingfriends
You don’t want to miss episode 62: Grief and Dreams!
In this episode I chat with Alejandro Salinas (co-founder and president of the @chicago.death.doula.collective) about connecting with dead loved ones in dreams, how dreams help you process emotions, lucid dreaming, and more!
Link to listen in bio or at friendsmissingfriends.com
#dream #dreams #luciddreaming #luciddreams #griefdreams #grief #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefawareness #griefandloss #griefrecovery #griefcommunity #griefislove #griefshare #griefpodcast #podcast #podcastepisode #friendsmissingfriends
Check out episode 60: “from best friend to ex-friend: when friendships fall apart.”
I talk to Sydney about her experience losing a friendship as an adolescent — already a very tumultuous time. We talk about how friend loss is real loss, what it’s like to lose a friendship, and how grieving isn’t just mourning the past— it’s mourning the future too.
Link to listen in bio, or visit friendsmissingfriends.com
#friends #friendship #bestfriends #bff #grief #friendgrief #grieving #grievingfriends #griefislove #friendloss #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefrevolution #griefquotes #griefpodcast #podcast #friendpodcast #friendsmissingfriends
Grief isn’t just mourning the past. It’s mourning a person, a relationship, a shared history, the present, the future, and millions of other primary and secondary losses.
Telling a grieving person to look towards the future doesn’t help, because guess what? Our person is no longer in our future. We are grieving our future too.
#grief #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefquotes #griefcommunity #griefrevolution #griefawareness #griefsucks #griefandloss #griefshare #grieving #griefhealing #griefwork #griefislove #loveandloss #loss #griefandlosssupport #griefhurts #friendsmissingfriends
Check out episode 59 “Life’s too short to rush: redesigning your life, friendships, and relationships”. We talk about slowing down, making big life changes after loss, adult friendships, and more.
Link to listen in bio, or go to friendsmissingfriends.com
#friendship #friends #grief #loss #griefpodcast #podcast #podcastepisode #griefcommunity #griefjourney #griefrevolution #griefsupport #friendsmissingfriends
How can photography help you process grief? 📷
In more ways than you’d think.
Check out episode 58 to learn more about processing grief with photography, feeling the full spectrum of emotions, how the patriarchy wants our grief to be polite and efficient 😡, and so much more.
Link to listen in bio or at friendsmissingfriends.com
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#photography #grief #griefprocess #griefjourney #griefpodcast #grieving #griefislove #griefcommunity #griefrevolution #friends #friendship #friendsmissingfriends
Another milestone!! Friends Missing Friends surpassed 10K plays!!!!!! My heart is fit to burst y’all! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
#podcast #pod #podcasting #podcastersofinstagram #podcasts #griefpodcast #grief #griefcommunity #friends #friendsmissingfriends
You don’t wanna miss this conversation: “Embracing the wild side of grief through acting.” I chat with one of my former acting teachers, the incredibly talented Andrew Gallant, who founded @greenshirtstudio
We chat about the wild, feral side of ourselves — brought out during times of grief and joy — and how acting and art can help us get in touch with it.
Check out more of our conversation in Episode 55. Link to listen in bio, or go to friendsmissingfriends.com 💜💜
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Check out Episode 54, my conversation with the amazing @silvia.freeman , who talks about how breath work and tapping can soften and move your grief through your body. It’s truly so healing 💜💜
Link to listen in bio!
#breathwork #tapping #healing #healingjourney #healinggrief #griefhealing #grief #griefpodcast #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefcommunity #griefrecovery #griefrecoverymethod #griefrevolution #griefawareness #griefandloss #griefshare #grieving #griefprocess #grievingfriends #friendsmissingfriends
Friendship is love. Platonic love IS love.
I don’t believe there is a hierarchy of family and romance, and then friends beneath that. To me, it is all equally important. Family. Romance. And platonic love too. 💜💜
#platonic #platoniclove #love #friendshipislove #friends #friendship #friendshipquotes #friendshipgoals #friend #lovefriends #lovefriendship #podcast #griefpodcast #friendsmissingfriends
Check out my conversation with Chicago improviser Jorin Garguilo in episode 52: He’s Woven Into Us: Grieving through Collective Memory.
We talk about what it means to carry on a friend’s identity after their death, grieving as a collective, and more!
Link to listen in bio.
#podcast #griefpodcast #grief #grieving #griefcommunity #griefjourney #griefsupport #griefawareness #griefshare #griefandloss #griefislove #grieving #grievingprocess #grievingfriends #friends #friendship #friendsmissingfriends
I had a deep and inspiring conversation with Tekquiree in episodes 50 & 51, “Every Day is a Gift”. We talked about living with purpose, the journey of finding peace within grief, and so much more. 💜💜
Link to listen in bio.
#podcast #griefpodcast #griefconversations #griefcommunity #griefshare #griefrecovery #griefrevolution #griefeducation #griefsupport #griefawareness #grieving #grievingfriends #friendships #griefislove #friendsmissingfriends #grievingprocess #findingpeace
When people are grieving, they almost never want to be cheered up. They want to be validated, seen, heard, and understood. 💜
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Check out my incredibly insightful conversation with Jack Schultz in episode 46: Mapping our storytelling through grief (part 1).
Jack is the artistic director at Chicago’s Green Shirt Studio, and was also my storytelling teacher. He has written and performed a GORGEOUS solo show called “I’m Falling in love all the time”, exploring grief and opioid addiction through the lens of caffeine and romantic relationships.
In this episode we talk about how storytelling is like personal cartography, mapping our grief over the years (which has been huge in our healing processes). Link to listen in bio 💜
#podcast #storytelling #podcastepisode #greenshirtstudio #episode #griefpodcast #friendgrief #siblinggrief #addictionawareness #grieving #grievingfriends #grievingsibling #griefcommunity #griefrevolution #griefrecovery #griefshare #friendsmissingfriends
Check out my deep and beautiful conversation with Suzanne Longstreet, in Episode 44: The Holographic Heart (Part 1).
In this clip she talks about lessons she learned from her friend who has passed: to cherish best friendships (and you can have more than one!), and to have more fun. 💜
Link to listen in bio
#podcast #griefpodcast #friends #bestfriends #friendships #friendshipislove #griefislove #grief #griefquotes #griefjourney #griefcommunity #griefrecovery #griefrevolution #grievingquotes #griefshare #friendsmissingfriends
