167 // Grief and Continuing Bonds

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 167 of The Mindful Kind podcast.

In this episode, I've shared my thoughts on grief, including the 5 stages of grief and continuing bonds.

You'll learn more about the 5 stages of grief (according to Elizabeth Kubler-Ross), including: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness and acceptance.

I've also discussed the potential importance of continuing bonds and how I've used them to cope with my own grief. You'll hear about examples of continuing bonds, some benefits of them and how they can be helpful when dealing with grief.

Thank you so much for listening and I hope you have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.3	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.9	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.7	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.6	mindful techniques.
0:29.6	Hello and welcome to episode 167 of the Mindful Kind podcast. In this episode, I'd like to talk about grief, particularly
0:41.4	the concept of continuing bonds. After my granddad passed away a few weeks ago, I experienced grief
0:49.2	in a range of different ways. I felt grateful to have known him and happy to have had so many wonderful memories.
0:56.8	I felt shocked. I felt sad. I felt angry about different things. I tried to hold it all together
1:03.9	and then I went to bed and just cried, like really, really ugly cried. It's been exhausting sometimes. I spoke at Grandad's
1:14.1	funeral with my brother and sister and being there with so many friends and family felt really
1:19.2	bittersweet. On one hand, it was so hard to be saying goodbye in that way and on the other hand,
1:25.3	it was really comforting to remember him. After such an emotional
1:29.8	week I was feeling really vulnerable and I booked in to go and see a psychologist so I could talk
1:35.7	and reflect and check in. I'm really glad that I did because as we were talking she mentioned
1:41.1	this concept of continuing bonds and straight away it just resonated with
1:45.7	me. Since Grandad passed away, I've been getting out of bed in the mornings, making a coffee and
1:51.7	going to sit outside to watch the birds, which was something I remember him doing quite a lot.
1:57.5	It felt nice to be connected by this meaningful routine, like I was carrying on this special
2:03.5	tradition that I'd learned from him.
2:06.3	And that can be an example of continuing a bond with someone even after they've gone.
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