GRIEVING ROOM: Sibling loss, imperfect goodbyes and making space for grief with Leanne Friesen
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“Grieving room is endangered in a culture that thinks it is more helpful to rush past grief than to lean into it.”
Leanne Friesen is the brilliant soul behind the groundbreaking book, "Grieving Room: Making Space for All the Hard Things After Death and Loss."
As the curator of the popular Instagram platform, @grieving.room, she has cultivated a nurturing space for those navigating the tumultuous waters of grief.
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With a profound understanding that grief defies easy solutions, Leanne advocates for the power of creating room for the complexities of grief, rather than rushing to fix or diminish it.
Drawing upon her extensive experience as an ordained minister and grief educator spanning over two decades, Leanne offers invaluable insights into the sacred process of grief, and how the cognitive understanding of loss and grief falls short of the lived experience.
She learned this heartbreaking reality after the loss of her sister, Roxanne, after an eight-year battle with melanoma.
In this episode, we discuss imperfect goodbyes, sibling loss, living the "are you serious?!" era after loss, making room to grieve, and so much more!
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