Ep. 32 Karen Hollenbeck: At the Intersection of Life and Death

As a paramedic for over 15 years, and now as a sound therapist and Reiki practitioner – Karen Hollenbeck supports those near death and those having to survive their loved one’s death. She's also a fellow Full-Time Griever, navigating the death of two brothers, among others close to her, all passing within a few years.In this conversation, Karen and Nathan talk about what it's like to support others through catastrophe and loss while carrying your own grief. They get into what grief actually does to the nervous system; what practices like sound therapy and Reiki can reach that talking and thinking can't; what her years in emergency medicine taught Karen, and how she managed when loss hit home.They also go deep on what we keep getting wrong about supporting grievers, what it would look like to actually do it well, and what Karen now believes about grief that our culture hasn't caught up to yet.You can download your free grief journal ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Send your Grief Confessional ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.And contribute to the show ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can find out more about Karen’s work here.