How To Deal With Grief and Trauma Nathalie Himmelrich
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You can't go through life without experiencing loss and trauma the question is how do we deal and live with the grief and pain? Join Nathalie Himmelrich, grief expert and author, talking to people who have experienced grief and trauma first-hand. If you want to be inspired by others who traveled through their grief and trauma, found that healing is possible, and came out the other end knowing they can survive and thrive in life after loss. For more info: www.nathaliehimmelrich.com
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69 Mary-Frances O’Connor | The Grieving Brain
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About this week’s episodeMary-Frances’s book The Grieving Brain has inspired me from the moment I started reading it. I recommend it to so many of my therapy clients who express a desire to understand grief – I’ve lost count. As a neuroscientist, she shares groundbreaking discoveries about what happens in our brain when we grieve, providing a new paradigm for understanding love, loss, and learning.
So I’m very excited today to be speaking with Mary-Frances, neuroscientist and author of the book The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss, and to find out even more about the science behind grief and all that Mary-Frances and her colleagues have researched in their lab.
I have been excitedly and patiently waiting for today’s episode to find out even more of my favourite topics: grief and trauma and to have Mary-Frances enlighten our brains on those topics in a language that we can all understand.
About this week’s guestMary-Frances O’Connor, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Arizona, where she directs the Grief, Loss and Social Stress (GLASS) Lab.
Her research focuses on the physiological correlates of emotion, in particular, the wide range of physical and emotional responses during bereavement, including yearning and isolation. She believes that a clinical science approach toward the experience and mechanisms of grieving can improve interventions for prolonged grief disorder, newly included in the revised DSM-5.
Website: maryfrancesoconnor.orgTwitter: @doctormfo Instagram: @doctormfoconnor Resources mentioned in this episode:Mary-Frances’ book: The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and LossThank you for listening!HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.
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68 Helen Morris | The Beautiful Side of Grief
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About this week’s episodeI first met Helen when I was being a guest on her podcast called The Beautiful Side of Grief and in my opinion, we connected on a deeper level. As you can guess from the title of her podcast, Helen is also fluent in the language of grief and loss. After losing her 18-year-old daughter and only child, Helen has managed to create new meaning in a way that inspired me. Not because of her loss but despite it.
So here we go: For today's episode, we've got two podcast hosts, two bereaved mothers who have made it their lives' mission to bring hope and meaning into life after loss. Not just their own, but also to those people they touch with their messages.
About this week’s guestHelen Morris hosts a podcast called The Beautiful Side of Grief and is a certified Emotion Code and Body Code practitioner based out of Rotorua, New Zealand. She came across this healing modality after tragically losing her 18-year-old daughter, and only child, in a motor vehicle accident in 2017. Prior to this, she worked in the health sector in Health Intelligence, supporting general practices in Hawke’s Bay with national health initiatives and programs. In March of 2021, Helen launched a podcast called The Beautiful Side of Grief where she interviews guests who have moved through heart-wrenching loss or those who are at the coalface supporting this process. It is diverse, and heart-warming, though most of all it is positive and filled with go-tos for anyone experiencing to use. She is also about to launch an 8-week grief support resource called A Letter of Hope & Aroha.
Website thebeautifulsideofgrief.comYouTube: www.youtube.com/@thebeautifulsideofgriefFacebook: facebook.com/thebeautifulsideofgriefInstagram: @thebeautifulsideofgriefThank you for listening!HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.
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67 Hospice Nurse Julie McFadden | Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death
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About this week’s episodeI’m very excited about this week’s guest: Hospice Nurse Julie. I found her on social media, like many of her followers do, where she shares openly about death and dying. In Julia, I found another friend who is friends with death. In this episode, you will learn so much about what happens in the dying process and truly understand that there is nothing to fear, as it says in Julie's upcoming book.
About this week’s guest Julie McFadden, BSN, RN has been a nurse for 15 years. Julie is an experienced ICU and is now a Hospice/Palliative Nurse. Julie has been featured in Newsweek, USA Today, The Atlantic, and several other articles worldwide. Julie has been passionate about normalizing death through education to the masses using social media. Her TikTok has 1.4M followers, and you can find her on all social media platforms (Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube) at Hospice Nurse Julie.
Website www.hospicenursejulie.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hospicenursejulie?si=AwrIGHxEq-mA68Lc TikTok: @hospicenursejulie Instagram: @hopsicenursejulie Resources mentioned in this episode: Julie's upcoming book: Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More FullyDavid Kessler: Visions, Trips and Crowded RoomsBarbara Karnes: The Final Act of LivingThank you for listening!HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.
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66 Nathalie Himmelrich | Navigating the Shadows: Understanding Developmental Trauma
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About this week’s episodeAfter last week's conversation with Dr. Frank Anderson (S7 E65), where he shed light on his first-hand experience of the trauma he experienced throughout his childhood, I thought we could benefit from understanding the background of developmental trauma in more depth.
So today, we're exploring this critical yet often misunderstood topic. We'll unravel what it is, its causes, how it manifests at different stages of life, and most importantly, how we can navigate through it, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit along the way.
The following topics are being discussed:
Defining Developmental TraumaThe Roots of Developmental TraumaSecure Attachment and the Impact of Insecure AttachmentManifestations of Developmental TraumaThe Lifelong Journey: Healing and Resilience
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65 Dr. Frank Anderson | Understanding Developmental Trauma and Its Lifelong Impact
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About this week’s episodeI have been personally impressed by Dr. Frank Anderson’s work for quite some time due to our shared interest in trauma. I’ve seen him speak with many other specialists, such as David Kessler or Matthias Barker, and feel like I already know him – or at least from those details that he shared openly so I’m very excited to bring you this week’s episode and a conversation I have been looking forward to having for months. Frank speaks about Developmental Trauma from both his personal experience as well as through the eyes of a professional trauma expert.
I hope you enjoy today’s episode as much as I do.
About this week’s guest Dr. Frank Anderson is a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, trauma specialist, and author of the upcoming memoir To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation. He is the go-to “Trauma Expert” and knows firsthand what it’s like to endure the pain. Dr. Anderson has spent the past three decades studying neuroscience and trauma treatment, working to heal trauma and bring more love, compassion, and unity to the world.
Website: frankandersonmd.com/IG: @frank_andersonmd Resources mentioned in this episode:Dr. Frank Anderson’s first book: Transcending Trauma: Healing Complex PTSD with Internal Family SystemsRick Hanson: Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and HappinessAngela Duckworth: Grit: The Power of Passion and PerseveranceDesmond Tutu: The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our WorldThank you for listening!HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.
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Season 7 - Trailer: News About the Upcoming Show
Welcome again to the How to Deal With Grief and Trauma Podcast Season 7.
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self, funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.
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This upcoming season is full of amazing guests. Some of these you will know as they have been speaking about grief and trauma for many years and are world-renowned experts. Others might be less widely known but they have equally important aspects to share about how to deal with grief and trauma.
Season 7 of the podcast will restart on Tuesday with episode #65 and after that new episodes will drop every Monday as per usual. If you'd like to receive updates to never miss an episode and receive special invitations, only sent out to newsletter subscribers, please sign up for the weekly newsletter on nathaliehimmelrich.com.
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Conversations that Matter
Grief has a way of helping us cut to the heart of what matters. Nathalie’s gentle, welcoming energy as a host has a way of getting guests to the essence of their stories and experiences with grief in a way that’s very supportive and helpful. I love how human the conversations are. Thank you for offering this incredible resource!
Gentle Compassionate Conversations
Nathalie has a gentle, compassionate way of exploring her guests’ unique experiences to illuminate what make each loss profound and tender. She guides the conversations beyond a retelling of what happened to reveal the heart’s deepest places. She and her guests answer her question “how do we deal and live with grief and pain?” - gifting listeners with insights and understanding that can help them walk their own journey. It’s certainly been that way for me.
An Important Resource
Nathalie has created such an important resource, suitable for anyone. As she states, in life we will all encounter grief or trauma and it is an important healing tool to know that while our grief is individualized, we are not alone. Here, we hear from many different people about many different experiences of hurt and healing and this gives me hope that the human spirit is resilient and capable of a good life despite our hardships, even the hardest of hard experiences.