HeyJaredRestorative Grief with Mandy Capehart
Explore the raw and unseen sides of loss and healing with stories, reflections, and real-life guidance on navigating grief—whether it’s a deep personal loss, an identity shift, or life’s inevitable heartbreaks.
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258. Talking About Suicide (Without Getting It Perfect): The Awkward Conversation That Can Save A Life (opens the original)
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“We accidentally communicate that their feelings are something to be argued with instead of something to be witnessed.” What do you do when someone you love says something that makes you wonder if they might be suicidal? Most of us were never taught how to have this conversation. We’re afraid of saying the wrong thing, making things worse, or asking too directly. In this episode, we talk about how to stay present, why asking directly about suicide matters, how to listen without trying to fix, an
257. Everyday Grief - Finding Humanity in the Ordinary After Loss with Leslie Harter-Berg (opens the original)
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"No one is actually grading you on your grief." What if the pressure to be "strong" is keeping you from being honest about what grief actually feels like? Today's conversation is with Leslie Harter-Berg, author of You're So Strong: On Grief and Letting Go of My Favorite Compliment . After the sudden death of her husband, Ryan, Leslie found herself trying to live up to everyone's expectations of what a grieving person should look like, until she realized there was no right way to carry loss. If y
256. The Grief of Life Transitions (opens the original)
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"Maybe that is what these seasonal transitions are really offering us. Not a chance to get back to normal, but a chance to become more honest about what is changing." What if some of the grief in your life is coming from a transition you actually wanted? In this episode, we are talking about the grief that can show up when life changes, even when the change is exciting or necessary. Sending a kid to college, moving, changing jobs, leaving a community, or simply becoming someone new can bring a s
255. Why Bad Poetry is Good for Grief with Margaret Bryden (opens the original)
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"Living a full life, living a beautiful life, means learning how to carry grief." What if grief isn't something we're meant to get over, but something we're meant to learn how to carry? In today's episode, I'm joined by therapist and author Margaret Bryden to explore the intersection of grief, creativity, and the healing power of honest expression. Margaret's upcoming book, How I Understand It: A Bad Poet's Guide to Mental Health and Resilience , offers a refreshing invitation to set aside perfe
254. High-Functioning Grief: The Life of Saying “I’m Fine” (opens the original)
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“I’m fine” is often less a truth and more a reflex that pulls us away from what we actually feel. What if that phrase is quietly shaping how you move through grief, stress, and relationship without you realizing the cost? Beneath it, self-abandonment can start to look like stability. Today’s conversation explores what I’m calling high-functioning grief; the kind that runs underneath daily life while everything still looks “fine” on the outside. We look at how this pattern shows up in the nervous
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