Working through Pandemic Grief and Holding on to Yourself in a Life with Loss

How can you re-enter the world when your heart is still hurting? If you’ve felt grief (and as a human, you likely have), some days it feels impossible to go on. This week's guest, Kimberley Pittman-Schulz has certainly been there before. Kimberley’s grief started early on when she was saved from a house fire at the age of 3 years old that took the lives of her two other sisters. In the same timeframe, she lost two others in her life. Since then, she has been on her own healing path that’s led to authoring books on grief and helping others find a way to live on fully when it feels like they are simply unable.

Kimberley is an award-winning poet and author who writes about loss, joy, and being mindful, with a love for all things wild and winged. As a philanthropic, end-of-life planning advisor, she’s frequently asked to speak about death—specifically, why we can be better in our relationships with donors and clients (and ourselves) when we stop avoiding, and get comfortable with, conversations about death, dying, and end-of-life options. As a charitable estate planning specialist and past nonprofit executive, she’s spent 25+ amazing years helping people from all walks of life plan meaningful gifts that transform some corner of the world as well as their own lives.

Episode Highlights:

• How to create new life patterns for yourself after loss
• Finding a sense of self after loss and grieving mindfully
• Why giving and philanthropy work is sometimes a bandaid in grief
• What it means to “become an avatar”
• Survivor guilt and Kimberley’s advice for when you feel stuck in your grief
• Advice for when you feel stuck
• Covid/pandemic grief and how it’s affected all of us even if it doesn’t necessarily feel like it
• The power of nature and finding beauty wherever you’re at

Learn more about Kimberley and order her book:

Grieving Us: A Field Guide for Living With Loss Without Losing Yourself by Kimberley Pittman-Schulz

https://lnkj.in/l/kimberleymindfulwriter

https://www.poetowl.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kimberleymindfulwriter/

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