Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart

This week's episode is an excerpt from my book, Restorative Grief: Embracing Our Losses Without Losing Ourselves. If you've not read it yet, you're in for a treat! If your copy is dog-eared, there is something new in here for you, too. Enjoy! Links + Resources for this episode: Kinnship on YouTube Becoming a Patron! Leave a message for Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart Join the  Restorati...

Slowing down is the only form of movement that allows us to become present; and being present allows us to heal. Sifu Rubia Smolens owns WeiWuTaiChi, an online Qi-Gong & Tai Chi studio with a vision to create accessibility to the very thing that allowed healing and alignment in her own grief story. Links + Resources for this episode: Learn More About Sifu Rubia Listen to this episode on Anchor...

What do you do with yourself when the other grievers transition from acute to subtle grief before you're ready to follow? This week, we'll talk about the difference between acute and subtle grief, how the spiral of grief can support our healing, and what to do when someone wants to push you faster toward healing than you're ready to go. And HUGE shoutout to my patrons! We launched the support opti...

DP Knudten is a marketer by trade and a compassionate listener by nature. In this week's episode, DP shares his experience of loss and hard earned authenticity - both of which fuel the heart behind his professional work and personal growth. Links + Resources from this episode: DP's links My conversation with DP Join  The Restorative Grief Project ,  a private online grief coaching commun...

Identifying when our grief support behaviors become toxic is a beautiful way to self-check our ego and needs at the door. As grief supporters, we want to be authentic and intentional in all we do. This week we are identifying five ways toxicity can manifest in our grief support, and three things to adjust in our actions if toxicity needs to go. Links + Resources from this episode: Interview with B...

In 1985, Dr. Jan Canty's husband was murdered. As a psychologist of 40 years, Dr. Canty has devoted her life to supporting survivors of homicide through education, speaking engagements, her book, "A Life Divided," and her podcast, "Domino Effect of Murder." Her second book is forthcoming as a guide for families to learn how to advocate for themselves and their rights in the wake of a violent loss....

This week, we are talking about five surprising places you may have untended grief, and how ignoring them can disrupt your healing process later in life. Let's talk about how to pursue restorative grief where trauma and loss may be unrecognized. Please consider becoming a Premium Subscriber to our show! Visit Anchor.fm/mandy-capehart/subscribe to join.  Links + Resources from this episode: Jo...

Changes are coming to Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart! We are going to expand our content offerings and have a few other ideas up our sleeve, so listen in and send us your ideas. What do YOU want more of on this show? Links + Resources from this episode: Join  The Restorative Grief Project ,  a private online grief coaching community Read a transcript of this episode at MandyCapeha...

Kelli Calabrese is an author and certified Divorce Coach on a mission of integration & wholeness (my favorite). When her initial approach to healing from her own divorce and more left her just as brokenhearted as before, Kelli's path of heartache diverged into wellness, bringing a new sense of spiritual, physical, and mental alignment to her life and her heart. Links + Resources from this epis...

This week, I wanted to give you a few solid tools for when your footing feels unstable. Moving through grief, we tend to hurry and often find ourselves slipping into old ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving that reinforce the hurt when we want to move into the healing. So this week we are going to discuss how to move into lament and why it's so valuable as we heal. Links + Resources from this e...

Healing is always vulnerable but we can do something about the vulnerability being exploited in our families and friends when we share our process! Today let's talk about how to undermine the toxicity of gossip - you'll also learn my strategy for enforcing my boundaries around gossip without completely breaking the relationship. Worth a listen! Links + Resources from this episode: Join  The R...

Preston is an artist with accomplishments across multiple mediums, including film, photography, music, and fine art. Following the death of his brother in 2019, Preston set out to paint for a year straight to process his own grief and share the experience along the way to stir conversation about how we deal with grief in society. Links + Resources from this episode: All of the links for Preston's...

FOMO is one of those sneaky emotional responses that carries so much more than we realize. This week, we're diving in unscripted to talk through the grief associated with FOMO, how we can dismantle those emotions before they become weapons, and learning to invite impermanence into each precious moment in our lives to feel fully alive. Links + Resources from this episode: The Book of Ichigo Ichie J...

This week's episode is all about the caregivers - both for those of us who hold a formal, professional caregiving role, and those of us who are caring for family members. Bill Cohen is a Certified Senior Advisor living out his encore career, as he puts it, in the world of caregiver support. Unpaid family members are often the first line of defense when a loved one is diagnosed with illness, and th...

Widening our window of tolerance means acknowledging that all of our responses internally are just our nervous systems at work, and from there, knowing how to work with those systems instead of against them. Links + Resources from this episode: Join  The Restorative Grief Project ,  a private online grief coaching community Listen to this episode of  Restorative Grief with Mandy Cap...

Focus with me on the relationships we hold with food, and how our understanding of any and everything in life can change when grief is involved - even what we eat. Links + Resources from this episode: Learn more about Reductionist Theory Join The Restorative Grief Project , a private online grief coaching community Listen to this episode of Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart on Spotify Snag a c...

Jennifer Alemany is an author and wellness specialist based out of New York. A few years ago, the love of her life died and her entire world shifted. Join us for a conversation about what rose from the depths and hopefully, find a piece that can uncover something new for you, too. Find Jennifer on Instagram at @jennifer.m.alemany. Links + Resources from this episode: Visit Jennifer's website: http...

CW: This week's episode includes talk of spiritual abuse. If you are a survivor of spiritual abuse, please proceed with caution. It's time for the global church to embrace grief literacy and learn how to compassionately support grievers in a way that serves the needs of the grieving first instead of the mission of the church. Links + Resources from this episode: Join  The Restorative Grief Pr...

Lovingkindness just might be the practice that unlocks all that grief work you've been doing so diligently! This week's episode is a "part 2" from episode 28 on values. It can stand alone, but if you need a little extra context, be sure to listen to episode 28 first. Links + Resources from this episode: More about lovingkindness outside of grief work Join The Restorative Grief Project , a private...

Darcy Luoma is an executive and leadership coach, speaking all over the world, helping teams create the high performing atmosphere they want in business. But today, she and I are having a conversation about an unforeseen grief event that shattered her entire framework. And her book, Thoughtfully Fit, is nearly 1 year old! Check it out today! Links + Resources from this episode: Visit DarcyLuoma.co...

Our values will influence how we treat ourselves and others in the wake of loss. Which means that by knowing our values and giving them space to breathe, we can shift how we respond to grief and in turn, take ownership of our healing. Links + Resources for this episode: Join the  Restorative Grief Project - we have an entire guide about value alignment & healing Purchase my book,  Re...

This week we're mixing up the format a tiny bit to unpack the grief we experience around holidays like Easter. Please give yourself a break to listen in a quiet place, where you can be honest with anything this episode may stir up. I have BIG love for you out there today! Links + Resources for this episode: Leave a message for Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart Join the  Restorative Grief...

Anticipatory grief is just as painful as the grief event itself - but that doesn't mean we must wait until the event comes to pass before we learn how to heal. My guest Rhys Keller shares is story today about preparing for loss, and it just might be the encouragement you've been waiting for. Links + Resources from this episode: Connect with Rhys on Twitter Meet Your Life Yoda, Rhys Keller Join The...

You keep saying gatekeeping, but I do not think it means what you think it means. Let's unpack the nuance and see if we can't open the door on helpful nature of this concept, too. Spoiler alert: I'm not going to say it's okay for you to tell others how to grieve. So. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #RIPTaylorHawkins Links + Resources for this episode: Another great article about grief & gatekeeping Leave a message fo...

The conversations around the new conclusion on grief with a timeline are wild. But let's look at the gray space here. After all, grief is a gray space all its own. It deserves a little nuance. Links + Resources for this episode: The NYT Article in Question Additional Online Grief Support Resources (besides mine) Leave a message for Restorative Grief with Mandy Capehart Join the  Restorative G...