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Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 10

In this episode of Good Grief., Watershed Voice's Aundrea Sayrie discusses psychological refuge tools, and the ways we learn to protect ourselves when life becomes too painful or overwhelming.

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Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 9

In this episode of Good Grief., Aundrea Sayrie explores Black grief, the toll of repeated loss and racial injustice, and the psychological refuge mechanisms folks develop to survive what sometimes feels impossible to process.

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 8

In the eighth episode of the Good Grief. Podcast, Aundrea Sayrie reflects on her late father who died just over a year ago. Aundrea writes about memories, trials, and tribulations related to her father, and how she has navigated through her grief over the past year.

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 7

Grievers are all around us and most of the time, we have no idea. In recognition of National Grief Awareness Day, August 30, this episode of Good Grief. explores what awareness asks of all of us.

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 6

We’re told to grieve alone, in private, but why? In the sixth episode of the Good Grief. Podcast, Watershed Voice’s Aundrea Sayrie discusses what grief is, how we do it, and why we need others to witness it.

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 5

We hear it all the time: just give it time. In the fifth episode of the Good Grief. Podcast, Watershed Voice’s Aundrea Sayrie unpacks what happens when we stop waiting for the pain to disappear and start intentionally tending to the places that still hurt.

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 4

In the fourth episode of the Good Grief. Podcast, Watershed Voice’s Aundrea Sayrie examines one of the biggest misconceptions about grief – "[it] only happens when someone dies." "As I reflected I realized something that on one hand, the level of grief I experienced losing my mom was unlike anything I had ever experienced. But on the other, it was quietly familiar. "Not in its intensity. But in its depth. In its ache. I began to recognize grief at the edge of nearly every significant loss I'd experienced since childhood. I simply hadn't known to call it grief."

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 3

In the third episode of the Good Grief. Podcast, Watershed Voice's Aundrea Sayrie explores one of the most common misconceptions surrounding grief: the Five Stages of Grief. "Many of us have searched for ourselves somewhere between denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance, wondering why our grief didn't seem to follow the 'right' order. The truth may surprise you."

Keep Your Voice Down, Episode 100: ‘Work and love in equal measure’

Keep Your Voice Down hosts Alek Haak-Frost and Doug Sears Jr. celebrate their 100th episode with a casual and authentic conversation with poet, author, spoken word artist and educator Aubrey Barnes aka Mister Aubs. Aubrey recommends some of his favorite anime, Doug explains how he's changed politically and fundamentally since his college days, and Alek and Aubrey discuss the challenges of nonprofit work. The trio also touch on men's mental health, burnout, refusing to farm out creative work to A.I., and how the Château d'Orquevaux Artists & Writers Residency impacted Aubrey.

Listen: Good Grief. Podcast, Episode 2

In the second episode of the Good Grief. podcast, Watershed Voice's Aundrea Sayrie shares the deeply personal reason behind her passion for grief education, healing, and emotional wellness. "Grief is not one thing. It is not one emotion. It is not one dimensional. Looking back, I realize grief has been a quiet companion for much of my life. Not only through death, but through survival."

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