Marisa Renee Lee: Happy To Be Here Podcast Show Notes
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Marisa Renee Lee is an Obama-administration alum, a consultant, and most recently, an author. Her book Grief Is Love is an exploration of her experience losing her mother and navigating adulthood through the lens of this loss and her grief. In our conversation we talk about grief, her writing process, and the power of connecting with others when in the depths of your grief. Most importantly, we dive into how even after death, our relationships with our loved ones continue.
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HERE’S OUR EPISODE BREAKDOWN:
1 — Meet Marisa
2:15 — The experience behind writing Grief Is Love
6 — Prioritizing care and rest in the creative process
12 — How relationships morph after loss
17:44 — Marisa’s views on motherhood
20 — Thriving through the fear of the expectation of bad news
25 — Spotting the glimmers in life, not just the triggers
26:30 — Advice for fellow grievers
29 — Marisa’s recs