Episode 84

What You're Feeling is Grief (feat. Nesreen Ahmed)

Published on: 10th March, 2021

It's that feeling you've had for basically the last year. Sometimes it feels like anxiety, sometimes stress, overwhelm, sadness. It's all those feelings and it boils down to one thing: grief. Our desire to find new routines, our clinging to the old ones and it's likely to continue as we move into this next phase of, yet another, new normal. Grief coach, Nesreen Ahmed, joins Jenn to help us understand what we're feeling, how to process it and how to move forward. Interestingly, this also applies to other times in life when we're progressing an old identity no longer fits. This episode is a truly fascinating conversation! 

Outline:

  • Intro today's topic & featured guest, Nesreen Ahmed
  • How Nesreen found her way into this niche of coaching
  • Redefining grief beyond the loss of a loved one
    • Even "positive" life events can include feelings of grief
  • Different levels and degrees of grief
  • How does this apply to the Pandemic (2020-2021)?
  • How do we grieve and cope right now?
    • Eat well, exercise daily, sleep
    • Meditation, positive intelligence
  • How do we balance moving forward and "doing the work?" How do we know if we've "processed it enough?"
  • The other side is a shift in the feelings - still sadness but less guilt, pain, anger
    • Coming out stronger on the other side & building the resiliency muscle
      • Gratitude & small wins
  • Processing with reading and writing vs talking
  • PQ reps - the positive intelligence muscle
    • Qhich voices we listen to in our heads & what truly motives us to keep going
      • Motivation vs commitment
  • As we make progress, the grieving process of our past identity
    • Having someone who can reflect back to you all the progress you've made
  • Biggest mistakes people make when experiencing grief, mourning a loss or trying to figure out a new normal
  • Final thought from Nesreen

Links:
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Nesreen's Website & Instagram
 


Quotes:
"Grief is not a bad thing. So many of us think of it as something to avoid or run from even thought we're all going to experience it and we have experienced it already, multiple times, in multiple forms." - Nesreen Ahmed
"Self care never ends, you can never overdose. But we do get to a point where we can move on and get through things easier." - Nesreen Ahmed
"The idea is building resiliency; that you're learning to integrates what's happened into your life." - Nesreen Ahmed"
"It's OK to not be OK." - Nesreen Ahmed
"This past year of the pandemic may have felt like a layer cake of shit." - Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!