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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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Season 2, Ep 15. Shattered Dreams of Parenthood After Losing a Life Partner with Dr Kara Davey, Clinical Psychologist
Life can sometimes throw us the most heart-wrenching curveballs. Losing a life partner is devastating enough, but when it's coupled with the challenges of infertility or the loss of shared dreams to build a family,...
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Season 2, Ep 14. Assisted Dying in the UK: Ethics, Grief, and the Right to Choose with Susan Cadell, PhD.
In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Monika Wieliczko explores the complex topic of assisted dying with Professor Susan Cadell, a leading researcher in grief and grief literacy. As the UK Parliament considers the...
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Season 2, Ep 13. Getting Support for the Physical Symptoms of Grief from Your GP: A conversation with Dr Lynsey Bennett.
Have you ever wondered why grief feels so physical? Why your heart races, your stomach churns, or your body aches after losing someone you love? And have you struggled to make sense of your physical health issued and...
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Season 2, Ep.12: Emotional Co-Regulation: Strategies for Parents to Foster Resilience in Grieving Children with Dr Jade Redfern, Clinical Psychologist
Grieving parents often grapple with profound fear that they are failing their children amidst overwhelming loss and forgetting to prioritise their own emotional needs. In this powerful episode of A Guide to After...
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Season 2, Ep. 11. The Sprinkles of Resilience: Transforming Grief into Growth with Debbie Weiss
Join Dr. Monika Wieliczko in this heartfelt episode of "A Guide to After Life", where she interviews Debbie Weiss, a bestselling author, coach, and fellow widow. Debbie shares her transformative journey of caregiving,...
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Season 2, Episode 10: The Healing Power of WAY Community: How to Develop Resilience in Grief with Karen James
In this episode of A Guide to After Life, I am talking with Karen James, a young widow whose own experiences of loss turned her career around to focus on researching resilient grieving. The conversation delves into...
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Season 2, Ep 9. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards, a memoir by Jessica Waite
In this powerful episode of A Guide to Afterlife, Dr. Monika Wieliczko welcomes author Jessica Waite to discuss her memoir "The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards." Jessica shares her journey of discovering her late...
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Season 2, Ep 8. How to Navigate Work After Loss: What Every Widow Should Know. A Conversation with Dr Mekel Harris and Janet Gwilliam-Wright.
Are you struggling to balance your grief with work responsibilities? You're not alone. In our latest Guide to Afterlife podcast episode, we tackle the challenging topic of returning to work after loss. Our special...
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Season 2, Episode 7: My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: Embracing Life After Loss with Jason Rosenthal
On 3rd March 2017, a few days before she passed away from ovarian cancer, Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote a piece titled “You May Want to Marry My Husband” for the New York Times’s Modern Love column. It was Amy's final...
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