1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:22,360 I know it has been a while since our last episode and I just wanted to take a moment 2 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:27,300 to thank you all for your continued support of Beyond Goodbye. 3 00:00:27,300 --> 00:00:31,560 Your messages, stories, and feedback remind me why these conversations about grief and 4 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:34,600 healing are so important. 5 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:40,400 We have been working hard behind the scenes revamping Beyond Goodbye to bring an even 6 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:45,800 more meaningful and engaging experience and I have some exciting news to share. 7 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,540 We have a website now. 8 00:00:47,540 --> 00:00:56,400 You can find it at www.beyondgoodbye.org and I will leave these in notes today. 9 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:02,960 We also have a new email which is beyond goodbye 21 at gmail.com. 10 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:08,800 So I've been spending the last many months thinking about Beyond Goodbye and how it could 11 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:14,560 maybe better serve my community, our community. 12 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:20,960 And at the same time, deciding whether I even wanted to continue with Beyond Goodbye. 13 00:01:20,960 --> 00:01:26,840 It is a little bit triggering for me on occasion to hear other stories and just to talk about 14 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:27,840 those things. 15 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,120 But it's also very healing. 16 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:39,320 So I decided after a lot of thought and meditation to move forward, but with maybe a little bit 17 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:41,400 of a different format. 18 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:43,380 We're still going to have the stories. 19 00:01:43,380 --> 00:01:48,040 So in addition to, you know, the grief stories that we hear from our guests, we're going 20 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,840 to be incorporating some other things. 21 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,480 And so here's just a sampling of what those will be. 22 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,920 So we'll have, you know, our listener stories. 23 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,720 We're going to have panel discussions and roundtables, you know, something to kind of 24 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,920 just deepen our conversations around grief, healing, transformation. 25 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,640 I'm also going to have guided sessions. 26 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:17,840 And so we'll have little short episode interludes where I may share personal thoughts or reflections. 27 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:23,480 Um, maybe offer some mindfulness exercises. 28 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:28,680 Maybe we'll do a meditation, some guided journaling prompts, that sort of thing. 29 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:34,240 I also am going to incorporate, uh, what I'm going to call letters to our loved ones. 30 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:39,480 And these are short episodes and they will be where you as the listeners will submit 31 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:44,360 letters written to someone you've lost and either I will read them or you could read 32 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,480 them if you'd like. 33 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:54,280 On the website, I have an area where you can send me a message, um, in via email or voice 34 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:55,280 message. 35 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:59,480 So if you were to send me a voice message that was your letter to a loved one, I would 36 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:04,760 just play that instead of my reading it if you wanted me to do that. 37 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:10,480 Um, and I, you know, there's going to be other things that we'll share and we'll do moving 38 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:19,320 forward, but this is the, the newer subjects or maybe not subject is the word platform 39 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,320 of what I want to incorporate that I feel better encompasses. 40 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:28,880 It's, it's I think more well rounded than what I had started out with. 41 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,640 Um, and I'm really excited to do that. 42 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:37,320 And so we'll have our regular, you know, someone sharing their story and interview that will 43 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:45,000 happen once a month, the new or next show or episode coming out will be on March 19th 44 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,880 and I'm interviewing a woman by the name of DC Copeland and I'm pretty excited for you 45 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,360 all to hear from her. 46 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:58,160 She is a millennial and I think that we have, um, somebody speaking from that perspective. 47 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,200 I know I have some millennial listeners out there. 48 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,880 I truly believe you guys are going to enjoy hearing what she has to say. 49 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,880 I really enjoy speaking with her. 50 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:10,920 So that will be the episode for March. 51 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:16,240 And as I said, each month we'll do one episode, but each month I'm also going to have those 52 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:18,000 short little interludes. 53 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,320 So a journal prompt or, and, or a listener story. 54 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,560 If we get listener stories, I'm playing them that month. 55 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:30,880 Um, and the roundtables will be more, that's a specialized sort of thing. 56 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:32,440 It would be a longer podcast. 57 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:38,640 So maybe, you know, it'd be an hour, 45 minutes, and those probably are only going to happen 58 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:39,640 a few times a year. 59 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:46,680 And they'll be with scientists, religious, uh, folks with us, regular people who, you 60 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:52,640 know, think outside the box or inside the box and just have a robust conversation around 61 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,120 grief and loss. 62 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:59,240 So I just really want to thank everyone for being part of this journey and for your patience 63 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,880 with me over the last few months of not having posted anything. 64 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:08,880 Uh, your support means everything and I can't wait to continue and grow the space with you. 65 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:14,120 If you haven't already, uh, please follow beyond goodbye and your favorite podcast sites. 66 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:15,620 You don't miss out. 67 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:19,520 And if beyond goodbye resonates with you, even if it's just the older shows and we haven't, 68 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,720 you know, we're just starting new in the 2025 year, please share it with somebody who you 69 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,880 think might need it today. 70 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:30,960 And there you have it, the 2025 version of beyond goodbye. 71 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,360 Thank you for listening and we'll meet you all again on March 19th. 72 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:59,360 Bye for now.