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Season 3, Ep3: Modern Dating: Apps, First Dates & Red Flags
In this episode, Dr. Monika Wieliczko discusses the practical aspects of dating after loss, focusing on modern dating apps, preparing for first dates, and identifying red flags. She emphasises the importance of...
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Love after Loss Series: Ep. 2 Navigating Guilt and Emotional Conflicts
Episode 2: Navigating Guilt and Emotional Conflicts
In this episode of 'A Guide to After Life', Dr. Monika Wieliczko discusses the complexities of dating after loss, focusing on the feelings of guilt that...
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Love after Loss Series: Ep. 1. Are You Ready for a Relationship After Loss?
In this episode of 'A Guide to Love After Loss', Dr. Monika Wieliczko shares her personal journey of navigating love after the loss of her husband. She discusses the emotional complexities of dating after loss, the...
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Season 2 Finale & What's Coming Next
Season 2 Reflections
We've reached the end of Season 2! Over these past six months, we've heard from 23 incredible voices - psychologists, artists, fellow widows, writers, parents, and researchers. Each person brought...
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Ep. 23. Letters to Forever: Transforming Grief into Art with Natalia Millman
This week’s conversation is with Natalia Millman—a Ukrainian-born, UK-based artist—whose exhibition Letters to Forever transforms grief into a deeply immersive, multisensory experience.
After losing her father in...
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Ep 22. How to Avoid Burnout When You Grieve and Build a Healthier Relationship with Work with Dr. Claire Plumbly, Clinical Psychologist.
This week on A Guide to After Life, Dr. Monika Wieliczko is joined by clinical psychologist and author Dr. Claire Plumbly to explore the often-overlooked intersection between grief and burnout. Together, they unpack...
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Ep. 21. How to Heal Your Nervous System After Loss? The Roadmap to Grief Recovery with Dr. Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell
What happens when grief is more than just sadness—when it floods your entire system, leaving you feeling unsafe in your own body and mind?
This week on A Guide to After Life, Dr. Monika Wieliczko sits down with Dr....
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S2, Ep 20. What Is Left of Me After Losing you? Identity Transformation in Grief with Dr. Nikki Paul.
Grief obliterates the scaffolding of who we once were and we all ask this basic question in the aftermath of a profound loss: what is left of me after you are gone?
This is the topic of this week's conversation with...
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Episode 19. How to Move Forward When You’re Stuck in Grief: The Transformative Power of Community with Karen Sutton.
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering “Why do I still feel so stuck?” or “Will I ever feel like myself again?”—this conversation is for you.
In this episode, I speak with Karen Sutton, grief coach and widow, about...
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Season 2, Ep. 18: How to build your grief tribe? The Grief Collective with Dr Marianne Trent, Clinical Psychologist
What happens when a psychologist becomes the patient of grief herself? How do you go from burning candles through tears to writing a bestselling book on loss in just one month?
In this deeply moving episode of A Guide...
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Ep 17. Just sit with my pain. How to survive unbearable pain of loss with Rosalind Coon, Clinical Psychologist.
What do you do when the pain is too much to bear? In this moving and unfiltered conversation, clinical psychologist Rosalind Coon joins host Dr. Monika Wieliczko to explore the devastating emotional terrain of loss...
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Season 2, Ep 16. Why Talking About Death Might Just Change Your Life? Death Matters Awareness Week with Dr. Ali Ross.
Death Matters Awareness Week Special
Most of us avoid conversations about death—until we’re forced to have them. But what if talking about death could actually help us live more fully?
In this special episode for...
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