In this episode of The Grass Gets Greener podcast, I'm joined by Margo Rose of Body Aware Grieving. Margo joins me to share her story of how she has been able to navigate her way through loss and deal with unexpected life challenges by becoming more prepared and less scared.
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The Details
Traumatic experience:
Margo has experienced the loss of both of her parents to cancer and the loss of her younger sister and a romantic partner to suicide.
Effects of the traumatic experience:
Margo dealt with feeling depressed and overwhelmed. She had low energy and was not functioning well. It was also difficult for her to work during these times of loss.
Overcoming the traumatic experience:
Margo was able to work her way through her struggles with what is now her Body Aware Grieving system of recovery. This involved protecting her health, recovering from loss and getting stronger.
What Margo does today:
Margo is a fitness trainer and first-time author.
Final Question:
Given what you know now, if you could go back to when you were going through the tough times and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?
Margo's Answer: Just keep going.
Links Mentioned
BodyAwareGrieving.com - Margo's website where you can learn more about her work and subscribe to her newsletter
Twitter - Margo's Twitter profile
Facebook - Margo's Facebook page
Body Aware Grieving: A Fitness Trainer's Guide To Caring For Your Health During Sad Times - Margo's book on Amazon
Suicide Reduction Podcast Episode - Margo's podcast episode where she talks about suicide reduction strategies
AFSP.org - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's website
What launching a podcast has taught me (so far) - my blog post that Margo mentions
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So much what Margo is saying here ties into Trauma Recovery University’s topic this week of Grief in Recovery.
Yes it does. Thanks for checking it out and commenting Jak!