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Aug 2024
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#230 A New Approach to Grief with Shelby...

BREAK UP BESTIE
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In today's episode I interview grief expert Shelby Forsythia. In her interview we talk about her path to becoming an expert in grief, what the 5 stages of grief got wrong, why breakup is a very valid grief, her G.R.I.E.F. method (which is so impressive and all encompassing) and much much more.

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