The Stages of Grief: Pain and Guilt | Jessimae Peluso

Dying Laughing with Jessimae

Jessimae Peluso

Health & Fitness, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Mental Health

4.6 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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EPISODE 13: The Stages of Grief: Pain & Guilt Dying Laughing with Jessimae In this episode of Dying Laughing, Jessimae unpacks one of the heaviest stages of grief: pain and guilt. Recording from her sister’s garage, she reflects on her own guilt around not being there when either of her parents passed, and the obsessive cycle of woulda’s, coulda’s, and shoulda’s that so often follow us through this stage of grief after loss. She also shares listener submissions about the guilt of missing funerals, making the impossible choice to remove someone from life support, and even yelling at their dogs. Through honesty and humor, Jessimae shows how guilt can teach us something...if we don’t let it linger forever. 🎧 Dying Laughing is where we carry grief together, with laughs in between the tears. Dying Laughing Sad B!tch Spotify playlist: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4oEPcojn4F8tAl93m7O8dm?si=XvGd7MXASIyUh5qSIFUcmQπ=fzUNvYr0SP2oG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CALL/TEXT US: 513-916-0930 EMAIL: [email protected] Outro music: Breathe by Two Person Sex Cult FOR MORE FUN IN YOUR LIFE...FOLLOW JESSIMAE! SUBSCRIBE TO THE DYING LAUGHING POD: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/DyingLaughing⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUPPORT THE FAN CLUB: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/JessimaePeluso-Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SEE JESSIMAE LIVE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/jessimaetour⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CHECK OUT JESSIMAE’S WEBSITE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/Jessimae⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ FOLLOW JESSIMAE ON IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://found.ee/InstaJess⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ BOOK A CAMEO: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://found.ee/cameo-with-jessimae⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friend, welcome back to another episode of Dying Laughing. I'm your host, your favorite grief
0:05.5	guru, Jesse May Paluso. And this week, I'm coming to you straight out of my sister's garage
0:10.1	because nothing says a professional grief podcast like bad acoustics in a folding chair. And in this
0:16.2	episode, we're diving into pain and guilt, the stage of grief that loves to tag team us
0:21.7	with the endless woulda-cuda-cuda-shouldas.
0:24.4	I talk about my own guilt,
0:26.2	like not being there when either of my parents died,
0:28.3	and how guilt can be a teacher,
0:30.1	but only if you don't let it set up permanent camp in your head.
0:34.0	I also share your submissions, which are brutally honest,
0:36.8	sometimes funny and completely relatable,
0:39.2	missing funerals, making impossible choices to take someone off of life support, and even yelling
0:44.8	at your dog, because apparently grief comes with pet guilt too. Pain and guilt can crush you if you let
0:51.1	them linger, but they can also show you where your heart still lives.
0:54.9	Let's talk about it. Let's laugh about it. Maybe even let some of it go. I hope you guys
0:59.8	enjoy this week's episode of Dying Laughing.
1:18.5	Hey everybody. Welcome to Dying Laughing. I am your host, your grief guru, Jesse May Paluso. I am here in my sister's garage because trauma echoes louder here. The sound of trauma echoes louder in your sister's garage.
1:29.0	So I'm making this my studio for the time being while I am back on the East Coast.
1:33.8	In this episode, we're still going along the stages of grief.
1:37.9	This episode is about pain and guilt.
1:40.0	So much fun.
1:41.4	So much fun.
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