Coffee, Grief, And Gratitude

Coffee And Grief
Coffee, Grief, And Gratitude

Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson are widening the grief conversation, talking about the things we don’t normally take the time to talk about. We’ll hear different people’s grief stories and talk with them about their experience of grief throughout their lives. We get learn new things every time. We’re here to ask questions, not prescribe answers. We’re not experts in your grief. We’ll hear stories about death, sickness, politics, dementia, loss of youth, loss of self. Anne Gudger’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER is out now. Follow her at: Annegudger.com. Find us on FB at Coffee and Grief Community.

  1. 9 HR. AGO

    Being a Joy Broker with Sarah Gormley

    Sarah Gormley talks about how she grieved the death of her parents, how she found joy and gratitude too. She calls herself a joy broker. She describes grief as “this slippery thing.” This conversation was recorded before her fabulous memoir, THE ORDER OF THINGS: a Memoir about Chasing Joy, was published. It’s now out in the world and you can buy it wherever you buy your books.    Sarah Gormley is the author of THE ORDER OF THINGS: a Memoir about Chasing Joy, and an art gallery-owner living in Columbus, Ohio. Opened in 2019, Sarah Gormley Gallery represents more than thirty contemporary artists and operates from the belief that original art can be a source of joy for everyone. Gormley's undergraduate degree from DePauw University reinforced her early love for literature and writing. She also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. In her corporate career, Gormley directed marketing efforts for global brands, including IMAX, Martha Stewart, Girl Scouts of the USA, and Adobe.   You can find more about Sarah and her memoir here: https://www.sarahgormley.com/   Thank you for letting us be in your ears.   Coffee, Grief and Gratitude is created by Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson, a mom/daughter duo who talk about grief.    You can find them on Facebook at Coffee and Grief. Please join their private Facebook page: Coffee and Grief Community.   You can also email Anne and Maria at: coffeeandgrief@gmail.com   Anne’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER, a memoir of loss and love, is available wherever you get your books.   Please review THE FIFTH CHAMBER on Amazon and Goodreads. No matter where you bought your copy, you can review it on those sites. We so appreciate you taking the time.     We’d love you to like and share the podcast!

    38 min
  2. 07/17/2024

    Love, Respect, and Empathy with Ashmeeta Rama Madhav

    Ashmeeta openly shares about being widowed and having her mom, whom she was close with, die. She talks about supporting her kids through their grief, how she both gave them space to grieve as well as keeping eyes on them, describing herself as an Eagle Mama. The grief support group Ashmeeta mentions is Grief Share which can be found all over. https://www.griefshare.org/ Ashmeeta Rama Madhav is an educator, resilience and grief support advocate/expert, entrepreneur, author, and lifelong learner. She has been intimately acquainted with grief since her early twenties, having experienced miscarriage, rejection, and the loss of her parents and husband, which exposed her to a range of profound emotions. She is the founder of Growth StoryHub; an organization created to inspire and empower Individuals who have lost a loved one and are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, numb, and vulnerable. At the heart of her book, WHAT’S YOUR STORY is her passion for helping others and sharing her experiences. Ashmeeta's desire is for others to recognize that profound loss need not signify the end of one's story; rather, it can mark the commencement of a new and meaningful chapter. Her story is one of love, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, growth, and self-discovery. You can connect with Ashmeeta here: https://storyoutellyourself.com/ Thank you for letting us be in your ears. Coffee, Grief and Gratitude is a created by Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson, a mom/daughter duowho talk about grief. You can find them on Facebook at Coffee and Grief. Please join their private Facebook page: Coffee and Grief Community. You can also email Anne and Maria at: coffeeandgrief@gmail.com Anne’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER, a memoir of loss and love, is available wherever you get your books. Please review THE FIFTH CHAMBER on Amazon and Goodreads. No matter where you bought your copy, you can review it on those sites. We so appreciate you taking the time. We’d love you to like and share the podcast!

    39 min
  3. 07/09/2024

    What’s the Story That’s the Light? With Beth Bornstein Dunnington

    Beth reads a piece about a beloved friend who died by suicide almost four decades ago. She talks about long term grief, the importance of writing our stories, the importance of sharing our stories. Beth leads the Big Island Writers’ Workshop in Hawai’i and in cities throughout the U.S, and since 2020, also on Zoom. Beth’s mission is to empower women to find their stories and get them out in the world. She likes to think of it as “mining for stories.” A great joy is facilitating writing retreats in Hawaii at the Volcano, and most recently in the Cloud-Forest. In 2025, Beth will be leading a retreat in Scotland. Her writing is published in a number of anthologies, literary journals, and news media sites, including Huff Post, Scary Mommy, iHeart Media, and others. She’s a book editor, a performer, and a stage director, and loves directing writers’ performing their pieces as acting monologues in her “Performing The Story” platform. Beth spent a number of years as a script writer for a dozen animated TV series including Batman, Jem and The Holograms, and Spielberg’s Tiny Toon Adventures (for which she and the writing team won an Emmy). She’s proud to have created the first female Transformer in the “Transformers” cartoon. Find out more about Beth at:bethbornsteindunnigton.com. Thank you for letting us be in your ears. Coffee, Grief and Gratitude is a created by Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson, a mom/daughter duo who talk about grief. You can find them on Facebook at Coffee and Grief. Please join their private Facebook page: Coffee and Grief Community. You can also email Anne and Maria at: coffeeandgrief@gmail.com Anne’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER, a memoir of loss and love, is available wherever you get your books. Please review THE FIFTH CHAMBER on Amazon and Goodreads. No matter where you bought your copy, you can review it on those sites. We so appreciate you taking the time. Thank you for liking and sharing the podcast!

    54 min
  4. 07/02/2024

    Allow Grief to Unfold You with Gina Moffa

    Gina talks about the complexities of grief, how grief is the great equalizer, and how we can be clumsy and awkward together. She shares how she wrote her book, Moving On Doesn’t Mean Letting go: a Modern Guide to Navigating Loss. She wanted to reach more people than she could in her practice and make grief work accessible to many. Her book is an amazing resource that we highly recommend. Gina is a licensed psychotherapist, mental health educator, and media consultant in New York City. In practice for nearly two decades, she has helped thousands of people seeking treatment for trauma, grief, as well as challenging life experiences and transitions.As a grief therapist, she wanted to find a way to educate people about the grief experience to help the experience to be less debilitating for the long term.  With that intention, she wrote the book, Moving On Doesn't Mean Letting go: A Modern Guide to Navigating Loss (Hachette), which has been quoted in international publications, such as Forbes and USA Today, as well as NPR. Gina is working on her next book, a book that will explore friendship loss and the importance of sustaining and nurturing friendship. https://ginamoffa.com Thank you for letting us be in your ears. Coffee, Grief and Gratitude is a created by Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson, a mom/daughter duo who talk about grief. You can find them on Facebook at Coffee and Grief. Please join their private Facebook page: Coffee and Grief Community. Their next 30day writing group, Write Your Grief Out, is coming in October. You can also email Anne and Maria at: coffeeandgrief@gmail.com Anne’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER, a memoir of loss and love, is available wherever you get your books. Please review THE FIFTH CHAMBER on Amazon and Goodreads. No matter where you bought your copy, you can review it on those sites. We so appreciate you taking the time. We’d love you to like and share the podcast!

    48 min
5
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14 Ratings

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Anne Gudger and Maria Gibson are widening the grief conversation, talking about the things we don’t normally take the time to talk about. We’ll hear different people’s grief stories and talk with them about their experience of grief throughout their lives. We get learn new things every time. We’re here to ask questions, not prescribe answers. We’re not experts in your grief. We’ll hear stories about death, sickness, politics, dementia, loss of youth, loss of self. Anne Gudger’s memoir, THE FIFTH CHAMBER is out now. Follow her at: Annegudger.com. Find us on FB at Coffee and Grief Community.

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