EP87 Grief Doesn't Have a Timeline: What Loss Really Teaches Us

This one is personal. It has just ticked over a year since my dad, Phil — big Phil — suddenly passed away. And over that time, through my own experience and in talking to so many people who have been through grief and loss, I've come to realise that there are some things nobody really talks about openly enough.In this episode, I share my unfiltered thoughts from the last year — the things that helped, the things that hurt, and the unexpected gifts that grief brought with it. Because grief is not just something you get through. It changes you. It shifts your perspective in ways that are impossible to fully explain until you've felt it yourself.This episode is for anyone who is grieving right now, and for anyone who loves someone who is, because at some point, we will all need to know how to sit beside someone in the mud.Key TopicsHow grief changes you as a person in ways that are permanent and profoundWhy acknowledgement is the most powerful thing you can offer someone who is grievingThe heartwarming and heartbreaking reality of how people show up — and don'tWhy grief is not linear and why the world moving on doesn't mean you have toThe unexpected gifts grief brings — clarity, perspective and freedom from other people's opinionsWhy going back to work too early is something Angela wishes she hadn't doneThe stone in your pocket — Angela's analogy for what grief really feels like over timeConnect with Angela Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mind.your.grit/ Website: https://www.mindyourgrit.com/Keywords: grief, loss, wellbeing, mental health, perspective, resilience, support, death, healing, mindfulness