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Dancing with Grief: A Journey of Healing with Edy Nathan

Grief, loss and trauma are all part of life. At some points in our journey, we are going to lose someone we care about. Some of us may feel the unbearable sting of emotional and physical pain at the hands of someone we love. Sometimes we may have to undergo tremendous bouts with change as we go along. But these are all things we can handle if we are equipped with the knowledge to do so. Edy Nathan, an author, public speaker, licensed therapist and foremost authority on grief and trauma joins us for this S.T.R.O.L.L. Edy shares her expertise on what grief is, what the phases of it can be, how it can differ for all of us and how we reconcile the fact we carry it with us in some way going forward. Tune in for an enlightening and thought provoking look at something we all must face, whether we are prepared for it or not

In this powerful episode, we sit down with Edy Nathan, licensed therapist, public speaker, and author of “It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss”, to unpack the complex layers of grief, trauma, and healing. With over 20 years of experience and specialties in grief therapy, trauma recovery, and sexual grief, Edy brings a compassionate and honest voice to the conversation. 🔍 What We Cover:

  • Why grief is NOT a linear process
  • The connection between grief and identity
  • Sexual grief and why it’s often misunderstood
  • Trauma recovery and EMDR therapy
  • How caregivers and professionals can navigate burnout and loss
  • Tools for processing trauma and starting the path to healing

💬 Whether you’re experiencing personal loss or supporting someone who is, this episode offers deep insight, validation, and hope. Grief is not something to “get over”—it’s something we move through.

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227 Expressions of Grief | Using Movement & Breath To Heal: Interview With Edy Nathan

In this episode, we explore how yoga practices such as self-awareness, movement, and breath can help navigate grief. Edy shares her personal journey and how it guided her to develop therapeutic practices for others. The discussion includes how grief manifests in the body, the importance of movement and breath in emotional release, and practical tools for therapists to aid clients. We discuss innovative concepts like the Liberation Protocol and sexual grief, offering listeners insightful strategies to handle grief.

The Project 55 Podcast

In this episode of the Project 55 podcast, Justin Goodman and Brennan Court engage with grief expert Edy Nathan, who shares her profound insights on the nature of grief, its various forms, and how individuals can navigate their personal journeys through loss. Edy emphasizes the importance of understanding grief as a yearning and encourages listeners to approach their grief with radical curiosity. The conversation explores the nonlinear nature of grief, cultural influences, and the different grieving styles of introverts and extroverts. Edy also provides valuable advice on what to say and what not to say to those who are grieving, highlighting the significance of acts of kindness in the healing process. In this conversation, Edy discusses the complexities of grief, particularly traumatic grief, and the importance of understanding its nuances. She emphasizes the need for supportive environments, especially in workplaces, and introduces EMDR as a powerful tool for healing. The discussion also touches on the significance of personal stories in navigating grief and the importance of self-care and coping strategies. Edy shares practical tools for managing grief and highlights the journey of self-discovery that often accompanies loss.

Lynn's Warriors

Edy Nathan is a psychotherapist, author, sought after public speaker and grief thought leader. Her newest book – It’s Grief – The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss” and just released – December 14 – journal, It’s Grief: Notes to Self are must-reads. In her expertise as a grief therapist, Edy interweaves her formal training as a psychotherapist with breathwork, guided imagery, ritual and storytelling. Trauma, abuse, and grief cause the soul to become imbalanced: The goal of the work is to find emotional calibration or balance to defy the depth of darkness and the grip grief often has on the psyche. Edy believes that everyone experiences grief throughout their lives. Grief is not just about the death of a loved one, but the losses we experience in life. Grief is hard to talk about. Edy teaches you to dance with your grief, To know it as a way to know yourself. Whether it is the loss of a loved one or the loss of a limb or the loss of the life you once knew, it is your soul that offers the answers to relief. 

The Healing Place

My heart is still smiling from this wisdom-filled conversation with author, public speaker, licensed therapist, and gentle soul, Edy Nathan. Please join us as we discuss:

  • the inspiration behind her book, It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss
  • the five stages of grief in comparison to the eleven phases of grief
  • her insights on EMDR therapy as a healing modality
  • what she means by “remember peacefully”
  • a conversation on daring to live
  • and so much more!

Welcome to The Healing Place Podcast! I am your host, Teri Wellbrock. You can listen in on Pandora, iTunes, Blubrry, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Stitcher, Deezer, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, and more, or directly on my website at www.teriwellbrock.com/podcasts/. You can also catch our insightful interview on YouTube.

The Trauma Therapist

Edy Nathan is a Certified Sex Therapist and thought leader specializing in grief, trauma, and sexuality. She works with businesses, universities, and long-term care homes to help people understand how these areas filter through their lives and affect everything from creativity to productivity. Working together, she offers creative ways to deal with grief, trauma, and sexuality.

In her NEW book, It’s Grief: The Dance of Self-Discovery Through Trauma and Loss, Edy examines the emotional and devastating impact of loss and trauma. It identifies the intricacies of the dark and unfamiliar effects on the self. The book illuminates how the brain holds the complex circuitry of grief.

Genesis the podcast

We welcome back Edy Nathan, a renowned therapist and grief expert, who shares her poignant journey through grief as shaped by personal experiences of profound loss. Edy opens up about the transformative impact of losing her partner to cancer in her late twenties, a pivotal event that led her to a deeper understanding of grief and its manifestations beyond the death of a loved one, including domestic violence. Her insights challenge traditional views, urging us to see grief as a non-linear process that offers the potential for growth and resilience.

Mental Hell Podcast

Join us for a profound conversation with grief and trauma expert, Edy Nathan, as she introduces the concept of “Sexual Grief” and explains how trauma can hold us hostage, impacting our sense of identity, intimacy, and self-worth. With over 20 years in psychotherapy and specialties in EMDR and hypnotherapy, Edy shares her transformative approach to moving from self-loathing to liberation. Through empathy, radical curiosity, and the power of presence, she guides us in learning to “dance with grief.” Whether you’re navigating personal losses or deeper emotional imprints, this episode offers a fresh perspective on healing and empowerment.

Talking to Bushes in NYC

‘The beauty of the liberation is … knowing the self, having compassion, and developing a rapport with the self.’

Battling through a cosmic storm, Edy Nathan and Katie discuss deep intuition, becoming your own negotiator, and partnering with grief. A psychotherapist and grief counselor, Edy shares strategies for thriving with and beyond loss and trauma.

Sexual Grief: Grieving and healing from sexually traumatic experiences.

Sexual grief has many dimensions and is defined by therapist and grief expert Edy Nathan as “a natural response to an unnatural sexually traumatic event or experience that makes you feel as if you are being held hostage.” It is through this lens that this episode explores a wide range of aspects about sexual grief including survivor experiences of rape, sexual violence, sexual abuse, disenfranchised grief from the loss of a partner, the impact of pornography, and more.

Survivor Grief, Part 1: Embracing Your Journey With Grief.

So what are grief and grieving? What do they feel like? Will my grief ever end? We address these questions with thought leader and author Edy Nathan who suggests – grief mourns what was. 

Survivor Grief, Part 2: From Grief to Grace

Edy Nathan returns with even more insightful guidance about grief for survivors, sharing powerful lessons on grieving and healing, her “forgive” mantra for self-empowerment, and her poem, “Grace”. Ms. Nathan also shares a sneak peek about her upcoming new book.

Episode 750: Grief and The Dance of Self-Discovery with Edy Nathan

Edy Nathan is a Certified Sex Therapist and thought leader specializing in grief, trauma, and sexuality. She works with businesses, universities, and long-term care homes to help people understand how these areas filter through their lives and affect everything from creativity to productivity. Working together, she offers creative ways to deal with grief, trauma, and sexuality.

Dancing with Grief - Edy Nathan

We talk with Edy Nathan MA, LCSWR, who is an author, public speaker and licensed therapist. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, hypnotherapist and certified EMDR practitioner with more than 20 years of experience. 

Clay & Confines: Crafting Freedom from Agoraphobia (Edy Nathan)

In this episode of How We Heal, Corban David Jenai speaks with Edy Nathan. Edy is a writer, psychotherapist, and speaker who specializes in grief, trauma, and sexuality. In their conversation they explore a wide range of topics including, living in New York as an outlier and creative, presence and personas, spontaneity, and the cost of burying emotions.

Surviving Grief - A special episode

In this special and wide-ranging interview with four grief/trauma experts, we explore how the Covid 19 bereaved community is only beginning to deal with their loss now, three years after the event.

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