Grief: How to Move Through Losing a Friend with Sloane Crosley

We Can Do Hard Things

Glennon Doyle & Audacy

Society & Culture, Relationships, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

CW: Discussion of suicide Abby and Glennon welcome New York Times bestselling author Sloane Crosley. Sloane shares her experience of losing her dear friend to suicide and the grief journey she went on in the aftermath. The conversation explores handling loss, the nuances of friendship, humor in the face of sorrow, and living in the present moment. Discover: -Whether the desire to give meaning to a death helps or hurts the grieving process; -What NOT to say after someone dies by suicide and what might help; -The place of humor in grief: when it’s useful and when it’s a coverup; and -The reason you have every right to deeply grieve a friend and the pain of grief hierarchies. About Sloane: Sloane Crosley is the New York Times bestselling author of the new memoir Grief Is for People; the novels Cult Classic and The Clasp; and three essay collections: Look Alive Out There, I Was Told There’d Be Cake, and How Did You Get This Number. She lives in New York City. 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	Okay, Podswad. Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:10.1	Okay, Podswad. Welcome to We Can Do Hard Things.
0:13.2	Today we have somebody who I have admired from afar for a very long time.
0:17.0	It is true.
0:18.0	It is very true.
0:19.0	And I've read every single thing that you have read.
0:22.0	Well, first of all I should tell them that you have read. Well first I should tell the
0:23.4	that she's written. No everything she's ever read. I don't think so. Okay. Sloane
0:30.3	Krasley is the New York Times best-selling author of the new memoir,
0:34.1	Grief is for People, the novels,
0:36.6	Cult Classic and The Clasp, and Three Essay Collections, Look Alive Out There.
0:41.2	I was told there'd be cake.
0:42.4	I almost start laughing just when I'm
0:44.0	reading the titles and how did you get this number? She lives in New York City.
0:48.3	Sloane, you are such a great writer.
0:55.0	First of all, thank you for having me and thank you for reading the script that my mother wrote for you in advance to introduce me.
1:04.0	I was like, how did she find our address?
1:07.0	Okay, we're going to talk today about grief is for people, which blew my little mind.
1:14.6	I loved so very much.
1:16.8	I read it a long time ago before it came out.
1:18.8	Oh, and Gally, yeah. And then I have just been rereading it this week.
1:26.0	It's so good.
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