In Part 1 of this episode on bearing grief, I talk with a dear friend about the fog of grief. The process of grief is not linear, but there are ways to engage in life to bring us to a place of grace. Come back for Part 2 where we will discuss how we walk through our grief with others.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Stick a Geranium in Your Hat and Be Happy by Barbara Johnson
Join me while I talk with Ann Golding, Staff Chaplain at UT Southwestern. What can we do when we begin going through depression and how can we help our friends? Ann and I discuss how we can take ownership of our health to make sure we recover. We also discuss how to be a good friend to someone going through depression and how to be a caring listener.
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Listen to part two of my conversation with Taurus where we openly process through current storms. How can we apply lessons from past storms and experiences to work together and learn from one another? Find encouragement to face your life storms.
“[The storm] doesn’t always look like we hoped it would.”
Connect with Taurus:
Both Taurus and I have sheltered in place during extremely destructive tornadoes. Listen to Part 1 of our conversation about what can happen when we observe the noise and chaos that transpires after a tornado and how we can apply these lessons to process other “storms” of life.
“The storm can be extremely ugly, but the cleanup process is crucial.”
Connect with Taurus:
In this episode, I share a piece of my story: my experience with infertility, and how I realized the steps I should take to move towards a meaningful life. Along the way, I realized that I'd had one all along!
This storm moved me to equip people to practical compassion. How can we take defining steps in the range of reality?
Connect with Julie:
Life experiences often lead us to seek answers to key questions: how we bear our burdens well, how we help others bear their burdens, and how we bear fruit or find purpose and passion in spite of difficult challenges. Join Julie Shannon each week as she explores practical compassion through conversations and stories about life realities (singleness, infertility, childlessness, grief, depression, divorce, job loss, mental health, etc.) Special interview episodes will feature guests who share personal stories about their own life realities—how they walked through them, who helped them, and what life looks like on the other side.
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