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Time Keeps Moving, But She Doesn't: Mackenzie Galloway-Cole On Grief And New Year's

In the fall of 2023, Mackenzie Galloway-Cole was living out her rom-com-worthy love story with her wife Megan in New York City. Then, on an ...

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Someone You Care About is Grieving: Tips for Supporting Them

If someone you care about is grieving, you might be wondering what to do and say — or — not do or say. Grief is confusing for the person who...

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Brennan Wood On How Grief Is To Feel, Not Fix - Even At The Holidays

It's our annual holiday episode, this time with Dougy Center Executive Director and TEDx speaker Brennan Wood. Brennan first encountered Dou...

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Beyond Silence: Kyndal Parks On Honoring Her Grandfather & Advocating For Better Grief Support

When Kyndal Parks' grandfather died on Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving – she lost one of her biggest supporters and confidants. Wh...

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Going To College With Grief - Loss In Young Adulthood

When Hilary was 18, her oldest sister, Kelly, died from a rare cancer called DSRCT (desmoplastic small round cell tumor). In the same year, ...

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The Friends We Make In Grief

When Cassie arrived at Dougy Center for her first peer grief support group for young adults after her dad died, she sat in the parking lot w...

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Caring For The Caregivers

When you're grieving, "Take care of yourself," might be the last thing you want to hear. So what does self-care actually look like for a par...

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Mourning Air - Leena Magdi On Grieving Her Brother And Her Homeland

When Leena Magdi’s younger brother, Hamoodi, was killed, her world shifted entirely. In her debut book Mourning Air, Leena explores how grie...

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Grieving A Sudden Or Unexpected Death With Dr. Jennifer Levin

When someone you know dies suddenly, everything changes in an instant. The world you once knew can feel unfamiliar and unsafe, and finding y...

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Grief Is Forever, But So Is Love: Tiriq Rashad On Loss & Creativity

When Tiriq Rashad, artist, poet, and performer, sits down to write, he’s not just telling his own story - he’s carrying his daughter, his br...

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Now I’m An Adult Orphan: Tyler Feder On Dancing At The Pity Party, Again

When Tyler Feder was 19, her mom died of cancer, an experience she captured years later in her bestselling graphic memoir Dancing at the Pit...

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Rabbit Heart - A Mother's Murder, A Daughter's Story

In 1986, when Kristine S. Ervin was eight years old, her mother was abducted, sexually assaulted, and murdered in Oklahoma. Decades later, K...

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Relief With Some Grief - When An Abusive Parent Dies

When someone dies, the story is often one of sadness, longing, and loss. But what happens when the person who died was also someone who caus...

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Supporting Children & Teens after a Murder or Violent Death

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Befriending Grief: Why She's Your Guide, Not Your Enemy – Dr. Jamie Eaddy

How do we move from seeing grief as something to fix or overcome, to understanding it as a lifelong companion and guide? In this conversatio...

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