Meghan Riordan Jarvis, LCSW: Essential Grief Education

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Meghan Riordan Jarvis had been a practicing trauma therapist for almost 20 years. Then, in the course of two years, she lost both of her parents. “I came to understand what my clients had been telling me about for decades really, really differently,” she reflects. In this podcast, join Tami Simon in conversation with Meghan about Can Anyone Tell Me?, her new book that explores the most common and perplexing questions on how to navigate grief.

Whether you yourself are facing loss or you’re looking for ways to support someone who is, give a listen to this compassionate conversation on: how to use stopping techniques to break the cycle of ruminating thoughts; the vagus nerve and the mind-body connection; nervous system co-regulation and creating a “triangle of support”; how grief affects the brain; the feeling of isolation that often accompanies grief; rewriting the narratives we tell ourselves; three simple universal strategies for moving through grief; becoming an effective supporter for someone in need; educating a grief-illiterate culture; working with the parasympathetic nervous system to expand your “window of tolerance”; the Box Breathing practice; why it’s important to validate our fears, even if we think they’re irrational; staying curious about what you can learn about yourself through the grief process; and more.

Note: This episode originally aired on Sounds True One, where these special episodes of Insights at the Edge are available to watch live on video and with exclusive access to Q&As with our guests. Learn more at join.soundstrue.com.

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0:00.0	Hello, friends. My name's Tammy Simon and I'm the founder of Sounds True, and I want to welcome you to the Sounds True podcast, Insights at the Edge. I also want to take a moment to introduce you to Sounds True's new membership community and digital platform. It's called Sounds True One.
0:21.7	Sounds True One features original, premium, transformational docu series, community events,
0:29.0	classes to start your day and relax in the evening, special weekly live shows,
0:36.0	including a video version of Insights at the Edge with an after-show
0:41.3	community question and answer session with featured guests. I hope you'll come join us,
0:47.6	explore, come have fun with us, and connect with others. You can learn more at join.
0:53.7	at join.soundstrue.com.
0:56.4	I also want to take a moment and introduce you to the Sounds True Foundation,
1:00.4	our nonprofit that creates equitable access to transformational tools and teachings.
1:08.6	You can learn more at SoundsTrueFoundation.org. And in advance, thank you for your
1:14.6	support. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, my guest is Megan Reardon Jarvis. Megan is a
1:24.7	clinical psychotherapist and author, a podcast host, and a sought-after consultant
1:31.0	with over 20 years of experience in the fields of trauma, grief, and loss.
1:38.8	For all of us, grief is extraordinarily personal.
1:50.0	Megan has written a debut memoir called End of the Hour in which she shares her personal story of experiencing severe PTSD
1:57.0	after the deaths of both of her parents within two years of each other. And now, which sounds true,
2:04.8	Megan Reardon Jarvis has written a new book. It's called Can Anyone Tell Me Essential Questions About Grief and Loss?
2:14.7	Megan, welcome. Thank you so much for having me. I'm just thrilled to be here.
2:20.4	When both of your parents passed away, and I know particularly the death of your mom,
2:27.2	was a tremendously intense experience for you, you were already an expert in the field of grief and loss. Is that correct? Yes. Yeah.
2:38.0	I have been working as a trauma therapist really specializing in loss, the experience of loss,
2:45.2	for probably solidly 10 years, but in practice for about 15, 20 when my mom died.
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