Healing Is a Choice: Insights from a Grief Expert with Rachel Tenpenny
Grief & Happiness · Emily Thiroux Threatt
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Show Notes
We live in a time where, for whatever reason, grief is still seen as a very abstract thing, even though it's super concrete. It's super real. It's tangible. It's palatable; you can feel its presence.
In today's episode, I'm joined by The Grief Gal, Rachel Tenpenny. She is a Grief Expert, Life-after-loss Coach, Emotional Well-being Specialist, and the co-founder of Teamotions, teas for emotional well-being. Rachel's grief story is as heartbreaking as inspiring; nevertheless, she turned the emotional damage of her massive loss over 15 years ago into a passion for helping others heal, regain hope, joy, and happiness.
During our conversation full of hope, Rachel talks about how she transformed her pain into tangible healing tools for others, why treating grief as an abstract thing is a mistake, and why we should cultivate grief just as we cultivate fitness. We also discuss the harmful effects of unresolved grief, the need for practical and actionable items for grievers to mitigate grief, and the importance of caring for grievers instead of trying to understand them.
Additionally, we talk about Teamotions' birth, the importance of paying attention to emotions' whole spectrum, the dangers of grievers' vulnerability, and more.
Listen to episode 152 of Grief and Happiness, grab a cup of tea, and discover why Rachel's so positive that healing is not a matter of fate or luck but a choice.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- A bit about Rachel's grieving journey (1:10)
- Why Rachel decided to create tangible healing tools for grievers (3:00)
- As much as grief is individual, we don't go through this by ourselves (9:10)
- What is The Grief Gal, and how it helps grievers (16:00)
- Why it's easy to mistake feelings with facts when grieving (19:10)
- Cultivating grief is like cultivating fitness (27:20)
- About Teamotions' magical qualities (28:10)
- Emotions and feelings tax the body (34:30)
Connect with Rachel:
Let's Connect:
- Website
- The Grief and Happiness Alliance
- Book: Emily Thiroux Threatt - Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief
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