Grief Is My Side Hustle
219 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsTrauma therapist, writer and podcast host Meghan, found herself on the receiving end of the same treatments she used with her own clients after the death of both her parents within two years of each other. Meghan hosts a weekly discussion with guests who carry personal loss, professional expertise, and a belief that talking about grief and loss helps provide needed support in a world that finds the topic all kinds of awkward.
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What’s Your Grief: Grief Clinicians Eleanor Haley & Litsa Williams
March 02, 2023 11:08 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBSit down with Meghan as she talks with the outstanding duo fo Eleanor Haley and Litsa Williams to talk about the publication of their recent book–What's Your Grief: Lists To Help You Through Any Loss Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C are the co-founders of the online community What’s Your Grief, one of the largest online grief and bereavement support organizations. Both are mental health professionals with a collective 25+ years of experience working with people coping wit...
Christie Tate: Losing Female Friendship--B.F.F a Memoir
February 23, 2023 23:37 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBOne of the luckiest things is my life is counting the extraordinary Christie Tate amongst my friends. She is warm, brilliant and an incredible writer. In this discussion we cover all the aspects of what makes female friendship so beautiful and complicated. Christie shares the story of the death of her dear friend, which she chronicles in the book, and how that impacts life now. From the author of Group, a New York Times bestseller and Reese’s Book Club Pick, comes a moving, heartwarmin...
Katie Reilly: Writing Through Double Parent Loss
February 23, 2023 14:19 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBIn this episode, Katie C Reilly sits down to talk double parent loss with Meghan. The two parentless daughters discuss the hard lessons learned and role grief has played in life changes. A Former Lawyer found her priorities shifting along with her emotions after her mother's death from ALS and then her father's death from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma soon after. Katie made a shift to writing, and hasn't looked back. Katie C Reilly is a freelance writer based in Oakland, CA. Her writing pr...
Father Loss with Author Natasha Sizlo: All Signs Point to Paris--A Memoir of Love, Loss and Destiny
February 16, 2023 17:41 - 44 minutes - 40.7 MBAll Signs Point to Paris is the true story of my search for a second chance at love and it all happened because of a wild astrology reading. Natasha had hit rock bottom in almost every way in the fall of 2018: She was a divorced single mom struggling to make ends meet, she'd just broken up with the boyfriend she thought was The One, and, worst of all, her beloved dad was dying. Natasha's life seemed to be going from an all time low to worse. And then her occasionally woo-woo but always there...
Shane Phillips: Transforming Loss Into A Comprehensive To Finacial Matters After Death
February 07, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBFirst Steps Founder & Creator Shane Phillips has over 27 years of experience in banking and financial services, and two decades of community service in grief care, Shane Phillips offers a unique perspective on financial issues and death. At the age of 16, Shane experienced the loss of his parents and sister in a plane crash. His parents had no life insurance, no estate plan, a lot of debt, and few assets. Despite the loss of his family and the ensuing financial challenges, Shane graduated f...
Ondi Timoner: Daughter Documentarian–The Last Flight Home
February 02, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBIn this podcast Meghan talks with Ondi Timoner, a documentary film maker and daughter of Eli Timoner about her beautiful, revolutionary film The Last Flight Home. "Behind a white picket fence, on an unremarkable suburban street, we discover Eli Timoner, who founded Air Florida, the fastest growing airline in the world in the 1970's. During his final days, we discover his extraordinary life filled with incredible success and devastating setbacks, and most importantly, an innate goodness whic...
Denise Tordella: Trauma Therapist discusses Grief in Coercive Relationships
January 31, 2023 14:23 - 57 minutes - 53 MBIn this podcast Meghan sits down with Denise Tordella, a trauma informed therapist from the DC metro area who works with women who have experience domestic violence and coercive relationships. Denise highlights the many losses that come living from being isolated in relationships and the complicated grief that can arise as survivors begin to heal. https://denisetordella.com https://www.theferentzinstitute.com
Jay Newton Small: Founder of MemoryWell
January 25, 2023 14:52 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBJay Newton-Small is CEO and founder of MemoryWell, a patient engagement platform and SaaS that is personalizing how health insurers connect with their members. Previously, Jay was Washington correspondent for TIME Magazine, where she remains a contributor. At TIME she covered politics as well as stories on five continents from conflicts in the Middle East to the earthquake in Haiti and the November 2015 Paris terror attacks. She has written nearly a dozen TIME cover stories and intervie...
Sibling aand Pregnancy Loss: Dr. Julie Shaw of Hello I’m Grieving
January 20, 2023 12:58 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBDr. Julie in her own words: "Like every grief story starts.... My sister, Jennifer lost her battle with Lupus February 2020. I was not prepared to lose her even though I whispered to her so many times that I would be ok if she had to leave us. When grief hits, you can never be prepared for the grief tsunamis that bring difficult emotions from the depths of your soul to the soft waves of beautiful memories. I am on my grief journey and figuring out what my life will be like and who I am w...
Author: Jessica Faith Kantrowitz: Good Morning Friends-Gentle Suggestions for The Start of the Day
January 17, 2023 16:13 - 42 minutes - 39 MBAbout Jessica I’m a writer. I write poetry as well as creative non-fiction, essays that examine aspects of my life or the world around me and try to find the deeper meaning and connection in what I observe. I also write about media and culture, faith, and the intersection of the two. I wrote a sort of sermon once and it went viral. I write for places like Sojourners, Think Christian, The Good Men Project, the Madeleine L’Engle Blog, Our Bible App, and Together Rising. I’m an author. I hav...
Death Doula: Mangda Sengvanhpheng
January 12, 2023 19:01 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBMangda Sengvanhpheng is an artist, healing practitioner, and the founder of BACII - a digital space that focuses on end-of-life topics such as loss, grief and death while providing services and offerings that renew our engagement to life. Her life and death work is guided by her Laotian last name, which means “the light of the full moon.” Mangda’s work has been featured in Vogue, Brydie, NY Mag’s Curbed, Chacruna Institute and more. https://bacii.co
Charlene Lam: The Grief Gallery Founder/Curator
January 05, 2023 17:14 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBCharlene Lam is a certified grief coach, speaker and the founder of The Grief Gallery. After her mother died suddenly in 2013, she leaned into her creativity and instincts as a curator to guide herself through grief. That work led her to help other people to process their grief and losses. Charlene believes we are ALL curators after a loved one dies. Her Curating Grief coaching framework is designed to be a creative and accessible way to process grief. She provides grief coaching to help ...
Candace Cahill: Author Goodbye Again–A story of Childloss
December 29, 2022 06:56 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBCandace reunited with the son she'd given up for adoption when he turned 18. Primarily In contact through calls and letters, they met once when he was twenty. Candace worked hard to allow her son to drive the nature of their new connection, only to have him die unexpectedly in his sleep at age 23. In Candance's beautiful book Goodbye Again, she shares with us her experience learning to greive losses that are disenfranchized in our culture. She talks us through pain upon pain, only to ulti...
Priya Soni: Caring for the Care Givers
December 22, 2022 12:01 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBJoin Meghan for this heart felt discussion where two time caretaker, griever Priya Soni reveals how her own experience caring for her parents through their end of life experiences informed how she approaches grief and loss. Priya's thoughtful approach of how to support grievers, approach memories and create a grief care group a beautiful concepts that can teach us all. Learn more here: https://www.priyasoni.net
John Worsley: A Widower Writes his Grief
December 16, 2022 12:35 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBWhen writer John Worsley's wife Amy died, he processed his grief through the written word. He's the author of My Heart Has No Home: A Journal of Grief and Healing, a moment-by-moment account of his experience grieving the sudden death of his wife, Amy K.W. Heil – what he felt, how he healed, and what he learned. Where to buy My Heart Has No Home: Amazon paperback and Kindle / Apple Books / Kobo / B&N and Nook http://www.johnworsley.name
Jon LeFrandt: Caring for Siblings after the Death of His Father
December 08, 2022 14:31 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBJon Lefrandt is Co Founder and CEO of For Grief After more than seven years in real estate, Jon took a leap of faith and began his career in the funeral industry in 2011. Jon experienced the passing of his father and the emotional stress of planning his funeral — through that experience, Jon understood the need for individualized pre-planning and aftercare services. At For Grief, they've built a better way for people to navigate loss by offering unprecedented and direct access to the coun...
Author Debbie Weiss: Available As Is: A Midlife Widow’s Search for Love
November 29, 2022 15:38 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBDebbie Weiss is a former attorney who earned her MFA in creative nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California in 2020. A native of the Bay Area, she turned to writing after George, her husband and partner of more than three decades, died of cancer in April 2013, and she found herself single and living alone for the first time in her life. Weiss’s essays have been published in The New York Times' “Modern Love” column, HuffPost, and Woman’s Day, among other publications. Available As Is:...
Amanda Held Opelt: Bereaved Sibling & Author of A Hole in the World
November 17, 2022 16:39 - 58 minutes - 54 MBAmanda Held Opelt is an author, speaker, and songwriter. She writes about faith, grief, and creativity, and believes in the power of community, ritual, worship and shared stories to heal even our deepest wounds. Amanda has spent the last 15 years as a social worker and humanitarian aid worker. She lives in the mountains of Boone, North Carolina with her husband and young two daughters. http://amandaheldopelt.com
Melissa Lunardini: Help Text Chief Bereavement Officer
November 10, 2022 11:42 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBMelissa Lunardini, MA, MBA, FT, is the Head of Bereavement for Help Texts (previously known as Grief Coach). Melissa has 17 years of experience in program design and development in grief, loss, and trauma for healthcare, academia, youth-based, NGOs, and grief and loss-based industries. She holds a fellow in Thanatology from the Association for Death Education and Counseling. A recognized specialist in childhood bereavement, Melissa strives to remain current with trends and research in the in...
Allison Gilbert: Journalist, Author, double parent loss and 9/11 survivor
November 01, 2022 12:23 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBAllison Gilbert is an award-winning journalist and co-author of Listen, World!, the first biography of American writer Elsie Robinson, a newspaper columnist who came from nothing and became the most-read woman in the country and highest-paid woman writer in the William Randolph Hearst media empire. The New York Times raves “One does not tire of spending time with Elsie Robinson” and the Wall Street Journal proclaims the book “an important contribution to women’s history.” Susan Orlean effus...
Tembi Locke: Actress, Producer, Author of From Scratch--A New Netflix Series
October 20, 2022 11:37 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBNew York Times best-selling author, TV producer, actor, and screenwriter Tembi Locke has a passion for connecting with an audience both on the page and on the screen. After going through a monumental rollercoaster life experience, Tembi put pen to paper and began the cathartic experience of writing down her personal story. This turned into Simon and Schuster’s’ New York Times-bestselling memoir, “From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home,” which was chosen as a 2019 Reese’s B...
Patricia Montoya:Energy Healer, Psychic Medium & Death Doula
October 13, 2022 13:08 - 56 minutes - 52 MBPatricia offers Energy Healing Services and Spiritual Guidance for those experiencing Anticipatory Grief, Trauma, or Recovering from Grief. As an Energy Healer, Psychic Medium, and Death Doula, Patricia has been focused on using her gifts to help those living with anticipatory grief, working through past trauma, or healing from the death of a loved one. https://www.titipoza.com
Author Jessica DuLong: Saved at the Seawall: Stories From the September 11th Boat Lift
October 11, 2022 10:38 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBJoin Meghan as she talks with the brilliantly warm, trauma informed author, Jessica DuLong, about her extraordinary book: Saved At The Seawall. A deeply emotional, and personal telling of one of the greatest stories of hope from 9/11, that you may have never heard before. Jessica and Meghan talk PTSD, brain science and the ways in which writing can help manage trauma and allow us to tell some of the most important stories of hope. “The greatest 9/11 story you’ve never heard.” — Garret...
Roshni Kavate: Artist, Healer, Activist
October 06, 2022 16:34 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBRoshni Kavate is an Artist, Healer, and Activist. Roshni Kavate is the Founder and Creative Director of Cardamom and Kavate, a wellness platform dedicated to reclaiming nourishing practices rooted in ancestral wisdom for collective liberation. She believes grief is a portal to wholeness. Through rituals and storytelling, we can reconnect to our origins and be our wild selves. She sees the path to being whole as a radical art and political practice. The question that guides her is What is our ...
Lydia Fenet: Auctioneer, Author, and Traumatic Accident Survivor
September 29, 2022 12:27 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBLYDIA FENET is a global thought leader who has led auctions for more than six hundred organizations raising over half a billion dollars for nonprofits globally on behalf of Christie’s. Lydia spent over two decades at Christie’s most recently as the Global Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships. In 2022, Lydia transitioned to a role as Christie’s ambassador where she will continue to take auctions on behalf of Christie’s while continuing to grow her media brand as an author, speaker and ...
Ep. 68.Pet Loss: Lindsey Whissel Fenton-Director/Producer Speaking Grief.
September 22, 2022 12:46 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBLindsey Whissel Fenton is an Emmy award-winning storyteller who is passionate about using public media to build empathy. She is currently a senior producer and director at WPSU where, most recently, she developed, produced, directed, and wrote Speaking Grief, a multiplatform initiative that works to create a more grief-aware society; she continues to produce content for the initiative’s presence on Facebook and Instagram. You Can’t Say That, which Lindsey produced, was among eight U.S. prog...
Pet Loss: Lindsey Whissel Fenton-Director/Producer Speaking Grief.
September 22, 2022 12:46 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBLindsey Whissel Fenton is an Emmy award-winning storyteller who is passionate about using public media to build empathy. She is currently a senior producer and director at WPSU where, most recently, she developed, produced, directed, and wrote Speaking Grief, a multiplatform initiative that works to create a more grief-aware society; she continues to produce content for the initiative’s presence on Facebook and Instagram. You Can’t Say That, which Lindsey produced, was among eight U.S. prog...
Jacob Moore: Podcast Host & Founder of No Stigmas/5 Bridges
September 15, 2022 14:10 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBJacob Moore is the founder of NoStigmasand creator of the 5 Bridges to Wellnesssystem. He has been internationally recognized for his speaking, writing and advocacy work in mental health and suicide prevention. As a childhood suicide loss survivor, Jacob's work is focused on trauma, holistic wellness design and thriving despite mental illness. In addition to being an avid user of both nature and dog therapy, Jacob practices meditation, yoga and martial arts to support his mental wellne...
Ep. 67 Jacob Moore: Podcast Host & Founder of No Stigmas/5 Bridges
September 15, 2022 14:10 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBJacob Moore is the founder of NoStigmasand creator of the 5 Bridges to Wellnesssystem. He has been internationally recognized for his speaking, writing and advocacy work in mental health and suicide prevention. As a childhood suicide loss survivor, Jacob's work is focused on trauma, holistic wellness design and thriving despite mental illness. In addition to being an avid user of both nature and dog therapy, Jacob practices meditation, yoga and martial arts to support his mental wellne...
Ep. 66 Gina Moffa: Therapist and Author
September 01, 2022 12:42 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBGina Moffa in her own words: I want to help people understand, explore, and heal from painful experiences. This includes grief and loss, trauma, life patterns that just aren’t working, anxiety that feels debilitating, and transitions that have been more challenging. Perhaps you know you have to make a change in your life, but just don’t know what it is or where to begin. I’m truly humbled by my work in helping people to find their way. Every day I’m moved and thankful for the trust and fait...
Gina Moffa: Therapist and Author
September 01, 2022 12:42 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBGina Moffa in her own words: I want to help people understand, explore, and heal from painful experiences. This includes grief and loss, trauma, life patterns that just aren’t working, anxiety that feels debilitating, and transitions that have been more challenging. Perhaps you know you have to make a change in your life, but just don’t know what it is or where to begin. I’m truly humbled by my work in helping people to find their way. Every day I’m moved and thankful for the trust and fait...
Ep. 65. Giving Hope: Elena Lister, MD & Michael Schwartzman, PhD
August 23, 2022 12:09 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBIn this episode I talk with Dr. Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman, PhD about their New Book–Giving Hope: Conversations with Children About Illness, Death and Loss. The book is for any adult who may be taking care of a child. It offers compassionate and comprehensive guidance on how to understand oneself and the child facing impending loss or a loss that has occurred. We discuss how to have conversations with a child about death itself and many kinds of losses including of an immediate fa...
Giving Hope: Elena Lister, MD & Michael Schwartzman, PhD
August 23, 2022 12:09 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBIn this episode I talk with Dr. Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman, PhD about their New Book–Giving Hope: Conversations with Children About Illness, Death and Loss. The book is for any adult who may be taking care of a child. It offers compassionate and comprehensive guidance on how to understand oneself and the child facing impending loss or a loss that has occurred. We discuss how to have conversations with a child about death itself and many kinds of losses including of an immediate fa...
Ep. 64. Jenny Lisk: Author & Podcast Host of The Widowed Parent
August 10, 2022 06:30 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBJenny Lisk is an award-winning author and widowed mom who is dedicated to helping widowed parents increase their family's well-being. Her book, Future Widow, and her show, The Widowed Parent Podcast, bring much-needed resources to widowed parents, helping them feel less lost and alone. https://jennylisk.com
Jenny Lisk: Author & Podcast Host of The Widowed Parent
August 10, 2022 06:30 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBJenny Lisk is an award-winning author and widowed mom who is dedicated to helping widowed parents increase their family's well-being. Her book, Future Widow, and her show, The Widowed Parent Podcast, bring much-needed resources to widowed parents, helping them feel less lost and alone. https://jennylisk.com
Ep. 63. Tracey Schors, PhD: How the Brain and Body Drive feelings and Behavior
August 04, 2022 07:47 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn Everyday Trauma, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors examines trauma with a focus on its pervasive nature—how it can happen at any time, through big or small events, and how it often reappears in the form of encoded memory. Her research reveals that when we are reminded of our trauma, reliving that tragic moment copies yet another memory of it in our brain, making it that much more difficult to forget. Dr. Shors also explores the neuroscience behind why women in particular are more vulnerable...
Tracey Schors, PhD: How the Brain and Body Drive feelings and Behavior
August 04, 2022 07:47 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIn Everyday Trauma, neuroscientist Dr. Tracey Shors examines trauma with a focus on its pervasive nature—how it can happen at any time, through big or small events, and how it often reappears in the form of encoded memory. Her research reveals that when we are reminded of our trauma, reliving that tragic moment copies yet another memory of it in our brain, making it that much more difficult to forget. Dr. Shors also explores the neuroscience behind why women in particular are more vulnerable...
Ep. 62. Rebecca Woolf: All of this-A Memoir of Death and Desire
July 28, 2022 07:13 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBWriter Rebecca Woolf had just asked her husband for a divorce when he is suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer. In this stunning memoir she invites us in to the complicated truth coming into yourself and a new understanding of love, sex, and living forward after loss. Learn more about her here: https://rebeccawoolf.com https://www.romper.com/profile/rebecca-woolf-63961506
Rebecca Woolf: All of this-A Memoir of Death and Desire
July 28, 2022 07:13 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBWriter Rebecca Woolf had just asked her husband for a divorce when he is suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer. In this stunning memoir she invites us in to the complicated truth coming into yourself and a new understanding of love, sex, and living forward after loss. Learn more about her here: https://rebeccawoolf.com https://www.romper.com/profile/rebecca-woolf-63961506
Ep. 61. Returning to Work after Loss: Aaron C
July 20, 2022 15:11 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBJoin my conversation with Aaron C as he shares his experience returning to work after the death of his wife Tiffany from Covid at age 46.
Returning to Work after Loss: Aaron C
July 20, 2022 15:11 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBJoin my conversation with Aaron C as he shares his experience returning to work after the death of his wife Tiffany from Covid at age 46.
Ep. 61. Aaron C
July 20, 2022 12:23 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWidower Aaron C., shares with Meghan his experience going back to work after the death of his 46 year old wife from Covid 18 months ago. Meghan and Aaron talk discuss how well meaning, caring people can get grief so wrong, and the importance of creating grief informed workplaces.
Aaron C
July 20, 2022 12:23 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBWidower Aaron C., shares with Meghan his experience going back to work after the death of his 46 year old wife from Covid 18 months ago. Meghan and Aaron talk discuss how well meaning, caring people can get grief so wrong, and the importance of creating grief informed workplaces.
Stephanie Foster: Comedian--Without Rhyme Nor Reason Tour
July 12, 2022 12:06 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBWithout Rhyme Nor Reason Comedy Tour Kicks Off in Support of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Among Young Women Led by Stephanie Foster, the Tour's Lineup of Female Comedians Will Perform at Sorority Houses Across the Country Comedian and mental health advocate Stephanie Foster 's comedy tour boasts an all-female lineup includes Xazmin Garza, Courtney Bee, Brittany Schmitt, Dicey, Jalisa Robinson, Ryan Rogers, and Nicole Tran – comedians with diverse viewpoints who are all coming...
Ep. 60. Stephanie Foster: Comedian--Without Rhyme Nor Reason Tour
July 12, 2022 12:06 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBWithout Rhyme Nor Reason Comedy Tour Kicks Off in Support of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Among Young Women Led by Stephanie Foster, the Tour's Lineup of Female Comedians Will Perform at Sorority Houses Across the Country Comedian and mental health advocate Stephanie Foster 's comedy tour boasts an all-female lineup includes Xazmin Garza, Courtney Bee, Brittany Schmitt, Dicey, Jalisa Robinson, Ryan Rogers, and Nicole Tran – comedians with diverse viewpoints who are all coming...
Stephanie Foster: Comedian--Without Rhyme Nor Reason Tou
July 12, 2022 12:06 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBWithout Rhyme Nor Reason Comedy Tour Kicks Off in Support of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Among Young Women Led by Stephanie Foster, the Tour's Lineup of Female Comedians Will Perform at Sorority Houses Across the Country Comedian and mental health advocate Stephanie Foster 's comedy tour boasts an all-female lineup includes Xazmin Garza, Courtney Bee, Brittany Schmitt, Dicey, Jalisa Robinson, Ryan Rogers, and Nicole Tran – comedians with diverse viewpoints who are all coming...
Ep. 59. Nancy Green: Pet Loss
June 30, 2022 09:38 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBToday Meghan Talks with Nancy Green, RN, BS, CPC, ELI-MP, Grief Coach, Pet Chaplain, Ordained Minister, ELI-MP Nancy shares with us her own experience with pet loss, loving animals and serving the pet loss community. She is trained across multilevel grief work platform and brings spiritual seeking to her work. You can find more about Nancy at her platform Speaking of Grief https://www.instagram.com/speakingofgrief/ Sowing Seeds of HOPE after Loss. Grief is about more than death. Grief i...
Nancy Green: Pet Loss
June 30, 2022 09:38 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBToday Meghan Talks with Nancy Green, RN, BS, CPC, ELI-MP, Grief Coach, Pet Chaplain, Ordained Minister, ELI-MP Nancy shares with us her own experience with pet loss, loving animals and serving the pet loss community. She is trained across multilevel grief work platform and brings spiritual seeking to her work. You can find more about Nancy at her platform Speaking of Grief https://www.instagram.com/speakingofgrief/ Sowing Seeds of HOPE after Loss. Grief is about more than death. Grief i...
Ep. 58. Mark Chesnut: Author of Prepare For Departure
June 21, 2022 17:38 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBAt an early age, award-winning travel writer, Mark Chesnut, learned to dodge discomfort by jumping on the nearest plane, bus or car. That tactic proved especially useful when his single mother made it clear that there was no room for discussion about his gay identity. Mark, overwhelmed with wanderlust, shoplifts in airports, avoids Southern Baptist salvation, acts like Hillary Clinton in a nursing home, and dresses in drag with his grandfather. He even creates an imaginary airline and flies...
Mark Chesnut: Author of Prepare For Departure
June 21, 2022 17:38 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBAt an early age, award-winning travel writer, Mark Chesnut, learned to dodge discomfort by jumping on the nearest plane, bus or car. That tactic proved especially useful when his single mother made it clear that there was no room for discussion about his gay identity. Mark, overwhelmed with wanderlust, shoplifts in airports, avoids Southern Baptist salvation, acts like Hillary Clinton in a nursing home, and dresses in drag with his grandfather. He even creates an imaginary airline and flies...