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This week on Here After with Megan Devine: Do you have to be friends with everyone? with Dr. Alexandra Solomon (part two) What should you do if someone wants to be friends, but you’re not into it? Boundaries are part of all human relationships, but they are TRICKY. This week, part two of our show…
Because we don’t talk about the reality of grief in our culture, lots of grieving people think they’ve lost their minds. When Matt first died, I lost my mind – but not in the ways you might think. Grief-related memory loss is a real thing. I used to be a person who could keep everything…
This week on Here After with Megan Devine: Tricky Boundaries & Skillful Negotiation with Dr. Alexandra Solomon (part one) What do you do when someone cuts you out of their life? How do you back away slowly from someone you really don’t want to be around? Boundaries are part of all human relationships, but they…
We gets lots of requests for me to talk about “prolonged grief disorder” or PGD. Comments, DMs, emails. All the time. To be honest, it’s such a massively messed up thing, I dread getting into it. I recently spent most of a day reading various articles, research papers, and official medical journal takes on…
This week on Here After with Megan Devine: Keeping Secrets This week, we explore keeping secrets – in small talk, in the workplace, in families, and out in the wider world with listener questions about outing someone’s sexuality after their death, and whether you should tell the truth or preserve your privacy when someone asks…
This week on Here After with Megan Devine: Grief has entered the chat: Addiction, body image, and therapy You know what makes the scary stuff easier to talk about? Making it fun. This week, my fellow “fun and scary” psychotherapist, Kat DeFatta, joins us to talk about body image, disordered eating, and how to…
This week on Here After with Megan Devine: The Love-Filled World: Valentine’s Edition Since we’ve already got February 14th assigned as a holiday, I’d like to claim Valentine’s Day not for romance, but for all love. Let’s make it a real sacred occasion – one that helps create a world where there’s more than enough…
This week on Here After with Megan Devine: BONUS: The Half Life of Love A bonus episode for Valentine’s week – the love story at the core of Here After and all of my work. Don’t miss it! This episode is unlike our normal weekly show. Tune in, and let us know if you’d…
