Description In this episode of “Grief Heals,” Lisa Michelle Zega discusses the importance of addressing grief and pain instead of passing it on like a game of hot potato. She emphasizes the need for love, forgiveness, and nurturing to heal from loss. By witnessing and releasing our pain, we can prevent it from affecting others and move toward community wellness. The episode encourages listeners to embrace their emotions, particularly tears, as essential for cleansing and healing. Highlights -🕊️...
Aug 19, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 29
In this episode of “Grief Heals,” host Lisa Michelle Zaga discusses the transformative power of grief, emphasizing that it invites us to embrace our wholeness and recognize all parts of ourselves. She explores personal experiences with anger, shame, and acceptance, illustrating how grief can lead to deeper connections and understanding within ourselves and our communities. The conversation highlights the importance of allowing our losses to be witnessed and loved, ultimately fostering healing an...
Aug 12, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Host Lisa Michelle Zega reflects on topics like self-love, the connection between grief and love, and the importance of allowing people to exist without the need for validation or labels. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, Lisa explores how self-indulgence differs from self-love, the impact of past experiences on one’s present self, and the significance of nurturing one’s own pain and grief to find wholeness and healing. Key Insights The concept of self-love involves nurturing one’s pai...
Aug 05, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Lisa Michelle Zega delves into the themes of risk, magic, and loss, emphasizing the connection between grief and love as essential to the human experience. She discusses her personal journey with grief, societal pressures, and the transformative power of processing emotions in a healthy way. Links: https://amaratmacoaching.com https://ryankoriya.com https://www.simonegraceseol.com/come-home https://onelovepmp.org https://www.instagram.com/one_love_prison_meditation Join the movement! Subscribe, ...
Jul 29, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 34
In this episode of “Grief Heals,” host Lisa Michelle Zega introduces a cognitive framework inspired by Albert Bandura, exploring how grief connects to what we’ve absorbed from our environment and lineage. She emphasizes that grief is tied to love and that our experiences shape our emotional responses. Lisa encourages listeners to acknowledge their grief, give it love, and recognize the interconnectedness of their experiences, ultimately fostering healing and understanding. Highlights -💔 Cogniti...
Jul 22, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 37
In this episode, Lisa shares her heart and present experiences with grief and wholeness, and asks the listener for interactive feedback. Brandon Cook Arousal Episode https: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/arousal-is-the-soul-of-every-story-a-path/id1556564234?i=1000661248608 Matt Kahn Forgiveness Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5KzMNxns3A Visit Lisa's website at http://legityou.com...
Jul 15, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Lisa shares a story about the recent death of the father of a neighbor's son, Phillip David, and how his story impacted her experience of grief and mourning. Check out Lisa's website: http://legityou.com/
Jul 08, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Grief acts as a distiller of reality, often leading us to see through some of the shoddy beliefs that we have been taught about who we are and how things work. In this episode, Lisa talks about Yusef Salaam, one of the Five who were falsely convicted and imprisoned in the case of a central park jogger who was assaulted and raped. She mentions his book, Bitter not Bette r: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice as a springboard to talk about grief, disconnection, the difficulty of cha...
Jul 01, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Lisa talks about approaching suffering -- our own and that of others -- through being present, and how that impacts our lives and the lives of those around us. Show Notes: Street Life Book Link https://a.co/d/07kf5v9V Better Not Bitter Link https://a.co/d/0fU04Hx4 Aha Process for Bridges Out of Poverty https://a.co/d/07kf5v9V Ahaprocess.com Black Robes White Justice https://a.co/d/02BN04a5...
Jun 24, 2024•39 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Lisa talks about not only loving what might be considered the unlovable, but also loving the parts of ourselves that we want to ignore, repress, banish or hide. Show notes: 108 Prayers -- https://youtu.be/jfOOux2KKyM?si=HH0qIUX3YmZlQwO_ Buddhist Ritual: 108 Prostrations -- https://youtu.be/ZmRCuJRJYuo?si=MWGemHlorM6wSonF...
Jun 17, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Lisa evaluates an incident she experienced when a stranger approached her on the road and began to talk to her about his religious beliefs. She talks about her internal response, the response in her body, and how she seeks to integrate the incident with the experience of oneness.
Jun 10, 2024•44 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Lisa shares her personal experiences with grief and reflects on the complexities of life and death. She highlights the importance of self-discovery and personal growth in navigating grief. She emphasizes the interconnectedness of all things and invites listeners to ponder the mysteries of existence. In her reflection on death and life. Show Notes: https://robbell.podbean.com/e/death-fists-feels/ https://www.amazon.com/Loving-What-Revised-Questions-Change/dp/0593234510/ref=asc_df_0593234510/...
Jun 03, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Lisa talk about living in a world where we do not have to apologize for our tears.
May 27, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Lisa goes solo to talk about her trip to Eugene, Oregon and dedicates the episode to the people she met who work with the homeless there. She discusses ways to investigate and think about sensations in the body, as well as emotions and feelings.
May 21, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Lisa goes solo to talk about Mother's Day in relationship to grief.
May 12, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Lisa and Eric have a conversation sparked by a short segment of an interview with philosopher, David Bently Hart, then discuss nondualism in relation to their fundamentalist pasts, as well as to grief. Join the Circle May 7. Navigate to http://legityou.com
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Lisa remembers her sister, Misty, and shares her experiences with grief and healing through nature and community. She reflects on her own process of growth and reconnection, emphasizing the importance of self-compassion. She discusses how grief can lead to growth and how tshe has been working on growing her capacity for peace, rest, and joy. She shares stories about her sister, and how her legacy has impacted her life.
Apr 19, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Lisa goes solo on this episode to share her personal journey of grief and healing after her divorce, emphasizing the importance of reframing memories through different perspectives. She discusses the significance of personalized commemoration rituals in acknowledging and healing from grief. Lisa emphasizes the value of rituals in recognizing the present moment and the love that surrounds us, leading to a newfound appreciation for ourselves and the world around us.
Apr 11, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Lisa and Eric talk about their experiences in their effort to define or understand what it means to be human, given that the healing of the human person is finally expressed in the wholeness of one's humanity. In the course of their conversation, Eric and Lisa talk about a funeral and a person's range of influence; the dark night of the soul and St. Silouan of Athos's advice to "keep thy mind in hell, and despair not"; the importance of being with others in their grief; the metaphor of the acorn...
Apr 01, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Using bell hook's 2000 book, All About Love as a springboard, Eric and Lisa share their personal experiences with grief, love, and spirituality, grappling with the challenges of discussing these topics in a post-truth world. They explore the complexities of love, discussing how it is often misunderstood or misdefined in our culture. They also engage in a thought-provoking conversation about manipulation, interpersonal relationships, and the importance of self-awareness. Throughout the conversati...
Mar 19, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Lisa and Eric go into further detail discussing Jim Forest's book, Writing Straight with Crooked Lines. They talk about some of Jim Forest's influences, his movement from Catholicism to Orthodoxy, and the impact he has had on them.
Mar 13, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Eric gives some feedback from our audience, including a personal clarification for his co-worker. Lisa talks about reading James Cone's The Cross and the Lynching Tree , and the conversation revolves around the image of woundedness, both the wounds of the oppressed and the oppressor, carried by grief, as an entrance into healing.
Mar 05, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Lisa and Eric discuss bell hooks's 2000 book, All About Love: New Visions with a focus on the mystification of love in a consumer society.
Feb 25, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Lisa and Eric talk about the 2003 anime, Spirited Away, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki , animated by Studio Ghibli , and the movie's messages about loss, grief, community and divinity.
Feb 21, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Lisa and Eric begin this conversation about the relationship between grief and seeking peace asking idle questions about seashells and end it with a story about Auschwitz. In between, they mention and refer to Jim Forest, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Berrigan brothers and Saint Maria of Paris.
Feb 11, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Lisa talks about the book she is reading by the late Jim Forest, Writing Straight with Crooked Lines , and Eric reminiscences about how he met Jim, and their almost-thirty-year correspondence. To learn more about the work that Lisa does, navigate to her website at legityou.com
Feb 04, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Eric and Lisa talk about cultural messages on suffering and grief, such as the notion that all suffering is to be avoided as much as possible, while pleasure should be pursued as the ultimate objective. Lisa's website: http://www.legityou.com/
Jan 29, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Lisa and Eric discuss the Apple TV series, The Crowded Room in the context of grief, love and being human. Mentioned in the podcast: Social Cognitive Theory Humanistic Psychology Ruby Paine's Bridges Out of Poverty To attend Lisa's online Healing Circle on February 6th, visit her website at Legit You, or contact her at lisamichelle@legityou.com #grief, #griefheals, #poverty, #commonroom, #loss, #suffering...
Jan 23, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Lisa talks about her new work with prisoners, and the conversation turns on the need for an awareness of loss and grief rather than punishment and violence as solutions to social problems. Find out more about how grief heals by visiting Lisa's website: Legit You
Jan 14, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Lisa and Eric discuss their personal experience of grief when loved ones die. Grief is sometimes beset with various obstacles; grief is the process of bringing love to the parts of us that are in pain. Lisa's website: Legit You
Jan 06, 2024•24 min•Season 1Ep. 11
