Host Allison Hare interviews Grieve Better Podcast host, Libby Carstensten, speaker, grief coach and yoga instructor, who is teaching people how to validate emotions and get better at feeling them
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Show breakdown:
- Libby’s journey through grief [2:00]
- Libby’s deep insights [11:12]
- 45 types of grief [15:29]
- Toxic positivity [20:15]
- Feeling it all [28:48]
- Invalidating people’s experiences [39:29]
- Normal vs. familiar [44:00]
- Working with people’s intense emotions [50:23]
- Permission to feel [55:20]
Quotes:
- “We are not promised tomorrow, the only moment we have is the one we are in” - Libby Carstensten
- “Unresolved grief is usually unmet hopes and expectations for life” - Libby Carstensten
- “To live fully really means to allow things to die; not just people but jobs, friendships, relationships with money” - Libby Carstensten
- “Grief is about being able to hold conflicting feelings… We don’t have to choose one or the other. We actually have the capacity to hold both” - Libby Carstensten
- “It’s not about feeling better, it's about getting better at feeling” - Libby Carstensten
- “Any type of suffering leads us to heart awakening” - Libby Carstensten
- “When you choose to press pause or numb out, do it while paying attention” - Libby Carstensten
- “The physical relationship ends but the emotional relationship doesn’t” - Libby Carstensten
- “Grievers don’t want to be fixed, they want to be heard” - Libby Carstensten
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