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Ep. 128: When The Thought Doesn't Count

Grief Out Loud

Leslie Barber is the founder of Grief Warrior, a series of gift boxes designed for those in grief. The items in the boxes are informed and inspired by what Leslie most needed when her husband Steve died. We talk about grieving a spouse vs. grieving the parent of your child, effective and compassionate employer grief policies, and how to show up for the people in your life who are grieving.

Ep. 127: What God Is Honored Here? Shannon Gibney & Kao Kalia Yang

Grief Out Loud

Kao Kalia Yang and Shannon Gibney are writers, friends, and grieving mothers. Shannon's daughter Sianneh died at forty-one and a half weeks. Kalia's son, Baby Jules, died at nineteen weeks. As writers, they decided to create what they most needed to read and hear in their own grief. Their new book, What God is Honored Here? Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color, is a collection of deeply personal essays about grief.

Ep. 126: When A Child Dies Of Suicide - Anne Moss Rogers

Grief Out Loud

Grief is intensely personal and sometimes it’s intensely private. When Anne Moss Roger's son Charles died of suicide, she decided to go public with her grief and the story of his life. Inspired by her son’s innate skill for connecting with others, she’s now dedicated to helping people who are struggling with grief, suicidal thoughts, and substance use. To learn more, visit Emotionally Naked, Anne Moss's blog. Her website includes links to her new book, Diary of a Broken Mind, and her TEDx Talk - Can A Blog Save Lives? If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach...

Ep. 125: Mini-Episode - Traci, Amira, & Alina

Grief Out Loud

In 2018, The Dougy Center was selected as one of a handful of children’s bereavement programs to partner with StoryCorps and the New York Life Foundation on Road to Resilience: Memories that Move Us Forward. Road to Resilience was born out of a commitment to helping children cope with the death of a parent, sibling, or loved one.

Ep. 124: A Weed In The Garden Of My Brain - Caroline Wright

Grief Out Loud

In 2017, Caroline Wright was working on her third cookbook and raising two kids with her husband. Life was busy and full in only the way it can be when you have two kids under the age of five. Then one day everything changed. It was the day she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, and given a year to live.

Ep. 123: Mini-Episode - Ruby & Jana

Grief Out Loud

In 2018, The Dougy Center was selected as one of a handful of children’s bereavement programs to partner with StoryCorps and the New York Life Foundation on Road to Resilience: Memories that Move Us Forward. Road to Resilience was born out of a commitment to helping children cope with the death of a parent, sibling, or loved one.In this third mini-episode, Ruby and Jana talk about Ruby's amazing Grandma Riba who died when Ruby was a young teenager.

Ep. 122: Meeting The Needs Of Grieving Children - New York Life Foundation

Grief Out Loud

Maria Collins, Vice President at the New York Life Foundation, and Brennan Wood, The Dougy Center's Executive Director join us to talk about the business of supporting grieving children and families. The Dougy Center recently received a $1 million dollar grant from the New York Life Foundation - the largest grant we've received in our 36-year history! In our conversation we discuss the projects this grant funded and also how both Brennan and Maria have been changed by this work.

Ep. 121: The Goodbye Diaries - Marisa Bardach Ramel

Grief Out Loud

Marisa Bardach Ramel was 17 when her mother Sally, received a stage 4 pancreatic cancer diagnosis and given two months to live. While always close, Marisa retreated into school and friends, avoiding her mom and her attempts to connect. A year later, when Marisa was a freshman in college, her mom asked if she wanted to write a book together. Almost twenty years later, Marisa recently published their mother-daughter memoir, The Goodbye Diaries.

Ep. 120: Mini-Episode - Megan, Michael, & Mason

Grief Out Loud

Over the next few months, you'll hear short clips of these conversations in a series of mini-episodes. In this second mini-episode, Megan, Michael, and Mason talk about life after Michael and Mason's dad died.

Ep. 119: Grief & Parenting - Infancy & Toddlers

Grief Out Loud

In 2017, Brittany and Jonas were raising two young children and pregnant with their third. Then, after returning home from a business trip Jonas was diagnosed with aplastic anemia. Seven weeks later, after intensive treatment, Jonas died. Aria, their oldest was 3 ½. Her younger brother Loic had just turned 2, and baby Klyde was still in utero. Brittany talks about explaining Jonas's death to their children, helping Klyde to know his father, and learning to ask for help.

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