Juli Wilson: Life After The Loss Of Jarrid

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Mike Foster

Self-improvement, Counseling, Sleeping At Last, Emotional Health, Health & Fitness, Anxiety, Relationships, Inspiration, Society & Culture, Suicide, Annie Downs, Unspoken Podcast, Depression, Addiction, Mike Foster, Rachel Hollis, Education, Therapy, Mental Health

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🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In September of 2019, Pastor Jarrid Wilson died by suicide. He was a husband, father and a prominent advocate for mental health. In this episode of Fun Therapy, Mike sits down with his widow, Juli Wilson. They discuss what grief looks like and the process of learning to breathe again in the midst of this devastating loss. Juli shares with brave vulnerability about the struggle and the hope, dealing with critics and the one thing she would want Jarrid to know today. Please be advised this episode talks about suicide and some may find it triggering.

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0:00.0	Hey friends this is fun therapy and my name is Mike Foster and together we're going to
0:06.6	dive into the messy and the brutal and the not-so-perfectness of our stories. We'll find hope and a beautiful
0:16.8	humanity within it all. This is a chance to investigate our thoughts and
0:22.4	our beliefs with compassionate curiosity.
0:27.1	Because when we believe our thoughts instead of what is really true for us,
0:38.2	we create all kinds of unnecessary suffering. You see, we are either believing our thoughts or questioning them. And when we can courageously inquire about the thoughts
0:46.0	we have thought about ourselves, when we ask, I wonder if that's really true or is it just something that I have made true?
0:56.0	When we are open to the beautiful exploration of our soul,
1:02.0	we can step into the adventure of life.
1:08.6	My name is Mike Foster, and this is fun therapy. Well, Julie Wilson is on the Fun Therapy Podcast today.
1:27.0	Julie was married to Jared Wilson who died by suicide this past September.
1:34.9	Jared had been a pastor at a mega church, an advocate for talking about mental health,
1:39.7	and he himself struggled with depression, which eventually would take his life.
1:47.0	In this episode I talk with Julie about what life looks like today and how she deals with the grief and the questions and what
1:54.2	she would want Jared to know. This is a conversation about suicide and grief and
2:00.7	I just want to make sure that you're aware of what we are going to be talking about because some of it some of you may find it triggering so please use discretion.
2:12.0	I want to take a quick moment and invite you to my upcoming
2:16.3	workshop in June. It's called Strongness. It's here in Carl's Bad. In fact,
2:21.9	Julie was actually at our last workshop. It was so great having her there.
2:27.0	The strongest workshop is just a time to dig into your own work, your story, your patterns that keep you from experiencing the life that you want.
2:36.8	Maybe it's a relationship thing that you need to work on, maybe it's a forgiveness thing.
2:41.6	Maybe you feel lost and confused about your life, you're wanting to get more vision
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