Grief & Loss 💔

The brilliant Emily Dean talks to Elis James and John Robins about how she coped with losing her mum, dad and sister all in the space of three years.

We talk with singer-songwriter Tyson Motsenbocker about the roles that nostalgia and grief have played in his life. Tyson talks about walking to San Francisco from San Diego after his mother’s passing...Show More

We interview our friend Cassandra, a makeup artist in LA, about depression, isolation, and the grieving process after the loss of a loved one. Grief manifests itself in many ways and it was good getti...Show More

Dr. Hillary needs to tell her longtime client Vanessa that she’s pregnant and that they'll soon need to take a break, when Hillary goes on maternity leave. This is hard to hear for Vanessa, who has be...Show More

Vox’s Sean Illing talks with David Wolpe, senior rabbi of the Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, about the role and nature of God, how religion and spirituality can address our modern problems, and how to m...Show More

This week I’m talking to the psychotherapist, author + broadcaster Philippa Perry about her friend Bonnie. As ever we talk grief, the jokes only that person understands + winning the races in your dre...Show More

This week I’m talking to broadcaster + writer James O'Brien about his friend Andy, who died last year from a brain tumour. As ever we talk grief, friends who celebrate you + sitting with the sadnessYo...Show More

Guest Info/Bio: This week we speak with Dr. Pauline Boss. Pauline is an educator and researcher who is widely recognized for her groundbreaking research on what is now known as the theory of ambiguou...Show More

In the wake of the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, we're back to babble about grief, what it looks like, and what to do about it. We share personal anecdotes and experiences of personal grief and loss wi...Show More

This episode delves into how the phenomenon of "posttraumatic growth" affects expectations and assumptions around grief, how it manifests in other grievers' lives, and how it is portrayed in our curre...Show More

Nnenna calls on the wisdom of her friend Clarenda Stanley, owner of Green Heffa Farms, leading to new discoveries about the various ways grieving is like sowing and growing seeds. | Learn more at grea...Show More

In this episode, I’m talking about why we learn to buffer our pain and how, as adults, we need to process our pain. We’ll dig into the affect unprocessed pain has on our lives and how you can start al...Show More

This week I’m talking to the wonderful Reverend Richard Coles about his partner David. As ever we talk grief, cologne + having to reimagine future plansYou can follow Richard on Twitter @RevRichardCol...Show More

What happens when you lose something so central to your life that you no longer understand who you are? How do you find yourself again?

Zak Williams shares his experience growing up with an incredibly successful parent (Robin Williams), the conditions that led to Zak’s mental health challenges, and how the same practices he used to ri...Show More

After a short illness, Simon Thomas lost his wife Gemma to cancer at the age of 40. He talks to Elis and John about how life has been since this traumatic moment in 2017.

Journalist Poorna Bell talks to Elis James and John Robins about how she coped with the grief of losing her husband to suicide in 2015.

David Kessler is a death and grieving expert and author of many books including - The Needs of the Dying: A Guide for Bringing Hope, Comfort, and Love to Life’s Final Chapter and Finding Meaning: The ...Show More

David Kessler is a renowned author, speaker, and retreat leader. He co-authored two books, On Grief and Grieving and Life Lessons, with another grief and loss icon, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. As with so m...Show More

We can't separate grief from our identity. Grief is interwoven with our race, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, access to economic resources, and every other part of who we are. Alica Forn...Show More

It's a New Year's Eve encore episode and we're bringing back Ep. 11: Who Am I Now? Brendon and Jana delve into the many layers of loss that we grapple with when someone dies and how that loss can chan...Show More

Megan Devine joins us again, this time talking about another shadow aspect of grief - anger. Anger shows up in many ways, including being angry at the person who died, at ourselves, and at someone or ...Show More

Megan Devine is a pioneer in the fields of grief support and emotional intelligence. Since 2009, she’s been writing and talking about grief and love, shaking up our culture’s ideas about both all alon...Show More

As we wind down this series, a paradox remains in our pursuit of happiness—joy comes to those who have known pain. In order to overcome struggle—breakups, illness, even death—we must first accept and ...Show More

Grief expert David Kessler takes us by the hand and walks us into what he's learned about love, loss, and finding meaning. As someone who has a lot of fear about grief and grieving, this conversation ...Show More

Grief is deeply painful but it's something the majority of us …eventually … find ways to live with. But research is starting to emerge on how the pandemic may have changed the way we grieve - making ...Show More

Our loved ones are the people who are supposed to understand us. But what if they just...can't? Where do we turn then, and how do we fight the feelings of resentment that this lack of understanding ca...Show More

Horny after a partner dies? NORMAL.  Body and emotional numbness? NORMAL.  Completely lost or somewhere in between? NORMAL.  THE advocate for ageless sexuality Joan Price, shares insights from her boo...Show More

Sarah and her friend, end-of-life doula Lucy, discuss - yep, you guessed it: grief, death, and sex. In this episode, Lucy shares about what exactly an end-of-life doula is and all the (some wrong) way...Show More

Psychotherapist and author Megan Devine joins Jameela this week to discuss what grief is, how it can affect us physically, what we can say to those in our lives who are grieving, and how we can actual...Show More

The Sugars have been thinking about what it means to say goodbye and let go. In this first episode of their two-part series on moving on, the Sugars and Claire Bidwell Smith answer two letters from pe...Show More

After losing both of her parents at a young age, grief expert Claire Bidwell Smith was drawn to helping others navigate their grief. A therapist in private practice for over a decade, she has counsele...Show More

Join Claire and Kristin and they talk about something often overlooked when it comes grief: Anxiety. Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC, is a therapist specializing in grief, and the author of three books of ...Show More