In Episode 21 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, I go to a new grieving group. I am the only male among all women. The women became my teachers as they shared their stories. I witnessed the depth of the pain they felt. I became part of a grieving community seeking healing.
You can listen to Episode 21 on your favorite podcasting app. Or, you can click on the following link:
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Episode 20: Tough Love and Grieving.
In Episode 20 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, M uses to tough love to snap me out of my funk. She has me confront some tough truths about grieving. I know she is right. Her tough love proved to be the spark I needed. Maybe I turned a corner.
You can listen to Episode 20 on your favorite podcasting app. Or, you can click the following link to listen to it. All 20 episodes are available for download if you missed an episode.
Listen now: https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-20-tough-love-and-grieving/?token=801fbb66d3db16c0fe550131c2d0587e
Episode 19: Using my Grieving Journal to Tell Babe What I am Experiencing
In Episode 19 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing I follow M’s advice and talk to Babe through my journal. It was a tough journal to write. Like so many other parts of the grieving experience it’s not what I want to do. It’s what I have to do if I want to experience healing.
You can listen to this episode on your favorite podcast app or click on the following link:
https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-19-using-my-grieving-journal-totell-babe-what-i-am-experiencing/?token=d61f1d6827ba4878ff5942ed0f146844
Today’s Inspiring Quote: Getting Through Tough Times
Laughing faces do not mean that there is absence of sorrow!
But it means that they have the ability to deal with it.
William Shakespeare
Episode 18: A Step Forward While Grieving: I Began Playing Music
In Episode 18 of my podcast, Journey From Grief to Healing, I played music in my home. I hadn’t played music since Babe entered the hospital six months earlier. The first song that randomly played was Garth Brooks’ Unanswered Prayers.’ It wasn’t easy, but I listened to it.
You can listen to this episode on your favorite podcast app or you can click the following link. Enjoy!
https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-18-a-step-forward-while-grieving-i-began-playing-music/
Episode 16:Grieving in the Parallel Universe of Not Knowing
In Episode 16 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, I describe grieving as walking through a parallel universe of not knowing. I do not know how it will end. I do not know when it will end. I do not know my way through. This is what grieving feels like to me.
You can listen to my podcast on your favorite podcast app, or, you can click on the following link to listen to it:
https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-16grieving-in-the-parallel-universe-of-not-knowing/
Episode 15: Grieving Digs a Deep Empty Hole
In Episode 15 from my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, M wanted me to continue to reflect on my emptiness. The only thing I was sure of was I wasn’t sure of much. M spoke some difficult truths .M said suffering for all humans was unavoidable. I didn’t want to hear it, but I recognized its truth.
You can listen to this podcast on your favorite podcast app. Or, you can click on the following link:
https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-gtxys-1538a81
Episode 14: Journey from Grief to Healing, The Feeling Of Emptiness Overwhelmed Me
In Episode 14 of my podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing, M asks me what I am feeling. She makes the distinction between how I feel and what I feel. It took me a while to process my grieving feelings. I described Babe’s death as an emptiness that could never be filled. M helps me to understand why the feeling emptiness accompanies grieving.
You can listen to the podcast on any podcast venue or you can click the following link.
https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-15-the-feeling-of-emptiness-overwhelmed-me/
Episode 13: How Do You Heal A Broken Heart?
In Episode 13 of my Podcast, Journey from Grief to Healing I share my second grieving group experience. M wants to talk about what it feels like to have a broken heart. I told M Babe’s death shattered my heart into a 1000 pieces.
Comments, questions, or personal insights, email me at ray.brese@gmail.com.
You can listen to Episode 13 on all podcast applications or you can click the following link:
https://raycalabrese.podbean.com/e/episode-13-how-do-you-heal-a-broken-heart/
Episode 12: My Prayers Went Unanswered and My Grieving Went on Unabated
Episode 12 from my Podcast: Journey from Grief to Healing M wants me to journal about unanswered prayers. I knew I was angry with God for letting Babe die. I didn’t realize how angry I felt. This journal was difficult for me to write. I knew it had to be done. I couldn’t continue to stuff my anger.
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