Episode 132: Grounding Grief with Mandy Jankus

On today's episode, Mandy Jankus and I explore the mighty topic of grief. We know that this is such a present topic as we experience the holidays. We are both motherless daughters navigating the never ending  journey of grief. Mandy gives us permission to accept that the grief journey is not linear or prescriptive. She shares with us how she keeps her mother alive and present by creating meaningful rituals. She also established a Little Free Library in honor of her mother to share her mother's love of books. Listen to the whole episode and share your thoughts with us on Instagram @OneWade and @kindredcoaching      As we discussed in the podcast, creating rituals helps ground us and get quiet so that we can hear and connect to ourselves. At Centered in the City, we help you design mindfulness based rituals that support you pausing to listen inwards so that you can live more intentionally outwards. Sign up for your 7-day free trial at CenteredintheCity.org.         *****   Mandy Jankus Bio   I am a teacher, mother, Certified Mental Health Coach, and Daring Way Facilitator living in the Greater Chicago area. Like most people, I’ve had my fair share of emotional bumps and bruises. During those dark hours, I’ve found immense support in Dr. Brené Brown’s research on vulnerability, courage-building, and shame resilience. After my mother's death in 2020 I used these tools as a foundation to learn about grief and mental health coaching.   I use Dr. Brown's curriculum—combined with tenants of social-emotional learning and cognitive behavioral coaching —to facilitate whole-hearted conversations with students, faculty, organizations, and individual coaching clients.