When Grief Finds You - Grief Part III | #109

Nov 24, 2025

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Louie shares a dream about his late partner that cracks open a huge conversation about grief, avoidance, triggers, and what it means to actually move forward. Michael challenges him, things get tense, and it turns into one of our most honest episodes yet.

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In this deeply personal episode of Second Hand Therapy, we unpack dreams, grief, unresolved emotions, and the complicated ways they show up in everyday life. Louie opens up about a dream involving his late partner and how it challenged his beliefs around meaning, symbolism, and emotional closure. Michael pushes back with questions about avoidance, grief processing, and what it means to “move forward” after loss.

Together, we explore:

How dreams connect to subconscious processing
The difference between honoring grief vs. being defined by it
Avoidance, emotional triggers, and why they resurface years later
How unresolved childhood and adult grief compounds
Moving forward without “leaving someone behind”
What it looks like when grief unexpectedly “finds you”

This episode is a vulnerable, honest look at grief, trauma, emotional regulation, subconscious processing, healing, and the messiness of being human—delivered with the same humor, tension, and real friendship you expect from this show.

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