S4E15 The Courage to Grieve with Brendan Shaw

Grief is a beast...with a mind of its own. How do you manage the wild ride of grief, trauma, and unresolved pain? Do you? Or do you put it up on a shelf, planning to get to it someday but really hope it goes away entirely? Or have you found the courage to look it in the eye and deal with it?

Since the 2022 murder of his brother, Philip, Brendan Shaw has been courageously facing his pan through storytelling, social media, and community work to process his own grief and help others feel less alone in theirs. He joins Amanda for an engaging and vulnerable conversation about the invisible and long-term effects of grief, offering tools to meet your grief in a helpful and healthy way, with a focus on encouraging men to summon the courage to grieve. 

These two survivors of sibling loss offer insight into:

🔥How to observe your grief with a birds eye view or like a 3rd party to reduce overwhelm

🔥Tools to bring yourself back from ruminating about the moment of your loved ones death to avoid additional trauma

🔥The lifelong, often invisible effects of grief that many don't talk about

🔥Why it's difficult for men to address their emotions (grief and others) and the impact it has on middle-aged male suicide rates

🔥The magic of grief to guide you to a deeper purpose

 🔥Where do our loved ones go? And how their spirits live inside of us, compelling us to do the work we both do

🔥Accepting that your grief will always be there and that this is your new normal

🔥How reframing what you are feeling helps to put your grief in perspective, thereby lessening the fear and overwhelm of processing it

 

The book "Many Lives, Many Masters" can be found here:

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