Welcome to episode 214 of Live Happy Now. I'm your host, Paula Phelps, thanking you for joining us today.

Every one of us gets in a funk from time to time, but some funks are much worse than others.

After the death of her childhood best friend, Janine Bernstein fell into a deep funk that she had

trouble getting out of. That led

her to explore her own grief and look for ways to overcome it. As part of that process, she created a new

radio show called Get the Funk Out and now has written a book by the same name. She joins us to talk

about grief, resilience, and getting the funk out.

Janine, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me.

I'm excited to talk to you today because first of all, this is a surprisingly fun read.

I did not expect it to be this entertaining.

I mean, honestly, by the third page, I was like, where was she during my childhood?

I could have gotten into stuff together. I know. I was swinging from those kitchen cabinets.

That was the clincher for me. I'm like, is that funny? Yeah, that's terrific. So now everyone has to pick up the book just to find out what that story was about.

Yeah, this is a terrific book that you've written. And we wouldn't expect it to be as lively as it is when we're talking about being in a funk.

And we all get in a funk from time to time. But the one, the big funk that inspired this book was not your your run-of-the-mill bad day kind of funk.

So can you tell us what started you on this journey?

Okay.

So I had a friend in high school.

We were inseparable.

It was the kind of friend where she gets a perm, you get a perm.

She does this, you do this, you know, inseparable.

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