558: How to Navigate Big Messy Emotions ...

Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/558kriscarr

Kris Carr (IG: @crazysexykris) has been called a "force of nature" by O Magazine and was named a "new role model" by The New York Times. Kris is also a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100, recognizing the most influential thought-leaders today.

She is the subject and director of the documentary Crazy Sexy Cancer.

Kris teaches people how to take back their health and live like they mean it. Her work will change the way you live, love and eat!

Kris' brand new book is I'm Not a Mourning Person: Braving Loss, Grief, and the Big Messy Emotions That Happen When Life Falls Apart.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Commit to not abandoning yourself
• Movement is powerful
• Writing is therapeutic
• Why not get busy living?
• The biggest warning sign of all
• I'm not a mourning person
• How Kris processed her Dad's terminal diagnosis
• Be willing to make mistakes
• The 5 pillars of wellness
• Practice courageous acknowledgment
• Keep talking about your loved ones
• How to navigate caregiving for aging parents
• Trauma lives in the body
• Kris went from cancer survivor to thriver
• The power of acceptance
• Talk about death
• Be intentional with your time
• Form a fierce radical friendship with yourself
• Make your golden years now
• Be willing to ask for and receive help
• Important lessons from Kris' Dad
• Normalize emotions
• The underlying layer of anger
• The idea of emotional literacy
• What is anticipatory grief?
• Develop your own support system
• Knowing when good enough is good enough
• Healing relationships after death

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Related links:

Kris Carr - I'm Not a Mourning Person (book)

Kris Carr's website

Follow Kris Carr on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

Crazy Sexy Cancer (documentary)

Kris Carr - Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor (book)

Kris Carr (books)

Listen to Dr. Gabor Maté previously on TUHP (episode #259)

Dr. Gabor Maté (books)

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