17: Josefina's Journeys II: The Care & Keeping of Grief

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

On this very special episode, Allison and Mary talk with Allison Marek, a psychotherapist specializing in working with people with eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and trauma. After we Meet Allison, she teaches us about the enneagram and shares her journey with American Girl. Allison then offers her professional perspective on the death of Mrs. Montoya, Mr. Montoya's unhealthy communication style, and Josefina's feelings of shame. This episode also includes insights into how you can be a good friend to someone who is grieving and healthy ways to process your emotions. Don't miss this conclusion to our summertime sadness and coverage of Josefina.

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0:00.0	Andrew was at an age where he was experimenting with cold water therapy.
0:04.4	And Andrew was also at an age where he was experimenting with manscaping.
0:10.4	Hmm. So when he discovered he could save up to 40% in the Amazon Black Friday week
0:15.6	He got a Braun IPL hair removal device and now he's sharing his silky smooth
0:21.1	Dad Bod with his friends at the Coldwater plunge.
0:24.0	Share the joy this Amazon Black Friday week with up to 40% off,
0:27.6	hence 27th of November, this is Mary. We're back with a new kind of episode today.
0:45.0	We teased in the Mailback episode that we wanted to do some care and keeping of view shows
0:50.0	based on topics of interest to our listeners.
0:52.0	We've heard from many of you about the ways that based on topics of interest to our listeners.
0:53.0	We've heard from many of you about the ways the Hosifina books made you think about grief,
0:57.8	both how it's depicted in the books and how it made you reflect on moments of grief
1:02.0	in your own lives.
1:03.9	We heard from a listener who is interested in sharing her knowledge on this, and she
1:08.0	graciously made time to talk to us about how grief plays out in these books, and how we might be kind to ourselves and our friends who are grieving.
1:17.2	Our guest is Allison Merrick, a psychotherapist in private practice
1:20.9	specializing in shame, trauma, and eating disorders.
1:24.8	She is also clinical director of an eating disorder treatment center in Houston, Texas.
1:29.6	Let's go now to our conversation with Allison Merrick. Hey Allison, this is Mary.
1:43.0	Hi.
1:44.6	Oh my God, I'm like fan-girling right now.
1:46.7	Hi.
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