226. Navigating Widowhood, Sudden Loss, and Brain Fog with Heidi Dunstan
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Tara Accardo interviews grief educator Heidi Dunstan about her experience with sudden loss and the challenges of early grief.
Drop me a message or voice note! I'm sitting down with Grief Educator Heidi Dunstan, who lost her husband Mike unexpectedly to a heart attack in 2018—the day before her 40th birthday, after she performed CPR trying to save him. We talk about what early grief actually feels like (numbness, brain fog, trauma) and what it took to feel steady again. In this episode, we cover: ✨ Why the first 3-4 months are often the hardest, and what shifted for Heidi around the 18-month mark ✨ The brain fog of ...
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