Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic

Interview with Morgan Rich

Morgan Rich · December 17, 2025

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Interview with Morgan Rich

Podcast: Grieving Out Loud: A Mother Coping with Loss in the Opioid Epidemic

December 17, 2025 · 46 min

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Key topicsWhy the Old Model of Masculinity No Longer WorksFor too long, masculinity has been equated with control, dominance, and shutting down emotions-leaving men disconnected and alone. In his book, The Invitation Beyond: Reclaiming Healthy Masculinity, Morgan offers another way: a vision rooted in presence, flexibility, and care. He shows how men can step out of rigid roles and step into authentic connection with themselves and others. Honoring Life TransitionsThreshold moments show up in many forms: leaving home, school shifts, new jobs, midlife reckonings, or when your heart knows it’s time to commit, name a hidden truth, or stand for yourself or your family differently. Morgan highlights how these changes-often minimized in our culture-are actually potent openings for reflection and growth. In his Threshold Coaching and Find Your Path program, he helps people meet these moments with presence and courage instead of fear, turning uncertainty into clarity and belonging. Why Self-Betrayal Is the Hidden Cost of BelongingMost people don’t set out to betray themselves-it happens quietly, every time we say yes when we mean no, perform instead of feel, or trade truth for approval. Morgan Rich learned this the hard way. After giving up nearly everything he owned to live simply on the road for three years, he discovered that real freedom isn’t about escape-it’s about integrity. Through his Threshold Work, Morgan helps people notice the subtle ways they abandon themselves and teaches practices for staying present when discomfort rises. His approach blends nervous system awareness, somatic practice, and grounded honesty, showing that wholeness begins not in reinvention, but in returning to what’s real. For anyone exhausted by the performance of success, Morgan’s message is a reminder: alignment isn’t a luxury-it’s the starting point for a life that actually feels alive. View all topics →

About Morgan Rich

Author of The Invitation Beyond, Helping People Hold Intensity and Live With Integrity

10+ years Coaching men, couples & young adults2 books Published author on purpose & healthy masculinity50+ hours Produced The Invitation Beyond audiobookPilot leader Find Your Path

Morgan Rich is a coach, author, and group facilitator who helps people navigate threshold moments—the school transitions, breakups, commitments, career shifts, midlife reckonings, and quiet inner stirrings that signal it’s time for something new. For more than a decade, he has guided men, couples, and young adults through these crucible spaces, offering presence, precision, and care when the old story no longer fits and the next step feels terrifying.

His approach, called Threshold Coaching—Training for the unkNOWn, blends real-time support with nervous system awareness and integrity practices. Sometimes that means preparing a client before a hard conversation; other times it’s helping them integrate the aftermath of grief or conflict. It is not advice or quick fixes, but a way of learning to stay present and courageous when life feels most intense.

Morgan is currently leading the pilot of his Find Your Path program, an immersive community for both young and older adults who feel caught between pressure and possibility. By living, learning, and practicing together, participants discover clarity, resilience, and a deeper sense of belonging and direction.

His book, The Invitation Beyond: Reclaiming Healthy Masculinity, draws on his personal journey as a sensitive man in a world that rewarded toughness.

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In American culture, men and women are often expected to grieve in very different ways, but those expectations can leave many men feeling pressured to stay silent, stoic, or emotionally closed off.Morgan Richis working to challenge that pattern.

Rich, a writer and life coach, focuses on helping men navigate grief, change and pain in healthier, more authentic ways. His work also explores what healthy masculinity can look like beyond the stereotypes that often shape how men are “supposed” to cope.

Rich’s interest in this work is personal. His father died when Rich was 18, an experience that pushed him to reconsider the way he lived and how he processed loss. In this episode of Grieving Out Loud, hear how Rich’s loss influenced his approach to life, masculinity and emotional honesty. He also offers insight for men struggling with grief and for the women who want to support them.

Visit Morgan's website and purchase his book here.

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