This week on It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Living with chronic illness: a conversation for everyone with a body, with Sarah Ramey Look, there are some things in life – a LOT of things in life – that just can’t be fixed or made better, you have to figure out how you’re going…
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Top Gifts for Grieving People
What’s the best gift for someone who’s going through a hard time? Everybody knows someone who’s grieving this holiday season. From the little every day losses of routine and normalcy, to the big losses like the death of someone you love, grief is everywhere. While you can’t take someone’s pain away, a thoughtful gift is…
What happens to childhood grief when you grow up? with Allyson Dinneen
This week on It’s OK that You’re Not OK: What happens to childhood grief when you grow up? with Allyson Dinneen Our early childhood experiences of grief – and how our family systems dealt with loss – have a huge impact on our adult behaviors and relationships. This week, author Allyson Dinneen (@notesfromyourtherapist) joins…
It’s OK to not feel grateful on Thanksgiving (or any other day of the year)
Here it is, the 4th Thursday in November. Thanksgiving can be the hardest holiday of the bunch. It’s centered on community and gratitude and all of it seems to highlight the empty place at the table. Let’s take gratitude apart for a minute. In this culture, we tend to use it as an admonition:…
Gun violence, graphic imagery & The Washington Post; with Nelba Márquez-Greene
This week on It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Gun violence, graphic imagery & the Washington Post; with Nelba Márquez-Greene Recently The Washington Post released graphic images, videos, and audio recordings from mass shootings, in a report called “Terror on Repeat.” Should news outlets attempt to push awareness through the use of graphic imagery?…
Sometimes loss is freedom: a conversation with Rebecca Woolf
This week on It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Sometimes loss is freedom: a conversation with Rebecca Woolf What if you were just about to get divorced, but your partner gets sick? Like really sick? Rebecca Woolf was just about to leave an unhappy marriage when her husband got sick and died. What followed…
Is it time to retire the stages of grief? (Spoiler: yes)
This week on It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Is it time to retire the stages of grief? (Spoiler: yes) Everybody knows the stages of grief. Even if you didn’t go to grad school, I bet you can rattle them off. Thing is – those stages don’t help anyone: not the pros trying…
Can we make this place beautiful? with Maggie Smith
This week on It’s OK that You’re Not OK: Can we make this place beautiful? with Maggie Smith How do we live in a world that’s at least half terrible, and that is a conservative estimate? If you recognize that line, you already know Maggie Smith. This week on the show, we’re talking about…