22 Brooke Carlock | If This Wasn’t Enough Already
12/05/22 • 45 min
Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Brooke whose story could be one that movies are made of. She has experienced loss after loss culminating in a series of devastating and traumatic losses within the past 12 months.
Listening to Brooke telling her life story is both devastating and shocking, at the same time as hope-inspiring in the way she’s living her life after loss with fierce resilience at the same time as grieving.
She speaks candidly about the dark places she went through while grieving and how she got help when she was suicidal.
The truth is that there are people like Brooke who have no choice but to live with multiple traumatic losses. The question is: how do we meet them? How do we enable ourselves to hold space for someone and their situation?
Regarding the people who helped Brooke the most, she says:
‘I want to be strong, and I want to keep going and find meaning in things. I'm just like a go-go-go person and the most helpful thing for me was people saying: ‘Slow down and breathe. You need to feel this and not rush through it, not ignore it, not medicate it.’
About this week’s guest
Brooke Carlock has experienced more grief and loss in her lifetime than most...
Read Brooke's bio here.
Topics discussed in this episode
- Loss of her favourite grandfather when Brooke was 10-year-old
- Loss of her sister leaving behind young children, and multiple losses in the close family
- Divorce
- Most recently her father (heart attack), closely followed by her stepmom (overdose) and dealing with both funeral arrangement
- News of the terminal illness of her mother
- Loss of her daughter Libby through a car accident
- Dealing with the dark places in early grief and suicidal thoughts
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), here is an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhRrXuBU8-Q
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Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Brooke whose story could be one that movies are made of. She has experienced loss after loss culminating in a series of devastating and traumatic losses within the past 12 months.
Listening to Brooke telling her life story is both devastating and shocking, at the same time as hope-inspiring in the way she’s living her life after loss with fierce resilience at the same time as grieving.
She speaks candidly about the dark places she went through while grieving and how she got help when she was suicidal.
The truth is that there are people like Brooke who have no choice but to live with multiple traumatic losses. The question is: how do we meet them? How do we enable ourselves to hold space for someone and their situation?
Regarding the people who helped Brooke the most, she says:
‘I want to be strong, and I want to keep going and find meaning in things. I'm just like a go-go-go person and the most helpful thing for me was people saying: ‘Slow down and breathe. You need to feel this and not rush through it, not ignore it, not medicate it.’
About this week’s guest
Brooke Carlock has experienced more grief and loss in her lifetime than most...
Read Brooke's bio here.
Topics discussed in this episode
- Loss of her favourite grandfather when Brooke was 10-year-old
- Loss of her sister leaving behind young children, and multiple losses in the close family
- Divorce
- Most recently her father (heart attack), closely followed by her stepmom (overdose) and dealing with both funeral arrangement
- News of the terminal illness of her mother
- Loss of her daughter Libby through a car accident
- Dealing with the dark places in early grief and suicidal thoughts
Resources mentioned in this episode
- Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR), here is an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhRrXuBU8-Q
Links
--> For more information, please visit Nathalie’s website.
--> Subscribe to the newsletter to receive updates on future episodes here.
--> Join the podcast’s Instagram page.
Thanks for listening to HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TR
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- Join Facebook Group - Grief and Trauma Support Network
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Previous Episode
21 Sharna Southan | The Changes Needed in Pregnancy Loss Support
Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Sharna who I’ve come to appreciate as a force for change in regard to the support offered to women in dealing with their pregnancy loss, a passion we have in common.
Talking about her missed miscarriage Sharna shares:
‘...never experienced contractions before so I didn’t know that's what I was experiencing until I got to the hospital until they told me then what was going on. They also told me that one in four pregnancies ends in loss and I was like: “Well, then why do I feel like I'm the only one? Why is there not enough information? Why does no one talk about this?” I felt like I was living under a rock, like where have I been my whole life to not know about this?’
About this week’s guest
Sharna Southan is an ICF-certified coach, a mum to her rainbow baby, a business owner and a wife. She followed her heart and soul into business after her own pregnancy loss in 2017. Sharna firmly believes that our adversity gives us an opportunity to grow.
She founded The Institute of Healing through Pregnancy Loss supporting loss parents with her transformative Pregnancy Loss recovery method and teaching her signature Pregnancy Loss PractitionerTM️ Certification Program.
Topics discussed in this episode
- Dealing with the loss of her father at the age of nineteen, led to depression, anxiety, panic attacks
- Missed miscarriage and the trauma of miscarrying
- Feeling isolated in not knowing that 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in loss
- Lack of information and support on what miscarriage means emotionally, and physically and what it may require in care
- Finding help through professional support
Resources mentioned in this episode
Links
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Next Episode
23 Rachelle Spencer | Being Proud on Who You’ve Become
Today on the podcast I have the honour to dive deep into loss and trauma with Rachelle Spencer, who I’ve known since 2016. She has experienced multiple miscarriages and an abusive, toxic relationship. Rachelle is proud of who she has become not because but despite of her grief and trauma.
Rachelle found the support of a therapist instrumental in her healing and in making healthy decisions:
‘I know you mentioned therapist, but that was hugely instrumental for me to have a safe place, a sounding board. I don’t want to underestimate how big that was because I was figuring things out and learning to make decisions on my own. There was one person that completely supported whatever decision I made and trusted me to figure it out.’
About this week’s guest
Rachelle Spencer is an entrepreneur and mom in Baltimore, Maryland (USA). She started her handmade jewellery business after she lost 4 children to early miscarriage. She now has a son, daughter, and another little one on the way. She spends most of her time doing photography, reading children's books, or trying her hand out at a new creative outlet.
Rachelle’s links:
Website: www.rachelle-isms.com
Instagram: @rachelle.isms
Topics discussed in this episode
- Multiple miscarriages
- Toxic relationship leading to divorce
- Educating children, helping them understand how to deal with emotions, consent, trauma etc
- Co-parenting and parenting as a blended family
- The value of therapeutic support
- Secondary losses
Resources mentioned in this episode
Links
--> For more information, please visit Nathalie’s website.
--> Subscribe to the newsletter to receive updates on future episodes here.
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Thanks for listening to HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA. If you’d like to be updated on future episodes, please subscribe to my newsletter on Nathalie Himmelrich.com
If you need grief support, please contact me for a FREE 30 min discovery session.
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is produced and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.
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