Megan Devine

So I think that leads so beautifully into this quote that I found.

It's by Megan Devine.

She wrote the book called It's Okay That You're Not Okay.

And I'm going to get your take on this quote.

It's probably a three-minute read.

There's an informal book that I've read before that I've loved, which is It's Okay That You're Not Okay, written by Megan Devine.

And the last thing I'd also say is it's always good to give ourselves action items.

It's something I've always learned from my mentors of what can I do differently tomorrow? What could I do differently next month? And I'd say, if there's one thing you could hold yourself accountable to doing this week is if you have never picked up the phone and called a family member or written a letter, do that for the next patient you lose.

Actually, I got it from the book It's Okay You're Not Okay.

It's when I first encountered that idea, Megan Devine, and it really resonated with me because I felt like I, and I think I see a lot of other grievers, we punish ourselves.

We're like, and it can go different ways.

It can be like y- we're punishing ourselves because we're not grieving enough, or if we allow ourselves to feel some moment of joy or happiness, we feel guilty about it.

She's spoken at the University of Miami, collaborated with Reimagine, and is a regular contributor to Get Griefy magazine.

She's also a graduate of Megan Devine's Grief Care Professional Certification Program.

Across stages, pages, and microphones, her work bridges personal loss with collective healing, expanding the conversation around what it means to carry grief with honesty and hope.

So excited.

So, all of this was very eye-opening.

And again, leaning in with heart-centered curio-curiosity, I started researching like do people grieve differently? Are there different ways to grieve? Um, what is the right way to grieve? [chuckles] You know, like all these other questions that kept coming up.

And then that's when I found Megan Devine's work, and I'm making this sound like it happened overnight.

This is like over a three-and-a-half-year period, um, after the loss of my brother.