Friends Missing Friends

About today’s guest, Mark Anthony Lord: Mark is a versatile and accomplished spiritual leader who has made a significant impact in both the arts and spirituality. His illustrious career began as a professional choreographer and director, including a notable three-year tenure at Disney, and he has since honed his spiritual acumen through studying with some of the most revered spiritual teachers, su...

My co-producer Sydney Bauer and I discuss the book PLATONIC (written by Dr. Marisa G. Franco), including: How to have difficult conversations with friends How our society values romantic relationships more than friends How it's totally okay (and great!!) to spend time alone Resources: Learn more about PLATONIC and Dr. Marisa G. Franco here: https://drmarisagfranco.com/ Get in touch: Thank you...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview with Dr. Jessica Metcalfe!   Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated! You can send in your questions to friendsmissingfriends@gmail.com , send a voice clip to our google vo...

About today’s guest, Dr. Jessica Metcalfe: Dr. Jessica is a strategic leadership and workplace culture consultant with a focus on self-intelligence and relationship intelligence. She is an award-winning international speaker and best-selling author who is on a mission to empower and unlock the inner voices of high-stressed high-achieving leaders. As a former dental oncologist and education directo...

Today I talk about empathy, my feelings on it, and how it relates to grief (including how to talk to someone who's grieving!), referencing Brené Brown's incredible advice. According to her, empathy has 4 main parts: 1. Taking the other person's perspective 2. Staying out of judgment 3. Recognizing the emotion in the other person 4. And then communicating that to them And another hot ti...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview with Amy Peele!   Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars and a review – it’s so appreciated! You can send in your questions to friendsmissingfriends@gmail.com , send a voice clip to our google voice number...

About today’s guest, Amy Peele: Amy enjoyed a thirty-five-year career in organ transplantation before retiring in 2014 from the University of California San Francisco, one of the largest and most successful transplant programs in the United States. Peele has a love for comedy and improv and graduated from Second City Players Workshop in 1985 in Chicago. She has been writing for over eighteen years...

After my friend died, I slowly started to lose faith in my memories of her -- she was no longer around to bounce memories back and forth with. So how did I know they were still accurate? Were they shifting over time? And if they are shifting, then does that mean she is slipping away from me? I shared this fear with one of my friends, who gave me a beautiful new perspective, which helped me SO much...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview! Audrey talks about how much her life has changed (for the better!) since college, mental health, and how the vast internet should have more resources for friend-grief for crying out loud! Get in touch:   Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow...

On today’s episode, my good friend Audrey and I talk about: The shocking death of her friend in college, after just cracking open the glorious beginning of their friendship How hard it is to not have anyone to grieve the loss with The fear of complicating the family members’ grief How our society doesn't value friendships as much as romantic relationships   TRIGGER WARNING: The topic of suicid...

Today I talk all about SIGNS -- or messages from loved ones who have passed. Julia Louis-Dreyfus talked about signs on her podcast "Wiser Than Me" (the episode with Isabel Allende), and she said: "even if it isn't a sign -- which I would like to believe that it is -- even if it isn't, to think of it as a sign is okay...it is an affirmation of the mystery of life." That&...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!   Karen and I discuss the dear friends she’s lost, how she expresses herself through laughter rather than tears, and the shock of grappling with her own mortality after the loss of a friend.   Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please fol...

About today’s guest, Karen Cohen. Karen is a career & spiritual life coach, Emmy Award-Winning TV Producer, and certified Chikara-Reiki-Do Master.  To learn more about Karen, go here: www.karenleecohen.com   Karen and I discuss: Her story of the multiple friends she’s lost over the years, and how she’s grieved how no one teaches you how to grieve – and we don’t get nearly enough time off work...

Y'all, I get real vulnerable here. I talk about the memoir about my friendship that I've been working on, and the intense web of thorns that is grief and memories. I ask the really hard questions: by writing about her, am I honoring her? As the memories I write about change and morph over time, am I creating a memory of a memory of a memory of a memory? Am I, in short, erasing her? Get in...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!   Susanna and I discuss: How the media shaped our understanding of relationships How little guidance we receive on how to build (and maintain!) healthy friendships   Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars...

About today’s guest, Susanna Turner (she/her). Susanna was was born in Bogota, Colombia. Along with her adoptive mother, an international school principal from Newton, MA, Susanna has lived in six different countries: Colombia, Argentina, India, Pakistan, USA & Venezuela. She is passionate about telling stories about being an adoptee, growing up internationally, and being a Third Culture Kid....

Grief can completely rearrange your priorities. It can be a sudden, vicious reveal of the most barren parts of your life, leaving you feeling naked and foolish; whose life was I even living? Why have I been spending my energy painstakingly building this ludicrous tower of cards? Have you ever felt that way? That’s how I felt in the days, weeks, and months after my friend’s death, and I talk about...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!  In this episode, Toby Dorr and I discuss: Lisa's children, and the generational trauma after an execution the state of prisons in the United States (hint: it's bad) how to support someone who's in jail or prison   Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Frie...

About today’s guest, Toby Dorr: Toby Dorr is a bestselling author and the founder of Unleashed where she inspires women to escape their emotional prisons and find purpose. She has been featured on Dateline, Inside Edition, Lifetime, Anderson Cooper, and The Atlantic magazine. Her writing has appeared in: Newsweek, Today, Authority Magazine, USA Wire, and Huffington Post. Her first book LIVING WITH...

On today’s episode, I read from an excerpt I wrote about the dark and tumultuous moments, hours, and days after I found out my friend had passed away. If you’re experiencing the aftermath of a loss, or are going through a hard time, I want you to know that I’m sending you love. And if you or anyone you know is going through crisis, you can reach out for confidential support at https://988lifeline....

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview!   In this bonus episode, Jaymie and I discuss: Loneliness and belonging The lattice pie of friendships How to ask a friend for what you need How to support a friend   Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please follow/subscribe, leave stars...

On today’s episode, my friend Jaymie and I discuss: What the term “best friend” means to us The idea of friendships being a tapestry throughout our life Grieving the ends of friendships and the seasons of life How the world often tells us our love and our emotions is “too” much How to support your friends when they go through dark times Our happiest memories with our friends Additional Resources:...

On today’s episode, I talk about: · How no matter how strong, deep, and vicious your grief is, you are NOT overreacting · How we often discount the depth of our sadness (and love) · Megan Devine’s book IT’S OK THAT YOU’RE NOT OK Additional Resources: To Learn more about Megan Devine and buy her book IT’S OK THAT YOU’RE NOT OK, go here: https://refugeingrief.com/book/ Get in touch: Thank you for li...

Enjoy this bonus episode of cut material – or “deleted scenes” as I like to call them – from today’s interview! In this episode, Robin and I discuss: · How you bring your value to your group of friends, but your value is not defined by the group · The guttural experience of releasing her father as he died Get in touch: Thank you for listening to Friends Missing Friends. If you enjoyed it, please f...

About today’s guest, Robin Pollak: Robin is a Speech Pathologist with over 30 years experience. She became an intuitive Life Coach after quickly realizing the way these magical gifts contributed to her work with speech clients. Robin has earned multiple certifications in coaching techniques, including Neuro-Linguistic Programming, which strengthened her ability to widen her practice to include coa...