85 episodes
What's Your Grief Podcast Eleanor Haley & Litsa Williams
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4.4 • 11 Ratings
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In this podcast Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website and book 'What's Your Grief', leave no stone unturned in demystifying the complicated and messy world of living life after loss.
One digestible topic at a time, Haley and Williams distill topics ranging from grief theory to coping. Grievers and grief professionals alike will find their approach practical, relatable, informative and engaging. Grief is sad and confusing, but your grief support doesn't have to be.
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Grief Meets Existential Dread
In this episode we're going deep, talking about a very common but rarely discussed issue in grief: existential dread. Loss can make us face big questions about life and purpose. It makes us face our own mortality. This week we talk about what it's like to gaze long into the abyss. We reflect on our own discomfort with death (and our comfort with that discomfort).
We don't have ads or a patreon. What helps us most is if you join the WYG hub for grief learning and connection. Open for summer cohort through May 31, 2023 and will then reopen in the autumn. It is only $8.33/month if you join annually and it is a big part of what keeps the podcast going - https://whatsyourgrief.com/online-grief-community/
You can also make a donation here any time to help us keep the lights on.
If you're a grief professional, we have a community for you too. https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-professionals-community/
Also, if you like the podcast we're pretty sure you'll like the book! And you can get it in print ebook or audible.
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Mother's Day & Father's Day Grief
May is here and that means the looming grief triggers of Mother's Day and Father's Day are upon us. In this episode we cover all the basics - why it's hard, who is impacted (spoiler alert: it isn't just bereaved parents and bereaved children), and some suggestions for coping.
We have tons of Mother's Day and Father's Day articles and support over on What's Your Grief. Start with some of our favorites.
Other mentions from the episode: Honest Obituaries site.
We don't have ads or a patreon. What helps us most is if you join the WYG member community for grief education, connection, accountability, a grief book club & more. It is only $8.33/month if you join annually and it is a big part of what keeps the podcast going - https://whatsyourgrief.com/online-grief-community/
If you're a grief professional, we have a community for you too. https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-professionals-community/
Also, if you like the podcast we're pretty sure you'll like the book! And you can get it in print ebook or audible.
Bookshop.org Barnes & Noble Amazon Books A Million Indiebound Hudson Booksellers Powell's -
When Grief Meets Anxiety
Anxiety is one of those grief experiences that is incredibly common and yet often catches people off guard. If you experienced difficult levels of anxiety before a loss, it can feel worse than ever as you navigate grief. And even if you never struggled with managing anxiety before, your loss can bring it up. In this episode we talk about the relationship between grief and anxiety, some common reasons for it, and offer some suggestions on how to manage it.
Here are the two of the anxiety workbooks we mentioned:
Anxiety and Phobia Workbook
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life
We don't have ads or a patreon. What helps us most is if you join the WYG member community for grief education, connection, accountability, a grief book club & more. It is only $8.33/month if you join annually and it is a big part of what keeps the podcast going - https://whatsyourgrief.com/online-grief-community/
If you're a grief professional, we have a community for you too. https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-professionals-community/
Also, if you like the podcast we're pretty sure you'll like the book! And you can get it in print ebook or audible.
Bookshop.org Barnes & Noble Amazon Books A Million Indiebound Hudson Booksellers Powell's -
What Are You Doing Here?
This week we're reflecting on what's were doing here. Not in the existential sense (though we're certainly always angsting about that on some level). But in the sense that we're curious what you want to hear more of. We hope you'll give a listen and then answer these 3 (very simple) questions to help guide our future episodes. https://form.jotform.com/230677758851066
We don't have ads or a patreon. What helps us most is if you join the WYG member community for grief education, connection, accountability, a grief book club & more. It is only $8.33/month if you join annually and it is a big part of what keeps the podcast going - https://whatsyourgrief.com/online-grief-community/
If you're a grief professional, we have a community for you too. https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-professionals-community/
Also, if you like the podcast we're pretty sure you'll like the book! And you can get it in print ebook or audible.
Bookshop.org Barnes & Noble Amazon Books A Million Indiebound Hudson Booksellers Powell's -
Decades On, Grief Still Surprises Us
Though there have been significant losses in our lives in the decades since, each of us looks back to the deaths of a parent early in life as formative to our lives and specifically our work in grief. In this episode, we reflect on the ways those remote personal losses still surprise us - even now.
We don't have ads or a patreon. What helps us most is if you join the WYG member community for grief education, connection, accountability, a grief book club & more. It is only $8.33/month if you join annually and it is a big part of what keeps the podcast going - https://whatsyourgrief.com/online-grief-community/
If you're a grief professional, we have a community for you too. https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-professionals-community/
Also, if you like the podcast we're pretty sure you'll like the book! And you can get it in print or on audible, for those of youOur book is available anywhere you buy books:
Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop Books A Million Indiebound Hudson Booksellers Powell's -
Ask Me Anything (about Grief)
Litsa's flying solo this week, answering questions about grief submitted on Instagram. Talking about supporting partners, siblings, navigating grief conversations with friends, plushies, and more!
We don't have ads or a patreon. What helps us most is if you join the WYG member community for grief education, connection, accountability, a grief book club & more. It is only $8.33/month if you join annually and it is a big part of what keeps the podcast going - https://whatsyourgrief.com/online-grief-community/
If you're a grief professional, we have a community for you too. https://whatsyourgrief.com/grief-professionals-community/
Also, if you like the podcast we're pretty sure you'll like the book! And you can get it in print or on audible, for those of youOur book is available anywhere you buy books:
Amazon Barnes & Noble Bookshop Books A Million Indiebound Hudson Booksellers Powell's
Customer Reviews
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Having lost my daughter 3 years ago (feels like yesterday) finally someone that knows what it is like - we have changed, we are never the same and the loss is forever on our minds. If I don’t feel like doing something I don’t - don’t pressure yourself in getting your life back to what it was before- accept that life changes and we need to find our new path with our angels watching over us.
Good when they get to the point
As someone who has just recently lost her Mom, I was recommended this podcast by a grief counsellor. I understand the idea of being relatable, but given the episodes are about 30 minutes in length, the first ten minutes are utterly useless banter that are not only unhelpful, but take away from the legitimacy of their message and information they eventually touch the surface on, then redirect you again and again to their website. This podcast has been helpful in educating me that other grief podcasts exist where the focus is not on self promotion. They also have excellent topics that I’ve been able to use as thought starters to find other content that is useful and engaging.
Grief is the worst, this podcast is the best! 😘
I am so grateful to have found this podcast. Losing my beautiful Mum suddenly and unexpectedly has left me reeling and disoriented. “What’s your grief” podcast helps me to recalibrate and normalise what I am going through. Litsa and Eleanor are a joy to listen to and cover the good, the bag and the ugly of all things grief (Mum is a huge Clint Eastwood fan 😜). I highly recommend this podcast to anyone grieving, supporting someone who is grieving or just wants to expand their knowledge on the subject. Ladies, thank you for all of your hard work in creating this for us all xx