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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 m...
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. Th...
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 w...
When someone dies, many of us expect to cry and feel frustrated, but we aren’t as prepared for intense fear and worry. Anxiety can catch us ...
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 se...
In 2000 Doreen Wiggins, MD began having vivid dreams that her husband was going to die. These dreams, combined with a session with an intuit...
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 peopl...
Megan Devine, writer, speaker, and grief advocate discusses her work to bring grief out of the whisper corner. We talk about how to talk abo...
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...
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 cas...
Megan Devine talks about another shadow aspect of grief - anger. Anger shows up in many ways, including being angry at the person who died, ...
What it's like for teens when a best friend dies? The best friend connection is unique, particularly in adolescence. It's the person a teen ...
How do grief, stress, and trauma affect our bodies, brains, and emotions? Jill shares some easy to implement mindfulness suggestions for bot...
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 f...