Sex After, The After: Continuing the Conversation on Grief and Loss

In this episode of Sex After: The After, Amy and Sasha continue the conversation sparked by their deeply moving interview with Norman Buckley about grief, loss, trauma, healing, and the unpredictable ways we move through pain.

Together, they explore the difference between grief and loss, why grief is never linear, and what it means to get “stuck” in pain versus learning how to live alongside it. Sasha shares insight from a therapist’s perspective on trauma responses, emotional triggers, dissociation, rewiring the brain, and the importance of allowing ourselves to feel rather than avoid difficult emotions.

Amy opens up about losing both of her parents at very different stages of life, the lasting impact of losing a parent young, and the profound loneliness that can come with grief. The conversation also dives into joy versus happiness, gentle reminders, expectations, healing, self-compassion, and why being present with someone in pain can matter more than having the “right” words.

This is a conversation about carrying grief, making space for uncertainty, and finding moments of connection, humor, and joy even in the middle of heartbreak.

Topics include:

·      Grief vs. loss

·      Trauma and emotional triggers

·      Dissociation and coping mechanisms

·      Joy vs. happiness

·      The importance of community and support

·      How to support someone who is grieving

·      Expectations, disappointment, and acceptance

·      Gentle reminders and self-compassion

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