Grief is My Side Hustle with Meghan Riordan Jarvis

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and today Dr. Dan speaks to Meghan Riordan Jarvis, a trauma-informed psychotherapist specializing in grief and loss, about her recent Chicago Tribune OpEd Why aren’t we talking about the role of grief and loss in the ‘Great Resignation’?. Meghan’s powerful piece about grief and trauma during the pandemic – and in her own life – shines a light on mental health, increasing emotional fluency, and navigating complex emotions. As a trauma-informed psychotherapist, Meghan Riordan Jarvis MA, LCSW works to normalize grief and teaches us how to manage the neurobiological impacts of loss. A writer, podcast host, and sought-after consultant with over twenty years of clinical experience, Meghan also helps individuals and groups explore the impact of emotion on personal and professional relationships. Using a wide variety of trauma modalities, Meghan helps clients identify and integrate both unexpected loss and desired change. Dr. Dan and Meghan close their impactful and important conversation with the reassurance that even though as humans we will all experience grief, we are all wired to heal and eventually we will. Meghan’s essays have been widely published and her memoir will be released in 2024. For more information about Meghan’s work, podcast, and writing workshops please visit her website:  www.meghanriordanjarvis.com and follow her on Instagram. Email your parenting questions to Dr. Dan podcast@drdanpeters.com (we might answer on a future episode). Follow us @parentfootprintpodcast (Instagram, Facebook) and @drdanpeters (Twitter). Listen, follow, and leave us a review on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Wondery, or wherever you like to listen! Don’t forget, you can hear every episode one week early and ad-free by subscribing to Wondery+ in the @WonderyMedia App. For more information: www.exactlyrightmedia.com  www.drdanpeters.com For podcast merch: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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For anyone who has been parented, is a parent or dreams of being a parent, Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan teaches us all how to make the world a more loving, accepting and compassionate place -- one parent, one person and one child at a time. Every episode features a “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” segment to help listeners discover ways to be the best version of themselves. With more than 25 years of experience as a psychologist, author and father, Dr. Dan Peters understands the key to raising happy and aware kids is for parents to seek the same joy and mindfulness in their own lives. Through diverse and timely discussions, every episode of Parent Footprint explores and explains how (and why) the way we were parented impacts the way we parent. Aimed at any parental figure in a child's life, Dr. Dan helps any caregiver lead with purpose. With over 200 episodes, Dr. Dan has hosted adolescent and child development experts, mental health professionals and of course, parents. Plus, he takes listener questions! Submit yours to podcast@drdanpeters.com and you may get an answer on a future episode. Parent Footprint With Dr. Dan is part of the Exactly Right podcast network that provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for audiences everywhere. The Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics including true crime, comedic interviews, science, pop culture and more. Podcasts on the network include My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, That's Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, This Podcast Will Kill You, I Said No Gifts! and more.