At some point in all of our lives, we will experience Grief. Thanks to my next guest, we will now have the tools to manage it when it arrives. Kate Doerge — certified grief coach, founder of Penny's Flight Foundation, and author of Reimagining Grief (out June 16th) — has lost her father, her mother, and her daughter Penny at sixteen to neurofibromatosis-related glioblastoma. And in every case, she chose light over dark, faith over fear. She reached for signs, she moved her body, she turned her pain into a foundation that has raised over $6 million for neurofibromatosis research. This episode is about what grief can look like when you refuse to let it define you — and the five actions that can help you get there.
00:00:03 Introduction
00:04:20 Kate's Losses and Her Father's Advice
00:08:55 Losing Her Mother Five Days Before Christmas
00:11:14 Rejecting the Five Stages of Grief
00:13:34 Penny, Neurofibromatosis, and the Love Cocoon
00:27:29 The Five Actions for Moving Through Grief
00:29:50 Movement and the Neuroscience of Grief
00:34:18 Signs, Faith, and Sunshine People
00:45:38 Changing the Language Around Grief
00:48:02 Penny and the Prom
00:52:37 The Book Tour and Penny's Flight Fam Jam
00:59:24 Outro
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