About this episode

K.J. Ramsey discusses finding joy amidst pain and grief, sharing insights from her memoir while facing personal health challenges.

What does joy look like in the midst of pain and grief? K.J. Ramsey's memoir, The Place Between Our Pains, was written while she was fighting for her life - and in this conversation, she talks about what that actually means. We get into how dependence on others opens us to love in ways independence never could, why grief is a gate into aliveness rather than a place to get stuck, and what it looked like to launch a book about joy while facing a tumor diagnosis and an IV drip on launch day. Thi...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Johnson

Guest: K.J. Ramsey

Topics covered

• joy
• pain
• grief
• dependence
• aliveness
• book launch

Keywords

• joy
• pain
• grief
• K.J. Ramsey
• memoir
• dependence
• aliveness
• book launch

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Place Between Our Pains

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