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Being a plumber doesn\u2019t mean the pipes in your house never leak.\xa0 Being a landscaper doesn\u2019t mean your own yard is magically free of weeds. Why is it then that those of us who work in grief sometimes fall prey to the magical thinking that we will somehow be immune to the heartbreak when someone dies?

Meghan Riordan Jarvis, LCSW, is a trauma-informed psychotherapist with over 20 years of clinical experience who harbored the same secret wish. A wish which imploded when her mother died in 2019, just two years after her dad died of cancer. While Meghan\u2019s training and clinical acumen didn\u2019t prevent her from experiencing grief, they did enable her to recognize when she started to develop PTSD \u2013 post traumatic stress disorder \u2013 and that she needed additional help. \xa0

In our conversation, we talk about:
\xa0- What was different about grieving after her father\u2019s death vs. her mother\u2019s.
\xa0- How she recognized the signs of PTSD and the treatment she sought out.
- The concept of \u201cmeaning making\u201d and how it\u2019s important to clarify what types of meaning are supportive and which can be harmful. \xa0

In addition to being a trauma therapist, Meghan is a fellow grief podcaster and her show is called Grief Is My Side Hustle. Her memoir is due to be out in the world in 2023. \xa0

Grief is My Side Hustle website\xa0
Grief is My Side Hustle podcast\xa0
@meghan.riordan.jarvis on IG\xa0
@griefismysidehustle on Fbook \xa0