229. From Sudden Mom Loss to Good Mourning: Sally Douglas on Grieving and Building a Life After Loss

Drop me a message or voice note!Sally's mum Rose died suddenly in November 2019 from a prolonged seizure. No warning, no goodbye, just a 6am phone call that flipped her world upside down. She and her now co-host, Imogen, met at a support group for motherless daughters and turned their shared grief into Good Mourning, a podcast built on honesty, humor, and refusing to make grief feel taboo.In this episode, we get into:✨ Sally's story of sudden loss and how she and Imogen built Good Mourning from the ground up✨ Grieving styles—the difference between "instrumental" (doing) grievers and "intuitive" (feeling) grievers, and why neither is wrong✨ The physical side of grief nobody warns you about: exhaustion, brain fog, immune changes, and more✨ How COVID complicated (and in some ways deepened) both of our grief journeys✨ The special kind of hell that is "deadmin"—settling an estate while your heart is in pieces (plus a story involving a cake tin that will make you laugh out loud)✨ The mind-body connection, breathwork, and one simple technique you can use anywhere to calm your nervous system✨ Why the second (or third!) year of grief can hit harder than the first, and why that doesn't mean you're going backwards✨ Sally's best advice for anyone in the thick of it right nowSally is proof that you can build a full, joyful life alongside your grief, not after it. I know this one's going to make you feel so seen.Connect with Sally:https://www.instagram.com/sallydouglasgrief/Learn more about Letters of Light 💌✨ https://lossesbecomegains.com/lettersSupport the showNEW! Letters of Light 💌✨ https://lossesbecomegains.com/lettersSupport the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/Connect with me:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gainsWebsite: https://lossesbecomegains.com/Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-taraShop the LBG Daily Journal: https://lossesbecomegains.com/journalBy accessing this Podcast, I acknowledge that the entire contents are the property of Tara Accardo, or used by Tara Accardo with permission. Except as otherwise provided herein, users of this Podcast may save and use information contained in the Podcast only for personal or other non-commercial, educational ...