Navigating Grief As A Doorway To Healing with Kris Carr

Oct 4, 2023

Kris Carr, a New York Times bestselling author and wellness activist known for her insights on cancer survivorship, shares powerful lessons on navigating grief. She emphasizes that embracing messy emotions can lead to genuine healing and personal growth. The conversation highlights the importance of vulnerability, emotional education, and community support in the healing process. Kris reflects on how confronting grief can illuminate a path to joy and deeper self-awareness, ultimately transforming loss into a journey of resilience.

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ANECDOTE

CVS Parking Lot Breakdown

Kris Carr describes a moment of intense grief in a CVS parking lot while dealing with her father's terminal cancer diagnosis, business challenges, and her own cancer journey.
This emotional breakdown became a turning point, prompting her to confront her grief and explore its potential for healing.

INSIGHT

Grief as a Pathway to Light

Suppressing grief leads to darkness, while confronting it brings light and healing.
Unprocessed grief manifests as anxiety, depression, anger, and physical ailments.

ADVICE

Emotional Curiosity

Normalize grief and approach emotions with curiosity.
View emotions as information and investigate their purpose like a wellness detective.

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Loss is something we all have to deal with. But few of us are taught how to heal from these difficult experiences—a divorce, an accident, a miscarriage, a cancer diagnosis, losing the love of your life, or the death of a loved one.

Today on The Doctor’s Farmacy, I talk with my good friend, Kris Carr, about some of the greatest lessons she has learned through her own grief, and how even the most difficult losses can reveal a roadmap to our next chapter of fully living.

Kris Carr is a multiple New York Times best-selling author, wellness activist, and cancer thriver. She’s been called a “force of nature” by O magazine and was named a “new role model” by The New York Times. Kris is also a member of Oprah’s SuperSoul 100, a group of the most influential thought leaders today. Other media appearances include Good Morning America, The Today Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. She and her work have been featured in Glamour, Prevention, Scientific American, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. Kris has helped millions of people take charge of their health and live like they mean it through her award-winning blog, books, online courses, and membership communities.

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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The importance of getting curious about your emotions (5:51 / 3:41)
The moment that Kris decided to learn about grief (7:37 / 5:40)
My recent experience with loss and grief (10:30 / 8:31)
Normalizing our experiences with grief (13:01 / 10:48)
Embracing difficult emotions (19:48 / 16:50)
Diseases of despair and how emotion manifests in the body (28:19 / 24:38)
Prioritizing joy in the midst of loss and grief (38:57 / 34:50)
Practical ways to navigate grief (43:24 / 42:27)
Sharing our experiences with others (57:00 / 52:53)
The message Kris received from her father after his death (1:00:07 / 56:25)

Get a copy of I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart.