"Grief is a blender," and other things I'm learning

Hi friends! Apparently you all want to keep talking about sad things... because I asked you if you'd rather have an interview episode this week or another episode about my grief... and you picked GRIEF! If you're feeling sad or you've ever felt sad or you know anyone who's sad... maybe you can relate. In this episode, I talk about the various stages of grief I'm experiencing after the loss of my mom, what's helping me right now, what I'm struggling with, and I answer some of your questions about grief. I know this is all sad stuff to be talking about, but it definitely helps me to talk about it outloud, so I hope it can help some of you too.

The grief book I mention in this episode is It's OK that you're Not OK by Megan Devine - find that and other books recommended by MT guests here: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together/

You can keep up with Mentally Together on Instagram @mentallytogetherpod. Cassidy's Instagram is @cassidyquinntv, and you can watch the video version of each podcast episode at YouTube.com/cassidyquinn.

Books recommended by Mentally Together guests: https://bookshop.org/lists/mentally-together

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Chapters

• 2:06 Why I'm talking about grief... again
• 8:15 What has been helping me?
• 16:25 What other people have done that's helped
• 22:22 Grief is a blender
• 23:43 New stage of grief (for me): Fear
• 29:26 Answering your grief questions
• 29:57 What is "normal" in grief?
• 31:27 Healing through grief
• 33:07 Grief vs. anxiety vs. depression
• 36:33 Nervous for the holidays?
• 38:24 "Some things cannot be fixed, they can only be carried."
• 41:57 What if you screw up trying to support someone?
• 44:37 How do you move on??