The Grief Toolshed: Swiss Army Knife - using the tools of self-awareness

About this episode

The episode explores how a metaphorical Swiss Army Knife can aid in developing self-awareness in the context of grief and loss.

#147. How can a metaphorical Swiss Army Knife help us with self-awareness? Let's find out. This is The Silent Why, a podcast on a mission to open up conversations around grief, asking if hope can be found in 101 different types of permanent loss. Welcome to my brand-new series of episodes - The Grief Toolshed. In this series, I’m visiting the garden tools shared by our Let’s Chat guests (from my metaphorical toolshed) and turning them into practical, supportive tools we can use when w...

People in this episode

Host: Claire Sandys

Topics covered

• self-awareness
• grief
• loss
• metaphor
• support
• tools

Keywords

• grief tools
• self-awareness
• Swiss Army Knife
• hope
• permanent loss
• supportive tools

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