Interview with "Sealion" Bryan Martin

Today my guest is Bryan Martin, aka Sea Lion Bryan, who is an animal care and training specialist, widower, and fantastic dancer who can be found on TikTok and Instagram @sealionbryan

We talked about:

- Being with his partner Clayton for four years. After Bryan’s dad passed away, four months later Clayton got a fungal infection and he had an adverse response to the medication that cause acute liver failure. He became Clayton’s caregiver for the following 8 months until he passed away.
- It wasn’t until 2020 when Bryan noticed how many people were grieving that he felt it was time to share with more people online.
- Clayton’s wild sense of humor, how it still informs Bryan’s own humor, and why dead husband jokes are funny
- Why Deadpool is the patron saint of widows
- Being ghosted on a date after being literally ghosted by your partner
- Widows laugh because the world is ridiculous
- The weird connotation widow/er has (it make it sound like we did it)
- If you’ve used comedy to cope in other areas of your life, you’ll probably use it to cope with grief too
- Using reverse psychology on the universe to get what you want
- The difference between positivity and toxic positivity (something Bryan has been accused of)
- The beauty of authenticity
- We don’t talk about preparing for death enough because of shame and fear
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