From Grief to Joy: What Happens When Adele Crashes Your Divorce Party with Rebecca Feinglos on The Divorce & Beyond Podcast #288

This week on the Divorce & Beyond Podcast, Susan Guthrie, Esq., welcomes Rebecca Feinglos as she shares her story of overcoming grief following her divorce and the iconic moment when Adele crashed her Las Vegas Divorce Party. You won’t want to miss this episode!  Grief is a messy and complicated emotion. And while that is the focal point of this episode, it will be one of the happiest episodes you will hear! After the death of her father in 2020 and her marriage ending, Rebecca Feinglos found herself overwhelmed by grief. So, in 2021, she founded Grieve Leave to document and share her journey and help others navigate their grief with humor and compassion.  In this episode, Susan and Rebecca discuss the importance of acknowledging grief and how to navigate it with self-compassion. When we see that grieving doesn’t only have to be about crying - we can move forward, find joy, and even celebrate it too. Rebecca Feinglos blogs her personal experiences and shares tangible resources and actionable tips for dealing with relationship grief and divorce (with a healthy dose of humor baked in). Most recently, Rebecca went viral for throwing a “divorce party” in Vegas and bringing Adele to tears on stage.  Topics and Golden Nuggets include: Susan and Rebecca explore the common misconception that grief comes only with death - we grieve all kinds of losses in our lives How to intentionally grieve after a divorce, and why is it essential to do so Why we need to stop using the phrase “failed marriage” when we talk about divorce There will never be a divorce party quite like Rebecca’s divorce party! How Rebecca is bringing others together through the Grieve Leave community **************************************** About this week's special guest: Rebecca Feinglos Rebecca Feinglos is a grief educator, advocate, and the founder of online blog and digital community Grieve Leave. After ending her marriage during the fallout of her parents’ deaths, Rebecca quit her job to take a year-long sabbatical to grieve, founding Grieve Leave as an outlet to document her own journey with grief. The Grieve Leave community has grown to one of thousands, where Rebecca blogs her personal experiences and shares tangible resources and actionable tips for dealing with relationship grief and divorce (with a healthy dose of humor baked in).  Rebecca can be found on social media @rfeinglos. You can keep up with her Grieve Leave journey at www.GrieveLeave.com.   Mentioned in this episode:Mosten Guthrie Academy: The  Mosten Guthrie Academy has a full slate of mediation and collaborative trainings and study groups scheduled for 2023! In fact, our first advanced training is on February 15th! Visit MostenGuthrie.com to check out all the different ways that you can study and train with us in the coming year and join the Mosten Guthrie family.  As a special for Divorce and Beyond listeners, if you put in the code DB50  when you register, you'll get $50 off the cost of a training or study group. ********************************************************** THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:  SOBERLINK Thriving in divorce and beyond means not having to worry about the safety of your children when it comes to co-parenting. With alcohol abuse on the rise, many co-parents are turning to the system committed to providing proof, protection, and peace of mind. Soberlink’s alcohol monitoring system is the most convenient, reliable, and reasonable way for a parent to provide evidence that they are not drinking during parenting time. Soberlink’s real-time alerts, facial recognition, and tamper detection ensure the integrity of each test, so you can be confident your kids are with a sober parent. With Soberlink, judges rest assured that your child is safe, attorneys get court-admissible evidence of sobriety, and both parents have empowerment and peace of mind.  Pull back the curtain on the mysteries of parenting time and trust The Experts in Remote Alcohol Monitoring Technology™ to keep