Grief Support Mistakes - Megan Devine LPC

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2019

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

The licensed therapist shares about the well-meaning but misguided "cult of positivity" after tragedies, emotional dissonance, grief support, having difficult conversations and how she dealt with the sudden death of her partner 10 years ago. More About Our Guest Check out her Refuge in Grief website Her Grief Revolution page on Patreon the writing your grief course and the How to Help a Grieving Friend animation. Her book It's Okay That You're Not OK: Meeting Grief and Loss In a Culture That Doesn't Understandis on amazon here. Or purchase it from her website All of Megan's social media handles are @refugeingrief (IG, TW, FB) Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by MadisonReed hair color kits. For 10% off your first kit plus free shipping go to www.Madison-Reed.com and use offer code MIHH This episode is sponsored by SquareSpace. Head to www.SquareSpace.com/mental for a free trial. When you're ready to launch use offer code MENTAL for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Paul's SquareSpace site for his music and dog pictures is www.Paul-Gilmartin.SquareSpace.com This episode is sponsored by PolicyGenius. To take the hassle and confusion out of comparing insurance policy quotes go to www.PolicyGenius.com and save 40% doing it. WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 426 with my guest Megan Devine.
0:06.5	Today's episode is sponsored by Squarespace.
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0:25.8	But if you get stuck, Squarespace is 24-7 award-winning customer support is there to help.
0:32.0	So head to squarespace.com slash mental for a free trial.
0:36.8	When you're ready to launch, use the offer code mental to save 10% off your first purchase
0:42.2	of a website or domain.
0:45.2	My name is Paul Gilmarten.
0:46.5	This is the Metal Inless Happy Hour, a place for honesty about all the battles in our heads.
0:51.6	Where medically diagnosed conditions pass traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday
0:56.8	compulsive negative thinking.
0:58.7	This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
1:02.0	I'm not a therapist.
1:03.0	It's not a doctor's office.
1:04.0	It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.
1:07.1	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
1:10.8	Metalpod also the handle you can follow me or the show at on social media.
1:16.1	Also check out the forum on our website.
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