Addiction, Overdose and Broken Heart Grief with Kym Hinchey - Episode 84

WHO THIS EPISODE HELPS:
Anyone navigating traumatic grief, overdose loss, child loss, spouse loss, pet loss, complicated grief, anger in grief or surviving after devastating family tragedy.

WHAT LISTENERS WILL GET:
A brutally honest conversation about grief, rage, survival, grief brain, addiction loss, codependency, trauma, emotional numbness and what it actually looks like to keep living after losing the people you love most.

DESCRIPTION:

In this deeply raw and unfiltered episode, Nick Gaylord sits down with grief educator and author Kym Hinchey to talk about the unimaginable losses that changed her life forever. Kym shares the story of losing her son Adrian to an accidental overdose after years of addiction struggles and losing her husband John just three months later to what she believes was a broken heart. Together, Nick and Kym dismantle the myths society teaches about grief, including the dangerous idea that grief follows neat stages or has an expiration date. They explore grief rage, grief brain, trauma, survivor’s guilt, pet loss and the emotional isolation grieving people often experience. Kym also opens up about the promise she made to her surviving son to stay alive and how that promise ultimately became the foundation for rebuilding her life. This conversation is honest, painful, compassionate and filled with the kind of truth grieving people rarely hear out loud. 

This episode answers:

•  What does grief after overdose loss really feel like? 
•  How do you survive losing both a child and spouse? 
•  Why does grief create anger, numbness and brain fog? 
•  What is grief brain and why does grief affect the body physically? 
•  Why do grieving people feel pressure to hide their pain? 

Key Takeaways:

•  Anger is a normal and necessary part of grief. 
•  Grief changes who you are permanently. 
•  There is no timeline or checklist for healing. 
•  Grief affects the body, brain and immune system. 
•  Honest conversations about grief help people survive it.

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