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One In A Million

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 ...

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The (Not) Most Wonderful Time Of The Year - Holidays & Grief Mini-Episode

For a lot of us, the end of year holidays + grief = the (not) most wonderful time of the year. Rebecca Hobbs-Lawrence, Pathways Program & Gr...

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Grief Doesn't Fit In A Box, But You Can Make A List - What's Your Grief

Have you found it difficult to read anything longer than a paragraph since your person died? It's a phenomenon familiar, both personally and...

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"These Relationships Matter" - Grieving The Death Of A Pet

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 o...

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Celebrating Día de Los Muertos

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 ...

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"They Were Part Of My Firefighter Family" - Grieving A Coworker

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 p...

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Caring For A Parent At The End Of Life - Mark Chesnut & Prepare for Departure

Mark Chesnut is a NYC-based journalist, editor, and public speaker. His book, Prepare for Departure, Notes on a single mother, a misfit son,...

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The Awkwardness Around Grief Is International

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...

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"We Did Everything We Could Not To Be Here"

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,...

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Embracing Grief In Community - Adam Stevens, RDT

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 knowi...

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It's Complicated

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 compli...

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Things Others Never Even Have To Think About - Grief & Identity

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 wh...

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Born For This Work - Supporting Grief & Death (Valenca Valenzuela, MSW)

Valenca Valenzuela, MSW, was born on Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) which seems fitting for someone who grew up to hold space for peop...

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We Have No New Memories - Amanda Drews & Buzzy's Bees

Amanda Drews is the founder of Buzzy’s Bees, the organization she started after her son Hudson, who was 13 months old, died of SUDC (Sudden ...

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Comedy & Grief & Father's Day - A Reprise

This episode originally aired in June, 2019. What is it about dark humor and why are we drawn to it when wrestling with painful life event...

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