If You Hate Where You Live, Should You Leave? (Moving Regret & Starting Over)

If you move somewhere new and hate it… do you stick it out or start over? Mandy and Kathryn have very different answers. In this episode, they get into moving regret, how to decide whether to stay or leave, and the emotional reality of starting over in a new place. Also: creative and surprising ways to cope with grief, the rituals that keep people we’ve lost close, and Kathryn reveals her secret, longstanding hatred of jokes. Mandy and Kathryn’s guest is Carla Fernandez, author of Renegade Grief: A Guide to the Wild Ride of Life After Loss. Have a question, story, weird thought to share with Mandy and Kathryn? Drop us a voice memo here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMandyand... or send an email to [email protected]. 👉 Subscribe so you don’t miss a new episode every week! 🎧 Listen to the podcast on all platforms: https://lemonada.lnk.to/DontListenToUsYT 📱Follow us: @mandypatinkin @lemonadamedia #MandyPatinkin #KathrynGrody #Podcast #DontListenToUs Chapters: 00:00 Why Kathryn HATES Jokes (And the Debate That Follows) 00:13 Why Canadians “Hate” Orgies 😂 00:32 The No-More-Jokes Argument 00:45 A Wild (and Weirdly Deep) Story About Heaven & Death 01:55 Why That Story Actually Works 02:27 Meet Mandy & Kathryn 02:51 Should You Move Away If You’re Unhappy? (Listener Question) 03:40 The “One-Year Rule” for Big Life Changes 04:20 Should You Move Back? Regret, Identity & Starting Over 06:28 Stay or Leave? Real Advice on Moving 07:24 How Do We Cope With Grief? (Expert Insight) 11:14 Are Butterflies Signs From Loved Ones? 14:25 Is It Okay to Laugh While Grieving? 15:51 Scattering Ashes: A Personal Story About Letting Go 18:10 Turning Grief Into Creativity 19:40 Are There Signs From the Dead? (The Spotlight Story) 20:52 Monarch Butterflies, Ancestors & Meaning 22:12 What Sigmund Freud Got Wrong About Grief 24:08 Small Rituals That Actually Help With Grief 29:04 Dreams About the Dead: Visit or Coincidence? 34:04 What Grief Teaches Us About Love & Loss 34:50 Listener Mail & Outro