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Abbie Schiller on Identity Grief: What It Is and How To Move Through It

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Author and goal coach Abbie Schiller guest-hosts this episode to talk about one of the lesser-known forms of grieving: identity grief. Whether you are a mother whose child just went off to college or someone switching careers, if you have ever felt unmoored after a major life change, this episode is for you. Schiller explains how identity grief shows up across an entire lifetime, not just midlife, why it hits some of us harder than others, and gives a framework for moving through it, not just around it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When you are pioneering anything or introducing new ideas to the culture, you get criticized.

0:09.0

You do?

0:10.0

Yeah. Did you hear about that?

0:12.0

I didn't find the one. I found someone I respected and we made it the one.

0:17.0

In a sort of longing kind of view of love, people understand each other as if by magic.

0:22.4

Nothing in itself is addictive on one hand. And in the hand, everything could be addictive if

0:27.2

there's an emptiness in that person that needs to be filled. I now know that nobody changes

0:32.5

until they change their energy. And when you change your energy, you change your life.

0:38.1

I'm Gwyneth Peltro. This is the Goop Podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture

0:44.4

changers, creatives, founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers. Here to start

0:51.6

conversations, because simply asking questions and listening has the power

0:56.1

to change the way we see the world.

0:58.7

Here we go.

1:00.9

Today we're joined again by goal coach, author, speaker, and my very old friend, Abby Schiller.

1:08.7

This is Abby's fourth time on the podcast, and in each of her conversations

1:12.7

with us, she's explored different ways we move through change, whether it's processing

1:17.9

emotions around loss, setting meaningful goals to create a life we like, or figuring out what's

1:25.1

next at the end of a hard year. In this episode, she introduces the

1:29.3

idea of identity grief, something that many of us experience but don't always have language for.

1:36.1

It's the kind of grief that can show up when a role ends, when a chapter closes, or when

1:42.7

the version of ourselves we've known for a long time disappears.

1:47.3

And this time of year, graduations, transitions, the art of something new, can bring that feeling into sharper focus.

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