In this episode of Revive and Thrive, I’m joined by Kendal, a certified grief guide, for one of the most powerful conversations I’ve had on the podcast to date.
When we hear the word grief, most of us think about bereavement and the death of someone we love. But grief and loss can show up in so many other ways throughout our lives, through relationship breakdowns, estrangement, childhood experiences, health struggles, miscarriage, identity shifts, career changes, unmet expectations, and the life we thought we would have.
Kendal shares her own deeply personal story and explains how grief she hadn’t fully recognised was quietly shaping the patterns that kept repeating in her life, from self-abandonment and burnout to emotional eating, overworking and feeling stuck in the same loops.
Together, we explore how unresolved loss can sit underneath the behaviours we judge ourselves for, why simply “keeping busy” or “giving it time” doesn’t always heal what’s there, and how curiosity, nervous system support and being willing to look beneath the pattern can begin to change things.
This is a conversation about grief, yes, but it’s also about survival, self-understanding, and recognising that sometimes the question isn’t “What’s wrong with me?” but “What have I been carrying that I never had the chance to process?”
A rich, honest and thought-provoking episode that I think will stay with you long after listening.
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