Is it possible to express the pain of losing a soulmate through words?

In this episode, I’m joined by the Family Law Attorney and Writer Michael Sudman. Michael started writing health updates to family and friends when his soulmate, Sheryl, got diagnosed with pancreatic Cancer. After Sheryl passed, Michael kept writing, yet he transformed those health updates into beautifully written poetry and (thankfully!) decided to keep sharing them. Using his incredible talent to resignify everyday observations into deep messages about life, love, grief, and healing, Michael shares his art with 240 people each day, and, through his spontaneous and heartfelt words, inspires others to find beauty, hope, and connection even in the darkest times.

Throughout this episode, you’ll hear about Michael’s unique approach to coping with grief through daily writing and how he found solace, connection, and healing through his art. You’ll also hear three beautiful poems written by Michael about optimism, life’s unpredictability, and simplicity that represent perfectly how art, writing, and poetry are ideal tools for resignifying grief and much more.

Tune in and listen to episode 264 of Grief and Happiness, and enjoy Michael’s incredible talent to transform unique perspectives and ideas into a beautiful art form.

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• About how Michael’s “Today’s Thought” started (2:50)
• Three is golden in them (4:20)
• Michael’s poem about life’s unpredictability (6:00)
• Hopeful, happy, praying, peaceful, summer nights… (14:40)
• Michael talks about what writing these poems does for him (17:50)

Connect with Michael Sudman:

• LinkedIn
• Book: Michael Sudman – A 62-Day Journey: Love, Light, and Grace

Let’s Connect:

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• Facebook
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Pinterest
• The Grief and Happiness Alliance
• Book: Emily Thiroux Threatt – Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief

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Emily Thiroux Threatt Podcast Host, Facilitator, Author

Having gone through the experience of the deaths of so many loved ones, I have learned to face life with love, optimism, and joy.

I have kept journals and written to express myself most of my life which led me to a career of teaching writing and writing books. I naturally turned to writing to help deal with my grief, then I discovered I could use writing to help friends deal with grief, too.

In contemplating how I could best help the grieving people I was working with, my Ignite moment came when realized the importance of helping people understand the importance of happiness and how they could grieve and be happy at the same time.

To share my message, I host the Grief and Happiness podcast, I wrote the book Loving and Living Your Way Though Grief, I facilitate weekly meetings of the Grief and Happiness Alliance, I founded the Grief and Happiness nonprofit foundation, I publish a weekly newsletter and blog, and my new book, The Grief and Happiness Handbook is coming out soon.