“We should’ve been given hip-high boots and a damn instruction manual. Instead, we’re dropped into grief with nothing but clichés. But here’s the truth—you can face the pile, grieve it, and climb out.”

In this episode of Grieve That Shit, Sharon Brubaker gets brutally honest about what grief really feels like: like stepping straight into a hip-high pile of shit with no warning, no boots, and no map out.

Nobody prepared us for the sleepless nights, the chest-crushing pain, or the brain fog that makes you feel like you’re losing your mind. Nobody told us grief would come with silence from friends, family drama, and the pressure to “be strong.” Instead, we’re left to stumble through the mess with nothing but bad advice and our broken hearts.

This episode is your manual for facing that pile, wading through it, and finding a way out—without pretending it’s not there.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why grief feels like drowning in a pile of shit no one warned us about

• The ways society avoids preparing us for loss

• How grief takes over your body and makes simple things feel impossible

• The extra weight of silence, guilt, and bad advice

• The first steps to facing grief instead of resisting it

Homework for You

Print this out and do it this week:

1. Write down your personal version of “the pile.”

• Is it the silence from friends?

• The guilt that won’t let go?

• The exhaustion that never ends?

• The family drama that made it worse?

2. Circle the one part of the pile that feels heaviest right now. That’s where you start. Naming it is the first step to grieving it.

Resources + Next Steps

• Download your free eBook: https://clickhereforhope.com/

• Join Grief Study Hall – live support with Sharon every Tuesday at 1 PM CST. Sign up at Grief Study Hall.