Jerome
5/4/20261 hr 35 min
The Minimalists discuss the passing of Joshua's brother, Jerome, and they talk about confronting loss, the difficult road to acceptance, the difference between processing and complaining, finding meaning in tragedy, and much, much more. Contribute to the GoFundMe for Jerome's family.
Discussed in this episode:
Is it better to confront loss with replacement or acceptance? (00:57)
What's the difference between processing and complaining? (15:23)
What would Jerome say? (53:27)
How did Jerome view material things? (1:02:05)
How can we find meaning in loss? (1:23:29)
Added Value: One of Jerome's favorite...
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 0· Soundbite0:12
[singing] Every little thing you think that you need. Every little thing you think that you need. Every little thing that's just feeding your greed. Oh, I bet that you'd be fine without it.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host0:37
[sighs] Yes. The Minimalists. Man, TK, it's been a, a difficult week. So I think we'll go... This will be a bit different than the normal. Where do you wanna start?
T.K. Coleman· Host0:54
I think we start where we always have, with a call from one of our listeners.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host1:02
Yeah. We had some people write in. Dustin wrote this in. He said, um, "Is it better to confront loss with replacement or acceptance?" And TK, I gotta be di- uh, honest with you here. I, I, um, I'm still struggling with the, with the acceptance piece of it.
T.K. Coleman· Host1:22
Yeah.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host1:22
Which is really strange for me, man.
T.K. Coleman· Host1:24
Yeah.
Joshua Fields Millburn· Host1:24
I'm usually pretty good at accepting things. And so,