{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Success Reimagined with Amna Shabbir MD","title":"Ep 80. Grief Sabbatical, “Sad” Hours, Performance Pressure and More with Rebecca Feinglos","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3053,"description":"\n⚠️Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of death, divorce and postpartum depression. Listener discretion is advised.\nWe don’t know how to allow grief in our modern society. \nYou can keep achieving, stay productive, and appear completely fine, but that does not mean you are not grieving.\nIn this deeply honest conversation, Dr. Amna Shabbir sits down with certified grief support specialist and Grieve Leave founder Rebecca Feinglos to explore why high achievers often feel they are not allowed to pause, fall apart, or acknowledge loss.\nRebecca explains that grief is not limited to death. It can accompany divorce, illness, career changes, identity shifts, graduation, motherhood, and even positive life transitions. She shares how losing both of her parents, ending her marriage, and stepping away from work for a year forced her to stop trying to outperform her pain and finally make space for it.\nTogether, Dr. Shabbir and Rebecca examine the powerful intersection between grief and perfectionism, including the pressure to appear strong, grieve “correctly,” and return to normal as quickly as possible. Rebecca also offers practical advice for supporting someone through loss, from what to say instead of “everything will be okay” to why specific offers of help are more valuable than “let me know if you need anything.”\n\nThis conversation is a compassionate reminder that grief is not weakness, sadness is not its only expression, and healing does not require you to leave your loss behind.\n\nIn this episode, you’ll learn:\nWhy grief can arise from any meaningful loss or life transition\nHow high achievement and perfectionism can become forms of emotional avoidance\nWhy there is no correct timeline or “right” way to grieve\nWhat not to say to someone experiencing loss\nHow to offer practical, specific support instead of placing the burden on the grieving person\nWhy checking in months or years later can be more meaningful than reaching out only during the immediate...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QEE2f337cKVpjs0qsD34kLfH1IC05rMH7dxK2ABS5Zk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82Yjk4/YjMyNjBlMmQ1ZWZi/OGNhYzZiYmNmODQy/NDdlMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}