Welcome to episode 13 with Kristin Tappan. She shares about her incredible and easygoing grandmother Connie, the time she survived a 16-day coma and Connie's visit during said near death experience. Yes y'all...a 16 day coma AND a grandmother visitation!
She also shares about something her grandmother modeled for her: maintaining strong friendships in adulthood, which was *key* to her surviving her near death experience. Kristin's experience is so personal and unique, yet what she's learned from grief is universal and relatable.
kristin tappan is originally from la. she found her way to the bay area for college and now splits her time between the two. kristin is a marriage and family therapist, a blogger and as of this january, a podcaster. most of her free time is spent on experiences - whether that be travel, music festivals or quality time with loved ones.
- Intergenerational childhood home / intergenerational grief
- Therapy and the people who won't go
- Not allowed to go to her great-aunt's funeral- Being the first grandchild
- Grandmother Connie modeling adult friendship- Becoming friends with our grandmothers
- Taking over family hosting responsibilities (while grieving)
- Personalized wrapped gifts at Christmas
- Misu says hello (Tiramisu the pup)
- Near death experience dreams
- Hearing what people are saying while in a coma
- Kristin's very first psychic reading
- Self care as an investment
- The responsibility of having an emergency as a therapist who clients rely on
- Being well-loved and well-connected, like Grandmother Connie
- The importance of friendship
- Our shared favorite word embedded in a Lauren Hill song
- Beyond Grief the book
- Allowing oneself to change and feel more thru grief
- How grief can be like a trash can
- Grief does not have a timeline
- Cultivating journaling, blogging, friends and spaces where grief is not taboo
- Openness to love