How Do we Come to Joy in Grief?

I’m honored to share my most recent podcast interview with you, this time as a guest on Jump Start Your Joy.

On this episode, Intentional Comfort and Joy in the Midst of Grief, host Paula Jenkins and I discuss:

• What grief looks like in my life after losing my beloved sister to cancer

• My shifting relationship with joy, and what joy looks like for me in the midst of profound loss

• The art of surrender, how we sit with grief and pain, and how to be with what we can’t fix

• The difference between coaching and therapy

• How writing, our passions, and our creativity can bring us back home to ourselves

• What it looks like to choose the stewards of our pain - who deserves to hear our story?

• The responsibility we carry - even as grievers - to tell people what we need

• The power of experimentation in figuring out how to comfort ourselves

Lest this episode seem too heavy, be assured that we also talk about my childhood dancing to Michael Jackson, the therapeutic effect of Netflix binges, my top three tips for welcoming in joy, and why we should all let our weird flags fly.

I hope you’ll take a listen on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.