Podcasts by Grief Out Loud
Remember the last time you tried to talk about grief and suddenly everyone left the room? Grief Out Loud is opening up this often avoided conversation because grief is hard enough without having to go through it alone. We bring you a mix of personal stories, tips for supporting children, teens, and yourself, and interviews with bereavement professionals. Platitude and cliché-free, we promise! Grief Out Loud is hosted by Jana DeCristofaro and produced by The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families in Portland, Oregon.
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How To Talk About What Happened - Adam Sawyer from 2023-12-08T23:15
In January of 2022, Adam Sawyer had everything he dreamed of and more. His partner Kara was the love of his life. Their cat Lela was his all-time favorite animal. Their off the grid house, Whisk...
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It's Okay That It's Not The Same - Grief At The Holidays from 2023-12-01T18:33
It's our fifth annual holidays & grief episode! This time of year can be grueling for anyone, but particularly for those who are grieving. So, each year we put out an episode to help you feel le...
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Tending To Trauma In Grief - Meghan Riordan Jarvis from 2023-11-22T23:52
When Meghan Riordan Jarvis's mother died suddenly, just two years after her father died of cancer, she watched herself grieving from two perspectives. One as a daughter and the other as a trauma...
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I've Missed Him At Every Milestone - Bridget from 2023-11-16T03:23
Bridget was in high school when her dad died of a heart...
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When Your Spouse Dies Of Suicide - Alexandra Wyman from 2023-10-21T16:43
Love Isn't Finite - Grieving A Partner from 2023-10-13T18:29
This was supposed to be an episode about going back to work with grief, but it's not. Emily did have to navigate going back to work after her partner Chantel was killed in a hit and run, but thi...
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How To Make New Memories from 2023-09-28T21:31
Katie Cosgrove experienced the death of someone close to her every year between the ages of 15 and 21....
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How To Show Up For Others from 2023-09-07T19:12
"How do I help someone who is grieving?" This is the perennial question when it comes to showing up for people we care about after someone dies. Zack Wheat, a Board Certified Chaplain, knows mor...
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Love Is Stronger - Interrupting Gun Violence from 2023-08-11T23:07
Becoming A Cultural Kinkeeper from 2023-08-03T23:19
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The Grief Garden - Supporting Collective Grief from 2023-07-14T17:46
As more opportunities for non-traditional grief support arise, it's no surprise that many of them ar...
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When I Think Of Him, Love Is The Word That Comes Up - Pierce Freelon from 2023-07-07T18:55
How Do I Keep Going Without Her? Kelly S. Thompson from 2023-06-23T22:46
We Need Queer Specific Grief Spaces - Queer Grief Club&Jamie Thrower from 2023-06-16T20:17
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It Affects All Of My Relationships from 2023-06-08T21:09
Even though most of us know and accept that grief doesn't have an end point, it can still be surprising to witness how much it impacts almost every aspect of our lives, including our relationshi...
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I Took A Year Off To Grieve - Rebecca Feinglos&GrieveLeave from 2023-05-25T21:13
What happens when you take a year away from your income generating work to focus completely on grief? This is the question Listen
There's No End Point - Sushi Tuesdays&Charlotte Maya from 2023-05-16T21:46
It's generally accepted that there's no official end point to grief, but what happens when there's also no end point to the questions about someone's death? Listen
It's Still Complicated from 2023-04-28T21:37
"What was your dad like?" It's a simple question that's not easy to answer when you had a complicated relationship with the person who died. Claire's dad died of a stroke almost four years ago a...
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Laurel Braitman Learns To Feel Her Feelings - What Looks Like Bravery from 2023-04-14T21:29
Death With Dignity - Dr. Peg Sandeen from 2023-03-31T20:47
At the age of 27, Dr. Peg Sandeen faced an impossible request. Her husband, John, whoListen
Normalizing Grief - Grant Garry&"Meet Me Where I Am" from 2023-03-24T22:07
Meet Me Where I Am, a new film by Grant Garry, explores the topic of grief through individual stories of loss, love, and hope. The film aims ...
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Finding The Words - Colin Campbell from 2023-03-17T05:23
Colin Campbell is a lot of things - writer, hus...
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(Re)Constellating After The Death Of A Partner from 2023-03-06T23:51
When Jessica Schaffer's partner of 25 years, Patrice, died in March of 2021, she fo...
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Both Sides Of The Story from 2023-02-24T19:56
It's rare for a story to have just one side, especially in grief. This is true for Eddie, whose father died of suicide in 2021. One side of the story is how Eddie's father was in the world - ext...
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Cultural Bereavement - Tida Beattie from 2023-02-17T19:17
When Tida Beattie's Thai immigrant parents died in 2019, she went from being a long-distance caregiver to an overwhelmed & grieving daughter. In h...
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Navigating Grief At Work from 2023-02-02T17:35
The list of things to do when someone dies is long and burdensome. If one of the things on that list was, "return to work," then this episode is for you. If you're a manager or co-worker wonderi...
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When Every Item Is Precious - The Grief Gallery from 2023-01-20T17:45
After her mother died in 2013, Charlene Lam faced the daunting prospect of dealing with all of her belongings. Making decisions about what to keep fel...
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Signs&Messages - Psychic Mediumship from 2023-01-06T00:32
We wanted to release this episode at the beginning of...
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Are We Going To Be Okay? - Grief, Collected&The Mash-Up Americans from 2022-12-20T22:47
"Are we going to be okay?" This was one of the first questions Amy Choi & Rebecca Lehrer, co-founders of The Mash-Up Americans, posed in their new podcast series, Grief, Collected. Throughout ep...
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"I Needed To See People Who Looked Like Me" - Luna Peak Foundation from 2022-12-10T00:32
Many of us end up working in the grief world because of our personal experiences. We want to give others what we most needed. This is especially true for Listen
One In A Million from 2022-12-03T01:30
When your parent is one of six people in medical history to be diagnosed with and die from a rare disease, the phrase, "The odds are one in a million" takes on a very different meaning. This was...
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The (Not) Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Holidays&Grief Mini-Episode from 2022-11-21T22:38
For a lot of us, the end of year holidays + grief = the (not) most wonderful time of the year. Rebecca Hobbs-Lawrence, Pathways Program & Group Coordinator at Dougy Center, is back for our annua...
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Grief Doesn't Fit In A Box, But You Can Make A List - What's Your Grief from 2022-11-15T00:03
Have you found it difficult to read anything longer t...
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"These Relationships Matter" - Grieving The Death Of A Pet from 2022-11-03T23:46
We deliberated for a long time about whether it was appropriate for us to do an episode on pet loss. We know from those grieving the death of a person that it can hurt when someone tries to rela...
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Celebrating Día de Los Muertos from 2022-10-28T19:39
Día de Los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead,” is a two-day holiday to remember family members and friends who have died. Día de Los Muertos has origins throughout Mexico and parts of Latin America, ...
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"They Were Part Of My Firefighter Family" - Grieving A Coworker from 2022-10-21T00:12
Charlie Tull has two lives, but he's not deceiving anyone. There's his civilian one that he lives with his kids and family and there's his profess...
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Caring For A Parent At The End Of Life - Mark Chesnut&Prepare for Departure from 2022-10-07T18:28
Mark Chesnut is a NYC-based journalist, editor, and public speaker. His book, Pr...
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The Awkwardness Around Grief Is International from 2022-09-26T21:41:44
This was meant to be a story about grieving in a foreign land. A story about navigating cancer treatment and funeral planning in a different language. And, it is that ...
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"We Did Everything We Could Not To Be Here" from 2022-09-08T18:11:37
This is a story about the people behind the numbers. A new study came out this week (September, 2022) estimating that 10.5 million children, across the globe, are grieving the death of a parent ...
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Embracing Grief In Community - Adam Stevens, RDT from 2022-08-12T19:29:05
Adam Stevens, RDT, (he/they), knows grief. He grew up in a family of five. A family that is now a family of one. Adam brings this deep knowing of grief to his work as the Program Manager for Ber...
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It's Complicated from 2022-08-02T00:22:44
The word complicated came up a lot in this episode with Joe, whose dad died in 2017 after a decade of failing health. Joe's dad was a complicated guy. Joe’s relationsh...
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Things Others Never Even Have To Think About - Grief&Identity from 2022-07-18T23:21:23
Everett's spent the last few years trying to access and process the emotions that come with grief. Emotions that he learned to push aside when he was 12 and his father died. Emotions he didn't k...
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Born For This Work - Supporting Grief&Death (Valenca Valenzuela, MSW) from 2022-07-01T19:03:45
Valenca Valenzuela, MSW, was born on
We Have No New Memories - Amanda Drews&Buzzy's Bees from 2022-06-23T23:44:48
Amanda Drews is the founder of Buzzy’s Bees, the organization she started after her son Hudson, who was 13 months old, died of SU...
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Comedy&Grief&Father's Day - A Reprise from 2022-06-17T16:28:55
What is it about dark humor and why are we drawn to it when wrestling with pain...
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All About The Kids - And The Adults Who Support Them from 2022-06-08T22:42:35
Dr. Micki Burns, Chief Clinical Officer at Judi's House and Dr. Laura Landry, Director of Evaluation & Research at the JAG Institute join us to talk number...
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We're All Experts In Our Own Grief - Rebecca Soffer&The Modern Loss Handbook from 2022-05-20T20:56:20
Rebecca Soffer, co-founder of the Modern Loss Community, started becoming an expert in grief the moment she learned that her mother Shelby was killed in a car crash. Her expertise expanded when ...
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Grief Is Love - Marisa Renee Lee from 2022-05-12T23:08:06
"How Are Your Parents?" - Sibling Grief&Jordon Ferber from 2022-04-29T20:38:10
In grief land, lots of groups are talked about as invisible or forgotten. Children, parents grieving Listen
Trauma&Grief - Meghan Riordan Jarvis, LCSW from 2022-04-22T18:10:43
Being a plumber doesn’t mean the pipes in your house nev...
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Splintering Grief - DJ Arsene Versailles&Marked By COVID from 2022-04-07T17:30:58
Lingering. Shivering. Simmering. Splintering.
These are the words DJ Arsene Versailles wrote to describe grief after his mother, Florcie Yves Versailles, died of COVID-19 in May of 2020. ...
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"The Silent Third Parent" - A Family Blended By Grief from 2022-03-29T16:51:39
Anne Gudger was pregnant with her first child, Jake, when her husband Kent died in a car crash. Years later she met and married Scott and they had a daughter, Maria. Fast forward to March of 202...
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"We All Crave A Sense Of Hope" - Kathryn Schulz from 2022-03-18T21:01:47
There are a lot of things in life that are difficult to describe. That’s why it can feel so gratifying when someone gives voice to something that we can barely grasp f...
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Being Grief Responsive In The Classroom - Brittany Collins from 2022-03-10T18:08:45
Brittany Collin's father died of breast cancer the summer before her sophomore year of high school, Like many st...
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"Grief Is So Lonely" - Good Mourning Podcast from 2022-03-02T00:16:33
When Sal and Im first met at a grief support group, they connected on being young, motherless, and feeling alone in their grief. From that initial meeting they went on to start the Good Mourning po...
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Welcome To The Grief Club - Janine Kwoh from 2022-02-15T18:11:33
In 2016, when they were in their late twenties, Janine Kwoh's partner died. Nap's death launched her into a new world of grief. Janine was the first person in her peer group to have a partner di...
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The Power Of Loss&Love - TJ Jackson from 2022-01-28T20:37:33
TJ Jackson had just gotten his driver's license as a teenager when his mother, Dee Dee Jackson, was murdered. Almost three decades later, TJ and his brothers Taryll & Taj, started a non-profit i...
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Suicide Postvention - What Schools Can Do from 2022-01-18T19:51:33
Anne Moss Rogers never imagined she would dedicate her working life to reducing suicide risk and supporting those grieving a death by suicide. She first came to this work in search of answers af...
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Grief&Money - A Legacy Of Financial Fear from 2021-12-22T00:41:55
In the last of our three-part series on Grief & Money, we explore how fears about financial stability can be part of grief. When she was 13 and her father died of a heart attack, Shannon already...
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Parenting Parentless - Katie C. Reilly from 2021-12-16T21:53:42
Growing up, Katie C. Reilly, hadn't thought much about grief or mental health. Then, within the span of four years, Katie's mother died of ALS and her father died of cancer. This grief sent her ...
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She Was My Favorite Person - Hello, I'm Grieving&Dr. Julie Shaw from 2021-12-03T20:04:04
When our favorite person dies, our entire world gets up-ended. That person was often the planet in our galaxy that all the other planets and moons orbited. For Dr. Julie Shaw that person was her...
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Grief&Money - Suddenly Responsible For Everything from 2021-11-23T00:55:36
Self-Care In The Early Days Of Grief - Paula Becker from 2021-11-12T20:23:17
Paula Becker is a writer, so when her son Hunter was killed in 2017, she searched for help in the pages of books. What she found were books heavy with text. The problem was her grief made it imp...
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A Kids Book About Grief from 2021-11-01T23:55:38
Jelani Memory is the co-founder of A Kids Company Ab...
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An Altered State - Jeff Porter&Planet Claire from 2021-10-22T20:12:13
When Jeff Porter's wife Claire died of an aneurysm, his world imploded. As he spent time with her in the hospital and started to wander that imploded world after she died, he talked to her, carr...
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Making Grief Less Lonely - Reid Peterson&Grief Refuge from 2021-10-08T17:55:03
Reid Peterson, MA, recently launched Grief Refuge, an app that enable users to access daily grief support, when and where it's most convenient for them. Reid came to this work through his person...
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Grief Is Not The Great Equalizer - Supporting Queer, Trans,&Justice Involved Youth With Lamya Broussard, Uplift from 2021-09-29T01:09:44
While will all experience some type of grief before we die, the prevalence of loss and how the world responds to our grief are shaped by racism, classism, homoph...
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Grief&Money: (Re)Building A Life's Purpose - Robert Pardi from 2021-09-17T21:39:44
This is the first episode in our three-part Grief & Money series. We don't get through life without grief. We also can't get through life without dealing with money. For Robert Pardi, when his w...
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Titrating Grief from 2021-09-09T20:15:11
When Jonna's mom, Anita, died just a few days after Jonna's 26th birthday, she prepared herself to completely fall apart. She imagined not getting out of bed for days, never laughing again, and ...
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Grief Wanted My Attention - Nnenna Freelon from 2021-08-26T19:10:17
Nnenna Freelon's beloved husband Phil died in July of 2019. Six months later her sister, Dr. Debbie Pierce, also died. Then, COVID hit the United States. During this dark winter, Nnenna was exha...
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End Of Life Care With A Death Doula - Oceana Sawyer from 2021-08-12T23:44:43
Oceana Saywer is a death doula who supports people at the end of life. She came to this work through being with her father during his last days. An experience she describes as transformative and...
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End Of Life Care With A Death Doula - Oceana Sawyer from 2021-08-12T23:44:43
Oceana Saywer is a death doula who supports people at the end of life. She came to this work through being with her father during his last days. An experience she describes as transformative and...
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When Your Pillar Parent Dies - Grief As A Young Adult With Monday Mourning from 2021-07-08T23:52:25
It's our 200th episode! To celebrate we talked with Harry, Gabby, and Madison, the crew behind the Monday Mourning Podcast and the Dead Parents Club. Gabby and Madison's mom died of cancer in 20...
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Living Brave In Grief - Shannon Dingle from 2021-06-23T21:31:26
This is a love story. And, because it's on this podcast, it's also a grief story. Shannon and Lee Dingle met when they were 18. As Shannon describes it, as they dated, got married, and parented ...
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Interviewing Grief - Caitlin Garvey&The Mourning Report from 2021-06-11T21:38:23
Caitlin Garvey's mother died in June of 2008, the summer after Caitlin's freshman year of college. Many years later, Caitlin decided to interview a series of people closely tied to her mother's ...
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Grief Doesn't Stop When You Clock In - Supporting Employees In Grief from 2021-06-01T20:50:35
Leslie Barber is back for another episode! When Leslie's husband Steve died of cancer, she had a lot to figure out. How to live without the love of her life, how to raise their daughter on her o...
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Anger&Grief from 2021-05-20T00:24:15
Keyana was 9 when her dad died. He died of suicide, but at the time her mom just told her he was gone. Eventually Keyana learned the truth and wrestled with all the emotions that come with havin...
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When Grief Goes To Camp - Brie Overton from 2021-05-12T18:29:59
Grief might not be the first thing you think of when it comes to summer camp, but there are thousands of children and teens who take their grief with them as they get to know bunkmates, play soc...
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Widowed By COVID-19 from 2021-04-30T01:02:09
As of April 29th, 2021 over 3 million people across the globe have died of COVID-19, including 575,000 in the U.S. What gets lost in these numbers are the actual people who leave behind family ...
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Superhero Grief - Dr. Jill A. Harrington from 2021-04-21T22:17:44
Dr. Jill A. Harrington grew up surrounded by superheroe...
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I Had A Brother Once - Adam Mansbach from 2021-04-12T23:25:31
Just weeks before Adam Mansbach's wildly popular book, Go The F**K To Sleep, was published, his brother David died of suicide. In interview after interview promoting the book and talking about i...
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Find The Helpers - Fred Guttenberg from 2021-04-06T20:47:42
On Valentine's Day of 2018, Fred Guttenberg rushed his two children, Jaime and Jesse, out the door to school. He had no idea it would be the last time he saw Jaime who was shot and killed later ...
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Caregiving For A Parent - Priya Soni&The Caregiving Effect from 2021-03-31T22:21:13
One day while driving between visiting her mom who just had knee surgery and caring for her dad who had a progressive illness, Priya Soni wondered, "Where are the others?" By others, she meant t...
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Grieving While Black - Breeshia Wade from 2021-03-24T18:34:04
Breeshia Wade's new book, Grieving While Black: An Anti-Racist Take on Oppression and Sorrow, puts grief into a wider context. The context of our relationships and the larger systems th...
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Living With Loss Over A Lifetime - Hope Edelman&The AfterGrief from 2021-03-19T20:41:30
How do we live with grief over the course of our lives? Hope Edelman, author of the groundbreaking book, Motherless Daughters, joins us again to talk about her newest book, The AfterGrief: Findi...
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"Am I Even Safe In My Home?" Collective Grief In Communities With Marginalized Identities - Dr. Amber Nelson PsyD from 2021-03-13T00:31:44
What is collective grief and how does it affect members of communities with marginalized identities? Dr. Amber Nelson, PsyD talks about both her professional and personal experiences with recogn...
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"I Can't Even Imagine" - Grieving Both Parents from 2021-03-04T22:39:04
Mariyam was six when her father, Nurtay, died just before his 34th birthday. Over the next 14 years, she would experience the deaths of four more family members, including her mother, Bagitgul, ...
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Widowish - Melissa Gould from 2021-02-26T00:05:48
When you think of the word "widow" what image comes to mind? When author Melissa Gould's husband Joel died, she didn't fit what she imagined widows looked and acted like, even if she felt like o...
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The Indigenous Death Doula Mentorship Program - Chrystal Wàban Toop from 2021-02-19T22:27:17
What does it mean to train to be a death doula for your community? This is a question a group of Indigenous youth in Canada grappled with as part of the Death Doula Mentorship Program, created b...
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Love Stories - A Griefy Valentine's Special from 2021-02-08T21:25:38
Even if you don't really celebrate it, Valentine's Day can be rough when you're grieving. This year, we decided to bring you a compilation of love stories from listeners. In their clip they answ...
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Ep. 182: Healing Trauma, Attending To Grief - Native Wellness Institute&Jillene Joseph from 2021-02-05T21:45:29
For the past twenty years, the Native Wellness Institute has worked to promote wellness and balance for Native people throughout North America. The...
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Ep. 181: "She's Always With Me" - Finding Peace In The Permanence Of Grief from 2021-01-29T19:56:57
Molly loves her life, but she didn't always feel that way. 18 years ago, on a rainy winter morning, Molly's life changed in an instant. The instant was her mom, who was also her best friend, dyi...
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Ep. 180: More Than Just A Number - Grieving When Someone Dies Of COVID-19 from 2021-01-21T22:09:48
As of January 21st, 2021, over 400,000 people in the U.S. have been killed by the coronavirus. Globally, the number is over 2 million. Despite attempts by journalists and public health officials...
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Ep. 179: Sons Of Suicide - 50 Years Of Friendship&Grief from 2021-01-15T05:16:39
This is the story of how a random encounter led to a transformative friendship that's lasted for more than 50 years. A friendship rooted in the shared experience of grieving a parent who died of...
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Ep. 178: Survivor's Guilt - Julia Mallory from 2021-01-07T22:58:40
After her oldest son was killed in 2017, Julia Mallory had a sense that creativity was a place she could go in her grief. In that place, she wrote <...
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Ep. 177: The Relentless Nature Of Grief - Carmel Breathnach from 2020-12-23T22:59:20
When Carmel Breathnach was 11, her mother died of can...
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Ep. 176: Grief In Your Twenties - Amber Jeffrey/The Grief Gang from 2020-12-18T21:59:19
Amber Jeffrey is the creator and host of The Grief Gang, a podcast by and for young adults who want to normalize...
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Ep. 175: Grieving A Mother While Becoming A Mother - Dara Kurtz from 2020-12-13T21:15:53
When Dara Kurtz was in her late Listen
Ep. 174: Holidays&Grief + A Pandemic from 2020-12-07T19:33:38
It's our third annual holidays & grief episode with Rebecca Hobbs-Lawrence, Pathways Program Coordinator at the Dougy Center. We share updated ideas for navigating the winter holidays while grie...
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Ep. 173: Grateful In Grief? Never, Ever Give Up – Allison Hite from 2020-11-30T20:31:40
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Ep. 172: Living After Your Child's Life Ends - Margo Fowkes from 2020-11-20T00:24:28
How do you go on living after your child's life ends? How do you continue to find connection, beauty, and meaning when someone we can't imagine living without dies? This is the question Margo Fo...
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Ep. 171: Reckoning With Grief At The End Of Life - BJ Miller from 2020-11-12T01:25:08
BJ Miller is a Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine physician who works with patients facing the end of their lives. When BJ's sister Lisa died of suicide over twenty years ago, he did what so man...
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Ep. 170: Grief&Identity - Alica Forneret from 2020-11-05T17:30:09
Ep. 169: When It Comes To Grief, What Counts? - Shelby Forsythia from 2020-10-28T20:47:53
Shelby Forsythia returns to Grief Out Loud to talk about her new book, Your Grie...
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Ep. 168: Giving Forward - Grief&The Foster Care System (Derrick Kirk) from 2020-10-21T21:12:41
When Derrick Kirk was six years old, he and his two sisters were removed from their home and placed in the foster care system. For Derrick, growing up in the orphanage gave him a window into a d...
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Ep. 167: (Trying To) Understand Suicide - Paula Fontenelle from 2020-10-16T21:28:46
Paula Fontenelle is a journalist turned therapist who specializes in suicide prevention and supporting those who have had someone die of suicide. Paula's professional interest in this work is de...
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Ep. 166: Emotions Aren't Problems - Krista St-Germain from 2020-10-08T22:13:07
Many of us grew up believing that some emotions are good, some emotions are better, and some (most) emotions are bad. When it comes to grief the list of emotions we'd like to not Listen
Ep. 165: As The Shock Wore Off - Grief's Second Year (Mira Simone) from 2020-10-02T22:08:21
Mira Simone is a writer, mother, and grieving wife. Her husband Brian died of cancer in the winter of 2019, just seven weeks after a diagnosis of stage IV melanoma. When Brian died, their daught...
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Ep. 164: Supporting Children&Teens In Grief - Kevin R. Carter, LCSW from 2020-09-22T00:25:20
For the past three decades, Kevin Carter, LCSW, has worked as a clinician, administrator, and educator. He currently serves as the Clinic...
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Ep. 162: When The Professional Becomes Personal - Alesia Alexander, LCSW from 2020-09-08T18:41:23
For the past two decades, Alesia Alexander, LCSW, has...
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Ep. 161: Preserving Memories -Love Not Lost With Ashley Jones from 2020-08-28T22:16:08
To heal you have to feel it and to feel it you ha...
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Ep. 160: The Shared Room - Kao Kalia Yang from 2020-08-13T20:14:07
Children’s books transport us – sometimes to places of imagination and sometimes to places rooted in ...
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Ep. 159: Back To School With Grief&The COVID-19 Pandemic - A Tip Sheet from 2020-08-10T21:57:56
This episode is a little different. Rather than an interview, we are sharing information from the Dougy Center's most recent Tip Sheet - Listen
Ep. 158: Growing (Up) With Grief - One Teen's Story from 2020-08-02T22:45:04
What does it mean to grow and grow up with grief? Aliya, a recent high school graduate, spent the past three years reckoning both with her mother's death from cancer and the intricacies of their...
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Ep. 157: Let's Talk About Loss - Beth French from 2020-07-27T23:56:17
Ep. 156: Death As Resistance - Dr. Kami Fletcher from 2020-07-14T16:50:45
How do historic and present-day...
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Ep. 155: Gratitude, Guilt,&Grief - Ty Alexander from 2020-07-07T21:53:30
What does it mean to choose joy and gratitude when you're in the depths of grief? For Ty Alexander, joy and gratitude became her two main survival strategies after her mother died of cancer when...
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Ep. 154: Memories And Legacy - CircleIt&Art Shaikh from 2020-06-29T19:08:56
Have you found yourself wishing you could hear from your person one more time? Wondering what advice, wishes, or words they would share about events big and small? When Art Shaikh's father died,...
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Ep. 153: Big Emotions In Grief - Jenny Delacruz, LPC from 2020-06-17T19:29:28
Jenny Delacruz is a family therapist and author who spe...
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Ep. 152: Teenage Grief Sucks - Natalie Adams from 2020-06-11T23:51:23
When Natalie's dad died suddenly at the start of her freshman year of high school, she searched, but couldn't find what she most needed: a resource written for and by other grieving teens. So, s...
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Ep. 151: Resources To Support Grieving Children&Families - An Update From The New York Life Foundation from 2020-06-05T23:35:31
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Ep. 150: Love, Anger,&Grief - Supporting Children After A Murder from 2020-05-29T23:51:55
How would you tell your children that their father murdered their grandparents? This is the heartbreaking question Jenn, whose children were 6 and 10 at the time, faced when she got the news tha...
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Ep. 149: Integrating Grief - Mari Gonzalez from 2020-05-22T18:45:19
What does it mean to integrate grief into your life? To respond to it as something that doesn't need to be fixed or eradicated? Mari Gonzalez is the co-founder of the Grief Rites Foundation and ...
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Ep. 148: Wrongful Death - A Grieving Mother's Story (Paula Becker) from 2020-05-14T21:33:37
Paula Becker is an author and mother of three. Her memoir, A House on Stilts, Mothering in the Age of...
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Ep. 147: Grief&Mother's Day - A Teen's Take from 2020-05-05T16:00
In Ep. 143 we talked with Paige about step-parenting grieving children and in this one, we talk with one of her children, 17-year-old Chloe. Chloe was 14 when her mother Danielle died of colon c...
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Ep. 146: Reflection - A Mini-Episode from 2020-05-04T18:20:53
This mini-episode shares two emails from listeners and how to participate in The Dougy Center's annual Reflection Benefit & Auction. This year, Reflection is going virtual which means everyone c...
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Ep. 145: Speaking Grief - Lindsey Whissel Fenton from 2020-04-30T21:10:28
How would the world be different if grief was universally understood as a natural reaction to loss and not something that needs to be f...
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Ep. 144: A Grieving Father Turned To Words - Jayson Greene from 2020-04-24T19:46:36
In May of 2015, Jayson Greene's first child, Greta, had just turned two and was spending the day with her grandmother, Susan. While she and Susan were sitting on a bench in Manhattan, a piece of...
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Ep. 143: A Full-Time Other Mother - Step-Parenting Grieving Children from 2020-04-17T16:37:09
Being a step-parent is complicated under the best of circumstances, but what happens when your children's other parent dies? Paige Smith was just settling into her new family with her husband an...
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Ep. 142: Suffocated Grief&Supporting Black Youth - Dr. Tashel Bordere from 2020-04-10T18:22:45
Dr. Tashel Bordere has spent years researching the grief experience of black youth affected by homicide and gun violence. While many grieving people can relate to their grief being disregarded, ...
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Ep. 141: You Can't Give From Empty - Grief Professionals&COVID-19 With Megan Devine from 2020-04-02T16:50:31
What happens when a crisis affects everyone, including those who support others? Who is left to show up and care for those who need it the most? Grief professionals are faced with finding answer...
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Ep. 140: Supporting Widowed Dads - Dr. Justin Yopp from 2020-03-25T23:29:20
Ep. 139: Grief&Coronavirus/COVID-19 - Leslie Barber from 2020-03-20T18:18:15
The COVID-19 global health crisis is an unprecedented time of uncertainty, change, and concern - three things that often accompany grief. For those who are already grieving, elements of this pan...
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Encore Ep. 106: Grief&Anxiety - Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC from 2020-03-11T23:48:13
This is an encore episode that originally aired on February 25th, 2019.
When grief enters our world, many of us expect to cry and feel frustrated, but we aren’t as prepared for the intens...
Ep. 138: Running Home - Katie Arnold from 2020-03-05T22:57:11
Katie Arnold is a writer, mother, grieving daughter, and ultra-marathoner. After her father died of cancer, Katie developed intense anxiety about her health - every headache and muscle pain felt...
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Ep. 137: Grief&The Foster Care System - A Personal Story from 2020-02-28T20:24:56
Kevin is a previous participant in the L.Y.G.H.T. Program - Listening & Led by Youth in the Foster Care System: Grief, Hope, and Transitions. We discuss how a random vending machine trip prompte...
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Ep. 136: L.Y.G.H.T. - Supporting Grieving Youth In The Foster Care System from 2020-02-21T00:07:11
Ep. 135: The Worst News - An Update from 2020-02-11T22:50:18
This episode first aired in July of 2018. Since that time, Eidan's brain tumor began growing again in early 2019. On October, 26, 2019, just a few weeks after her 35th birthday, Eidan utilized O...
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Ep. 134: Breath, Movement, Sound - Grief Yoga With Paul Denniston from 2020-01-31T00:50:32
Paul Denniston grew up with rigid cultural, religious, and gender expectations for what was appropriate when it came to expr...
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Ep. 133: Widowed Parenting - Jenny Lisk from 2020-01-23T23:55:55
Just over four years ago, Jenny Lisk's husband Dennis died of glioblastoma - brain cancer. This loss propelled her into a new world of solo-parenting th...
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Ep. 132: Finding Meaning - David Kessler from 2020-01-17T23:37:38
David Kessler is a renowned author, speaker, and retreat leader. He co-authored two books, On Grief and Grieving and
Ep. 131: Permission To Grieve - Shelby Forsythia from 2020-01-10T00:35:56
In 2013, Shelby Forsythia was barely into her twenties when her mom died of cancer. This loss propelled her into a search for information, understanding, and community. In that search, Shelby wr...
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Encore Ep. 11: Who Am I Now? from 2019-12-30T21:55:10
It's a New Year's Eve encore episode and we're bringing back Ep. 11: Who Am I Now?
Brendon and Jana delve into the many layers of loss that we grapple with when someone dies and how that ...
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Ep. 130: Grief&PTSD - Megan Hillukka from 2019-12-19T19:46:32
Ep. 98: Under Pressure - Grief&December Holidays from 2019-12-09T19:22:46
This episode first aired in December, 2018. Nothing says end of the calendar year holiday stress like grief. Dougy Center staff member Rebecca Hobbs-Lawrence is back with more suggestions around...
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Ep. 129: After The Dam Breaks - Pushing Grief Aside from 2019-11-27T00:23:37
Naomi and Chad had a whirlwind start to their relationship. They were both in their 20's and got engaged less than a year after they met. Then, a few months before their wedding, Chad died in a ...
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Ep. 128: When The Thought Doesn't Count from 2019-11-17T23:01:45
Leslie Barber is the founder of Grief Warrior, a series of gift boxes designed for those in grief. The items in the boxes are informed and inspired ...
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Ep. 127: What God Is Honored Here? Shannon Gibney&Kao Kalia Yang from 2019-10-24T22:41:31
Kao Kalia Yang and Shannon Gibney are writers, friends, and grieving mothers. Shannon's daughter, Sianneh...
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Ep. 126: When A Child Dies Of Suicide - Anne Moss Rogers from 2019-10-17T16:41:11
Grief is intensely personal and sometimes it’s intensely private. When Anne Moss Roger's son Charles died of suicide, she decided to go public with her grief and the story of his life....
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Ep. 125: Mini-Episode - Traci, Amira,&Alina from 2019-10-08T19:14:39
In 2018, The Dougy Center was selected as one of a handful of children’s bereavement programs to partner with StoryCorps and the Listen
Ep. 124: A Weed In The Garden Of My Brain - Caroline Wright from 2019-09-27T22:54:04
In 2017, Caroline Wright was working on her third cookbook and raising two kids with her husband. Lif...
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Ep. 123: Mini-Episode - Ruby&Jana from 2019-09-20T17:35:34
In 2018, The Dougy Center was selected as one of a handful of children’s bereavement programs to partner with StoryCorps and the Listen
Ep. 122: Meeting The Needs Of Grieving Children - New York Life Foundation from 2019-09-06T22:50:13
Maria Collins, Vice President at the New York Life Foundation, and Brennan Wood, The Dougy Center's Executive Director join us to talk about the business of supporting grieving children and fami...
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Ep. 121: The Goodbye Diaries - Marisa Bardach Ramel from 2019-08-15T14:31:47
Marisa Bardach Ramel was 17 when her mother Sally, received a stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnos...
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Ep. 120: Mini-Episode - Megan, Michael,&Mason from 2019-08-08T21:31:42
In 2018, The Dougy Center was selected as one of a handful of children’s bereavement programs to partner with StoryCorps and the Listen
Ep. 119: Grief&Parenting - Infancy&Toddlers from 2019-07-21T18:53:29
This is the second in our series on Grief & Parenting.
In 2017, Brittany and Jonas were raising two young children a...
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Ep. 118: Grief&Parenting - Age 5 from 2019-07-09T21:42:58
This episode kicks off a new series exploring the realm of parenting and grief. We’ll be talking to parents about what grief looks like at different ages & developmental levels, how they support...
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Ep. 117: Mini-Episode - Josh&Sylvia from 2019-07-01T23:11:43
In 2018, The Dougy Center was selected as one of a handful of children’s bereavement programs to partner with StoryCorps and...
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Ep. 116: Who Died? Episode 6 - A Guest Podcast Hosted by Grief Out Loud from 2019-06-24T19:07:43
Who Died? was created by Aimee Craig to give voice to the memories of those we carry with us. Each episode is about one person's life and death as told by a loved one. Episode 6 is a conversatio...
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Ep. 115: Comedy&Grief - Harry Jensen from 2019-06-13T19:37:09
What is it about dark humor and why are we drawn to it when wrestling with painful life events? Laughter, especially the kind that wells up from a shared understa...
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Ep. 114: What Does Better Mean? Neil Davis from 2019-06-10T23:11:56
In 2017, pop singer-songwriter Neil Davis, was about to release his second album when his father died suddenly of cardiac arrest. In that mo...
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Ep. 113: Young Children&Grief: Mary Plouffe, Ph.D. from 2019-05-30T18:26:35
What do you remember about being 3 1/2? If you’re anything like most of us, your memories are hazy. Maybe you have an image of the room you slept in or a vague se...
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Ep. 112: A Cinematic Love Story - John&Melissa from 2019-05-20T22:59:26
In Episode 111 we talked with Marie, whose husband Jonathan died suddenly and very unexpectedly from a drug overdose. In this episode we’re talking with another y...
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Ep. 111: When The Love Of Your Life Dies Of An Overdose - Marie&Jonathan from 2019-05-01T19:47:50
In the summer of 2016, Marie and Jonathan were newly married and living in Brooklyn, NYC. One day in August, Marie flew back from a trip, expecting to find Jonathan waiting for her at the airpor...
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Ep. 110: Mindful Photography&Grief - Dr. Jessica Thomas, PhD, LMFT from 2019-04-17T22:52:15
There’s nothing like grief to take us completely out of the moment. We get pulled into the past where we try to remember everything we can while also ruminating over what we wish we had said or ...
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Ep. 109: Motherless Daughters, 25 Years Later - Hope Edelman&Brennan Wood from 2019-04-03T21:02:32
Back before you could ask Google anything from, “What’s the best way to clean shower grout?” to “How do I grieve my parent?” when it came to answering these kinds...
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Ep: 108: What Does Forgiveness Feel Like? Judith Finneren from 2019-03-27T22:54:35
Judith Finneren's husband Ralph, or Ralphie as she liked to call him, was hit and killed while riding his bike in the summer of 2011. Even when grief and anger are close companions, most of the ...
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Ep. 107: Remembrance Wardrobe - Nicole Leslie from 2019-03-22T16:43:22
Sweaters, shoes, a favorite coffee mug, the pen always angled a certain way - items, big and small, form the landscape left behind when someone dies. Nicole Leslie was 15 when her mother died an...
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Ep. 106: Grief&Anxiety - Claire Bidwell Smith. LCPC from 2019-02-25T23:22:40
When grief enters our world, many of us expect to cry and feel frustrated, but we aren’t as prepared for the intense fear and worry that can also be part of loss. Someone being 10 minutes late g...
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Ep. 105: Appetizers, Grief, Dessert - The Dinner Party from 2019-02-16T00:11:52
When someone dies, many of the people left behind seek out formal sources of help like a therapist or traditional support group. What happens though when those av...
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Ep. 104: Grief&Work - Alica Forneret from 2019-02-06T22:49:53
The list of things that are hard to do when you’re grieving is long - eating, sleeping, focusing, surface-level chit-chat, remembering where you left your phone, ...
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Ep. 103: Staying Connected In Grief - Allison Gilbert from 2019-01-24T00:59:43
Ep. 102: The Power Of Storytelling from 2019-01-17T01:15:12
In grief, having the opportunity to tell your story can be vital. Grieving children and adults want the chance to talk about the people they are grieving and expr...
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Ep. 101: Grief, Seven Decades Later from 2019-01-10T00:07:47
What is it like to grieve for a father you know only from stories and photos? In August of 2018, Joy Wallace traveled to Tinian Island to see the place where her father, Kenneth, died when the p...
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Ep. 100: It's A Grief Party! from 2018-12-27T20:00
Okay, so it’s not really a grief party, but it is Grief Out Loud’s 100th episode. When we started this show four years ago in January of 2015, we weren’t sure we’...
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Ep. 99: It's So Much More Than What We Can See - Doreen Wiggins, MD from 2018-12-14T17:03:12
In 2000 Doreen Wiggins, MD began having vivid dreams that her husband was going to die. These dreams, combined with a session with an intuitive healer who confirmed her fears, prompted...
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Ep. 98: Under Pressure - Holidays&Grief from 2018-12-06T20:33:03
Nothing says end of the year holiday stress like grief. Dougy Center staff member Rebecca Hobbs-Lawrence is back with more great tips on planning for and making your way through the holidays whe...
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Ep. 97: An Unexpected Devastation from 2018-11-28T00:00:07
For Camila, death came barreling into her world with zero warning. When she was 21 her world shifted on its axis on an average morning in September. She woke up i...
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Ep. 96: Dear Me, A Mini-Episode from 2018-11-20T01:05:33
November is National Children's Grief Awareness Month and as part of the effort to raise awareness about children's grief, the National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC) invited people to wr...
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Ep. 95: Witnessing A Stranger's Death from 2018-10-30T22:11:13
On a random Monday morning in the Bay Area of California, Beth Duckles realized too late that she was in the wrong lane of the highway. A lane that would take her across the Bay Bridge...
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Ep. 94: Conflicted Grief - Jan Canty, PhD from 2018-10-22T22:04:03
When someone dies, we often discover things about them we didn’t know before. Those discoveries can range from mundane preferences like realizing your dad didn’t love chocolate to huge revelatio...
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Ep. 93: Grief&Transformation - Phelica Glass, LSCSW from 2018-10-16T23:33:32
What does transformation mean and how does it connect (or not) to grief? How can people make their way into everything that comes with this kind of loss and still keep track of themsel...
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Ep. 92: Grief At School from 2018-10-01T23:11:41
As much as schools are places of learning, students don’t leave their lives at the door when they enter the building. They bring their whole selves to the classro...
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Ep. 91: What's Changed For Grieving Children? The 1950's from 2018-09-20T18:15:33
In 1955 Jack was ten and living with his mother, who was raising him alone. She and Jack’s father adopted him when he was a tiny infant, which meant she was the o...
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Ep. 90: What I Needed - Tips From A Grieving Teen from 2018-09-07T22:12:31
Halfway through her junior year of high school, Lily's father died suddenly of a heart attack. In shock and angry about everything that would be different in her life without her father, Lily wa...
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Ep. 89: When Someone You Love Has An Illness - A Sibling's Story from 2018-08-28T22:57:12
Ryan's favorite person in the world is his older sister. Seven years ago he got one of those phone calls - the kind that changes your life forever. In that call, he found out his sister was deal...
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Ep. 88: What's Changed For Grieving Children? the 1960's from 2018-08-16T21:29:47
Jana's dad's dad, Antonio DeCristofaro, died in 1963. She talks with her dad, Tony, about how his dad's death when he was 14 drastically changed the course of his life.
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Ep. 87: What's Changed For Grieving Children? The 1970's from 2018-08-10T22:54:21
This episode is part of a series looking at how the approach to supporting grieving children has or hasn’t changed over time. We’ll be talking to people who had parents die in different decades,...
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Ep. 86: What's Changed For Grieving Children? The 1940's from 2018-07-26T01:47:10
This is the first in a series on how the approach to supporting grieving children has or hasn’t changed over time. We’ll be talking to people who had parents die in different decades, starting i...
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Ep. 85: Parenting&Grief from 2018-07-20T00:28:43
Is it grief or typical child or teen behavior? Most parents and caregivers will have this questions at some point in their grieving child's life. Dr. Kitty Huffstutter, LCSW joins us to talk abo...
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Ep. 84: The Worst News - Living With Cancer As A Young Adult from 2018-07-10T23:45:20
Ep. 83: Emotional Hot Spots - Grief&Significant Days from 2018-06-25T18:57:38
When we are grieving there can be emotional hot spot days throughout the year. Some of these might be known quantities like a birthday or the anniversary of the d...
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Ep. 82: The Before&After Worlds - Grieving A Sudden Death from 2018-06-08T00:16:29
Five years ago Sarah was 23, doing what a lot of 23-year-olds do - working, hanging out with friends, starting life as a "real" adult, and living at home with her...
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Ep. 81: Grief In Your 20's - Cynthia Whipple from 2018-05-17T23:55:52
Ep. 80: We Can't Know Everything - Staying Curious In Grief (Kara Jones) from 2018-05-15T00:48:21
Ep. 79: Grief, 18 Years Later from 2018-04-27T22:06:55
Heat Smith's mother, Jan, died of cancer almost 18 years ago. Heat, who was 25 at the time, became her mother's full-time caregiver. We talk about their intense and complex relationship, how Hea...
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Ep. 78: The Big And - Licity Collins from 2018-04-25T22:44:38
How do we hold intense joy and deep sorrow at the same time? This was the question facing singer-songwriter Licity Collins as she celebrated finalizing the tracks for her debut album, One Girl T...
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Ep. 77: Grief&Attachment - Pearl Waldorf from 2018-04-22T21:05:56
How do our early experiences with attachment and primary attachment figures inform and influence our grief? With her signature combination of humor and insight, Pearl Waldorf, MA, joins us to ta...
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Ep. 76: Who Died? Episode 5 - A Podcast Hosted By Grief Out Loud from 2018-04-12T16:30:56
Who Died? was created by Aimee Craig to give voice to the memories of those we carry with us. Each episode is about one person's life and death as told by a loved one. Episode 5 is a conversatio...
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Ep. 75: Fully Embodied Grief - Suzanne Anderson from 2018-03-14T20:30
Just as she was on the verge of publishing her first book, Suzanne Anderson's husband died of suicide, tossing her into a very dark and difficult abyss. Her entire life was changed by ...
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Ep. 74: Grieving A Miscarriage - Leslie Browning from 2018-02-22T22:53:27
Ep. 73: Who Died? Episode 4 - A Podcast Hosted By Grief Out Loud from 2018-02-08T00:08:05
In Episode 4 of Who Died? host Aimee Craig talks with Brandi Maxell about her mother.
Music written and performed by Lida Husik.
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Ep. 72: Inviting Grief Out Of The Whisper Corner - Megan Devine from 2018-02-01T18:33:53
Ep. 71: How Schools Can Help When Someone Dies Of Suicide - Donna Schuurman from 2018-01-24T23:51:39
What do schools need to consider when someone in their community dies of suicide? There are many decisions to make that require compassion and care. How will they share the news? What kinds of e...
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Ep. 70: Peer Support vs. Therapy - How Do I Choose Which Is Right For Me? from 2018-01-19T23:29:26
When it comes to finding the right avenue of support in grief, it can be hard to sort through the options. How do you decide between a peer support group or individual, family, or group therapy?...
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Ep. 69: Who Died? Episode 3 - A Guest Podcast Hosted By Grief Out Loud from 2018-01-05T22:03:44
Who Died? was created by Aimee Craig to give voice to the memories of those we carry with us. Each episode is about one person's life and death as told by a loved one. Episode 3 is a conversatio...
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Ep. 68: Grief&Art In Public Spaces - Max Collins from 2017-12-21T23:02:37
Some people are private in their grief, some are more public, and some put their grief onto large public murals. Artist Max Collins joins us to talk about his powerful work creating murals for a...
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Ep. 67: Creating Legacies In The Face Of A Terminal Illness from 2017-11-30T20:24:44
Ep. 66: Who Died? Episode 2 - A Guest Podcast Hosted By Grief Out Loud from 2017-11-23T01:22:53
Who Died? was created by Aimee Craig to give voice to the memories of those we carry with us. Each episode is about one person's life and death as told by a loved one. Today's conversation is wi...
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Ep. 65: A Mother's Story - Sue Klebold from 2017-11-20T23:52:13
Sue Klebold is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the two shooters at Columbine High School who, in 1999, killed twelve students and a teacher, and wounded more than 20 others before taking the...
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Ep. 64: The Pull Of DNA - Grieving A Father You Never Met from 2017-11-11T00:11:46
Kimberly Warner's father died in a car accident just before she graduated from high school. Two decades later, a DNA test revealed he wasn't her biological father. Eager to understand more about...
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Ep. 63: Losing Someone Twice from 2017-10-24T19:28:13
One aspect of grief that rarely gets mentioned is losing someone twice- once in a life-altering circumstance and again when they die. This feeling can arise from a variety of circumstances inclu...
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Ep. 62: Who Died? Episode 1 - A Guest Podcast Hosted By Grief Out Loud from 2017-10-20T16:03:05
After someone dies, we rarely get the chance to talk about how they lived because any conversation about them tends to focus on how they died or on how we are doing in our grief. The lack of opp...
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Ep. 61: Is It Grief Or Anger? Does It Matter? from 2017-10-06T22:18:43
Ep. 60: Online Grief Support For Teens - Asher Liu Of SLAP'D (Surviving Life After a Parent Dies) from 2017-08-23T21:37:47
When it comes to grief support for teens, SLAP'D (Surviving Life After a Parent Dies) is a unique online community where teens get support and ideas. directly from other teens, about how to cope...
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Ep. 59: When Grief Gets Awkward from 2017-07-21T20:20:18
Interacting with others while grieving can be wildly confusing and tricky. You’ve probably been there. You run into someone you haven’t seen in a long time, likely in a public spot, and this som...
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Ep. 58: Culturally Aware Grief Support in the Latino Community from 2017-06-22T22:26:50
Ep. 57: Fine But Not Okay- Mindfulness In Grief - Joe DiNardo from 2017-06-13T23:26:18
Ep. 56: Grief In The Present Tense from 2017-06-02T00:02:25
John Mayer first encountered grief when his older brother Stephen suddenly died at age 29 in 2007. Nine years later, John's second daughter, River, died 90 minutes after her birth. John talks ab...
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Ep. 55: Looking Back At Grief - Darwyn Dave from 2017-05-16T21:15:04
Our guest is Darwyn Dave, creator and host of the Dealing With My Grief podcast. In 1978, when Darwyn was ten years old, his father was killed. ...
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Ep. 54: Self-Compassion As Self-Care In Grief - Heather Stang from 2017-04-28T18:23:38
Heather Stang, thanatologist, mindfulness speaker, and author of Mindfulness & Grief: With Guided Meditations To Calm Your Mind & Restore Your Spirit, joins us to talk about cultivating self-com...
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Ep. 53: When Someone You Love Is Dying - Supporting Children&Families from 2017-04-06T20:46:11
What do you tell children when someone in their life is diagnosed with an advanced serious illness? How do you support them and everyone else who is affected by this devastating turn of events? ...
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Ep. 52: Grieving The Death Of A Partner As A Young Adult from 2017-03-27T20:16:48
What happens when the term widow or widower doesn’t fit because you weren’t officially married to the person who died? This is often the case for young adults who lose their partners - especiall...
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Ep. 51: Anger&Grief - Megan Devine from 2017-03-15T23:18:49
Megan Devine joins us again, this time talking about another shadow aspect of grief - anger. Anger shows up in many ways, including being angry at the person who died, at ourselves, and at someo...
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Ep. 50: Grieving The Death Of A Best Friend As A Teen from 2017-02-16T22:51:48
While we usually focus on the death of a parent or sibling, this episode explores what it's like for teens when a best friend dies. The best friend connection is unique, particularly in adolesce...
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Ep. 49: Everyday Grief Rituals&Routines - Jodie Brauer from 2017-02-10T01:39:02
Jodie Brauer, founder of the annual Celebrate Silas Memorial 5K, joins us again as a guest to talk about the everyday rituals and routines that can be helpful in grief. These routines can be as ...
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Ep. 48: Grief Dreams - Joshua Black from 2017-01-20T21:41:41
What does it mean when grief becomes part of our dreams? In this episode, we talk with Joshua Black, a Ph.D. student at Brock University, about his groundbreaking grief dream research. Joshua sh...
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Ep. 47: What We Talk About When We Talk About Death from 2017-01-06T18:03:22
A lot goes into talking about the people in our lives who have died. Who do we tell? What do we share, not only about the person and what they meant to us, but about how they died? The words we ...
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Ep. 46: Children And Memorial Services - Holly Pruett from 2016-12-19T23:16:45
Ep. 45: Supporting Grieving Kids With Mindfulness - Tips For Teachers&Parents from 2016-11-18T22:39:46
Jill, a longtime educator, incorporates mindfulness and other strategies for emotional regulation in classroom settings. We discuss how grief, stress, and trauma affect our bodies, brains, and e...
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Ep. 44: Redefining Comfort Food - Dr. Drew Ramsey from 2016-11-11T21:48:50
The term comfort food usually brings to mind mac and cheese, lasagna, brownies, and other combinations of sugar and simple carbohydrates. When someone dies, the casseroles start to arrive, even ...
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Ep. 43: An Only Child, Grieving Her Only Parent - Rachel Ricketts from 2016-11-04T18:56:25
What does it mean to be a child, grieving the death of a parent, when you're technically not a child? Rachel Ricketts, author of the site loss&found,...
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Ep. 42: Secrets&Grief from 2016-10-28T18:39:25
When someone dies, many of us are left with if onlys. Some are interwoven with thoughts that we could have somehow prevented the death, "If only I had asked him t...
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Ep. 41: Grieving An Overdose (Part 3 of 3) - A Teen's Perspective from 2016-10-21T19:04:53
In this episode, the last in our 3 part series on grief after an overdose death, we talk with Liam who was just starting middle school when his brother died from a heroin overdose. Now a junior ...
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Ep. 40: Grieving An Overdose Death (Part 2 of 3) - The Loss Of A Child from 2016-10-16T16:00
In part two of our three-part series on grief after an overdose death, we talk with Samina, whose son Ayaz died of a heroin overdose. The episode starts with Samina reading a poem that came to h...
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Ep. 39: Grieving An Overdose (Part 1 of 3) - The Death Of A Brother from 2016-10-10T21:49:01
Based on numbers from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, heroin overdose deaths increased by six times from 2001 to 2014...
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Ep. 38: What Helps When You're Grieving - Ideas For Body, Mind, and Spirit from 2016-08-02T22:41:36
Jana is joined by Dougy Center staff member, Heather Dorfman, to talk about what helps (or might help) in grief, outside the realm of more formal support. As you listen to this episode, keep in ...
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Ep. 37: How To Help Children And Teens Grieving A Violent Death from 2016-07-05T18:29:44
Whether it is a murder, murder-suicide, or a being killed by a driver under the influence, violent death adds multiple layers of complexity to grief. Jana and Joan discuss what children and teen...
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Ep. 36: Grieving My Dad - A Son's Story from 2016-05-26T21:51:55
In the two years since his dad died, Mike bought a house, got married, and is expecting his first child. This episode explores what it means to grieve the person you would have turned to the mos...
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Ep. 35: After A Death - 5 Tips For Schools from 2016-04-25T22:53:22
Dougy Center staff member, Joan Schweizer Hoff, joins Jana to talk about the top 5 things school administrators will want to consider when a student, teacher, or staff member di...
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Ep. 34: The Thing I Never Thought I'd Do Again from 2016-03-23T19:54:39
There is a lot that goes unsaid in grief, particularly when it comes to dating after the death of a partner. Jana talks with Megan Devine, grief thinker, speaker, and author of the audio book, <...
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Ep. 33: The Importance Of Honesty - Talking With Children About Death from 2016-03-11T18:16
As a child Rachel Stephenson learned first hand the pain of not knowing the truth about her mother's death. The secrecy in her family led to a disconnection with her remaining parent and added l...
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Ep. 32: The Youngest Grievers from 2016-02-10T23:35:45
How do we talk with the youngest children about death? What words should we use? Can they even understand? In this episode Jana talks with Joan Schweizer Hoff about what helps (and what doesn't)...
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Ep. 31: Birthdays&Anniversaries - Grief And Significant Days from 2016-01-25T19:56:31
For those who are grieving, birthdays and anniversaries of a loved one's death can loom large. What we do to mark these days is as individual and unique as our grief and the relationship we shar...
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Ep. 30: The Private Grief Of A Public Death from 2016-01-20T20:50:16
The public and often sensationalized nature of a murder-suicide can overshadow the heartbreak and grief of those left behind. In this episode, Stephanie, a grieving mother and wife, joins Jana t...
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Ep. 29: When Grief Catches Up With You from 2015-12-30T18:17:21
V was six when her father died from cancer, but it wasn't until two decades later that she consciously engaged with her grief. A seeming random encounter at a local craft store cracked open emot...
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Ep. 28: Supporting Children Grieving A Suicide Death from 2015-12-14T23:24:35
"How do I tell my children?" When someone dies of suicide, parents and caregivers want to know how to talk with their children about the death. Jana and Joan Schweizer Hoff explain why it's so i...
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Ep. 27: Grief And The Holidays from 2015-11-19T23:12:20
Under the best of circumstances, the November & December holidays can be stressful. Add in grieving a loss and they can feel completely overwhelming. In this episode, you'll hear suggestions for...
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Ep. 26: Grief And Complex Relationships (Part 3) - The Death Of A Parent from 2015-11-16T23:26:20
The last in a three-part series talking with those grieving the death of someone when the relationship was complex, difficult, or challenging. Jana talks with Diana about her father who died aft...
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Ep. 25: Grief And Complex Relationships (Part 2) - The Death Of A Sibling from 2015-11-07T00:38:23
This is the second episode in a three-part series about grieving when the relationship with the person who died was difficult or challenging. Jana talks with Ashley, whose relationship with her ...
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Ep. 24: Grief And Complex Relationships (Part 1) - The Death Of An Ex-Husband from 2015-11-04T23:15:21
Ep. 23: Language, Suicide, And Stigma (Part 3) from 2015-09-24T13:00
Why do people die of suicide? Join Jana and Donna Schuurman for a discussion about this complex question.
Two prominent theories mentioned by Donna:
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Ep. 22: Grief And Becoming a Parent - An Interview With What's Your Grief from 2015-09-14T14:00
Eleanor and Litsa from What’s Your Grief join us as special guests to talk about becoming a parent when you’re grieving the death of your own parent or sibling. Listen in for suggestions on how ...
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Ep. 21: Turning Points In Grief from 2015-09-08T14:00
Have you ever struggled with the idea of finding closure in grief? Given grief’s ongoing and evolving nature, the search for final closure can be a misguided pursuit, one that leaves us disheart...
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Ep. 20: Grief And Developmental Disabilities from 2015-08-07T16:00
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Ep. 19: Advanced Serious Illness from 2015-07-24T16:00
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Ep. 18: Grieving The Death Of A Sibling - Tips For Supporting Children from 2015-07-10T00:08:16
Jana talks with Rebecca Hobbs-Lawrence, a staff member at The Dougy Center, about ways to support c...
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Ep. 17: Grieving A Suicide Death from 2015-06-26T18:00
Jana talks with Erin Shuster about the death of her brother from suicide. A former young adult grou...
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Ep. 16: Grief And Father's Day from 2015-06-12T21:38:21
Jana and Joan Schweizer Hoff talk about navigating Father’s Day while grieving. Joan, a long-time staff member at The Dougy Center, shares both personal and professional experiences in...
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Ep. 15: Language, Suicide, And Stigma (Part 2) from 2015-05-29T21:48:50
Jana and Donna Schuurman discuss terms to avoid, and what to say instead, when talking about suicide. Here is a link to Listen
Ep. 14: The Death Of Both Parents: Grieving As A Young Adult from 2015-05-18T23:24:29
Jana talks with Jenna, a participant in The Dougy Center's group for young adults, about the experience of losing her mom when she was a child and then her father, just before the start of her s...
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Ep. 13: Grieving Through Mother's Day from 2015-05-01T03:41:27
Tips for grieving through Mother’s Day
- Whether you want to acknowledge the day or want to ignore it, know that the lead up, for many people, is the worst part. It c... Listen
Ep. 12: Helping Children And Teens Cope With Fear After A Death from 2015-04-17T23:34:15
After a death, it’s not unusual for children to have an increased sense of fear and anxiety. (It’s not unusual in adults, either.) When bad or sad things happen, it’s natural to be afraid more b...
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Ep. 11: Who Am I Now? from 2015-04-03T18:24:24
Losing and finding yourself in grief.
Brendon and Jana delve into the many layers of loss that we grapple with when someone dies and how that loss can change us. When we grieve, we miss t...
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Ep. 10: Seasons Change from 2015-03-19T18:00
Seasons change, but what about my grief?
There can be a lot of emphasis on special occasions – anniversaries, birthdays, holidays, etc. when it comes to events that influence grief. Seaso...
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Ep. 9: Language, Suicide, And Stigma (Part 1) from 2015-03-13T21:45:31
"The language we use to describe events not only reflects our own attitudes but influences those attitudes as well as the attitudes of others."
--Sommer-Rotenberg, D. Listen
Ep. 8: Living In Dying, Dying In Living: Grieving Before Death from 2015-03-05T01:08:32
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Ep. 7: Somewhere In Between from 2015-02-26T19:00
Understanding And Supporting The Grieving Teen
If you know a teen who is grieving a death, you may wonder what responses or behaviors you can expect to see and how to help.
Ep. 6: Where Did Everyone Go? from 2015-02-18T00:15:40
Where did everyone go? How grief affects connections with family and friends.
This episode grew out of a few questions from the community –
- Why is it common for communicati... Listen
Ep. 5: Grieving Through Valentine's Day from 2015-02-12T21:20:30
Valentine's Day is one of the many holidays that shift and change while grieving. As with so many other holidays, the lead-up can be really hard. Advertisements and casual conversations about pl...
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Ep. 4: No Apology Needed from 2015-02-06T18:15:43
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Ep. 3 Tips For Talking With Children About Death from 2015-01-29T22:27:55
“How do I tell my child about the death?” This is the most common question we receive at The Dougy Center. Someone has died, leaving parents and other adult caregivers to struggle with...
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Ep. 2: Ashes&Funerals from 2015-01-29T22:15:48
In this episode, Jana and Brendon, answer two questions from the community. The first is from a mother of two young children who wonders what she can do with the ashes of her partner. ...
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Ep. 1: The Myth Of The Grief Timeline from 2015-01-27T23:09:11
In this episode of Grief Out Loud, Jana and Brendon discuss some of the current mythology surrounding grief timelines. We demystify the idea that there is a recipe for grieving or one ...
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Dear Dougy: Introductions from 2015-01-23T20:53:31
In this inaugural episode of the Grief Out Loud Podcast, Jana and Brendon introduce themselves, talk about the history of The Dougy Center, and our work with grieving children and their families...
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