Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart

"Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but wanting to control it." This week, we are unpacking the misunderstandings between control and clarity to see how it will help us learn to trust ourselves instead of searching for a future we can predict. Links + Resources from this episode: Join the Restorative Grief project Learn about coaching with Mandy Connect on social m...

"Talking about death helped me learn how to live." Playfulness is a core value of healing, and if you don't believe me, I'm bringing backup to make the point! Jeff Harry is a brilliant public speaker who combines positive psychology and play to heal workplaces, help teams build psychological safety and assist individuals in addressing their biggest challenges by embracing a play-...

"When we need to reclaim our sense of power and control in the world, it doesn't take an iron fist." The idea I have for you isn't going to be a reasonable idea for everyone, but if you're interested in it at all, test it out for a day or three and see how you feel. Everything is just an experiment, so if you hate it, set it aside or see how you might adapt it to be a better...

Dr. Kimber is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of the book "Still: Making a Whole When Parts Go Missing." In 2006, her son was stillborn at 33 weeks, changing the course of her life entirely. She became a grief and trauma specialist and now, helps others get tools and learn how to carry their own grief and losses connected to trauma. Listen and learn how to navigate bypassing...

"It is our choice to cry when we want to, to feel deeply when we want to, to numb when we want to." This week, we're strategizing how to respond differently when the shoulds and shame are used to direct our grieving. Spoiler: My ideas are way better than demotivating yourself with insults. Links + Resources from this episode: Join the Restorative Grief Project Learn more about MandyCapehart.com/co...

"My identity had to be pending." Kristof Morrow has a hell of a story to tell you. As a survivor of childhood abuse, he went on to become an EMT, a Navy veteran, and a journalist before settling into his new role as a self-published author all while navigating sobriety and learning to live with Tourette's. Faced with a bleak decision, Kristof allowed himself to go inward, ultimately...

Trey Ferguson is in the business of helping you believe bigger than ever before. Learning to expand our understanding of faith, God, and our relationship with it all means remaining curious, recapturing our sense of wonder, and believing in our own wholeness. His new book, "Theologizin' Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly", is available soon and I cannot WAIT for y'all to read the...

Let's put a little hope into this final episode of 2023! Imagining and reimagining our sense of self with a lens of hope means we can begin to see a new future take shape. Here's a deep and meaningful tool (backed by neuroscience) to help you explore what hope can mean for you. Links + Resources from this episode: Future-self journal from Restorative Grief Coaching Join the Patreon at Patr...

“Anytime you’re thinking negatively, you are blocking your own healing without noticing what you truly need.” If you could reimagine a healthier you, would you make the time to do it? Ann Hince experienced traumatic loss as a young adult and after years of emotional suppression, unlocked her story in a way that radically altered her path forward. Her brilliant work to release inner tension and gri...

Do you strive to keep it all together? Want to ditch that framework for something more helpful and healing? Good, me too. Links + Resources from this episode: ⁠ Work with Mandy⁠ ⁠   – Visit MandyCapehart.com/coaching ⁠ Guilt-Free Grieving ⁠  – Online Course ⁠⁠ Become a Patron of the show! ⁠⁠  for episode workbooks Join the  ⁠⁠ Restorative Grief Project ⁠⁠  on Facebook Purchase my book,  ⁠⁠ Restora...

Lauren Leduc is a yoga teacher and intuitive mentor deeply invested in creating opportunities for others to grow and shine. Her work as a Certified Spiritual Life Coach and Dharma Coach revealed new pathways to wholeness for herself and her clients and this week, we are discussing how a little attention to your chakras can bring realignment as you grieve. Links + Resources from this episode: Order...

You know you are not your thoughts, but did you know your thoughts are not always telling you the whole truth? This week, we're exploring ways to distance ourselves from the belief systems we carry in order to find our truest selves and understanding as we heal. Links + Resources for this episode: ⁠Work with Mandy⁠   – Visit MandyCapehart.com/coaching Guilt-Free Grieving   – Online Course ⁠ Be...

Secondary trauma is a natural byproduct of being human - but that doesn't mean we know how to navigate through it. Author and chaplain J.S. Park is here to invite us into a deeper, more nuanced way of approach ourselves and others with intention as we serve and care for those in pain, grief, and need. CW - This conversation includes topics of global trauma, the Covid pandemic, medical decisions, a...

Negativity bias doesn't appear out of thin air, but with a lot of intention, we can reassign the energy it generates toward a more positive approach to our futures. Here's a great skill to practice! Links + Resources for this episode: ⁠ Work with Mandy⁠   – Visit MandyCapehart.com/coaching Guilt-Free Grieving - Online Course ⁠ Become a Patron of the show! ⁠  for episode workbooks Join the ...

"I'm not trying to shut down this grief in my life - I am accepting that it is a part of me." Nik Goodner is a content creator and creativity coach allowing his own story of loss to inspire himself daily to pursue the life he wants. After losing his father at a young age, Nik recognized that life is short, and he has one chance to flourish and encourage others to do the same. Links +...

Being blindsided by grief is awful, but what if it's something you never expected you would care about losing? Let's learn how to swing with it. Links + Resources for this episode: Become a Patron of the show - Patreon.com/MandyCapehart Learn more about coaching - MandyCapehart.com/coaching Join the free coaching group - The Restorative Grief Project

"Do not be afraid of bareness of flesh, of mind, of soul. But know that not everyone is deserving of the nude versions of you." Deciding to unfold the deepest, hidden version of ourselves doesn't happen overnight - but it can feel like overnight, we're suddenly not who we once were. Arielle Estoria is a poet and speaker sharing her experience of awakening to a newer, freer versio...

We don't forget to heal, but sometimes we need to heal by forgetting. The science is clear enough - forgetting is a helpful skill in our circumstances around grief. Let's unpack how to do so with intention instead of packing things and pretending they're not real. Links + Resources for this episode: Work with Mandy - MandyCapehart.com/coaching Motivated Forgetting Amanda Held Opelt&#39...

"I’ve had to start putting all the pieces of me back together instead trying to silo these little bits apart as if one is more important than the rest.” Kate Boyd is the author of An Untidy Faith (Herald Press, April 2013) and host of The Untidy Faith podcast. Amid her own grief in the pandemic, Kate recognized a need for someone to speak up on behalf the Messy Middle Christians looking to re...

How do you hold yourself knowing you're about to experience divorce? The same way we would face any other impending loss - by going internal. Let's talk it out. Links + Resources for this episode: Learn more about  Cognitive Distortions Work with Mandy! Visit MandyCapehart.com/coaching Join our Patreon! Patreon.com/MandyCapehart Find me on the socials @MandyCapehart

"What I have started experiencing is being able to communicate what my intentions, desires, expectations are in social settings. I now know that if I or the other people don't communicate, I cannot fill in those gaps with my own ideas or beliefs - it doesn't allow the relationship to last or flourish." Cortland Coffey is one of the most intentional, compassionate, and curious hum...

How many times have you heard about the five stages of grief and been overwhelmed? This week we're chatting about all those grief theories and how to sort the helpful from the noise. Links + Resources for this episode: Work with Mandy  – Visit MandyCapehart.com/coaching Become a Patron of the show!  on Spotify Podcasts Join the  Restorative Grief Project   on Facebook Purchase my book,  Restor...

"Life is just one part of this - and death is the other side of the coin - but that doesn't mean we need to be afraid of what we don't yet understand." Caili Danieu is a death doula and intuitive life coach working to dismantle the anxiety and fear we carry around death and dying. Her personal experience with death is as personal as it gets, radically transforming her approach to...

This week, we're dismantling black & white thinking binaries that keep us limited in our integration and growth. The idea of clarity is deceptive when we marry it with control, but if we can invite the both/and of reality into our healing process, we will find ourselves flourishing when we least expect it. Links + Resources for this episode: Work with Mandy  – MandyCapehart.com/coaching Be...

"Once you bring yourself to that vulnerable place - that baseline emotionality - there is a real temptation to retreat." Author Benjamin Perry wants us to know our tears matter for so many reasons, we're losing count. After nearly 12 years of not crying, Benjamin decided to experiment with his own baseline emotionality and pursue a tearful project of crying at least once a day for a...