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In this episode, a young woman, Kat, age 25 when her Lola passed, (Lola is grandmother in Tagalog), shares about her Lola, her relationship with her Lola, and her grief, including lack of support from peers. Grief is part of life, and most people benefit from support while grieving. When people experience grief at young ages, including childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, grief is commonly...

When a death occurs unexpectedly, there are many decisions that need to be made, while grieving. Funeral Director, Brooke Benjamin, of Inclusive Funeral Care , provides specific information that can be helpful to have before a death. Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief support specialist, highly recommends this episode, and sharing it with friends. Talking about death and grief is part of the jou...

Holiday's of any kind, including birthdays, and cultural celebrations and even significant life events like graduations and weddings, aren't always happy for people grieving. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, encourages friends and family of people grieving to be more sensitive to their loved ones, including "grief with a lower-case g" including less ob...

In this episode, artist, educator and advocate, Nicklin Heap, shares the often overlooked aspects of grief that are part of the joyful transformation of gender transition. If you would like to support the Transgender community, you can do so through these organizations: TransEquality and/or Trans Life Line . For more info about Nicklin's art and work, feel free to learn more here .

In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, Grief Support Specialist, talks with a mother of a young adult with complex medical needs and autism, who is also a social worker & therapist, and founder of No Apology Events . If you feel moved to make a small financial contribution towards spaces that are more inclusive for families and children/tweens/teens/young adults with unique abilities and specia...

Men often grieve differently than women. This episode focuses on men's grief, citing Men & Grief , by the late Carol Staudacher, who was also the author of Beyond Grief , and welcomes a guest, Phillip, to share about his anticipatory grief about his father's impending death. Here's the link for FIVE online Grief Healing Circles scheduled for May 2026. Here's the link for the ev...

Children, tweens, teens grieve, too. Death of a loved one, human or animal, grief after divorce, or other causes of grief are common. Many adults have little training about child development and strategies about talking with children about grief, and death. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, shares some recommendations from: Motherless Mothers: How Losing a Mother Shapes...

This BONUS Episode is written FOR children/young people (8-12ish year olds). It's VERY similar to the 1st Episode, about the 6 learnings about grief, but less wordy and more interactive...inviting the listener to repeat after Dr. Sarah with some of the learnings (Grief is Normal, Grief is Unique, Grief isn't Linear, Grief is Love, etc). An 8 year old who heard it wrote to me, "Thank y...

On this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, welcomes her first guest, Debra (Gauthier) Valentino, enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin, Bear Clan, and a descendant of the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin to share her experiences still feeling connected to her husband whose body stopped working some years ago. Sarah shares some more of her late mother's words from befo...

Western culture hasn't supported grief over the long haul over the past decades. Because grief isn't linear or short, and there aren't enough supports for people grieving, in this episode Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, shares excerpts from Hope Edelman's book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Grief , and author and teacher from Burkina Faso, Sobon...

Regret over wishing something had gone differently or something could have been said, or not said, can be difficult to release. In this episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, shares from her personal experience, very helpful advice from a therapist of hers, as well as practical tips for anyone trying to process their grief, and any regret they may have. A short excerpt from Zen Short...

Sometimes when a loved one is grieving, no matter the cause of the grief, whether it be the death of a person or animal, miscarriage, divorce, job loss, etc, friends or family don't always know what to say or do to support their grieving loved one. In this brief 8 minute episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, certified grief coach, offers practical suggestions, including tailoring your responses to you...

The grief journey isn't linear or short or easy. As discussed in the first episode, everyone grieves differently, AND there's no "Right" or "Wrong" way to grieve. In this 2nd episode, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, shares her top five techniques for healing from grief and trauma, as well as a plethora of book titles and authors. Listeners are invited to share additional technique...

25 years after the host's mother’s body stopped working and her Spirit joined the Ancestors, certified grief-coach, Dr. Sarah Elizabeth, offers insights to assist you on your healing journey, regardless of what kind of grief or when it began. These six invaluable learnings about grief have helped many, and will hopefully assist you or someone you know, too! NOTES LINKS: For poster of poem, Rem...