What's Your Grief Podcast
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What's Your Grief Podcast
In this podcast Eleanor Haley, MS and Litsa Williams, MA, LCSW-C, the mental health professionals behind the website and book 'What's Your Grief', leave no stone unturned in demystifying the complicated and messy world of living life after loss. One digestible topic at a time, Haley and Williams...
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Special Announcement: WYG's Grief-Informed Practice Intensive
We’ve been on hiatus, but we’re popping into your feed with an important update for mental health professionals. This September, we’re hosting a two-d...
When Grief Upends Your Basic Needs
In this episode, we discuss how grief disrupts not just emotions but also basic needs like safety, security, and stability. We explore how adjusting t...
Saying Goodbye to a Home
In this episode, we explore the often-overlooked grief of losing places and spaces—whether it’s a childhood home, a family gathering place, or a space...
Understanding Your Grief Coping Style
In this episode of we explore the many factors that impact the ways people cope with grief, from introversion and extroversion to optimism, pessimism,...
When Grief Feels Fresh Again: Breaking the Regression Myth
In this episode, we talk about the common fear when things feel especially hard that you’ve regressed or gone backward in your grief. We explore why g...
What's In and Out for WYG this Year
This episode is just what it sounds like - we're talking about what is in and out for us in 2025.
Join us for Finding Your Way: A 12-Week Course...
Musings on Holidays and Friendships After Loss
We planned for this episode to only be for Hub members and not on our public feed, but with the holidays upon us and hearing from many people about ho...
Grieving An Adult Child
Typically we steer clear of breaking down grief by type of relationship, but today we're making an exception. In this episode we talk about the experi...
Grief Passed Down
What's your earliest memory of grief in you family of origin? In this episode we talk about the way that grief passes down through generations, throug...
Grief Groups: Your Honest Insights
In this episode, we dive into the results of our recent survey, where over 500 of you shared your thoughts on finding and participating in grief group...
Is There a Right Way to Grieve?
In this episode we talk about a common social media quip - "there is no right way to grieve". For those of us who look back on some of our grief copin...
Grief Ritual for the Reluctant
In this episode, we explore the research surrounding grief and ritual, challenging the idea that rituals are always what you might imagine. For those...
Grieving Through the Lens of Attachment
In this episode, we provide a quick introduction to attachment theory and explore how attachment styles can influence the way we grieve. From how we r...
What's Your Grief Question: How Important is Grief Journaling?
In this episode we answer a question from a listener who has always been a journaler, but doesn't feel interested or able to journal about grief. We a...
Between Presence and Absence: A Conversation on Ambiguous Grief
Today we're revisiting ambiguous grief (aka grieving someone who is still alive). This can happen for so many reasons, ranging from addictions and dem...
Grief Grown Up: The Adult Impact of Childhood Bereavement
There are a lot of resources out there about childhood bereavement, but many leave off at the end of childhood. In this episode, we tackle some of the...
Sadness Without Shame
In this episode we responde to a listener question about managing the shame that often comes with continuing to feel sadness as the months and years p...
Grief Across the Multiverse
We've been on a summer break, but we'll be back soon with our regular schedule. In the meantime, we're here to discuss one of our favorite topics—grie...
Grief and Getting Sober
Grief can prompt many people to stop using substances when that use gets unmanageable. Though it is often an important and healthy decision, giving up...
Exploring the Grief of Estrangement
In this episode we dive into a topic that is estimated to impact as many as 1 in 4 families in the US: the grief of estrangement. Join us as we unpack...
The Grief of Overdose and Substance-Related Deaths
Back in 2014 - approaching 10 years ago - we recorded an episode on overdose grief (you can listen to it here if you missed it). We have lost people t...
Pet Loss: The Complexities of Saying Goodbye to Our Animals
Losing a pet (and grieving pet) is a profound and often overlooked form of disenfranchised grief. In this episode, we delve into the complexities of w...
Navigating Grief with Self-Compassion
Self-compassion can be tough to come by in grief. We compare ourselves to who we were, who we want to be, to others grieving, to how we think grief "s...
The Practicalities of Handling Grief Triggers
In this episode, we dive deep into the practical challenges of handling grief triggers. Join us as we share both our professional advice and personal...
The Confusion of Grieving Without Tears
There are many complicated and unexpected grief experiences. One that comes up time and again is why sometimes we expect to cry and . . . don't. It's...
Grieving When the Relationship was Complicated
People are complicated. Human relationships are complicated. There are many people in our lives with whom we have love-hate relationships with. We do...
The Ebbs and Flows of Grief Over Time
You hear all the time that grief isn't linear, but that doesn't change the surprises in the ways it ebbs and flows over time. In this episode we talk...
Grieving a Friend
In this episode, we talk about grieving a friend. Litsa has had four friends die in the last four years. As a grief therapist and someone who is not n...
Revisiting the Continuing Bonds Theory of Grief
Continuing Bonds Theory is both one of our favorite grief theories and also a griever favorite. And yet it's been ages since we've done an episode abo...
How Do You Categorize Grief?
If you've ever wondered why our grief support isn't broken down by type of loss, today you'll find your answer. In this episode we talk about the ques...
The Many Complicated Feelings Around Final Goodbyes
In this episode, we address a question from a bereaved mom who didn't see her daughter after her daughter's death. She finds herself wondering if she...
Building Walls to Avoid Further Loss
This week we respond to a question from one of our Hub members. Grief anxiety is very real and, unfortunately, the very connections that can ease anx...
Grief Comfort and Grief Criticism on Social Media
In this episode, we dive into the world of grief in the digital era. Specifically we talk about what it really means to express sorrow online and the...
Befriending Grief
In this episode, Litsa and Mary chat about what it means to 'befriend grief'. This includes plenty of thoughts about how modern western culture shapes...
Relief in Grief
In this episode respond to a question about feeling relief after a death. But first, we talk about the recent Vox article The Race to Optimize Grief...
The Grief of Anticipated-Sudden Deaths
In this episode we talk about a new article on the website that Litsa wrote about a concept she's termed "paradoxical grief". It's the often-confusin...
From Grief Literacy to Grief Humility
We kick off this episode with our review of the new Dan Levy Netflix film "Good Grief". If you haven't watched it and don't want any spoilers, jump in...
Moving Forward Challenges (in the New Year and Beyond)
Come to the free Grieving in the New Year Webinar with Litsa this Sunday - sign up here -- https://whatsyourgrief.ck.page/432a2df1e7
This week w...
The Griefy-est Time of the Year
We're back with an episode about - you guessed it - grief at the holidays! Sure, we've talked about this basically every year here on the podcast. Yes...
Grief Meets Existential Dread
In this episode we're going deep, talking about a very common but rarely discussed issue in grief: existential dread. Loss can make us face big questi...