LOVE and the Practice of Accepting Mortality with Kris Carr
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
LOVE and the Practice of Accepting Mortality with Kris Carr
“... their love was bigger than I'd ever seen love could be.” -Kris Carr
Today we talk with Kris Carr, who is a multiweek NYT best selling author, has been called a “force of nature” by O Magazine and was named a “new role model” by The New York Times. Kris is also a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100, recognizing the most influential thought-leaders today.
Listen in as we navigate the complexities of grief, loss, and the journey towards healing.
Topics We Discuss:
- Confronting grief amidst a stage four cancer diagnosis and the loss of a loved one
- The significance of embracing grief as a healer and teacher
- Exploring the differences in emotions between personal cancer diagnosis and a loved one's illness
- Reflecting on the impact of mortality on relationships and the importance of cherishing the present
- Shifting perspectives and embracing growth in the face of grief and loss
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| 0:00.0 | I've just sold my business. I'm technically in retirement and I'm dying of stage four cancer. |
| 0:05.8 | And he said, none of this is guaranteed. So you need to make your golden years now. |
| 0:10.7 | Find out what you're more like this experience is, you know, because he said, I wish I'd given myself more times like this. |
| 0:18.0 | Find out what you're more like this is a lot earlier and make your golden |
| 0:23.2 | years now. |
| 0:30.8 | Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to life, death, and the space between. |
| 0:37.5 | Today, I have Chris Carr on the show, and if you have not heard of Chris, you may be living |
| 0:44.8 | under a rock because Chris is a multi-week New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and |
| 0:52.7 | wellness activist who has lived with a stage four cancer diagnosis. |
| 0:58.5 | But it was the death of her father most recently that resulted in her facing losses and |
| 1:05.4 | addressing her grief in a very different way. Her new book, I'm Not a Morning Person, is out now. Welcome, Chris. |
| 1:15.6 | Thank you, Amy. Thanks for having me. So you have been living with this stage four cancer diagnosis. |
| 1:24.3 | But what was different about the experience of losing your dad that pushed you to face your grief |
| 1:30.7 | in a different way? |
| 1:33.4 | We're digging right in here. |
| 1:34.9 | We're not wasting any time. |
| 1:36.1 | I love it. |
| 1:37.3 | I think it was all coming together at the same time. |
| 1:40.5 | So he was diagnosed. |
| 1:48.0 | I was coming up against my 20-year cancerversary of living with stage four cancer. We were in the middle of a global pandemic. My business was struggling |
| 1:56.2 | because of a lot of the choices that I made to really take a step back and be present with my family |
| 2:04.0 | and to be a lot more available. And we were in a pandemic. And so I think all of that was coming |
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