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My Person Died Too John Polo & Carolyn Gower
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Join widowed coaches John Polo and Carolyn Gower as we discuss all things grief and provide tips to help you rebuild after the death of someone close to you.
This is a safe space where your grief is fully witnessed. We know that grief can't be fixed, however it can be integrated into a life that is fulfilling for you while still honoring your person.
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62. Limiting Beliefs & The Stories We Tell Ourselves
What are limiting beliefs?
Where do they come from?
How do they stop me from doing what I'd really love to do?
How do they impact my grief?
How can I change them?
We answer all these questions and more in this insightful episode about how limiting beliefs and old wounds can shape our lives and also our grief.
Don't forget to check out our book "The Stupid Shit People Say To Grievers". It's available worldwide via Amazon. Click on the link for your country below to order:
US:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers: Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: 9798373054041: Amazon.com: Books
AUS:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.com.au: Books
UK:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers: Amazon.co.uk: Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: 9798373054041: Books
GERMANY:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.de: Books
FRANCE:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.fr: Livres
SPAIN:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.es: Libros
ITALY:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.it: Libri
NETHERLANDS:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.nl: Boeken
POLAND:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.pl: Książki
SWEDEN:
Amazon.co.jp: The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Foreign Language Books
JAPAN:
Amazon.co.jp: The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Foreign Language Books
CANADA:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers: Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: 9798373054041: Books - Amazon.ca
We would really appreciate if you could rate and review our podcast, and spread the word so that more people know it exists.
We'd love to help as many grievers as possible through this hardest time of their lives.
Visit our websites: carolyngowercoaching.com & johnpolocoaching.com to learn more about our work.
For added support in a caring community, join our FREE Facebook Group by clicking here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/696138811624151/?ref=share
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US KEEP OUR PODCAST GOING?
MONTHLY SUPPORTERS receive the following:
$4.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude for your support & buy a coffee for John and a green tea for Carolyn to keep us going while we’re recording. $9.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude PLUS extra perks that will only be available to our supporters.
Visit johnpolocoaching.com to become a My Person Died Too supporter. -
61. Disenfranchised Grief: Meet Ally
How would you feel if your loss and grief wasn't openly acknowledged, and you were forced to grieve in private without the support that other grievers receive?
In this episode, we introduce you to Ally, who has been living with disenfranchised grief since her boyfriend died in 2020.
We felt it was important to shed some light on this type of grief to help others have a better understanding of it.
We would really appreciate if you could rate and review our podcast, and spread the word so that more people know it exists.
We'd love to help as many grievers as possible through this hardest time of their lives.
Visit our websites: carolyngowercoaching.com & johnpolocoaching.com to learn more about our work.
For added support in a caring community, join our FREE Facebook Group by clicking here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/696138811624151/?ref=share
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US KEEP OUR PODCAST GOING?
MONTHLY SUPPORTERS receive the following:
$4.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude for your support & buy a coffee for John and a green tea for Carolyn to keep us going while we’re recording. $9.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude PLUS extra perks that will only be available to our supporters.
Visit johnpolocoaching.com to become a My Person Died Too supporter. -
60. Grief In The Workplace
This week we have a very important conversation around returning to work after the loss of someone you love.
We discuss the ridiculous amount of bereavement leave that most workplaces offer, how you may feel emotionally, and the expectations you may put on yourself. We share our own personal experiences, as well as those of some of our listeners, and suggest some things that you and your workplace can do to make the transition back to work a little gentler.
Feel free to share this episode with other grievers and workplaces. We really need to ensure that grievers feel more supported in their workplace.
Don't forget to check out our book "The Stupid Shit People Say To Grievers". It's available worldwide via Amazon. Click on the link for your country below to order:
US:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers: Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: 9798373054041: Amazon.com: Books
AUS:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.com.au: Books
UK:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers: Amazon.co.uk: Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: 9798373054041: Books
GERMANY:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.de: Books
FRANCE:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.fr: Livres
SPAIN:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.es: Libros
ITALY:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.it: Libri
NETHERLANDS:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.nl: Boeken
POLAND:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Amazon.pl: Książki
SWEDEN:
Amazon.co.jp: The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Foreign Language Books
JAPAN:
Amazon.co.jp: The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers : Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: Foreign Language Books
CANADA:
The Stupid Sh*t People Say to Grievers: Polo, John, Gower, Carolyn: 9798373054041: Books - Amazon.ca
We would really appreciate if you could rate and review our podcast, and spread the word so that more people know it exists.
We'd love to help as many grievers as possible through this hardest time of their lives.
Visit our websites: carolyngowercoaching.com & johnpolocoaching.com to learn more about our work.
For added support in a caring community, join our FREE Facebook Group by clicking here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/696138811624151/?ref=share
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US KEEP OUR PODCAST GOING?
MONTHLY SUPPORTERS receive the following:
$4.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude for your support & buy a coffee for John and a green tea for Carolyn to keep us going while we’re recording. $9.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude PLUS extra perks that will only be available to our supporters.
Visit johnpolocoaching.com to become a My Person Died Too supporter. -
59. Sex After Grief: Meet Joan Price
In this episode we introduce you to a truly amazing woman.
Joan Price calls herself an advocate for ageless sexuality. She is an award-winning writer and internationally popular sex educator specializing in sex and aging.
Her books include Sex after Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality after
Losing Your Beloved and Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud about Senior Sex. Her blog has been offering senior sex news, views, and sex toy reviews from a senior perspective since 2005.
At age 80, Joan Price continues to talk out loud about senior sex – partnered or solo – and about grief and creative aging. Find her at www.joanprice.com.
A bit more about Joan's wonderful book that we discussed throughout this episode. This is such a valuable resource for widowed people of all ages.
Sex After Grief: NavigatingYour Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved
Sex is complicated enough when it’s easy—but when we’re in grief, it’s especially mysterious and confusing.
How do we nurture ourselves as sexual beings when we’re grieving the death of a partner? Why does taking care of ourselves sexually even matter at a time when we’d rather hide under the covers and wail? What do we do with those sexual feelings that arise despite our misery? How do we know when it’s time to open ourselves to a new sexual relationship, whether it’s a friend with benefits or a new love connection? And how do we do it?
Joan Price’s award-winning Sex After Grief: Navigating
Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved is the first book to address sex and grief together and treat sex as a normal, positive, life-affirming part of emerging from grief.
Please don't forget to rate and review our podcast, and spread the word so that more people know it exists.
We'd love to help as many grievers as possible through this hardest time of their lives.
Visit our websites: carolyngowercoaching.com & johnpolocoaching.com to learn more about our work.
For added support in a caring community, join our FREE Facebook Group by clicking here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/696138811624151/?ref=share -
58. Anxiety In Grief
When someone we love dies, it can really change the way we view the world.
Whereas once we may have been somewhat naive, we now know that bad stuff CAN and DOES happen... and that your entire world can change in the blink of an eye.
It's therefore understandable that grief can come with a heightened sense of anxiety, a state of hypervigilance where you are always on red alert waiting for something else to happen.
In this episode we discuss some of the most common causes and types of anxiety that we've come across in grief, and some things that are helpful and not so helpful in living with it.
Don't forget to rate and review our podcast, and spread the word so that more people know it exists.
We'd love to help as many grievers as possible through this hardest time of their lives.
Visit our websites: carolyngowercoaching.com & johnpolocoaching.com to learn more about our work.
For added support in a caring community, join our FREE Facebook Group by clicking here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/696138811624151/?ref=share -
57. Grief Boundaries
A lot of people will resist setting boundaries because it's too uncomfortable and they don't want to let others down.
But what if you're letting yourself down and are neglecting your own self-care?
If you don't set healthy boundaries, you may constantly find yourself doing things others want you to do, rather than what you want to do, or putting up with things that don't sit right with you.
This can often lead to resentment of the other person.
Boundaries are even more important to have in place when you're grieving or experiencing a challenging time.
This episode may help you to look at boundaries in a different way, and to feel more comfortable when using them.
We would really appreciate if you could rate and review our podcast, and spread the word so that more people know it exists.
We'd love to help as many grievers as possible through this hardest time of their lives.
Visit our websites: carolyngowercoaching.com & johnpolocoaching.com to learn more about our work.
For added support in a caring community, join our FREE Facebook Group by clicking here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/696138811624151/?ref=share
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP US KEEP OUR PODCAST GOING?
MONTHLY SUPPORTERS receive the following:
$4.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude for your support & buy a coffee for John and a green tea for Carolyn to keep us going while we’re recording. $9.99 USD - Receive our deepest gratitude PLUS extra perks that will only be available to our supporters.
Visit johnpolocoaching.com to become a My Person Died Too supporter.