The one and only, Barri Leiner Grant is here. Barri is the Chief Grief Officer and a Certified Grief Coach with The Memory Circle, a space and place to be with your grief.
When Barri’s own beautiful mother died in 1993, there were no resources available to help her family through the pain. Nobody said grief or grieving. She knew motherless daughters deserved better. So, she created and opened a door where there wasn't one before and eventually started The Memory Circle.
Barri said “I want grief to be normalized. It needs a better place to live in modern day society. Let’s work on becoming more grief literate in our daily lives.”
In this episode, we chat about her mother’s final days in a beach chair eating plums, writing to the dead, how to reframe big milestones in our lives, and menopause.
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Jesse: “Gay and grieving, and turning loss into leadership. Man, I should trademark these!”
Nana: “Bye, bye darling.”
Mary: "Tips from Dead People"
Mitchell: “I do not believe in the myth of blood relations.”
Jessica: “Caregiving is an active choice.”
Kevin: "She worked thru so many things that were challenging for her, because she loved me so much."
Ryan: “Most people say ‘One day, one day I’ll make my will.’ I would make that day…today.”
Amanda: “She just, to me...feels like someone who was always trying to fill this void.”
Anna and Diane: A daughter and a mother on Mother’s Day.
Season 3 is coming back…on Mother’s Day!
Cory: “And for women, I think we’re taught to put other people's pleasure and needs ahead of our own.”
Dana: “Seeing gift cards that say To: Dana, From: Mom in her own handwriting, are breathtaking.”
Billy and Evelyn: “If you want to know me, you need to know this thing about me.”
Rachel: “She kind of knew it was an exit interview of sorts."
Greg: “And I’m the guy who walks around with intersectional feminist hoodies on!”
Mrs. Black: “She’s making science sexy!”
Peter: “I only want you to be happy.”
Lauren: “Though she’s with you in spirit, she’s part of your past.”
I’m getting married this week! And Season 2 is COMING!
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