Podcasts about grief beyond belief

The founder of Grief Beyond Belief, Rebecca Hensler, joined us to discuss the founding of the secular support network that has the aim to facilitate peer-to-peer grief support for atheists, Humanists, and other Freethinkers by providing spaces free of religion, spiritualism, mysticism, and evangelism in which to share sorrow and offer the comfort of rational compassion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free2think/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/free2think/support

What if this life is all there is? If you are a non-believer and don't envision an afterlife, how do you grieve and where do you reach out for like minded support? My guest today is a phenomenal activist, mother and grief support leader. When Rebecca Hensler lost her young son, she experienced first hand what it meant to be given the wrong type of support. As a non-believer, she wanted to created a safe support group for all who may need it some day. "Grief Beyond Belief" was created as a meaning making celebration of her son. 

The purpose of this series is to explore personal attitudes about death from secular and religious perspectives in my own life. Associated Links: Blog link to this article (with photos of Boo): https://harrisees.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/perspectives-on-death-boo/ Youtube (where this content is replicated): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoS6H2R1Or4MtabrkofdOMw/videos Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracieHarris Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/tharris1773/ Paypal Account: http://paypal.me/athomeinmyhead Helpful Resources: Chewy.com Humane Society - https://www.humanesociety.org/ Grief Beyond Belief: http://griefbeyondbelief.org/ Music Credits: “Wishful Thinking” - Dan Lebowitz [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOg3zLw7St5V4N7O8HSoQRA] “Checkmate” - Nathan Moore [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf0rSKiGRyxcuMOyQZUUuIA] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tracie-harris/support

The purpose of this series is to explore personal attitudes about death from secular and religious perspectives in my own life. Associated Links: Blog link to this article: https://harrisees.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/perspectives-on-death-maggie/ Youtube (where this content is replicated): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoS6H2R1Or4MtabrkofdOMw/videos Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracieHarris Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/tharris1773/ Paypal Account: http://paypal.me/athomeinmyhead Helpful Resources: American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/ Grief Beyond Belief: http://griefbeyondbelief.org/ Music Credits: “Wishful Thinking” - Dan Lebowitz [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOg3zLw7St5V4N7O8HSoQRA] “Fresh Fallen Snow” - Chris Haugen [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXDIltPLbdcAavUtL00i7g] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tracie-harris/support

Greetings Heathens! In today’s episode of Talk Heathen, Vi La Bianca is joined by Anthony Magnabosco. Welcome Anthony! It’s great to have you with us today. You can find Anthony on his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/magnabosco210/Let’s get to calls. The first caller is Nicholas. His wife recently passed and is wondering how to keep the memory of his wife alive for their daughter. He is also trying to figure out how best to mourn her passing and what is acceptable for him and his daughter. We are so sorry Nicholas, please definitely reach out to the Secular Therapy Project and Grief Beyond Belief if you need help https://www.seculartherapy.org/ and http://griefbeyondbelief.org/Next up, Shawn from Minnesota would like to talk about how religion is a social construct and what is wrong with understanding that? He goes on to talk about instead of battling for his position, he’d like to approach it more of a reasonable and rational person would. That can be helpful, but I’d also ask this: Why are you getting value out of this belief rather than other places. The following caller Kevin from New York wants to claim that the pineal gland in the brain proves a soul. For those interested, from Wikipedia, the pineal gland produces melatonin, a serotonin-derived hormone which modulates sleep patterns in both circadian and seasonal cycles. Vi asks the all important question, where is the evidence the pineal gland also produces a soul? And how do eyes play a part in this proof? HUH? I got lost completely. The next caller in the queue is Adrian in Texas wanting to discuss how science proves a designer God and lists off a couple scientific facts and discoveries that prove this, except they don’t. He includes in this list, the axial tilt of the Earth, the Moon, and evidence of design all around us. Oh boy.Next up, Clear as Crystal is a theist after being an atheist for a time. Claims that they have trouble with evolution and humans just can’t seem to get it together without a looming and helicopter parent/God. Evolution without God isn’t good enough for me, so there must have been an authority figure of some sort. She also had a tough time and claims it was God that got her through it. Actually, Crystal, that was you getting through it and you are stronger than you give yourself credit for. That’s the episode for today! Stay safe and healthy folks! See you next week!

This week we are joined by Rebecca Hensler from Grief Beyond Belief to talk about the final season of “The Good Place.” We should warn you ahead of time that we spoil the shit out of if (especially the final episode) so if you haven’t watched it yet, maybe you should wait to listen until […]

*Trigger Warning... Grief and Loss of Loved Ones* Episode 17: How being more aware of my #grief & working with it instead of ignoring it has changed my life This is in observance of #GriefAwarenessDay (which is 8/30) Resources: National Grief Awareness Day (https://www.facebook.com/nationalgriefawarenessday.org/) goodgrief app (https://www.facebook.com/goodgriefapp) Grief Beyond Belief (https://www.facebook.com/faithfreegriefsupport/) #tellyourstory #itmatters #nationalgriefawarenessday #letsmakeitreal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/legacyrecorder/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/legacyrecorder/support

April 8, 2018 Rebecca Hensler, founder of Grief Beyond Belief, joins us to discuss the founding, the purpose, and why this is such a needed community for grieving non-believers. Patrons get an extra 30 minutes of content over on the Patron RSS feed...where we will take a hard right and discuss the pros and cons of Instant Pot and delicious recipes. LINKS: Homepage: http://griefbeyondbelief.org/ Grief Beyond Belief Facebook (not closed group): https://www.facebook.com/faithfreegriefsupport/ Secular Grief Support Handbook: https://www.facebook.com/seculargriefsupporthandbook/ If you enjoyed this show, we'd love to have you come back next week for another fantastic episode.  You can catch Atheist Talk live, every Sunday Morning at 9:00am Central on AM 950 KTNF or online at http://www.am950radio.com/listen-live/ Contact us during the show with questions or comments at (952) 946-6205 or contact us anytime via radio@mnatheists.org or tweet us anytime at @atheiststalk Support the show by visiting https://www.patreon.com/AtheistTalk

Rebecca Hensler is the founder of Grief Beyond Belief, a Facebook group devoted to faith-free grief support for those who have just lost a loved one. We spoke about how honesty about death can be comforting for atheists, what she would say to religious people who want to help atheists grieve but say the wrong things, and her go-to resources for secular people coping with loss.

  Special thanks to Rebecca Hensler from Grief Beyond Belief for joining us.        

  Special thanks to Rebecca Hensler from Grief Beyond Belief for joining us.        

Rebecca Hensler with Grief Beyond Belief discusses the process of recovery after the loss of a loved one, without relying on myths of god or gods. Email Rebecca at griefbeyondbelief@gmail.com on Facebook