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GRIEF AND LIGHT
This space was created for you by someone who gets it – your grief, your foundation-shattering reality, and the question of what the heck do we do with the shattered pieces of life and loss around us.
It’s also for the listener who wants to better understand their grieving person, and perhaps wants to learn how to help.
Now in its fourth season, the Grief and Light Podcast features both solo episodes and interviews with first-hand experiencers, authors, and professionals, who shine a light on the broad spectrum of experiences, feelings, secondary losses, and takeaways.
As a bereaved sister, I share my personal story of the sudden loss of my younger brother, only sibling, one day after we celebrated his 32nd birthday. I also delve into how that loss, trauma, and grief catapulted me into a truth-seeking journey, which ultimately led me to answer "the calling" of creating this space I now call Grief and Light.
Since launching the first episode on March 30, 2023, the Grief and Light podcast and social platforms have evolved into a powerful resource for grief-informed support, including one-on-one grief guidance, monthly grief circles, community, and much more.
With each episode, you can expect open and authentic conversations sharing our truth, and explorations of how to transmute the grief experience into meaning, and even joy.
My hope is to make you feel less alone, and to be a beacon of light and source of information for anyone embarking on this journey.
"We're all just walking each other HOME." - Ram Dass
Thank you for being here.
We're in this together.
Nina, Yosef's Sister
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GRIEF AND LIGHT
"People will say the darnedest things" to the grieving | What not to say to your grieving person
This episode is about people who say the darndest things to people who have suffered the loss of a loved one.
We live in a grief-averse society where big feelings and emotions are to be pushed away so we can move on with our lives.
Because of this, we are often ill-equipped to care for the bereaved and grieving.
The result?
Grievers end up on the receiving end of hurtful and awful “advice” or “support” from often well-meaning, grief-illiterate people. What some consider support, the grieving experience as painful words that slice our healing wounds wide open again.
In short, it causes unnecessary suffering to those of us already doing our best to survive the tragedy of loss.
I asked the @griefandlight Instagram community: “What have people told you after your loss that was unhelpful or painful?”
You may be shocked at the answers received.
Each one of their answers reveals some of the preconceived notions that non-grievers have about the grieving based on their particular loss, and this is what adds suffering to an already painful situation.
I also share a personal story of the day we met "John" at the funeral home where we held my brother's memorial, and the advice he shared as a grieving father himself.
Please note that it may be challenging to listen to this episode if you are in a tender stage of grief. Feel free to pause and return to it if/when you can.
Thank you for being here.
Nina - Yosef's Sister
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