# (#50) Writing Your Way Through Grief: The Nautilus Way with Marie Crews Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-what-7067347/50-writing-your-way-through-grief-the-nautilus-way-with-marie-crews Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-what-7067347/50-writing-your-way-through-grief-the-nautilus-way-with-marie-crews.md Podcast: [Now What](https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-what-7067347) Published: 2025-11-24T03:16:00+00:00 Episode link: https://motivatewithmelis.com/ Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/a84a9244-1b16-4d63-a8d1-c8ba2b664bd9/50_Writing_Your_Way_Through_Grief__The_Nautilus_Way_with_Marie_Crews.mp3?dest-id=4695442 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/now-what-7067347/episodes/50-writing-your-way-through-grief-the-nautilus-way-with-marie-crews Duration seconds: 4115 ## Resource Episode Description Today Melis is joined by Marie Crews —certified health & wellness coach, retreat facilitator, and bestselling author of Even When… She Rose —to talk about the healing power of journaling, her four-step Nautilus Way, and how she rebuilt her life after unimaginable loss. In This Episode, We Explore: The Nautilus Way: Write Your Way Free Why you don't need to be a "writer" to journal The four steps of her method: Reveal: Stream-of-consciousness writing Review: Spotting pain points & patterns Rewrite: Giving yourself permission, validation & compassion Rewire: Practicing new thoughts and responses Journaling Through Grief How writing supported Marie through the sudden loss of her mother Why she couldn't journal immediately after losing her son—and what happened when she finally could Loss, Healing & Self-Compassion Acceptance vs. "giving someone a pass" Why staying stuck is often more painful than starting to heal Retreats for Moms Who Have Lost a Child Marie's Gulf-front retreat space in Navarre Beach, Florida Why grieving mothers need a room of women who truly get it Connect with Marie Crews Website: www.mariecrews.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marieeurecrews TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@empowermentandgriefguide Book: Even When… She Rose Connect with Melis Website: motivatewithmelis.com Email: info@motivatewithmelis.com IG/TikTok/Facebook: @motivatewithmelis ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/now-what-7067347/episodes/50-writing-your-way-through-grief-the-nautilus-way-with-marie-crews/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/now-what-7067347/50-writing-your-way-through-grief-the-nautilus-way-with-marie-crews.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.