How To Deal With Grief and Trauma

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198 Why and How Healing Is Possible: The Episode That Started It All | Rachel Tenpenny

June 16
9 mins

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In this mini-series episode, I revisit number two in the top ten most listened-to episodes: Episode 1 — the very first conversation I ever recorded for this podcast — with Rachel Tenpenny on why and how healing is possible after loss.

Rachel’s twin daughters, Aubrey and Ellie, were born in 2008 and died a few days after their birth. In the years that followed, she made a promise to them: to learn how to heal after loss and share what she learned. She is a grief expert, emotional well-being specialist, and life-after-loss coach who believes — with hard-won certainty — that grief is not forever, and that healing is a choice available to anyone willing to make it.

This is where the podcast began. Four years and over 180 episodes later, it remains one of the most listened-to conversations in the show’s history.

Listen to the original episode: Episode 1 — Rachel Tenpenny | Why and How Healing Is Possible

Also listen to: E50 — Cultivating Healing Versus Coping Mechanism  |  E88 — Grieving Parents 10 Years Later

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Chapters:

00:00 Welcome
00:49 Today's episode
01:27 Welcome to the Mini Series
02:50 Top 10 - Number 2
03:17 About Rachel Tennpenny McGonigle
04:27 Grief is not forever 
06:23 What resonated with me
07:20 Why it resonated with listeners

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