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Feeling alone in your grief? Join Dr's Gloria and Heidi Horsley and their guest Debbie Augenthaler for practical insights and simple suggestions for healing. She is a bereaved spouse and […] The post Debbie Augenthaler: Dealing With Life Altering Loss appeared first on Open to Hope.
Debbie is a psychotherapist with a private practice in New York City, where she has specialized in trauma, grief, and loss. Interweaving eastern philosophy, energy healing, and spiritual practices from cultures around the world, Debbie bridges together traditions of ancient and modern, east and west, the wisdom of the ages, and the many different ways people have ritualized grief and healing. She uses time-honored practices to inform the tools she shares with readers and clients.Debbie holds a deep curiosity and interest in how people have been dealing with grief and loss since the beginning of time. She helps normalize common feelings and experiences for people who are grieving, and holds space for each of us to experience grief in our own way and time, because grief is not linear. There are many gifts that accompany loss, including spiritual awakenings, discovering the connection with forever love, developing deep compassion, and grateful appreciation for the blessings along the way - from grief to healing to transformation and joy. Debbie has walked this path throughout her life and wants to help you on your path from grief to joy.Prior to becoming a therapist she had a successful career in the financial industry for over twenty years. Debbie has a Master's Degree in Counseling for Mental Health and Wellness from New York University and completed a two year post-graduate Advanced Trauma Studies program at the Institute of Contemporary Psychotherapy. In 2012 she received the NYU Steinhardt Award for Outstanding Clinical Service. Her book, "You Are Not Alone" is the 2018 Winner of the Foreword INDIES 2018 Book Awards, Grief/Grieving, and an Award Finalist in Health: Psychology/Mental Health 2019 International Book Awards. With the connection of a shared experience, Debbie guides the reader through grief to transformation and a new beginning.Website: https://www.debbieaugenthaler.com
Sharon Prentice is a psychotherapist, spiritual counselor, and author of the book Becoming Starlight: A Shared Death Journey from Darkness and Light. Her journey includes having lost her daughter, and her husband, and then having a shared death experience with him when he passed away. At the time, she experienced the presence of the divine, and was instilled with a sense that everything (including the passing of two people she loved so much) was just as it should be. I’m thrilled to have her on the podcast to talk about her shared death experience, and how that event shifted so many things in her life. Inspired by the Immense Love She Felt in a Shared Death Experience One of the things that Sharon shares in her book and on the show is that at the time of her husband’s passing, she was still incredibly angry and upset with God for the loss of her daughter several years prior. Stephanie was born, and passed away the same day, and Sharon fell into a “newfound love of darkness that I carried with me always. Not as an anchor but a new way of living in the world that I had come to know was cruel and unforgiving and God-less.” This event was spiritually book ended for her when she lost her husband. In the moment that he passed, Sharon felt herself being transported into what she calls Starlight. Surrounded by love, presence, and divinity beyond words, she sensed she was whole, accepted and loved beyond comprehension by a God that she had turned away from. “I felt more whole, more forgiven than I’d ever felt before. I now felt nothing except an all-encompassing love and compassion. My heart held no fear, no anger, no grief, no struggle. I was complete just as I was -- I lacked nothing. Deep down, I suppose I had always known this; I had just forgotten it for awhile.” (pg 123) In our interview, Sharon talks about his even more. What strikes me, and why I find this inspiring is that this love and compassion is something that the Divine holds for each of us. It’s not held for just a few. When I think about this radical acceptance, I wonder what would be possible for myself if I accepted the abundance, love, and compassion that is meant for me? In this episode Sharon Prentice and I talk about: -Her early childhood at Cape Cod, dancing and listening to music -The spiritual nature of the ocean and why it draws us both in -Sharon’s work with the terminally ill, and why she feels it’s her life’s work -The spiritual nature, and root of, all therapy work -Her Shared Death Experience, and how it felt like coming home -Jesus and my favorite passage in the Bible (Father, Father, Why have you forsaken me?” -Centering Prayer and meditation -Her husband Steve’s last breath, and how it provided an entrance into a Shared Death Experience for her -How to jumpstart your joy: wake up with a smile, tell the people in your life you love them, and focused prayer Resources Becoming Starlight: A Shared Death Journey from Darkness to Light by Sharon Prentice on Amazon Sharon Prentice’s Website Sharon Prentice PhD’s Facebook page Other resources for Grief, Death, and Dying: Episode 168: Jonni Pollard on How to Awaken to The Truth of Who You Are Episode 127: Julia Samuel on Grief Works, and the Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving Episode 141: Debbie Augenthaler on Grief, Trauma, and Healing: You Are Not Alone
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Learn all about how to cope with grief and make space for what you need during times of loss in this interview with Debbie Augenthaler. This episode is part of the Nourish & Nurture series.
I asked breakup coach Chelsea Leigh Trescott a hot button question: "Do you believe people are better off alone?" Chelsea Leigh Trescott's work and podcast: http://breakupward.com/ Season 4 of Coming Back premieres next week on September 5, 2018! In the meantime... Enter my giveaway to win a copy of Grief Works and You Are Not Alone by supporting Coming Back on Patreon. Winner will be selected at random from the list of all active patrons as of 8/31/2018. Winner will receive a copy of Grief Works by Julia Samuel and You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler, a set of three Coming Back podcast stickers, and a handwritten thank you note. Make your pledge here: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Receive more information on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise when you fill out this form: http://www.comingbackcruise.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
Sometimes it's the little things we miss the most. This week, Michele Neff Hernandez talks about why she misses her husband, Phil, every time it rains. Michele Neff Hernandez's work: https://www.soaringspirits.org/ Camp Widow: https://www.campwidow.org/ Season 4 of Coming Back premieres September 5, 2018! In the meantime... Enter my giveaway to win a copy of Grief Works and You Are Not Alone by supporting Coming Back on Patreon. Winner will be selected at random from the list of all active patrons as of 8/31/2018. Winner will receive a copy of Grief Works by Julia Samuel and You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler, a set of three Coming Back podcast stickers, and a handwritten thank you note. Make your pledge here: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Ask Me Anything LIVE on Google Hangouts Monday 8/27 at 7:00 Central when you pledge $33/month or more on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Receive more information on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise when you fill out this form: http://www.comingbackcruise.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
Music isn't created in a bubble. Hear how Ruth Ungar drew spiritual inspiration from Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors." Ruth Ungar's music + The Mammals: http://www.themammals.love/ Season 4 of Coming Back premieres September 5, 2018! In the meantime... Enter my giveaway to win a copy of Grief Works and You Are Not Alone by supporting Coming Back on Patreon. Winner will be selected at random from the list of all active patrons as of 8/31/2018. Winner will receive a copy of Grief Works by Julia Samuel and You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler, a set of three Coming Back podcast stickers, and a handwritten thank you note. Make your pledge here: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Ask Me Anything LIVE on Google Hangouts Monday 8/27 at 7:00 Central when you pledge $33/month or more on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Receive more information on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise when you fill out this form: http://www.comingbackcruise.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
Working with grief and death calls for a day off. Here's what doggy caretaker Kim Skarritt would do with a day to herself. Kim Skarritt and Silver Muzzle Cottage: http://silvermuzzlecottage.com/ Season 4 of Coming Back premieres September 5, 2018! In the meantime... Enter my giveaway to win a copy of Grief Works and You Are Not Alone by supporting Coming Back on Patreon. Winner will be selected at random from the list of all active patrons as of 8/31/2018. Winner will receive a copy of Grief Works by Julia Samuel and You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler, a set of three Coming Back podcast stickers, and a handwritten thank you note. Make your pledge here: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Ask Me Anything LIVE on Google Hangouts Monday 8/27 at 7:00 Central when you pledge $33/month or more on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Receive more information on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise when you fill out this form: http://www.comingbackcruise.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
When Debbie Augenthaler's husband died, his friends asked to do something special to honor him. Debbie Augenthaler's work and book: http://www.debbieaugenthaler.com/ Season 4 of Coming Back premieres September 5, 2018! In the meantime... Enter my giveaway to win a copy of Grief Works and You Are Not Alone by supporting Coming Back on Patreon. Winner will be selected at random from the list of all active patrons as of 8/31/2018. Winner will receive a copy of Grief Works by Julia Samuel and You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler, a set of three Coming Back podcast stickers, and a handwritten thank you note. Make your pledge here: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Ask Me Anything LIVE on Google Hangouts Monday 8/27 at 7:00 Central when you pledge $33/month or more on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Receive more information on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise when you fill out this form: http://www.comingbackcruise.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
Megan Devine was not ready to memorialize her partner, Matt. Megan Devine's work and book: http://www.refugeingrief.com/ Season 4 of Coming Back premieres September 5, 2018! In the meantime... Enter my giveaway to win a copy of Grief Works and You Are Not Alone by supporting Coming Back on Patreon. Winner will be selected at random from the list of all active patrons as of 8/31/2018. Winner will receive a copy of Grief Works by Julia Samuel and You Are Not Alone by Debbie Augenthaler, a set of three Coming Back podcast stickers, and a handwritten thank you note. Make your pledge here: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Ask Me Anything LIVE on Google Hangouts Monday 7/30 at 7:00pm Central and Monday 8/27 at 7:00 Central when you pledge $33/month or more on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Receive more information on the 2019 Bereavement Cruise when you fill out this form: http://www.comingbackcruise.com Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
This week on the podcast, I’m delighted to speak to Debbie Augenthaler on grief, trauma, and healing. Debbie is a psychotherapist, the author of You Are Not Alone: A Heartfelt Guide to Grief, Healing, and Hope, and she has a private practice in New York City. After losing her husband, she was unexpectedly faced with grief, and found that losing someone that close to you causes ripples of effects; and that the impact of grief does not neatly follow the stages that we’ve all read about. Grief strikes everyone differently, and grieving is not a linear process. Yes, you go through waves and stages, but the day to day experience of profound loss was not something she found referenced in books. Debbie was grateful to find a therapist during her own time of grief, one who held space for her to grieve. Working in the financial field for many years, Debbie was in New York for September 11, 2001. She saw the impact of loss again, among her friends and coworkers. This time, however, she also saw that since she had already been through that kind of loss herself, she was able to “be there” for people as they faced loss in their own lives. In her words, “I wasn’t afraid of their grief. I wanted to help.” Debbie shares all about her book and her journey through grief, and to becoming a psychotherapist on this week’s show. She also talks about four ways to reconnect in the midst of grief: Discover a small bit of hope Meditate and look for reasons to be grateful Be kind to yourself and others. Smile at other people, look for connection Be in nature Debbie Augenthaler and talk about: Growing up the daughter of a marine and moving quite a bit as a child Her early joy of going to the library and finding joy and connection in books How and why she became a psychotherapist: her love of discovering what drives people and makes them tick How her husband died in her arms, and the impact of that unexpected loss Her experience of September 11, 2001 in New York City as part of the financial industry community The hero’s journey from victim to victor What to do if you’re faced with unexpected grief in your life How taking comfort in small things is good and affirming for you when you are in the grief process That it’s “OK to not be OK.” Debbie Augenthaler’s Website: http://www.debbieaugenthaler.com/ Debbie’s group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DebbieAugenthaler Debbie Augenthaler’s Book: You Are Not Alone: A Heartfelt Guide to Grief, Healing, and Hope (on Amazon) https://amzn.to/2kRJKlB Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Book: Lament for A Son (on Amazon) https://amzn.to/2JAcA7O Julia Samuel’s Book: Grief Works (on Amazon) https://amzn.to/2Hs3pBf Julia Samuel on Jump Start Your Joy http://jumpstartyourjoy.com/2018/03/julia-samuel/
On an ordinary Monday morning, Debbie Augenthaler's husband, Jim, died suddenly in her arms. On that day, she not only lost her husband, best friend, and life partner, but her dream of having children him, their future plans, their home, and their circle of still-married friends. This week Debbie and I are talking about the layered losses that show up after a major loss occurs, the gifts that loss grants us that we can use to help others, and her new book, You Are Not Alone. Also on the show this week, I'm answering a listener email about being afraid to die the same way her father did—doing what he loved. Debbie Augenthaler's work and book: http://www.debbieaugenthaler.com/ Join me live on Facebook Monday 6/4 at 1:00 Central. Support Coming Back on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Subscribe: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil GooglePlay http://bit.ly/2lWQmiG TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, leave a voicemail at 312.725.3043 or email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com, subject line, "Podcast." Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/
In episode 232 of FEAR NOT, author of You Are Not Alone, Debbie Augenthaler talks about what to do when life doesn't go your way and how to get through the pain that comes with change.
Dr. Michelle interviews psychotherapist and author, Debbie Augenthaler, as she talks about her helpful book, "You Are Not Alone, A Heartfelt Guide for Grief, Healing and Hope. " In her interview, Debbie guides listeners through the stages of grief to transformation and understanding and to embracing new beginnings. Dr. Michelle and Debbie also help listeners understand feelings of guilt after those close to us have passed on, and how to cope with these feelings. Find out more about Debbie and get her book at: Debbieaugenthaler.com
Despite the many upsides of age, one of the hardest lessons the years bring is the need to face significant grief and loss. Death affects each and every one of us, but the process of mourning is still deeply misunderstood. That’s where today’s guest can really help. Debbie Augenthaleris a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. She also has a story of her own to share. Debbie’s husband, Jim, died suddenly in her arms when she was only 36 years old. Now Debbie has written the book she wishes she had when she was grieving. It provides the support, guidance, insight, and tools needed to navigate through the difficult process of grief. The book is called You Are Not Alone and Debbie joins us to share all about it. If you or someone you know is dealing with the illness or death of a loved one, you will want to be sure to hear what Debbie has to say.