What Happens to Childhood Grief When You Grow Up?

We’re on break, creating all new episodes for season 3. In the meantime, here’s one of our favorite episodes from the past year. See you soon.

Our early childhood experiences of grief - and how our family systems dealt with loss - have a huge impact on our adult behaviors and relationships. This week, author Allyson Dinneen (Notes from Your Therapist) joins me as we discuss generational grief stories. We also have the first of many conversations addressing your number one most asked question: how does a grieving therapist (or another healthcare provider) go back to work?

About this week’s guest:

Allyson Dinneen is a marriage and family therapist, author, and the creator of the immensely popular Instagram account, Notes from Your Therapist - which is also the name of her recent book. Allyson’s work has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and more. Find her on IG @notesfromyourtherapist

Questions to Carry with you:

Exploring the risks and rewards of telling the truth

Notable quotes:

“I plan to keep my conversation going with grief my whole life.” - psychotherapist Allyson Dinneen

References:

Megan and Allyson discuss a question from a previous episode that aired on January 3rd. That episode is linked HERE.

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