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Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Sherrie Dunlevy
72 episodes
6 days ago
If you are looking for ways to find HOPE, HEALING, and JOY in the midst of your grief journey, this is THE podcast for you. Best selling author, media influencer and grieving mom, Sherrie Dunlevy has created this podcast for women who want to "graduate" from their pain and step back into LIVING their lives on purpose with passion and JOY. Join Sherrie as she interviews authors, thought leaders, and ordinary people who are not just surviving grief, but LIVING lives that are THRIVING even with their grief.
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If you are looking for ways to find HOPE, HEALING, and JOY in the midst of your grief journey, this is THE podcast for you. Best selling author, media influencer and grieving mom, Sherrie Dunlevy has created this podcast for women who want to "graduate" from their pain and step back into LIVING their lives on purpose with passion and JOY. Join Sherrie as she interviews authors, thought leaders, and ordinary people who are not just surviving grief, but LIVING lives that are THRIVING even with their grief.
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Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Does Grief Ever Go Away?

Does grief ever go away? That is a question just about every grieving person wants to know, that's because it's one of the most googled questions about grief out there.

When you have lost someone you love, you can be in so much pain, you just want it to end. And yet so many people will tell you that it lasts the rest of your life. Hearing that can be devastating. So in this episode, I talk about what I believed at first, when I lost my son Brandon. And what I believe now and how I have come to my current belief. I hope you will find it inspiring and hope-filled as you journey through your grief to hope and healing.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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2 years ago
15 minutes 15 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Grief, Children and Schools

Each year millions of children are dealing with the grief of losing a parent. In fact, by the time a child reaches the age of 18 it is estimated that 1 in 14 kids have had a parent who died. And when it comes to helping children through that grief journey, most of us simply don't know what to do.

Grief Illiteracy is the topic of this episode; because when you know better, you can do better in your own grief and to help offer comfort and support to others in theirs. 

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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2 years ago
17 minutes 53 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Holiday Meditation to Feel Closer to Your Loved One

A short meditation that helps you connect to your loved one this holiday season. Return to it as often as you need when you feel the need to connect to the gift that was your person.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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2 years ago
6 minutes 21 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Guidelines that can help you as you grieve

If only there were rules to how to get through this pain and suffering.

If only there was someone that could tell me how to do it the right way.

If only.... (you fill in the blank). 

There are a lot thoughts and questions that come to mind in the midst of your grief journey. 

So here are some guidelines, that might help you understand what is happening, if you are doing it right, how long will it all last and if healing is possible.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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2 years ago
14 minutes 11 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Grief- My Greatest Teacher

Host Sherrie Dunlevy talks about her recent personal journey with grief, as she concludes the year of "firsts". Some of the things she has learned are new, others are lessons she is relearning. All of the things are transforming her life, because as she says, grief can be your greatest teacher.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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3 years ago
10 minutes 25 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
The courage to change the things I can

Now that we know what we can't control, (episode 3 season 3) let's dive into what we can. 

That way, we at least have a way to start working on things that will truly make a difference in our life.

If you want to graduate from the pain, suffering and grief you are feeling, try incorporating a few of these things into a daily practice.

Why do I say practice? Because although these things are simple, they are not always easy to do. We need to practice and not expect perfection.

But one thing you should find if you start practicing, you will feel a whole lot better and have a better outlook on your life.

And that's a great thing.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

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3 years ago
16 minutes 46 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Accepting the things I cannot control

The  first line in the Serenity Prayer: God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Maybe we need to pray for accept those things for which we can't control as well.

Too often we find ourselves stuck in pain, suffering and grief, because we are always wanting people and things to be different from what they are.

We try to control the uncontrollable. And because we put our efforts into that, we feel miserable.

That's the topic of this episode. It's a quick listen with a lot of good takeaway tidbits for you.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

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3 years ago
12 minutes 42 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Grief support is just a text away

While healing your grief is your own journey and personal responsibility, feeling loved and supported as you travel this path can make such a difference.

Problem is, many people are afraid of intruding and so therefore, many grieving people feel isolated and lonely. That's why this episode is so interesting. It allows people to feel supported while at the same time, does not come across as intruding or smothering.

It's a texting subscription called Grief Coach and it's founder and CEO Emma Payne talks about how this service is providing affordable, accessible and personal grief support to people around the world.

To find out more about the Grief Coach Texting service find out more here:https://grief.coach/sherriedunlevy

Here's how you can follow Emma and the work Grief Coach does on social media:

https://www.instagram.com/grief.coach/

https://twitter.com/mygriefcoach

https://www.facebook.com/mygriefcoach

https://www.linkedin.com/company/griefcoach

https://vimeo.com/griefcoach

https://www.tiktok.com/@grief.coach

https://www.pinterest.com/mygriefcoach

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” -click here: goo.gl/rgqzr9

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast.

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3 years ago
20 minutes 15 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
SELF CARE is NOT selfish!!

This is for all the moms out there who find themselves overwhelmed, exhausted, AND grieving. The way you live your life in normal times is exhausting. Add to it what it took to live through a pandemic and then throw grief in the mix and you are literally running on fumes.

Something's gotta give. And you don't want that something to be your health or your mental health.

Self care is NOT selfish, and that's what we are focusing on in this episode with licensed therapist Onnie Michalsky.  


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Onnie Michalsky is a mom of six, a licensed therapist, and a life and wellness coach for Super-Moms who have lost themselves under their cape. She empowers moms to escape the do-it-all mentality and break through the limiting beliefs that are keeping them from becoming their best self. Her mission, as the founder of the Moms Without Capes movement, is to help women discover and fall in love with who they are in and out of their mom hat so that they can design the life they want to be living!

Onnie Michalsky, MA, LCPC

Licensed Counselor, Wellness Coach

Moms Without Capes

www.momswithoutcapes.com

Check out the Moms Without Capes Podcast! www.momswithoutcapes.com/podcasts/moms-without-capes-podcast

To join the Moms Without Capes Facebook Community for moms who want o learn to hang up their cape and love the woman hiding underneath! www.facebook.com/groups/momswithoutcapes

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com


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3 years ago
27 minutes 19 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Grieving the death and the relationship you didn't have

Grief can be so complicated and layered and that is what we are going to address in this episode. When my friend Kelly Cook recently lost her father she asked me if it was possible to also be grieving the relationship she wished she could have had with her dad.

That grief is very real and complex and is something we really needed to talk about and so we did.

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Kelly Townsend Cook is a sales professional with nearly 2 decades of experience in the vacation ownership industry.
Before that she was a news anchor and reporter at KOLR and Fox27 in Springfield, Missouri  and WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio  She studied journalism and political science at Syracuse. She has two daughters Daryn and Alayna and a son, Sam. She is married to her best friend, Kenny.  They owners of KC Squared Real Estate, a short term vacation rental investment company

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at Sherrie@sherriedunlevy.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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3 years ago
27 minutes 57 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
When the world seems to be watching you grieve Pt. 1

When it comes to death, dying and grieving, it seems that most people do their grieving in private. But what if you are in the public eye? How does grieving affect you then? It can be very complex and very challenging.

For the next few weeks I am going to be talking to some people who are public figures in their communities, most of whom I have known through the years from our time together in the TV biz.

The conversations are quite interesting because the way in which we deal with grief, handle the pain, and process it are all so different and yet if you look back at how you moved through, most all can say it changed us profoundly.

In this episode, popular Dallas TV personality Ron Corning sat down with me to talk about the recent death of his mother, and the horrific death of a dear friend and co-worker.

He says all of it not only made him a better person, but he also feels it made him a better reporter. I think you will be fascinated with our conversation. I know I was.

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Ron Corning is the co-host of Morning After on CW33 in Dallas, Texas.  Before Morning After, Ron spent the 8 years at Dallas’s ABC affiliate where he anchored the early morning and midday newscasts, and special events. During his time in Dallas-Fort Worth he has emceed and contributed to more than 250 charitable organizations.  Ron is a broadcaster with 26 years of experience.  He made his way on to the national stage with the WB’s ‘The Daily Buzz’ before moving on to ABC News where he anchored the network’s overnight newscasts, World News Now and World News This Morning, and served as a correspondent for ‘Good Morning America’.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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3 years ago
29 minutes 31 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
STOP saying this to your grieving friend.

When you have a friend who is dealing with some heavy stuff. Do you know how to show up for them in a way that they really feel loved and supported?

If you have trouble finding the right words or doing something that can really help someone you care about, then this episode is for you because there is one thing just about every single one of us has said that isn't helping at all. 

And we really need to do better.

So what is it and how can we do better?

It's all in this compact episode. It's a Graduating Grief 'Brief".

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose, passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com

**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog



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3 years ago
12 minutes 23 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
A new way to keep your loved one's memories alive forever

Have you ever gotten to a point in your grief journey where you can't remember your loved ones face or the sound of their voice and you suddenly worry that their memory will soon fade away? 

If so you are not alone. 

But what if there was a way to preserve their face, their voice, their stories, their family history, their fond memories of life and those they loved? And what if you could access them anytime you wanted? 

Well the good news is you can, thanks to a new app called After Cloud and that is what this episode is all about.

Here's my conversation with the creator Darren Evans.

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Darren Evans is the founder of After Cloud and has been providing technical solutions to Health and Social care organisations for over 20 years, as well as leading the team that rolled out some of the early ‘joined up’ social prescribing projects now widely adopted internationally.
He is passionate about using technology to make progressive change in society with a more joined up, interdisciplinary approach to the delivery of care.

Website - www.aftercloud.co.uk

Insta - @myaftercloud1

Twitter - @aftercloud1

FB - @myaftercloud

To Set Up Your AfterCloud Account:

https://www.aftercloud.co.uk/moments/sign-up?partner=GRADUATINGGRIEF

https://www.aftercloud.co.uk/timelines/sign-up?partner=GRADUATINGGRIEF

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com


**I sometimes use affiliate links in my content. This costs the listener nothing and helps offset the cost of producing this podcast and blog

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3 years ago
23 minutes 9 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
How I grieved and how I've GROWN after losing my wife to cancer

Fifteen years ago, Daryl Powers was living what many would call the American Dream. He had a beautiful wife, a growing family, a great job and had purchased a new house.

Life on all accounts was going great. And then his life changed forever and 3 years later he found himself a grieving father in charge of raising two young children.

What do you do when you feel all alone and you are angry, and sad, and feeling like you have been robbed of everything? 

How do you cope, and how do you heal?

All these questions, emotions and feelings are addressed in this episode. 

If you are a man and you are grieving, take notes, because this is a master class in Graduating the pain of your Grief.

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Creator of Hero Widower coaching services, Daryl Powers helps widower dads heal through grief, build strong relationships, and lead their family with confidence, compassion, and pride.

He co-leads a non-profit organization hosting peer support groups for grieving children, teens, and young adults.

His organization, The Grief Training and Wellness Center, trains professionals to support others on their grief journey and welcomes the bereaved to heal through a natural, authentic, whole-body approach without hurry, diagnosis, or shame.

As an author of the book The Lies Cancer Told Me, a public speaker, and host of Hero Widower Dad podcast, Daryl offers sincere, relatable, real-life inspiration loaded with insight and actionable steps to address failure, success, and the messes in between.

www.herowidower.com

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

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3 years ago
32 minutes 31 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
When you are looking for signs from your loved one, start with nature

Often when we are grieving the loss of someone we love, we are filled with anxiety that wherever they are, they are ok. We also want to look for signs that we will be ok. 

So when you are asking for a sign, you might want to start with nature. The animal kingdom and animal medicine can be quite healing.

Dave Roberts is a psychology professor and he is a bereaved father. His introduction to this spiritual connection to nature changed everything for him in his grief journey. Take a listen to our conversation. I think you will find it quite fascinating. 

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David J. Roberts, LMSW, became a parent who experienced the death of a child, when his daughter Jeannine died of cancer on 3/1/03 at the age of 18. He is a retired addiction professional and an adjunct professor in the psychology and psychology child-life departments at Utica College in Utica, New York.

Dave has been a past HuffPost contributor and has also published articles with the Open to Hope Foundation, Recovering the Self Journal, Mindfulness and Grief, Medium and Thrive Global. He has also co-authored a book with Reverend Patty Furino titled: When the Psychology Professor Met The Minister which was self- published through Amazon on March 1,2021. To purchase Dave's book or for more information click here: psychologyprofessorandminister.com

To contact Dave you may email him at: psychologyprofessorandminister@gmail.com

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com

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3 years ago
28 minutes 39 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Finding the will to live when you've lost just about everyone you love.

How do you live when you've lost just about everyone you love?

When Martika Whylly lost her mom to suicide she didn't want to live. And then divine intervention prevented that from happening. But the anger still took hold. As she lost more and more family members in a short time, she traveled an immensely painful grief journey but has now learned to live her life with fun and JOY.

Now she shares her story and journey with others, to help them graduate from the pain of their loss and step into living with their JOY again too.

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Martika Whylly is the author of Having fun with God, and the Host of the Grieve with ease podcast. Her path to host a grief podcast became clear after she wrote the book, Having fun with God. A personal journey about death, loss and how Martika handled grief.

Website - www.grievewithease.com

To get a copy of her book click the link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Having-Fun-God-Report-Winfrey/dp/0995831106/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Having+fun+with+god+Martika+whylly&qid=1636994555&sr=8-1-fkmr0

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to www.SherrieDunlevy.com/author.

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com

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3 years ago
32 minutes 6 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Pet loss is REAL grief

When a beloved pet dies, the grief you may be experiencing can be some of the most intense pain you have felt in your entire life.

And yet, much of the world won't seriously recognize that pain because what you lost was "just a pet".

Or they may even challenge you and your grief by trying to explain it cannot be compared to the loss of a human.

In this episode, I am addressing this issue once and for all. 

Pet loss IS REAL GRIEF. 

And the pain you feel is real and understandable and can be excruciating. 

And because it is real grief, you may be having a difficult time with it.

This episode is a short but powerful episode about validating that grief and that pain, and hopefully by doing that, it will lead to the hope and healing that comes with Graduating from your Grief.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to https://sherriedunlevy.com/shop/

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com

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3 years ago
10 minutes 18 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Grief and the mess that is left behind

As if losing someone you love isn't bad enough, how do you handle the grief and the stress that is created when your loved one leaves a mess behind? This can be a literal mess of clutter and collections and cleaning out the deceased's property or the mess of taking care of unfinished business of life, insurance, bills, and legalities.

Many people become overwhelmed, and it can create stress, illness, and breakdown in relationships.

What do you do when you just want to be sad and process your grief, and you can't even get to it until the mess is cleaned up? 

You call on Rachel Donnelly. After many experiences with loss, including the death of her parents at a young age, Rachel founded Black Dress Consultants, a consulting firm that helps individuals and families manage the unavoidable tasks and logistics of after loss and end-of-life.

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Rachel strategically manages the unavoidable tasks of after loss and end- of-life so that individuals and families can stop wondering what they should be doing and get back to the things that matter.

If you would like to find out more about Black Dress Consultants, you can contact Rachel at www.blackdressconsultants.com

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to www.SherrieDunlevy.com/author.

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com


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3 years ago
28 minutes 2 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
Why Self Care is So Important During the Holidays

Tis the season to get caught up in the hustle and bustle, stay up too late, over caffeinate and jeopardize your immune system.

The holiday season can be one of the most challenging seasons to navigate when grieving, which makes it all the more reason to make sure you take care of you and your health

Self care is not selfish, in fact, I challenge you to make YOU and the care of YOU, your number one priority. What exactly would that look like?

I break it down in this episode of Graduating Grief Brief's.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to www.SherrieDunlevy.com/author.

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com*


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3 years ago
6 minutes 10 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
How to Honor and Remember your Loved One During the Holidays

If you've lost a family member this past year, chances are the way you spend the holidays is forever changed. Not only have you lost someone you loved, you might have lost your holiday cheer altogether. In this Graduating Grief Brief's episode, we are going to discuss new ways to honor and remember those you've lost that just may create a new holiday tradition and even spark some JOY.

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Sherrie Dunlevy- #Inspirationista, is a best selling author, speaker, podcast host. She is also the founder of the the "Graduating Grief Academy” and online support community.

Sherrie is on a mission to help grieving people step out of pain and step into living with purpose passion and joy.

Learn about the Graduating Grief Academy here:

https://graduatinggrief.com

To join the Graduating Grief positive support community Click here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gradgrief

To find out if you are ready to graduate from the pain of your grief, take the free quiz:

https://graduatinggrief.com/quiz

To order a copy of her best selling book “How Can I Help?” go to www.SherrieDunlevy.com/author.

To invite Sherrie to speak at your next event, conference or to book a "How Can I Help?"- Workshop at your business, hospital or school, contact Sherrie at SherrieDunlevy@gmail.com

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3 years ago
10 minutes 10 seconds

Graduating Grief- Finding Hope, Healing and JOY after Loss
If you are looking for ways to find HOPE, HEALING, and JOY in the midst of your grief journey, this is THE podcast for you. Best selling author, media influencer and grieving mom, Sherrie Dunlevy has created this podcast for women who want to "graduate" from their pain and step back into LIVING their lives on purpose with passion and JOY. Join Sherrie as she interviews authors, thought leaders, and ordinary people who are not just surviving grief, but LIVING lives that are THRIVING even with their grief.