Andrew G. Marshall is a well known marital therapist and I sat down with him to discuss the grief he felt following his father’s death. His understandings are rooted in his decades as a therapist and have a particular clarity I think many of you will find helpful.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How the death of a parent in old age is still a big psychological event and brings up many related losses which are often unrecognised.
- The power of the unconscious, how we can limit who we are and how we are in the world when we only focus on our conscious lives.
- For those with parents who are still alive, this episode is a timely reminder to have those important conversations before they die - don’t pretend they are immortal.
- Be patient with friends and family - allow time, space, commit, endure and try again if they are resistant.
- The power that rituals hold and how they can help us to move through the pain.
- Finally how, despite our fear, when we walk towards our pain that is when we can heal. It takes courage, but fear is exhausting and pervasive and this is a route to releasing yourself from it.
I won’t spoil the drama in this episode but suffice to say there are some big surprises - to do with wolves, rituals and tattoos…!
Support links:
Grief Works app: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/grief-works-self-care-love/id1558867513
Grief Works book: https://juliasamuel.co.uk/books/grief-works
Feel The Fear and Do it Anyway book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feel-Fear-Anyway-Indecision-Confidence/dp/0091907071
Find Andrew G. Marshall:
Website: https://andrewgmarshall.com/
Podcast: https://andrewgmarshall.com/podcasts/
Find Julia:
Website: https://juliasamuel.co.uk/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juliasamuelmbe/
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Produced by Georgie Rutherford
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