Understanding the effects of Grief and Trauma; How to Push Through the Hard Times with Jenny Murison

Episode Notes:

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[4:00] Introducing Jenny Murison

[5:45] Jenny talks about her childhood

[8:00] Jenny talks about losing the first love of her life and struggling through grief

[10:00] The process of writing Beautiful Thunder

[13:35] Grief is different for everyone.

[15:20] Daily habits that help folks with grief. 

• Reach out to a therapist or friend and share
• Build a community around yourself
• Wake up to something positive
• Podcasts, reading, etc. 

[18:40] Getting up quickly, reading inspiration, gratitude.

[20:25] Jake talks about when he is in a good flow

• Laugh or smile in the first 5 min of waking up
• Small steps
• Smiling

[22:55] How to get out of a funk

• Look on the bright side
• Keep getting back up
• Don’t be too hard on yourself
• What is your plan? 
• What got yourself through the funk before? 
• Daily habits...as simple as taking a shower

[30:25] It’s ok to have bad days

-Everybody goes through dark days

-Know that there is always light at the end of the darkness

-Sometimes you just have to cry it out

-Give yourself permission to have bad days

[33:50] Failure is part of the process

-Give yourself some grace

-Failing is great!

-Not trying is not an option

-Don’t compare yourself to others

[36:40] Connecting with emotion to create amazing written work

• The closer Jenny is to the emotion in her writing the better it turns out
• Don’t disqualify the emotion. Get into it and it will help your work

[38:42] Do you write for yourself or others

• A little bit of both
• Writing is like breathing for Jenny
• Wants to inspire others to have hope

[42:07] How to have a quality relationship with someone different than you

• Tension is inevitable. Embrace that there will be tension. 
• Each side brings something positive to the table
• It’s ok to be different
• Find ways for things to work for each other
• Neither person’s system is right. Do what works
• Lift each other up base on their strengths

[50:10] Where can we find Jenny and her book? 

-www.jennyhealinghearts.com

-jennyhealinghearts on instagram!

-Book link below

https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Thunder-Journey-Through-Grief/dp/0578664704

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