Episodes
Friday Apr 16, 2021
E192 - Mike Bernhardt - Voices of the Grieving Heart
Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
When Mike Bernhardt’s wife died in 1991, he turned to writing poetry as a tool of healing. He later solicited the poetry of other people whose loved ones had died, receiving hundreds of submissions from around the world. The result was Voices of the Grieving Heart, first published in 1994. The new, expanded edition contains over 160 selected poems, essays, and images by 83 contributors who share their journeys through loss, grief, and transformation. After retiring in 2016 from a career in IT, he began to write a travel blog and essays. His award-winning work has appeared in Deep Travel: Souvenirs from the Inner Journey, DIVER Magazine, and many other print and online publications.
In this episode we talk about meeting this first wife, her death, his grieving process, dating after loss, writing his book, grief dreams in the book, and his grief dreams of his wife.
You can find more about Mike here: https://mikebernhardt.net
Friday Sep 04, 2020
E169 - Barron Steffen - The Final Gift
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Friday Sep 04, 2020
Barron Steffen is a longtime student on the spiritual path of Siddha Yoga, a big band crooner, and a widower. He has been a big wave surfer, a 1980s Italian pop singer, and an award-winning elementary school teacher. Steffen has now fully transitioned from the elementary school classroom to his company, The Yoga of Mindset, where he teaches children and adults how to use their thoughts so they're not used by them. Barron recently published the book The Final Gift of the Beloved: Her Disappearance-13 Days
In this episode we talk about his interest in Siddha Yoga, the death of his wife, the 13 days after, finding meaning after the loss, his book, and grief dreams of his wife.
You can find more about Barron here https://www.barronsteffen.com/
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Episode 94 - Gary Andrews - Doodle A Day
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Wednesday Nov 28, 2018
Gary Andrews is an illustrator and animator who worked on Fireman Sam and for Disney. After his wife Joy died of Sepsis in 2017, he started to doodle his grief and share it on social media. His social media now has a world wide following. In this episode we talk about his love of art, his wife joy, her death, his and his children’s grief, doodle a day, and grief dreams he has had.
You can find more about Gary on Instagram and Twitter @garyscribbler
News article on him - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45893376
Video of his 2 minute animation of his life and loss - https://youtu.be/ViJw1vssKiU