Episodes

  • Yoga Nidra A Gentle Practice To Support Your Grief | Kenna Cox 059

    Yoga Nidra A Gentle Practice To Support Your Grief | Kenna Cox 059
    Nov 17 2023
    Grieving takes so much energy, and sometimes even when we want a break we can't find a way to stop our brains from running a million miles. I remember when I couldn't sleep at night, or would finally manage to fall asleep only to wake with my mind thinking about Orion and the devastation I felt at his death.

    Today's guest, Kenna Cox, is a certified yoga instructor sharing a yoga technique that most haven't heard of Yoga Nidra, which has nothing to do with moving the body and everything to do with quieting the mind. She shares the technique that is used, a guided meditation that you can do in person or using a recording, and the ways it can take your mind to different states of consciousness.

    This is a practice that is easy to implement immediately, for free even using recordings you can find online, and I hope is of service to you anytime but especially during the holiday season that can be a hard time for so many of us.

    Kenna's Website
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Signs From Orion & Unique Ways to Honor Your Loved One During The Holidays 058

    Signs From Orion & Unique Ways to Honor Your Loved One During The Holidays 058
    Nov 15 2023
    Being Spiritual, knowing your child is still with you in Spirit helps but it doesn't replace the feeling of holding them in your arms and the absence seems stronger over the holidays. Whitney shares ways that she honors Orion during the holidays, in ways you might not have thought of, and why it's important to her to do so.

    If you are doing acts in honor of your child during the holiday season and are sharing them on Instagram, please let Whitney know by tagging her @theselfishgriever or #selfishgriever. She will be sharing on her Instagram and would love to see all the ways other parents are bringing more kindness into the world because of their child they grieve.

    You can watch this episode, as well as other episodes and clips on The Selfish Griever YouTube Channel. If you stop by please subscribe so you'll be alerted each time Whitney shares new content!

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    Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay
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    27 mins
  • Using Breathwork to Release Trauma - Greg Moran 057

    Using Breathwork to Release Trauma - Greg Moran 057
    Nov 10 2023
    If you have never heard of breathwork then this episode is for you. Whitney shares how she was first introduced to breathwork in an unexpected setting that did lead to a beautiful mystical experience but also caused some distress to her nervous system. Today's guest, Greg Moran, explains that there are different techniques to breathwork and he uses a more gentle approach so as not to cause the "fight or flight" response to the nervous system like Whitney did.
    Whitney and Greg also discuss how important is it to work with a certified practioner? How often should you do breathwork journeys? What will the experience be like? And can it really help you work through your trauma?

    Greg Moran is a Breathwork Facilitator certified through Sacred Breath Academy in their trauma-informed, holistic breathwork facilitator training program. Greg now facilitates virtual breathwork journeys with the Sacred Breath Academy, as well as teaches and facilitates at SBA’s in-person facilitator training intensives around the world.

    Click here to check out Greg's website
    Follow him on Instagram

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    1 hr
  • Self-Care is Grief Support 056

    Self-Care is Grief Support 056
    Nov 8 2023
    The holiday season is here and its a hard time of year for grieving parents. Whether its the first holiday season without your child or the 20th, their absence is always noticed. Whitney wants to remind you of something that can be so simple but it absolutely important: Self-Care.

    Self-care doesn't have to be complicated or expensive, but it can make a difference in how you move through the holiday season carrying your grief.

    For support with handling holiday invitations and some ideas for honoring your child during the holiday season register for the Healing Hearts Bundle to get access to Whitney's free guide, "How to Handle Grieving During the Holidays" Click Here to Register

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    19 mins
  • Free Grief Resources for Grieving Moms - Healing Hearts Bundle | Alex Suriano (Bonus Episode)

    Free Grief Resources for Grieving Moms - Healing Hearts Bundle | Alex Suriano (Bonus Episode)
    Nov 6 2023
    Alex Suriano works to support grieving women after her son Phillip died at one month old. She has brought together 21 other grief support providers to contribute free resources you can download to support you on your grief journey, including a guide I created "How to Handle The Holidays While Grieving" and a "Guided Meditation For Connecting With Deceased Loved Ones" by Dr. Lenore Matthews who has been a guest on this podcast.
    This is a short bonus episode from The Selfish Griever podcast interviewing Alex about this amazing offer she has created.

    Contact Alex directly at support@alexsuriano.com

    Register for the offer by November 12, 2023 at www.alexsuriano.com/healing-hearts

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    11 mins
  • Suicide Loss & Spirit Communication - Widow & Medium Dr. Lenore Matthew 055

    Suicide Loss & Spirit Communication - Widow & Medium Dr. Lenore Matthew 055
    Nov 4 2023
    If you have been receiving messages from your deceased loved one but dismissing them because you think "I'm not a medium I can't be speaking with people on the Other Side," you might be surprised to learn communication with the Other Side isn't reserved only for mediums.

    Dr. Lenore Matthew has been using her background in social work to study grief and the effects of mediumship and afterlife communication since her husband Bruno died by suicide three years ago. Dr. Matthew shares about the detailed messages she started recieving from Bruno almost immediately after his death, her journey to develop her mediumship capabilities more and the work she is doing now to help those curious to know more about their own abilities.

    Dr. Matthew is a returning guest, her first episode she shared details about the studies she was conducting on grievers and the impact of mediumship in processing grief.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Healing Power of Sadness for Grieving Parents 054

    The Healing Power of Sadness for Grieving Parents 054
    Nov 1 2023
    We all have ideas of how a grief journey should go, the consensus being that the grief gets smaller, easier to carry, as time goes on. In the beginning when everything feels so overwhelming and hopeless, we set our sights on working towards the day that we can make it through without breaking down in tears.
    But have we considered the ways our sadness and tears are helping us? Whitney shares in today’s episode that she hasn’t been giving herself space to feel her sadness, telling herself that she is far enough along on her grief journey that she doesn’t need to feel sad anymore, and what happened when she finally did.
    In this episode Whitney shares that listening to the playlist the she made early in her grief journey, when she couldn’t bear to listen to mainstream media, helped her in processing her grief and sadness. Here is the link to the playlist.

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    26 mins
  • Grieving Mom Turned Holistic Grief Coach Vanessa May 053

    Grieving Mom Turned Holistic Grief Coach Vanessa May 053
    Oct 28 2023
    After Vanessa's son died unexpectedly from an unexplained illness she found herself struggling to understand how this could happen. She used her experience as a nutritional coach to heal the grief in her mind, body and spirit and wrote a book about her first year after her son's death, Love Untethered. She has since become a certified grief coach and works with her clients to help them heal holistically.

    She shares her perspective on why grieving is so hard on your emotions as well as your body and how her spiritual awakening has supported her on her grief journey.

    Vanessa's book Love Untethered
    Contact Vanessa

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    Connect with Whitney directly on Instagram @‌theselfishgriever or at www.theselfishgriever.com
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    1 hr and 5 mins