In this powerful episode, I sit down with Blair Kaplan, a leading voice in grief and resilience, to explore her extraordinary journey and the science-backed framework she’s developed to help others move through life’s hardest moments. Blair’s story is one of profound loss, forgiveness, and transformation, and she shares how she’s turned her pain into purpose—empowering others to strengthen their own resilience muscles.
Let’s dive in!
Key Topics & Highlights:
Blair’s Backstory:
Blair opens up about her childhood, her father’s addiction, and the long road to forgiveness and reconnection. She shares how these experiences shaped her approach to grief and resilience.
The Global Resilience Project:
We discuss how Blair and her family started this movement, collecting stories of resilience from around the world, and how it’s grown into bestselling books, a podcast, and a global community.
Blair introduces her science-based “GRIEF” framework:
Grounding in the present
Rituals, routines, and resilience muscles
Introspection and understanding
Engagement with community
Forward movement (bouncing forward, not just back)
The Power of Gratitude:
Blair shares her daily gratitude practice (the “gratitude alarm”) and how it’s helped her rewire her brain for positivity, even in the darkest times.
Travel & Healing:
Blair talks about her healing journeys, including co-facilitating grief retreats around the world, and the importance of community and shared experience in the healing process.
Permission to Grieve:
We discuss the importance of honoring all forms of grief—no matter how “big” or “small”—and giving ourselves permission to feel and process our experiences without judgment or comparison.
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