Reading your newsletter today, I kept thinking, I want to do the same exploration but where do I begin? I’m thrilled that you are helping us take the same, important adventure. Thank you!
Grief is often associated with the passing of a loved one, but grief can also present in many other formats. I’d love to see grief covered from alternative angles, such as grieving a decision you’ve made or a relationship that has ended or changed. I recently made a decision not to have children, and as a result I’ve experienced a lot of grief - grieving a life I now know I will never have and grieving relationships that have been impacted by my decision. Might be something to explore with this community.
For April, some discussion around supporting others experiencing loss and grief would be helpful. I think so many of us don’t know what to do (and sometimes don’t engage as much as we could as a result).
The first topic on Death & Mortality will hit close to home as I’m about to reach the 5 year mark of my dad’s🥺 death in May. It would be great for toy to possibly interview Megan Divine. Her perspective on grief & death has helped me the most.
I work in a hospital and I think about death ~a lot~ (constantly). I’m really fun at parties because I will ask complete strangers “have you talked to your parents about their will/funeral/code status/burial wishes?” It’s not that I promote anticipating grief, but I think there is a lot of pain that can be avoided if we have these conversations with our loved ones (and ourselves!) way ahead of time! Navigating the logistical aspects of death is kind of like creating a city travel guide, only for a different kind of journey that we are ALL going to take. And you make the most amazing city guides!!
Those things are so important! Once you go through loss and realize you can't find their birth certificate or social security card... or you find he had a life insurance policy you never knew about!!!
Completely agree! I lost my mum in my 20s and then completely unexpectedly became estranged from my dad and he took all the promised money from my mum and also all of the things in our family home. I had zero right to any of it. If my mum had a will, this would've been avoided. I tell all my friends please get this organised because my family would've been the last people you'd think this would happen to. It's so important!
Long-time reader, first time commenter. I absolutely love this idea if inviting curiosity and intention into this space, and I've loved seeing your evolution, Leslie. Keep it up!
Really looking forward to this! Have gone through substantial amounts of grief, am on year 9 of therapy, and working hard to ground myself so that I can live as happy a life as possible. I hope we can all find what we need!
I just received a copy of Renegade Grief: A Guide to the Wild Ride of Life after Loss by Carla Fernandez in the mail yesterday so starting with Death + Mortality could not be more timely!! I love the idea of this series and I am thrilled to see more!
Reading your newsletter today, I kept thinking, I want to do the same exploration but where do I begin? I’m thrilled that you are helping us take the same, important adventure. Thank you!
Ah this makes me so happy!! That was my hope! :)
Grief is often associated with the passing of a loved one, but grief can also present in many other formats. I’d love to see grief covered from alternative angles, such as grieving a decision you’ve made or a relationship that has ended or changed. I recently made a decision not to have children, and as a result I’ve experienced a lot of grief - grieving a life I now know I will never have and grieving relationships that have been impacted by my decision. Might be something to explore with this community.
For April, some discussion around supporting others experiencing loss and grief would be helpful. I think so many of us don’t know what to do (and sometimes don’t engage as much as we could as a result).
I love this. I’d initially planned it around mortality and coping with our own, but it’s all so interwoven 💕
The first topic on Death & Mortality will hit close to home as I’m about to reach the 5 year mark of my dad’s🥺 death in May. It would be great for toy to possibly interview Megan Divine. Her perspective on grief & death has helped me the most.
I am also almost at year 5 of my dad's death this June. Why does 5 feel so hard?
Omg! How exciting!!
I work in a hospital and I think about death ~a lot~ (constantly). I’m really fun at parties because I will ask complete strangers “have you talked to your parents about their will/funeral/code status/burial wishes?” It’s not that I promote anticipating grief, but I think there is a lot of pain that can be avoided if we have these conversations with our loved ones (and ourselves!) way ahead of time! Navigating the logistical aspects of death is kind of like creating a city travel guide, only for a different kind of journey that we are ALL going to take. And you make the most amazing city guides!!
Those things are so important! Once you go through loss and realize you can't find their birth certificate or social security card... or you find he had a life insurance policy you never knew about!!!
Completely agree! I lost my mum in my 20s and then completely unexpectedly became estranged from my dad and he took all the promised money from my mum and also all of the things in our family home. I had zero right to any of it. If my mum had a will, this would've been avoided. I tell all my friends please get this organised because my family would've been the last people you'd think this would happen to. It's so important!
Long-time reader, first time commenter. I absolutely love this idea if inviting curiosity and intention into this space, and I've loved seeing your evolution, Leslie. Keep it up!
This is exciting, Leslie!! Thank you for doing this! I lost both of my parents recently so I’m selfishly eager to dive into your first month ♥️
so excited for this! you just go above and beyond, and i can't tell you how much i enjoy your newsletter!
I AM BEYOND EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
Me too!!! 😂♥️
Where can I find the book club readings? Super excited for this series! 💚💚💚
I’ll be sharing each book at the start of each month!! :)
Can’t wait
So excited! Especially for May, July, and September’s topics 🌸
Really looking forward to this! Have gone through substantial amounts of grief, am on year 9 of therapy, and working hard to ground myself so that I can live as happy a life as possible. I hope we can all find what we need!
Thank you for sharing and for the opportunity to dig deeper, together!! 🌸🌺
I just received a copy of Renegade Grief: A Guide to the Wild Ride of Life after Loss by Carla Fernandez in the mail yesterday so starting with Death + Mortality could not be more timely!! I love the idea of this series and I am thrilled to see more!