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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 die...
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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 March of 2015 Joe DiNardo's wife, Marcia, died of pancreatic cancer. Before her death, he started writing a letter to her which would eve...
John Mayer first encountered grief when his older brother Stephen suddenly died at age 29 in 2007. Nine years later, John's second daughter,...
How do grief, stress, and trauma affect our bodies, brains, and emotions? Jill shares some easy to implement mindfulness suggestions for bot...
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 lo...
What happens when we discover something about the person who died that leaves us shocked, disappointed, and angry. Matthew shares his story ...
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...
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...
How do we talk with the youngest children about death? What words should we use? Can they even understand?
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 ran...
The last in a three-part series talking with those grieving the death of someone when the relationship was complex, difficult, or challengin...
This is the second episode in a three-part series about grieving when the relationship with the person who died was difficult or challenging...
When someone dies, it creates upheaval in the support system, leading to unfamiliar territory in terms of how to help those with different p...
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 chi...
