Sundari Malcolm, a Birth, Grief, and Death Doula, joined host Lisa Keefauver for this episode. In 2007, at 27 years old, and after 7 years of being her Caregiver, Sundari Malcolm lost her mother to Breast Cancer. 4 years later, her father died from the complications of Brain Cancer.
Those experiences redirected her life, and she's made it her mission to equip people with the tools they need to manage life’s greatest transitions.
This conversation travels topics deep and wide from friendship loss, the role of caregiving for one parent, to grieving a complicated relationship with the other parent and the practices and skills we need to metabolize our grief. All along the way Sundari brings warmth, wisdom, and my favorite – a little cheeky humor to this wide-ranging conversation.
Sundari is the founder of A Healing Doula Academy, a self- paced virtual training program for Spiritually led Grief & Death Doulas with a focus on Indigenous healing practices. Sundari is offering this community an enrollment discount of 20%. You can visit www.ahealingdoula.com to learn more and Simply apply the giftcode, SNEAKYBITCH20 at checkout.
05:07 Cultural Perspectives on Grief
07:58 Understanding Friend Loss
14:54 Healing Practices and Self-Care
19:31 Navigating Life as an Orphan
28:03 Spiritual Practices in Grief
29:11 The Role of Caregiver in Grief
29:32 Navigating the Complexities of Caregiving
43:38 The Challenges of Anticipatory Grief
56:10 Understanding Complicated Grief
01:03:55 Reclaiming Intuitive Healing
Lisa Keefauver is a social worker, widow, and grief activist on a mission to reimagine the narratives of grief, one conversation at a time.
Learn more at www.lisakeefauver.com.
Follow @lisakeefauvermsw on Instagram.
Listen to Grief is a Sneaky Bitch Podcast - Available on all podcast platforms.
Read Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating Loss. Available in bookstores and on your favorite online booksellers, including Bookshop.Org. Also available as an audiobook.
Watch her TEDx talk, Why Knowing More About Grief Can Make it Suck Less here
Subscribe AFGO with Lisa Keefauver on Substack here
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