Lily Cornell Silver and Susan Silver discuss loss and grief


Lily Cornell Silver has released her latest episode of her mental health focused video series With a wide open mind today (July 20), which featured her mother and music industry titan Susan Silver as a guest. During the chat, the couple discussed a variety of topics, such as overcoming grief and the links between addiction and mental health.

Today marks one year since Cornell Silver launched the web series, and would also have been his father Chris Cornell’s 57th birthday.

“I feel so lucky to have been able to create this series and provide a resource for mental health, a subject close to my heart; I couldn’t have done it without the help and inspiration of my two beautiful ones. parents, ”Cornell Silver wrote on her Instagram.

Before Silver married Cornell, she led Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Screaming Trees and several other groups in Seattle from the late 1980s. She and the frontman of Soundgarden married in 1990, and they hosted their daughter 10 years later before divorcing in 2004.

During the episode, Silver detailed her experience of losing her younger brother to drug addiction in 1996 and how she used dance as a tool to help her cope with grief.

Cornell Silver was 16 when her father passed away in 2017, and her mother noticed that she was starting to show her grief in an unhealthy way.

“The severity of grief runs deep on the human body. And so we were lying in bed one night and I said, ‘Honey, let’s find something to do, let’s find an activity,'” recalls Silver.

After suggesting a few different hobbies for her daughter to try to help her heal, boxing was the one that sparked her interest.

“This is something we’ve talked about a lot … it’s how important externalizing has been – not just being able to sit down with your feelings and still your mind enough to listen to you and be at it. feel comfortable in discomfort, but also give yourself that space to externalize, whether it’s moving your body or doing something creative or writing, ”added Cornell Silver.

Watch the full episode below.

Throughout the year-long series, Cornell Silver spoke to other guests such as Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless, Allison Hagendorf of Spotify, Matt Pinfield and several mental health professionals.

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