Rising From the Ashes: Growth After Loss| Dr. Mari
Release Date: 12/23/2025
Finding Your Way: Healthy Coping Strategies | Growth After Loss – Dr. Mari Marquez
The Growth After Loss Podcast
Not all coping strategies support your grief journey—some can keep you stuck. In this episode, Dr. Mari Marquez, PhD, explores the difference between healthy and unhealthy coping strategies to help you navigate grief with compassion and clarity. Dr. Mari Marquez is a personal growth educator after loss with a PhD in educational psychology. Her research focuses on meaning-making and growth after significant loss, blending lived experience with evidence-based insights. In this episode, Dr. Mari shares her personal story of losing her husband and how she learned that understanding grief is only...
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The Five Stages of Grief Explained | Growth After Loss – Dr. Mari Marquez
The Growth After Loss Podcast
Are the Five Stages of Grief Descriptive or Prescriptive? Welcome to the Growth After Loss Podcast! In this enlightening episode, Dr. Mari Marquez, Ph.D., a personal growth educator, delves into the widely known Five Stages of Grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. What You'll Learn: - Why the Five Stages of Grief are descriptive, not prescriptive. - How grief is a non-linear journey filled with fluctuating emotions. - It’s completely normal to experience confusion, anger, or numbness at different times. - The importance of acknowledging your unique grieving process...
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Rising From the Ashes: Growth After Loss| Dr. Mari
The Growth After Loss Podcast
Can We Really Rise from the Ashes? Discovering What Personal Growth After Loss Looks Like. In this episode of the Growth After Loss Podcast, Dr. Mari Marquez, Ph.D., Personal Growth Educator, explores the concepts of personal growth and post-traumatic growth after the death of a loved one. This conversation is grounded in research, lived experience, and deep respect for the reality of grief and living with loss. This episode is especially meaningful for listeners who are further along in their grief journey and beginning to reflect on how life can continue alongside grief—without...
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Navigating Grief: The Power of a Three Letter Word | Dr. Mari
The Growth After Loss Podcast
The Power of a "Three Letter Word: Introduction to the Growth After Loss Podcast Welcome to the first episode of the Growth After Loss podcast with Dr. Mari Marquez. In this episode, Dr. Mari shares her personal journey through grief after losing her father and husband. She explores the definition and impact of grief based on insights from the American Psychological Association, practical exercises for managing grief, and the importance of seeking support. Dr. Mari reflects on her own research in psychology, focusing on personal and post-traumatic growth after significant loss. The episode...
info_outlineCan We Really Rise from the Ashes? Discovering What Personal Growth After Loss Looks Like.
In this episode of the Growth After Loss Podcast, Dr. Mari Marquez, Ph.D., Personal Growth Educator, explores the concepts of personal growth and post-traumatic growth after the death of a loved one. This conversation is grounded in research, lived experience, and deep respect for the reality of grief and living with loss.
This episode is especially meaningful for listeners who are further along in their grief journey and beginning to reflect on how life can continue alongside grief—without rushing, minimizing pain, or forcing toxic positivity.
In this episode, Dr. Mari Marquez discusses:
How growth and grief can coexist over time.
Common misconceptions about post-traumatic growth.
The importance of support, community, and patience.
Research insights from her own studies on growth after the loss of a significant loved one.
This podcast is educational in nature and not a substitute for therapy. If you are seeking additional support, connecting with a licensed mental health professional or a grief-informed community may be helpful.
✨ Coming Soon:
Dr. Mari Marquez shares details about her upcoming Growth After Loss Initiative Program (2026)—a research-informed educational program focused on a step-by-step approach to help you find supportive strategies and concepts that resonate with you, which can help nurture your personal growth and help you navigate your grief after the loss of a loved one(s).
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:18 When Growth Conversations May Feel Too Soon
02:40 Imagining Life Alongside Grief
07:35 Personal Growth & Post-Traumatic Growth Explained
14:51 The Role of Support & Community
30:28 Reflection & Gentle Intention
31:53 Program Announcement & Closing