If you didn't listen to Part 1 of my conversation with Andrea Carter Brown (episode 81), be sure to listen to it and then come back to Part 2. I promise you'll be glad you did!

Part 2 of our conversation is just as rich and fascinating as Part 1. In Part 2, we talked about:

• What Andrea and her husband found when they finally returned to their apartment after 9/11
• When they finally felt good about their home again
• What it was like running into some of their neighbors after they moved back to their apartment
• Why people began going to New York after 9/11 - and why those people didn’t stay
• Her thoughts on collective grief
• Why she chose the date of September 12 as the title of her latest book
• What she felt needed to be included in a book of mourning
• The tribute she wrote to her neighborhood
• How having written before 9/11 helped her write after 9/11
• Why she doesn’t think she wouldn’t have written the book if they hadn’t left New York
• What being stuck does to us in our grief
• The beautiful reading Andrea did for us of one of her poems from “September 12”
• The survey they receive each year as 9/11 "survivors"
• Her journey to being able to enjoy life again
• The ensuing PTSD she experiences
• What she believes recovering means
• The common bonds between all people who have experienced sudden loss and trauma
• Why she wasn’t able to write for a long time after 9/11
• The belief she’d held that was ruptured after 9/11
• Why the pandemic triggered a lot of her fears again
• What she believes is some of the unfinished business of 9/11
• The healing she’s found in California

Be sure to get your copy of Andrea's book, September 12, on Amazon

You can find samples of her beautiful work on her website here

Do you have your copy of my free guide, 4 Steps to Connect with Your Higher Self? If not, get yours here!