A Chat With - Don Lachance - Grief and Loss Specialist

Pete George and his guest, Don, discuss grief and loss and how to deal with it. They talk about how grief can affect mental health and how to get around it. The conversation discusses the importance of mental health and how sometimes people need to hit rock bottom in order to realise they need help. It also discusses how mental health is often seen as a destination after someone has reached out for help, rather than an illness. The speakers discuss the challenge of inherited conditioning from parents, and how it can be difficult to break free from negative patterns. They talk about the importance of emotional openness and courage in order to create space for others to do the same. The speakers discuss the idea that people tend to show their true selves more authentically at home, surrounded by people who they believe love them unconditionally. They also talk about the balance that is necessary for relationships, and how this can be seen in the relationship graph which refers to the terms bedevilment and enshrinement

Don and I meet online over a decade ago I thought it was by chance I now know it was for a reason and that reason is to help others by sharing our pain and helping you understand that it is ok to have pain.  We have had many discussions and none more so than when Don and his Wife Lauren came to stay with us over Christmas and a lifelong bond was made.  We discuss the 6 myths that keep us anchored to pian, in a frank conversion.  

• These myths are :  
• Don't feel Bad 
• Replace the Loss 
• Grieve Alone 
• Just give it time 
• Be strong for others 
• Keep busy   

As Don mentions in the conversation, we have all heard these by the age of 15.    

You can read Don's story Here