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Grief Shatters Us, Yet We Are More Beautiful (Kintsugi Perspective)
As I Live and Grieve
English - January 05, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratingsSociety & Culture Health & Fitness grief loss grieve grieving death bereavement dying Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Summary
Our guest today is Melissa Pierce, author of Filled With Gold: A Widow’s Story (written with Christine Fadden).
Episode Notes:
Melissa chats about the importance of self-care and advocates being your own best friend while grieving. She believes the brokenness of grieving relates to kintsugi, an ancient practice of repairing cracked vessels with a gold adhesive, thus making them whole again, but also far more beautiful.
Melissa was widowed overnight at the age of 44 when her husband Dave didn’t wake up on a cold Saturday morning in 2011. As a solo-parent to their two sons, Melissa knew she had to take care of herself first so she could care for her kids - they needed her support more than ever - so she began the work of processing her deep grief and practicing radical self-care to move forward. Melissa has rebuilt her life and established - for the very first time - a deeper knowledge of herself. She is a testament to trusting her gut and standing behind her choices.
Contact:
Facebook: As I Live and Grieve
Instagram: @asiliveandgrieve
To Reach Melissa:
www.instagram.com/filled_with_gold
www.facebook.com/filledwithgold
Credits:
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Copyright 2020, by As I Live and Grieve
The views expressed by guests are their own and their appearance on the program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent.