MwT: Grief Busting with Dina Bell-Laroche, on Behaviour

This is our third episode in this “Grief Busting” series with special guest and expert on grief and bereavement, Dina Bell-Laroche. You’ll remember Dina from her chat with me back in November, 2022.   

Today we meander all round myths relating to behaviour… how we behave when we are grieving, and when we are supporting someone who is grieving. We walk through our common ways of coping with grief. For example, tears are cathartic and curiosity is helpful; grief, like emotions, have an arc they follow and it’s important to respect the arc in order to support the effective processing of grief; we all have our own ways we care for ourselves, and our own ways of grieving… and it’s important to know yourself in these regards… We also talk about the cues that we have that suggest we may need a little more help in our grief. And finally, we explore how taking care of ourselves is an “ethical imperative.”

There are so many other insights packed into this episode, I hope you’ll give it a listen!

I hope you enjoy this episode, the third of five episodes in our deep dive into grief and how dealing with our grief can deepen our joy. 

Episode Links:

Chapman Coaching Inc.

Dina’s company is Grief Unleashed

Dina’s blog post outlining her 25 myths about grief, that we are exploring in these meanders

Rumi’s “The Guesthouse”

Dina mentioned Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor and her book “The Grieving Brain”

Kenneth Doka, “Grieving Beyond Gender”

What’s Your Grief

David Whyte, himself reciting “The Well of Grief”; and here is the poem itself for you to ponder yourself

Article from “Simply Psychology” about Attachment Theory as coined by psychoanalyst John Bowlby

Royalty free music is called Sunday Stroll – by Huma-Huma

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