Trigger Warning: This episode includes sensitive themes related to grief, loss, and emotional well-being.
Not all grief is seen. Some losses are deeply felt but quietly dismissed — relationships that didn’t have a title, people we weren’t “supposed” to love, lives that ended before they began, or even the versions of ourselves we’ve had to leave behind.
In this episode, we explore
disenfranchised grief — the kind that isn’t always about death, but still leaves its mark. It can show up after changing jobs, losing a sense of purpose, shifting lifestyles, or realizing your future no longer looks the way you once hoped.
We also talk about how society has been conditioned to ignore or rush through grief, labeling deep emotion as “dramatic” instead of human. And how, for many of us, naming our feelings wasn’t something we were taught to do — but something we’re learning now.
Because even when the world tells you to move on, your grief still deserves to be seen.
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This episode was produced and edited by Kelsey Jae.
