Exposing Grief with Brittany Squillace

Are you supporting a loved one who is grieving or going through a challenging time? Do you find yourself struggling with knowing how to best offer and provide said support?
Ideally, when you are supporting a loved one who is grieving, you are holding space for them to grieve. But what does that mean? Join me this week as I round out this month's series and talk about:

1. What holding space for grief means, 
2. Provide example...

As my guests and I have talked about in previous episodes, sometimes part of your grief work is just "sitting with" the grief or whatever big emotion is coming up. Okay, great...but what does that actually mean? 

Join me this week as I continue on with my March series and address the common concept of sitting with grief that has come up time and time again on this podcast. I will address:

• What sitting with gri...

"No one has died but I still feel as though I've lost something. Do I still get to grieve?" YES!!! You can experience grief around non-death (or ambiguous/living) losses. Experiences that may fall into this category could be going through a divorce or a sudden tragic experience not involving death such as a house fire. Even experiences that appear positive and exciting on the surface (such as becoming a parent or ret...

"I'm giving you the permission to grieve." may be a phrase you've heard me communicate throughout my podcast episodes. But it's also been communicated that we get to honor our grief in whatever way we need; so why would we need permission? 

Join me this week as I talk about what's truly meant behind the phrase "permission to grieve". You'll gain not only an understand of the ter...

Discovering and shaping your life after an impactful loss can be challenging. It can bring uncertainty around what life can look like and where to go to explore the possibilities. My guest, Susan Hayes, talks about her journey with this process. She solved this mystery through asking herself one question consistently and listening to the answers given to her. Sue also discusses the importance of:

1. Honoring your grief journey and
2. L...

"Grief is life changing but it doesn't have to be life ruining" is what my guest, Michelle, discovered as she began walking and continues to walk her grief journey. In addition to this incredible discovery she highlights a few other discoveries she's found along the way:

• A spiritual awakening that continues as she learns how to live from the inside out
• Learning how to embrace death as part of life instead of i...

Do you love yourself? Are you actively creating space to show yourself love? Or does the whole idea make you uncomfortable? Whether you believe it or not, it's important to make sure you show yourselves love by taking care of yourself; you can't begin to take care of others if your own well-being is neglected.

Join me this week as I talk about two of the most common ways we can show ourself love; self-care and af...

Do you have clutter in front of you that you just don't know what to do with? Is that clutter causing you mental clutter as well? Or could it possibly be that you have mental clutter that you're projecting into your physical space like my guest Missi?
Whatever it might be, Missi with Clear Spaces Organizing may be able to help.

Join myself and Missi as she talks about professional organizing and how it may ...

What do you want to leave behind? How do you want to be remembered? What do you want your legacy to be? This week, as part of my pre-planning series, we dive into how you might start exploring these questions and getting answers to them with my guests Monique and Christy from Apex Legacy. They discuss:

1. What legacy planning is,
2. How it may (or may not) benefit your grief journey and 
3. The importance of legacy planning in advance

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Estates, wills, probates, etc...that's for older people right? Wrong! Anyone who is living and has assets, all of these areas are for you! So with that, you may be asking "When do I need to start looking at these things?" Great question! That's what this series is all about and my guest this week, Gregory, will talk about the importance of pre-planning your estate and the steps to do so. 

Throughout the...

"I don't want to have a funeral, I want to have a party" was the common theme being communicated to Kelly Roberts (owner of Roberts Family Funeral Home and SendOff), my guest this week, that launched him into creating a space for families to celebrate their deceased loved ones differently than what a traditional funeral offers. 

In addition to discussing his new offering to families via SendOff, Kelly also d...

Are you expecting a loss in your life (whether it's the loss of a loved one or a big life change/transition)? Did you know grief can show up in the time you're expecting a loss? It's true! It's called anticipatory grief. You may have heard this term mentioned a few times on my podcast up to this point which is why I wanted to dedicate a whole episode to it. Join me as I talk about:

• What anticipatory grief is,...

Are you looking for an approach to grief that isn't necessarily a professional service? If so, this week's Exposing Grief podcast episode is for you! Join me as I chat with my guest, Erin, about the benefit of slowing down in life and within your grief journey. She will also touch on how having routine and being flexible comes with great benefit.

Many grief myths are highlighted in this episode. To learn more ab...

"I've tried talk therapy, yoga, hypnotherapy...nothing seems to be working." Does this sound like you? This week's episode is for you! It's not uncommon to have part of the battle of grief to be finding the best way to process and cope with it. 
Join me as I continue my December series with Amanda Ferrat who provides EFT tapping to those walking and honoring a grief journey. In addition to sharing her o...

There are many ways to process and navigate grief. In last week's podcast episode (Creative Expression in Grief), I identified movement as a creative way to express grief. That movement may take the form of yoga; but not just any yoga, yoga geared towards processing grief. 

Join me this week as I talk with my guest, Page Park, who is a certified yoga instructor. She speaks to the benefit of partaking in yoga while pro...

One size does not fit all in grief. Everyone's grief journey looks different from the way in which it manifests to how the individual chooses to process the grief. The unique nature of grief requires access to a variety of approaches to processing and expressing grief. Before diving into this month's series (my guests will discuss different approaches to processing grief), I want to take time to talk about creative expres...

Don't be afraid to address the "elephant in the room" this holiday season. My podcast guest, Kelsey, this week discusses the importance behind this act. We all hurt while grieving, especially when that grief is taking place during the holidays; we deserve to give ourselves and others the space to probably grieve; eliminating the expectation to pretend everything is okay. Kelsey will also briefly discuss:

• Finding m...

Pet loss carries a heavy stigma outside of the holidays but when attempting to honor a grief journey following the loss of a pet while also navigating the holidays, the stigma may be even stronger. When in reality, we find there is a lot of crossover in grieving the death of a loved one and grieving the death of a pet. 
My guest this week, Jessie, talks to us about how she navigated the loss of her sweet dog (more like "fu...

Connecting with your deceased loved ones can be one of the most challenging pieces you encounter along your grief journey. You may even find that challenge is heightened during the holiday season. Join me and my guest this week, Victoria Longo, who is a medium and put her life's work into helping others connect to their deceased loved ones on the other side. She shares with you:

• The various ways one can connect with their d...