Grounding Grief
Circumstances that cause us to grieve are guaranteed to knock on everyone’s door at least once, yet we often treat grief as taboo. Talking about it helps normalize it. We can learn from those who have endured it, so that we might better serve others who grieve, as well as prepare ourselves to find grounding in grief when it visits us.
Episodes
13 episodes
Anticipatory Grief
Ann talks about her muddled thinking rooted in the choices a family faces when deciding where a loved one with a long-term illness will die, along with her anticipatory grief, as her father lies dying.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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12:29
Pets
In response to a few requests, Ann introduces the conversation about losing pets, the ensuing grief, and her anticipatory grief about Flannery, Victoria's cat, dying before Ann does. She welcomes others who have lost pets to email her to share ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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13:25
Time
Ann talks about the enduring nature of grief, how it can creep up unexpectedly, and time's capacity to soften it.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:20
Hope
Author Liz Newman joins Ann to talk about the grieving process, sharing memories, and uncovering hope along the way.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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18:58
The Holidays
Ann recalls the early steps she and her family stumbled through as they faced the first holidays without Victoria.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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14:48
Accepting Gifts
Following their discussion on suicide, Ann and Vickie talk about uncovering transformative gifts in grief.
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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12:49
Suicide
Vickie and Charlie became our friends through church. I remember when their son was born more than thirty years ago. Although they would divorce, they remained friends and raised him together. Just 11 days after Victoria's funeral, we wou...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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23:27
Listen
Ann reflects on the first four episodes and the ongoing nature of grief, along with the importance of listening. She ends reading Cori Doerrfeld's children's story, The Rabbit Listened.
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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10:52
Estrangement
Maureen talks about the grief she has endured, and ways she has overcome it, as a result of undiagnosed narcissists in her life that have led to estrangement from her mother, sister, and her own children.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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29:00
The Unborn
Brynne discusses the layers of grief she and her husband, Andy, have endured during their more than three year journey to become parents.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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32:08
Mother's Day
Stephan and Isabel join me to discuss how Mother's Day has been complicated for them.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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39:31