Grief Coach Edition: You're Not Fine, You're Functional!

Episode 6: You've been showing up. Going to work. Fixing dinner. Keeping it all together.But are you actually okay?In this episode, I sit down with Shannon Roane, certified grief coach and founder of Highlight Your Healing, and she gives language to something so many of us have been living but never had a name for: functional grief.We talk about what grief actually is, and why it's so much bigger than loss by death. Job loss. Health diagnoses. Identity shifts. Relationships that ended. Shannon breaks it all down and reminds us that if it changed you, it counts.This conversation gets real, fast. Shannon shares her own story of back-to-back losses, including a ruptured ectopic pregnancy, the death of her aunt, and another pregnancy loss-- all within a year. She didn't fall apart. She functioned. And she'll tell you exactly why that wasn't a win.In this episode, we cover:What a "functional griever" is and why it's not a badge of honorHow to name your grief and uncover its layersWhy grief has no timeline and how to set boundaries with people who think it doesThe difference between a grief coach and a therapistWhat healing actually looks like (hint: it's not getting over it)How to support someone who is grieving without saying the wrong thingShifted on Purpose Move of the Week: Name your grief. Go one layer deeper than "I'm sad." Then let one person in, just a little.Find Shannon at Highlight Your HealingInstagram: @highlightyourhealingSubscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs permission to stop pretending.💛 www.shiftedonpurpose.com