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Supporting Grieving Children With Mindfulness - Tips For Teachers & Parents

How do grief, stress, and trauma affect our bodies, brains, and emotions? Jill shares some easy to implement mindfulness suggestions for bot...

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Redefining Comfort Food - Dr. Drew Ramsey

The term comfort food usually brings to mind mac and cheese, lasagna, brownies, and other combinations of sugar and simple carbohydrates. Wh...

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An Only Child Grieving Her Only Parent - Rachel Ricketts

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...

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Secrets & Grief

What happens when we discover something about the person who died that leaves us shocked, disappointed, and angry. Matthew shares his story ...

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Grieving An Overdose (Part 3 of 3) - A Teen's Perspective

Liam was just starting middle school when his brother died from a heroin overdose. Now a junior in college, Liam talks openly about what he ...

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Grieving An Overdose (Part 2 of 3) - The Loss Of A Child

Samina's son Ayaz died of a heroin overdose. She shares insights from her experience and describes what helped and didn't help in the early ...

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Grieving An Overdose (Part 1 of 3) - The Death Of A Brother

Jessica's younger brother died in 2011. In our conversation, we discuss what it's like when you didn't know the person was struggling with s...

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What Helps When You're Grieving - Ideas For Body, Mind, And Spirit

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...

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How To Help Children And Teens Grieving A Violent Death

Whether it is a murder, murder-suicide, or a being killed by a driver under the influence, violent death adds multiple layers of complexity ...

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Grieving My Dad - A Son's Story

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...

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E035 After A Death - 5 Tips For Schools

Dougy Center staff member, Joan Schweizer Hoff, joins Jana to talk about the top 5 things school administrators will want to consider when a...

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After A Death - 5 Tips For Schools

Dougy Center staff member, Joan Schweizer Hoff, joins Jana to talk about the top 5 things school administrators will want to consider when a...

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The Thing I Never Thought I'd Do Again - Dating After The Death Of A Partner

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 ab...

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The Importance Of Honesty - Talking With Children About Death

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 t...

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The Youngest Grievers

How do we talk with the youngest children about death? What words should we use? Can they even understand?

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