Let's Talk About Grief With Anne

Anne DeButte
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Grief is messy. It's the opposite of linear. It can be dark and wacky, lonely or not, love-filled or seemingly lacking - but it is so very alive. No two people experience this process in quite the same way. These episodes are conversation starters for dealing with dying, death, and grief, part therapy and part storytelling in disguise. They'll shine a light, giving you hope and understanding of how others have managed their grief. Also, they are an insightful guide to life's many losses. You don't have to struggle alone? Please connect anne@understandinggrief.com at https://www.understandinggrief.com

  1. Sherrie Dunlevy with Anne - The Final Journey: Grieving and Letting Go

    12/14/2024

    Sherrie Dunlevy with Anne - The Final Journey: Grieving and Letting Go

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Hello, listeners, and welcome to another episode of our grief journey. Today, we will bid farewell to the podcast in this heartfelt episode. Joined by co-host Sherrie Dunlevy, we discuss the emotional journey of letting go, the importance of rituals, and creating meaningful transitions. Anne reflects on memorable moments, gratitude, and support from listeners and guests. The episode concludes with a symbolic funeral for the podcast, celebrating its impact and growth. Letting go of a legacy project wasn't easy. The podcast was to end this year and shouldn't be taken lightly. To do it justice, I enrolled in this helpful class created by Dr. Sarah Kerr and learnt the difference between a good funeral and a bad one. If interested, please see the details here. I used this knowledge to support me in creating a ritual for our final interview. The music used at the beginning is called Shooting the Breeze and was the intro/outro music used since the podcast began The link to listen to the poem The Journey written and read by Anne written by Dr. Barry Whitney The final music called Summer Positive Jazz began and ended our interviews for the last few years. Here are the words to the song by Rod Stewart I'm Sailing I am sailing, I am sailing Home again 'cross the sea I am sailing stormy waters To be near you, to be free [Verse 2] I am flying, I am flying Like a bird 'cross the sky I am flying, passing high clouds To be with you, to be free [Chorus] Can you hear me, can you hear me Thro' the dark night, far away I am dying, forever crying To be with you, who can say Can you hear me, can you hear me Thro' the dark night far away I am dying, forever crying To be with you, who can say [Verse 3] We are sailing, we are sailing Home again 'cross the sea We are sailing stormy waters To be near you, to be free [Outro] Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free Oh (My) Lord, to be near you, to be free Oh Lord Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free Oh (My) Lord, to be near you, to be free Oh Lord You can get Sherrie Dunlevy's book, "How Can I Help?’ Your Go-To Guide for Helping Loved Ones,” on Amazon https://amzn.to/3qC1WBW or for a signed copy, go to her website! Website: https://www.graduatinggrief.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3228822443872396 You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    27 min
  2. Adam Zuckerman - How Estate Planning Provides Comfort in Difficult Times

    09/07/2024

    Adam Zuckerman - How Estate Planning Provides Comfort in Difficult Times

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Welcome to our show, everyone. In today's episode, we'll delve into the crucial aspects of end-of-life tasks and estate preparation. These are not just mundane tasks, but they hold significant importance in our lives, whether you've thought about them or not. Before you press end and leave, I invite you to stay tuned for insights into this very interesting and often difficult problem. It's inevitable, and you cannot imagine the profound impact it can have as we navigate grief and support our loved ones whilst doing the two planning sessions. When end-of-life matters are left unaddressed, families can face unexpected rifts and challenges. This is especially true when the burden falls on the named executor to decipher the wishes of their loved ones. So, I hope you're still with us and join my guest, Adam Zuckerman, as we explore this significant and thoughtful preparation and its role in fostering unity and clarity during difficult times. As I mentioned, our guest, Adam, is a lawyer and businessman who's had personal experience with this topic. I believe this gave him the vision to create this online platform to support others. He is indeed the founder of Buried in Work and brings a wealth of expertise to guide us through the essential steps requiring preparation for what's in front of each one of us.   Here's what we talk about: Why do people shy away from discussing end-of-life topicsThe challenges families might face when there is no estate plan in placeHow can families overcome the discomfort often associated with talking about estate planningThe importance of partners' involvement in financial planningAnd much more!  Connect with Adam Zuckerman! Website: https://buriedinwork.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buriedinwork/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buriedinworkTwitter: https://x.com/buriedinworkYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@buriedinwork You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    51 min
  3. Dr. Julie Kaplow - Healing Young Hearts: Effective Strategies for Supporting Children & Youth After Loss

    08/24/2024

    Dr. Julie Kaplow - Healing Young Hearts: Effective Strategies for Supporting Children & Youth After Loss

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Hello, listeners, and welcome to another episode of our grief journey. Today, we will discuss with our guest, Dr. Julie Kaplow, how we can better support children and adolescents undergoing grief.  You'll learn that children's and youth's grief is unique, and it's through Dr. Kaplow's pioneering work has led to the development of evidence-based interventions such as multidimensional grief therapy, or MGT.  Dr. Kaplow is an expert in childhood trauma and bereavement, and she is the executive director of the Trauma and Grief Children's Center in New Orleans. I understand that there's a 300-plus-person waitlist for this bereavement care. Now, that has me thinking: If this is just one state and these are the numbers, can you imagine what those waitlist numbers are worldwide?    Here's what we talk about: What is Multidimensional Grief Therapy (MGT), and how does it help children and teens process their emotions after the death of a loved one?Addressing grief in children of different agesBehavioral changes parents should look for that signal their child needs additional emotional supportSome ways parents can model healthy grieving behaviors for their childrenAnd much more!  Connect with Dr. Julie Kaplow! Trauma and Grief (TAG) Center Trainings: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/c5Z2Qlg/TAGtrainingsTrauma and Grief Virtual Learning Library: https://mmhpi.org/work/trauma-grief-center/virtual-learning-library/Trauma and Grief Center | Children's Hospital New Orleans: https://www.chnola.org/services/behavioral-health/trauma-and-grief-center/Children's Hospital New Orleans: https://www.chnola.org/ You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    52 min
  4. Natalie Fayman - Balancing Professional Demands and Personal Well-being

    08/10/2024

    Natalie Fayman - Balancing Professional Demands and Personal Well-being

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Welcome everyone to our show today. Our topic will be stress and burnout, solutions for busy professionals. Today, we have the insightful Natalie Fayman, a doctor of veterinary medicine. She's also a certified positive intelligence mastery coach and a recovering workaholic. Please join us as we explore strategies to combat burnout and find harmony in our professional lives. And Natalie assures you'll never dread going to work again. She brings a wealth of experience and expertise to guide us through the journey towards a more balanced and fulfilling work life. We've heard much in the news about healthcare providers experiencing stress and burnout. And in fact, in many walks of life now, it's becoming very common. However, Natalie gave me insight into the stress and burnout that veterinary doctors and their staff face.    Here's what we talk about: Natalie's journey from workaholic to burnout and how she recovered from it.Challenges in the veterinary profession.How did Natalie discover Positive Intelligence and become a Positive Intelligence coach?Advocate for better support systems and resources within the veterinary profession to address the high rates of stress, burnout, and suicide.And much more!   Connect with Natalie Fayman! Website: https://www.nolimitscoachingnow.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliefayman/Natalie Fayman, DVM, CPC, ACC, CPQC 🩺 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine 🕊️ Certified Positive Intelligence Coach 🙏 Recovering Workaholic You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    58 min
  5. Marion Agnew - From Sorrow to Strength: How Grief Fuels Change

    07/20/2024

    Marion Agnew - From Sorrow to Strength: How Grief Fuels Change

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Hello, and welcome to our podcast today. We will delve into the intriguing world of grief recovery and human connection. In today's episodes, we will explore a fictional book called Making Up the Gods, which is our guest Marion Agnew's latest book. I believe it was released later last year. Making Up the Gods is a book about three grieving strangers: a widow, a young boy, and a middle-aged alcoholic. The book is set as a novel in Northern Ontario, and it will be interesting to see how the author has woven into the guest's journey as each navigates their grief. This is the first time we're delving into grief in a fictional way, and it'll be interesting to see how the author has navigated it. The novel examines the past that can keep us from living in the future, which we know only too well for many of those on our own grief journeys, and how it's so easy to get caught up in the past. I'm interested to see how the twists and turns of this unfold as they release their fears and hopefully teach us how we can release our own and move forward. So, I'm delighted to speak to our guest, Marion Agnew, from Northern Ontario. I'm quite envious that she has Lake Superior in her backyard. This is Marion's second book. Her first one was Reverberations, A Daughter's Meditation on Alzheimer's.   Here's what we talk about: Marion's original intentions for the novel and how it evolved to focus on grief.The journeys of a widow, a young boy, and a middle-aged alcoholic as they navigate grief and find connection.The writing process and inspirations.How did writing the novel help Marion gain a deeper understanding of her own grief?And much more!  Connect with Marion Agnew! Website: https://www.marionagnew.com/Reverberations: A Daughter's Meditations on Alzheimer's: https://www.amazon.com/Reverberations-Meditations-Alzheimers-Marion-Agnew-ebook/dp/B07ZWJ2WKDMaking Up the Gods: https://amzn.to/45YjawO You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    51 min
  6. Vernon Baumrind - Coping with the Loss in Divorce, the Death of Love

    07/06/2024

    Vernon Baumrind - Coping with the Loss in Divorce, the Death of Love

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Hello, dear listeners. Thank you for joining us today as we continue our grief journey. Today, we're going to be delving into divorce. And it's a subject I don't know if society or we readily acknowledge that the pain and grief experienced when a marriage ends can often be the same sort of emotions as when there's a death of a spouse or a death of a relationship. And it's not readily recognized that divorce is indeed a death. It's a death of the dreams and hopes the couple had. So, yes, there's the intense pain. Because I don't believe society recognizes it as grief, the person going through a divorce doesn't have the same support or comfort that you would get or expect if it were indeed the death of a person. There are no rituals, no comfort, and limited support. The person going through the divorce can feel isolated and alone. It's not as simple as finding a new partner. The desire isn't for somebody new but for the one we had. So, the journey of divorce is both complex and deeply emotional. And it goes far beyond just seeking a replacement. And if there are children involved, it can create custody battles, and it can be traumatic no matter what age the child is. Now, our guest today, I'm certain, remembers only too well the emotional rollercoaster of grief when his marriage ended 45 years ago. Why discuss this now? Well, listeners, please stay with me; you'll understand more soon. Our guest is Vernon Baumrind, a father, grandfather, and successful businessman in Charlotte, North Carolina. He's also the author of a book called Deceit. It's a true story of domestic infidelity and betrayal with details recorded by a wiretap!    Here's what we talk about: What lessons can readers glean from "Deceit" about recognizing, confronting, and healing from the wounds inflicted by domestic infidelity and betrayal?The emotional pain experienced during divorce compared to other forms of loss.Some common coping mechanisms people use to manage the emotional pain and grief of divorce.How did the legal proceedings between Vernon and his wife shape their family relationships during and after the divorce?And much more!  Connect with Vernon Baumrind! Website: https://deceitthebook.com/home-1/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deceitthebook/Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/people/Deceit-the-Book/61554718563758/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDhkM8hl-UkTCvkq0GEwi_wDeceit the Book Part 1 (Companion Podcast): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hof1BwQCS_Q You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    1 hr
  7. Grant Garry and John Farley - The Common Thread of Grief and the Call for Empathy

    06/22/2024

    Grant Garry and John Farley - The Common Thread of Grief and the Call for Empathy

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Welcome, listeners, to another episode, as we continue once more our journey to explore the depths of grief, love, and the human spirit. Today, we'll discuss their journey into the award-winning documentary “Meet Me Where I Am” with our guests.  The film explores the many nuances and complexities of grief that individuals grapple with. It may be a little word, but it's mighty powerful when it arrives. The film brings together these nuances and, I believe, normalizes grief.  To say I'm beyond thrilled is an understatement to have Grant Garry and John Farley with me today!   Here's what we talk about: What inspired the creation of the documentary 'Meet Me Where I Am' and its focus on grief? The symbolism of the train metaphor.In what ways does the documentary address the impact of cultural beliefs on the grieving process?The importance of sharing stories and memories of loved ones to honor their lives and find solace in grief.And much more!  Connect with Grant Garry & John Farley! Meet Me Where I Am Film: https://www.instagram.com/meetmewhereiamfilm/Grant Garry: https://www.instagram.com/grant__garry/You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    1 hr
  8. Mike Oglesbee - The Power of Thought: How Choices Shape Our Lives

    06/08/2024

    Mike Oglesbee - The Power of Thought: How Choices Shape Our Lives

    Do let us know what you found helpful - thank You! Welcome everyone to another episode in our grief series. As you know, I not only share stories from our guests who have overcome major challenges in their lives, but I also like to introduce you to different modalities that I believe could be helpful in supporting as we go through many of these. So today, I'm delighted to be delving into one such modality: hypnotherapy and how it can help with anxiety, depression, and much more. Our guest is Mike Oglesbee, an acclaimed author and coach who has taught everyone, from kids to adults in their 90s, to overcome mental struggles and become their best selves. Mike's first book is Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression. His second book, Bigger Than Fear, will be released later this year. You may have seen Mike before if you went to the YouTube channel, which we've just started. You may have seen him on TV or heard him on radio shows. He's now breaking into guesting on podcasts, which is why he's with us.   Here's what we talk about: Mike's understanding of the mind and behavior influence his career choice in hypnotherapy.Align thoughts, emotions, and actions with desired outcomes by making different choices.The power of the subconscious mind.How can individuals overcome their fear of change?And much more!   Connect with Mike Oglesbee! Website: https://mikeoglesbee.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoglesbee/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorMikeOglesbee/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mike_oglesbeeTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thementalshiftInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/authormikeoglesbee/Twitter: https://x.com/MikeOglesbee123 You don't have to grieve alone, as a coach I can help support you. To discover how grief coaching can help you please book a FREE call with me To access your FREE resource 12 Ways to Heal https://www.understandinggrief.com Connect with me: Website: https://www.understandinggrief.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annedebutte Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reconnectfromgrief

    1h 6m
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Grief is messy. It's the opposite of linear. It can be dark and wacky, lonely or not, love-filled or seemingly lacking - but it is so very alive. No two people experience this process in quite the same way. These episodes are conversation starters for dealing with dying, death, and grief, part therapy and part storytelling in disguise. They'll shine a light, giving you hope and understanding of how others have managed their grief. Also, they are an insightful guide to life's many losses. You don't have to struggle alone? Please connect anne@understandinggrief.com at https://www.understandinggrief.com

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  • Creator
    Anne DeButte
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2024
  • Episodes
    108
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Let's Talk About Grief With Anne
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