This episode is about the healing stories that are all around us in life. When we are willing to have conversations that allow people to tell their stories we get a personal and intimate experience. Help me welcome Lauren Bittner to The Mission Possible Life Podcast. 

Lauren is a Grief Empowerment Coach who uses personal and professional experiences to help her client's be present with their grief. There are no typical stories here on this podcast because we each have a unique vantage point of our personal experiences. This episode shows what it means to understand your story through the pain of others. When all else seems uncontrollable there is one thing that cannot be taken from each and everyone of us, that is our response.

Grief is one aspect of life we cannot escape. How do we build a healthy relationship with the loss of someone important to us? How do we carry the memories of our loved ones in a manner that make life meaningful? How do we talk about the loss of someone? These questions are answered throughout this episode. 

When you are present with your pain, acknowledge something is off, and have a desire for a better tomorrow. You can begin to take the next right action that can help you understand your situation differently. 

Forgiveness is the solution. Knowing how to apply forgiveness is exactly what this episode is about. On this episode the host shares his relationship with forgiveness from a personal standpoint. Life can be difficult if we don't know how to let go of experiences that aren't ours to hold onto. You will learn how forgiveness gives us our power back as individuals and removes the burden of past transgressions. 

We don't control how others treat us, we do control our response to each and every situation we are a part of. Learning to forgive relieves future impacts of hatred, violence and separation. You will learn how to apply a process of forgiveness from the healing community of Alcoholics Anonymous.