Grief & Guts

Wounds Without Toxic Positivity In this episode of The More Live Podcast, I sit down with my dear friend to talk about my book Scar Tissue: How to Find Relief from the Pain of Your Emotional Wounds Without Toxic Positivity and the deeper truths about grief, healing, and personal power. We explore grief beyond death, why toxic positivity can actually delay healing, and how language, responsibility, and choice shape our emotional freedom. I share the story behind why this book exists, how losing my daughter Leyden reshaped every part of my life, and why grief is not something to get over but something to integrate. This conversation is for anyone navigating loss, identity shifts, heartbreak, or the quiet griefs we don’t always name. If you’ve ever felt stuck between honoring your pain and wanting to move forward without betraying your love, this episode will meet you exactly where you are. Show Notes:   In this deeply honest conversation, I share the journey behind Scar Tissue and the lessons grief has taught me about power, responsibility, and freedom. We talk about redefining grief beyond death, dismantling entitlement disguised as worthiness, and why eliminating the word “should” changed my entire life. We also explore how grief can become a source of connection rather than something that isolates us, how to work with emotional energy instead of numbing or bypassing it, and why healing is not about moving on but moving forward with love. This episode is an invitation to stop outsourcing your worth, reclaim your agency, and become a conscious co-creator with your pain instead of a victim to it. In this episode, we explore: • Why grief is more than death and how it shows up in everyday life • The difference between toxic positivity and empowered healing • How language like “should” creates guilt, shame, and disempowerment • The concept of grief as energy and how to transmute it • Why you are worthy but not entitled and how that distinction creates freedom • How to integrate loss without losing connection • The role of radical responsibility in healing emotional wounds • Why grief is not a blank check to be an a*****e • How nervous system regulation plays a key role in long-term healing • What it really means to move forward without betraying love   Catch up with me on socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissadlugolecki/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.dlugolecki LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-dlugolecki-b24988141/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@melissadlugolecki YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MelissaDlugolecki