The Beautiful Side of Grief

By: Helen Morris
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  • The Beautiful Side of Grief your go-to weekly podcast if you are wanting to hear interviews from people who have moved through heart-wrenching loss or those who are at the coal-face supporting this process. It diverse, heart-warming though most of all it is positive and filled with go-to's that you can use yourself. For user-friendly FREE resources visit https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com/free-resources
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  • 130. What's the STORY You Tell Yourself | Ashmeeta Rama Madhav

    130. What's the STORY You Tell Yourself | Ashmeeta Rama Madhav
    Jun 26 2024
    How are you parenting yourself in your grief? Are you giving yourself the same advice you would give your child? Sometimes we get so mired in our experience we can forget to take a step back to see the big picture. In this final episode of Season 6, I speak with Ashmeeta Rama, a resilience and grief support advocate, expert, author, and founder of the Growth Story Hub. Ashmeeta shares her profound journey through intense grief, having faced multiple losses including miscarriages, rejection, and the loss of her parents and husband. She discusses how experiences and self-talk shape our emotional responses and reality. Highlighting the power of gratitude, empathy, and self-forgiveness, Ashmeeta emphasizes the importance of embracing our grief and finding empowerment through it. Join me as I delve into navigating grief, the significance of self-parenting, and Ashmeeta's mission to help others realize their worth and potential through storytelling. Ashmeeta's Bio Ashmeeta Rama Madhav is an educator, resilience and grief support advocate/expert, entrepreneur, author, and lifelong learner. She has been intimately acquainted with grief since her early twenties, having experienced miscarriage, rejection, and the loss of her parents and husband, which exposed her to a range of profound emotions. She is the founder of Growth StoryHub; an organization created to inspire and empower individuals who have lost a loved one (suddenly or to a terminal Illness) and are feeling stuck, overwhelmed, numb, and vulnerable. At the heart of her book, "What’s Your Story?" is her passion for helping others and sharing her experiences. Through her book, she shares her journey through grief and self-discovery intending to provide comfort and inspiration to those confronting similar experiences. Ashmeeta's desire is for others to recognize that profound loss need not signify the end of one's story; rather, it can mark the commencement of a new and meaningful chapter. Her story is one of love, acceptance, forgiveness, gratitude, growth, and self-discovery. Her mission is to share the knowledge she's gained through her experiences with others to empower the grieving. Her message is one of hope and healing, and she is here to help guide the grieving to feel alive again. Quote: "Don't let experiences define or destroy you. Take them in that light of them being a teacher and draw the positivity out of it, and embrace, empower, and evolve." ~ Ashmeeta Rama Madhav Resources: Ashmeeta's links: Website: http://www.storyoutellyourself.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrowthStoryHub IG: https://www.instagram.com/growthstoryhub Twitter: https://twitter.com/home Book: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Your-Story-Reality-Thinking/dp/B0BHRFTR13 Additional links: https://www.griefshare.org/ https://choicemutual.com/blog/kids-bereavment/ https://www.hospicare.org/grief-support/resources/ Follow me on: Email: thebeautifulsideofgrief@gmail.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/beautifulsideofgrief Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebeautifulsideofgrief Website: https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeautifulsideofgrief Check out A Letter of Hope & Aroha (aLoHA) on this link: https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com/p/aLoHA Did you find any value in this episode? If so, please leave us a review and rating 💟 https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com/reviews And heartfelt Thanks to Gabe Dovaston for the music!
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 129. BREAKING FREE: Overcoming Anxiety, Procrastination, and Perfectionism | Daniel Packard

    129. BREAKING FREE: Overcoming Anxiety, Procrastination, and Perfectionism | Daniel Packard
    Jun 19 2024
    In addition to grief, do you experience anxiety, fear, depression, procrastination, perfectionism, or any number of other conditions that hold you back from being able to live the life you want? Have you spent more more money than you care to recall on doctor's visits, therapists, books, apps, healing modalities, to maybe feel a little better though still essentially in the same place? Do you have HOPE within YOU that there is a way to get through what you are experiencing? If you answered 'yes' to any of the above, then you need to take a listen to this episode! It's likely to change the entire way you think about yourself and what you have been experiencing. Daniel Packard used the logic of his mechanical enginnering background to delve in and solve his own crippling feelings of anxiety, depression and PTS. The unique appraoch of his Nervous System Reset programme is guaranteed to give you the results you are after or you don't pay. Yes, that's right. You only pay for this system when you get results. That is how confident Daniel is that this system will be life-changing for you. It's based on evidence and measurable results that you get to see for yourself. I encourage you to bring your fear, anxiety and skepticism and take a listen to incredible episode. Oh... And I did I mention the results are permanent?? 00:00 Introduction to the Episode 03:57 The Importance of Courage and Feeling 06:09 Daniel's Passion and Joy in Helping Others 09:57 The Engineering Approach to Emotional Struggles 23:23 The Root Cause of Anxiety and Fear 27:27 Understanding the Mechanical Approach 39:16 Role Play: Feeling Safe vs. Unsafe 40:34 Understanding the Link Between Care and Safety 41:45 Self-Care and Internal Safety 44:17 Signs of Neglecting Self-Care 48:35 The Importance of a Comprehensive System 50:50 Real-Life Success Stories 53:19 The Power of a Complete Toolkit 58:15 Overcoming Skepticism and Embracing Change 01:06:55 Final Thoughts Daniel's Bio Daniel Packard is a U.C. Berkeley Mechanical Engineer and Anxiety Solution Pioneer whose research company engineered world's only permanent anxiety solution program where you only pay at the end of the program, once you have clear, measurable results. Daniel's passion for inventing and results came from his father. As a child growing up in Berkeley, CA, Daniel's father (who was a scientist and inventor) told a 10 year old Daniel two things that stuck with him for the rest of his life . His dad told him 'If something isn't working, invent something better.' And 'If you want to really make people's lives better...results matter.' After, staying in an abusive relationship too long, Daniel ended up with severe anxiety and PSTD. After spending 10 years and $100,000 trying solve his anxiety, he learned that a trillion dollars is spent globally on mental health, but not getting people in pain permanent results. Remembering what his dad told him, that 'results matter' and because he was trained in engineering school to know how to engineer solutions to complex problems, Daniel took a stand against the mental health industry and started his own research company with the goal to see if it was possible to reverse engineer a process from scratch that could solve anxiety permanently in a short period of time. Daniel and his team were not therapists or doctors or psychologists. They were not traditional experts, they were outsiders. Because they were outsiders they were open to discovering what the experts had missed. Daniel and his team made the huge breakthrough discovery that even though the experts say anxiety is a problem of the mind , the research revealed anxiety is actually a problem of the body. Based on this discovery Daniel and his team spent a total of 8 years, working with over 3000 people (from 5 continents) to develop, test and perfect an innovative 6 -week program that in just 6 weeks solves all forms of anxiety permanently with an industry leading 90% success rate. This 6 - week program called Nervous System Reset has helped hundreds of individual clients but also over 3000 people at over 300 companies and universities all over the world. Including the South African government which asked to make Nervous System Reset a part of the national mental health curriculum. Based in his mission to take a stand against the mental health industry which takes people’s money and doesn’t deliver permanent results, people who join Nervous System Reset only pay at the end of the process once they have clear, measurable permanent results. Daniel’s company is the only one in the world to offer a permanent anxiety solution with backed up results. This is because Daniel passionately believes what his dad told him years ago, which is that if you really want to make people's lives better...results matter. Fun facts: Daniel was a professional stand-up comedian for 15 years. He loves peach gelato. He's a surprisingly groovy dancer. Quote:...
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 128. Taylor's Gift: More than ORGAN DONATION | Tara Storch

    128. Taylor's Gift: More than ORGAN DONATION | Tara Storch
    Jun 12 2024

    This is a heartwarming and powerful episode. Making the decision to donate your child's organs must have to be one of the toughest decisions any parent would have to make. Yet, it can also yield incredible rewards.

    Tara shares her poignant story of navigating the loss of her 13-year-old daughter, Taylor, after a tragic skiing accident. Tara and her husband Todd made the life-changing decision to donate Taylor's organs, leading to the creation of the Taylor's Gift Foundation to promote organ donation and provide grief support for donor families. Through her narrative, Tara emphasizes the importance of outliving oneself by making a lasting difference in the lives of others.

    Taylor's Gift, the book that Tara and Todd co-authored sharing this inspirational journey has featured on platforms such as Good Morning America and recognized by People magazine. It's a message of compassion, hope, and resilience that is not to be missed.

    00:00 Introduction to Tara Storch's Story

    02:04 The Tragic Skiing Accident

    04:18 The Decision for Organ Donation

    08:36 Founding Taylor's Gift Foundation

    10:47 Meeting the Organ Recipients

    13:34 Providing Grief Support

    17:43 Navigating Personal Grief

    24:05 Showing Up for a Grieving Friend

    24:47 Understanding Grief and Compassion

    25:49 Supporting Grieving Children

    27:59 The Journey of Healing and Resilience

    30:42 Outlive Yourself: Leaving a Lasting Legacy

    34:02 Fundraising and Community Support

    36:37 Reflections on Grief and Strength

    44:06 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

    Tara Storch's Bio

    Tara is president and co-founder of Taylor’s Gift Foundation and is a marketing professional, award-winning author, and community leader. Tara and her husband Todd, co-authored the award-winning book, Taylor’s Gift, which was recognized as the ‘Most Inspirational Book’ at the Books for A Better Life Awards in New York City. She and her husband were also recognized as “Heroes Among Us” by People Magazine. Opening up about her journey of finding hope and purpose after the loss of their daughter Taylor, she speaks publicly across the nation about her powerful “Outlive Yourself” message. Sharing her journey on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Ellen Show, People Magazine, and other national and international media, she brings a message of inspiration that touches lives worldwide. She is the proud mother to three children - Taylor, Ryan, and Peyton. She and her husband, Todd currently live in the Dallas, Texas area.

    Quote:

    "How do you want to outlive yourself and leave a lasting difference in the lives of others?." ~Tara Storch

    Resources:

    Tara's links:

    Website: https://www.taylorsgift.org/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taylorsgift

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/taylorsgiftfoundation/

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylorgiftfoundation/

    Tara's personal website: https://www.tarastorch.com/

    Follow me on:

    Email: thebeautifulsideofgrief@gmail.com

    Instagram: https://instagram.com/beautifulsideofgrief

    Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebeautifulsideofgrief

    Website: https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeautifulsideofgrief

    Check out A Letter of Hope & Aroha (aLoHA) on this link:

    https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com/p/aLoHA

    Did you find any value in this episode? If so, please leave us a review and rating 💟

    https://thebeautifulsideofgrief.com/reviews

    And heartfelt Thanks to Gabe Dovaston for the music!
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    48 mins
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