You made it through. You kept leading, kept executing, kept showing up for everyone around you. And now, months later, something feels off and you cannot explain it.

This episode names what nobody in your leadership circle has given you language for. It is called Post-Crisis Lag™, the gap between when loss happens and when grief finally catches up to the leader who never stopped executing. It does not show up during the crisis. It shows up after, when everyone around you assumes you have already handled it.

Leadership strategist and behavioral consultant Brigitte Brown Jackson breaks down exactly what Post-Crisis Lag™ is, why it hits high performers hardest, and what it actually looks like when it shows up in your leadership. If you have been more irritable than usual, creatively flat, withdrawn, or questioning your purpose without a clear reason, this episode was recorded for you.

The book Grief Has a Personality by Brigitte Brown Jackson is available for pre-order now. Visit griefhasapersonality.com to get your name on the list and take the free Grief Response Profile to discover your grief leadership style.

Episode 2 - Why Strong Leaders Fall Apart in Private

You have been holding it together for everyone else: your team, your organization, your family, and you are good at it. Nobody would ever know what it is actually costing you.

This episode is about that cost.

Leadership strategist and behavioral consultant Brigitte Brown Jackson opens the conversation that most leadership development spaces refuse to have. Grief is not just about death. It is about every significant loss that changed you while you were still expected to perform. The job. The marriage. The identity. The dream. The season that ended before you were ready.

In this episode, you will learn why the word grief carries so much stigma in leadership spaces, what grief actually is beyond the dictionary definition, the four grief styles that show up in leaders, and which one is quietly running your decisions right now, and why what most leaders call burnout is actually something else entirely.

This is the conversation that finally gives you language for what you have been carrying.

Subscribe on your favorite platform. Then visit griefhasapersonality.com to take the free Grief Response Profile and discover your grief leadership style.

* The content of this podcast is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health, medical, or therapeutic advice, diagnosis, or treatment. 

This is the trailer for Grief Has a Personality™, the podcast exploring how grief and leadership intersect in ways most leadership training never addresses.

If you are a leader navigating grief, loss, or disruption while still showing up for your team, this show was built for you. Whether you are experiencing workplace grief, recovering from personal loss, or leading through organizational crisis, your grief style has been quietly shaping your decisions and your leadership presence longer than you realize.

Host Brigitte Brown Jackson, leadership strategist and behavioral consultant, introduces the framework that connects personality to grief response and what that means for how leaders lead after loss.

This is not therapy. This is leadership clarity for grieving leaders who are still standing.

Subscribe and visit griefhasapersonality.com to take the free Grief Response Profile and discover your grief leadership style.