Grief and loss are inevitable things we all may come across at some point in our lives. And the way we respond to our losses is what defines where our lives are headed. My guest today is someone who has endured great loss but hasn’t been broken by it. She has lived through the grief of losing three of her closest family members, and now, she helps people move beyond grief through her 20+ year private practice and reasons to live circles she created for those who have survived suicide attempts. Georgena Eggleston, trauma specialist, author, and certified body-mind therapist joins us today to talk about living through grief and making it an opportunity for growth. I hope you enjoy this conversation.
In this episode, we talk about:
Living Through Grief – Georgena talks about the experience of
dealing with the deaths of three family members, the way she dealt with it, and
what helped Georgena move through the grief.
Understanding Grief – Grief is the result of a significant loss.
However, we often associate grief with death. Georgena talks about six types of
grief that come with different types of losses.
Anticipatory Grief – How to deal with a situation where you know
that a significant loss is inevitable and you’re grieving because of it.
Grief is a Call for Care – What you can do to stay healthy and
take care of yourself in times of grief.
Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail – Why grieving people need to
plan for the events that remind them of their significant loss and how to use
these events to move through the grief.
Grief and Body – Georgena talks about how grief affects our body,
how grief can show up in the form of physical pain, and what you can do to
prevent it.
Grief & Growth – Grief is a gateway to growth. Georgena shared
with us how to embrace your grief and use it for your growth.
Habits & Patterns - We all have habitual behaviors, and these
can sometimes be unfavorable to us in times of grief. Georgena shares her
thoughts on how thin happens and how we can prevent these patterns from
becoming our prisons.
Contact Georgena Eggleston:
Website: beyondyourgrief.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/georgena
Mentioned in the Episode:
Georgena’s Book - A New Mourning: Discovering the Gifts in Grief:
beyondyourgrief.com/book-a-new-mourning/
Building Resilience through Mindfulness – Christine Green:
www.bobbikahler.com/awareness/episode020/
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