What Is Your Grief Story

About this episode

Sharon Brubaker discusses the importance of having a witness to one's grief story and introduces The Story Room for sharing grief experiences.

Episode Description "Grief does not get louder because you are weak. It gets louder because it has nowhere to land." In this episode of Grieve That Shit , Sharon Brubaker, grief specialist and founder of The Grief School, talks about something most grievers never receive after loss: a true witness to their grief story. After losing her nephew Austin, Sharon learned that grief is not just sadness. It is the mind and body trying to process something life changing that the world around you quickly moves on from. While everyone else returns to their normal life, the griever often finds themselves living in what Sharon calls the alternate universe of grief. And when there is no safe place to speak the story out loud, the grief does not disappear. It loops. It replays. It grows louder inside the nervous system. In this episode, Sharon explains why the brain keeps replaying painful memories after loss, how unspoken grief stays trapped in the body, and why having a witness is one of the most powerful parts of healing. She also introduces The Story Room , a space created for women to share their grief story out loud in a room of people who understand, listen without judgment, and hold…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sharon Brubaker, Sharon

Topics covered

• grief
• healing
• mental health
• storytelling

Keywords

• grief story
• alternate universe
• painful memories
• The Story Room

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Grief School, The Story Room

Books & works: Grieve That Shit

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