Jump Start Your Joy

Grief and grieving is a big part of what the society is going through right now with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, I'm looking at the work of David Kessler and a past interview with Julia Samuel for thoughts on how you can name and process the emotions and grief you're feeling. In this episode: I share the article in Harvard Business Review where David Kessler names the discomfort we're feeling: grief.  Her first love of swinging on her garden swing as a child Starting Child Bereavement UK, and her work as a patron Her early influences, including the bereavement of her parents Her love of personal connection, and how that led her from a role in publishing to becoming a grief and bereavement counselor The roots and starting point for her book, Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving Why people shut down and isolate when they grieve, and why they judge themselves on a right or wrong way of grieving Why allowing yourself to feel the emotions of grief is important How to feel the emotions of