The Four-Step Journaling Method That Turned a Mother’s Grief Into Growth

04/11/2025 29 min Episodio 384
The Four-Step Journaling Method That Turned a Mother’s Grief Into Growth

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If you’ve ever felt trapped in grief and longed for a way to truly move forward, episode 384 is for you. Grief guide and author Marie Crews shares how losing her 22-year-old son to suicide inspired The Nautilus Way—a four-step journaling process that transforms pain into empowerment. With raw honesty and compassion, she reveals how writing can quiet guilt, rewire your thoughts, and reconnect you to life. Her story proves that healing begins the moment you meet yourself on the page.In This Episode, You Will Learn:(01:01) Marie’s path from mindset coach to grief and empowerment guide(02:40) Losing her 22-year-old son and transforming unimaginable pain into purpose(04:15) Why choosing how to live with loss is an act of radical self-responsibility(06:27) The power of journaling—and how it became her lifeline through grief(07:45) The creation of The Nautilus Way: Reveal, Review, Rewrite, and Rewire(10:59) How journaling opens communication with lost loved ones(11:54) Turning journaling into meditation and “whispering yourself home”(14:20) Breaking perfectionism and resistance in writing for healing(16:18) Gratitude, self-love, and the small daily practices that rewire the mind(20:00) How journaling becomes a love letter to yourself—and a path to peace(23:55) Why the answers aren’t “out there,” but waiting inside you all along(24:45) How to access The Nautilus Way and begin your own healing journeyMarie Crews is an empowerment and grief guide, author, and creator of The Nautilus Way, a four-step journaling process that helps women heal by reconnecting with themselves and rewriting limiting beliefs. After losing her 22-year-old son to suicide in 2017, she transformed her grief into purpose, developing a compassionate method to help others move through loss, anxiety, and self-judgment. Through her retreats in Navarre, Florida, and online workshops, she guides women toward self-compassion, empowerment, and emotional freedom using journaling as a tool for deep healing.In this episode, Marie shares how journaling became her lifeline after her son’s death and how it evolved into The Nautilus Way—a process of “Reveal, Review, Rewrite, and Rewire.” She explains how meeting yourself on the page can quiet the inner critic, bring clarity, and reframe grief into growth. Marie and Emily discuss how consistent, conscious journaling can transform suffering into self-acceptance and joy, empowering women to take radical responsibility for their thoughts and emotions while finding peace within their ongoing grief.Connect with Marie Crews:WebsiteFacebookBook: Even When... She RoseLet's Connect: WebsiteLinkedInFacebookTwitterPinterestThe Grief and Happiness Alliance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.