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TOPICS OF NOTE:
How she and her husband met and who he was as a person
Living + loving within chronic illness
Beth's biggest struggle in caring for her husband
Processing the projected fears of others
How we can handle more than we think we can
Her "grief button" theory
The promise she made to herself after her husband's death
The relationship between grief and fear
The benefits of massage in her healing
The liberation of setting the bar low
Radically slowing down life after loss
How she learned to be merciful
What tapping into her inner wisdom looked like
Going from a "we" to a "me"
The beauty in accepting what is happening
Navigating her congregation through their shared loss
Why she'll be writing to Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg
Reconsidering intimacy and the "vomit method"
The gift she gave herself
Considerations to anyone experiencing the first year of loss
Stay tuned for AFTER THOUGHTS as Beth reads poems about death (that aren't total downers) and shares what the loss of her husband gave her.
QUOTES OF NOTE:
“I want my family to know their mom is strong enough to grieve.”
“Be very kind to yourself and do all the things that you need to do even if they don’t seem like they’re on the right list.”
“Grief is proof you loved.”
Image by Mitchell Toy
Previous TAL episode mentioned during the show:
TAL with Beth Scibienski in November 2018
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