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Why would I bring on a divorce and relationship expert for those navigating life after loss? There is grief in divorce, and there is grief in death, but today we are really looking at this “life after love” picture. Many of us are looking back to make sense of our marriages, to figure out how to honor our marriages, and to figure out what the heck we do now on the other side. Sunny Joy McMillan is here to talk with us about examining a marriage when our partner is no longer here to help us process, resolve, and heal. Tender curiosities: I am devastated. What does it mean to take responsibility for my emotional landscape? Doing this one thing can help break open the well of suppressed emotions and allow us to start moving through them. [13:06] The quest for closure: How ritual and ceremony can establish a healing space, helping us close the chapter on this piece of our story, despite the pain we are feeling. I have spent years suppressing my own desires and putting my dreams on hold. It’s hard for me to envision any future apart from this enormous pain, let alone consider the recovery my desires and dreams. How do I even begin? What has to happen to transition living from the white-knuckle way of figuring out life into blossoming into a life where we are open to allowing? Resources: Grab a free copy of Sunny’s book: UNHITCHED: Unlock Your Courage and Clarity to Unstick Your Bad Marriage. Sunny Joy McMillan is a recovering attorney and practicing master life coach with a weekly radio show called Sunny in Seattle. She is an author and happy divorcee who, after a high conflict marriage, shared an awesome post-divorce friendship with her ex-husband until his passing in 2018. She is passionate about unsticking stagnant marriages and empowering adults to make relationship choices based on their heart and spirit. Winter, spring, summer or fall... it’s always Sunny in Seattle when you listen on Fridays from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. on Alternative Talk 1150AM KKNW. Connect with Sunny Joy McMillan on Facebook at facebook.com/sunnyjoy.mcmillan AND facebook.com/sunnyinseattleradio. In the midst of a normal life, Byron Katie became increasingly depressed, and over a ten-year period sank further into rage, despair, and thoughts of suicide. Then one morning, she woke up in a state of absolute joy, filled with the realization of how her own suffering had ended. The freedom of that realization has never left her, and now in Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life you can discover the same freedom through The Work. Announcing the Self-Discovery Summit for Widows: New Year, New You editionThis January 18-21, 2019, a community of widow sisters will kick off a journey of self-discovery & solidarity that starts in Scottsdale, Arizona and continues virtually long after the retreat ends - and YOU'RE INVITED! It's an all-inclusive retreat immersion - a long weekend haven for top notch nourishment, community, just the right dose of adventure and some lavish luxury too... ...and this is only the beginning! The retreat sets the tone for your cohort of renegade widow sisters to begin a three month journey together that includes: self-discovery, radical self care, and cultivating powerful tools to grieve with intention while connecting to the clarity you crave for the way ahead. Visit https://hopepersonified.lpages.co/januarysummit/ to apply today!