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Episode 7: Why We All Feel the Loss of Kobe Bryant
  • Jan 28, 2020

Episode 7: Why We All Feel the Loss of Kobe Bryant

The sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others sent shock waves across the world.
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How To Cope with Grief This Holiday Season
  • Dec 20, 2019

How To Cope with Grief This Holiday Season

This article, written by Gianna DeMedio, originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on December 21st, 2018. My fiancé and I have a...
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Q&A: What can I do to make wedding planning easier while grieving?
  • Oct 17, 2019

Q&A: What can I do to make wedding planning easier while grieving?

Q: My fiancé and I are both grieving a loved one and also trying to plan our wedding. It's been really hard. We're lacking motivation and...
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Q&A: It happened. What do I need to know about grief?
  • Aug 1, 2019

Q&A: It happened. What do I need to know about grief?

Q: My father recently died after a very short sickness. I have no idea what to do with my life. Where do I go from here? Will I ever make...
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Father's Day Article Published in Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Jun 20, 2019

Father's Day Article Published in Philadelphia Inquirer

I'm not sure what I'm more proud of: that I found the time amongst wedding planning to actually write an article, or that the article...
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A Trigger of Grief: Weddings
  • Jun 3, 2019

A Trigger of Grief: Weddings

I haven’t been very open about this before, but going to weddings when you’re grieving is really, REALLY hard. Fathers walk their...
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Returning to the Scene of the Crime
  • Feb 28, 2019

Returning to the Scene of the Crime

It's hard to return to the scene of the crime... every day. I work at the same hospital where my dad passed away. Every morning I walk...
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 11 Songs to Listen to When You Need to Cry it Out
  • Feb 15, 2019

11 Songs to Listen to When You Need to Cry it Out

Once in a while, you can really benefit from taking the opportunity to let it all out—open those lungs and tear ducts and cry until the...
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My Hair Can Tell You About My Grief. Here's How.
  • Feb 14, 2019

My Hair Can Tell You About My Grief. Here's How.

It sounds ridiculous, but you can tell how I'm feeling by my hair. After my future mother-in-law passed away in November, the natural...
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Bouncing Back... From Loss
  • Dec 18, 2018

Bouncing Back... From Loss

Recently I had the pleasure of being a guest on "Bouncing Back with Lisa Bien," a show that broadcasts on the Temple University TV...
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Sixty-three
  • Nov 24, 2018

Sixty-three

I’m only a few miles out from the cemetery and it begins to rain. The day is gloomy, so this isn’t quite a surprise, but I question...
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Understanding His New Role for Life's Big Moments
  • Oct 11, 2018

Understanding His New Role for Life's Big Moments

When my dad passed away, there were many parts of my life that were completely altered, and many experiences in my future that I knew...
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Dandelions, Red Wine, and A Thoughtful Grief Gift
  • Aug 31, 2018

Dandelions, Red Wine, and A Thoughtful Grief Gift

I have a friend, Joan, who is extremely talented at anything involving art. She can draw, she can paint, she can sculpt. She can even do...
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How to Help Someone in Their Acute Phase of Grief
  • Jul 16, 2018

How to Help Someone in Their Acute Phase of Grief

A few weeks ago, an old friend reached out to me saying that she had seen SSFYL and needed advice. She had just lost her uncle in a...
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Not May 22nd, 2017
  • Jun 7, 2018

Not May 22nd, 2017

It is not lost on me that I have yet to publish a blog detailing May 22nd, 2017. That became a harder task than I had anticipated. I...
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The Final Rounds. May 21st, 2017
  • May 22, 2018

The Final Rounds. May 21st, 2017

Logic vs. Emotion: a match-up you will hear me speak about many times. I know, logically, there is no direct correlation between my...
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Analogies. May 18th, 2017.
  • May 18, 2018

Analogies. May 18th, 2017.

Remember being in school growing up and thinking to yourself in the middle of a lesson, “Whyyyy the hell are they teaching me this? I’m...
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Where it all started. May 17th, 2017.
  • May 16, 2018

Where it all started. May 17th, 2017.

I woke up to another sunny day on Wednesday, May 17th. Unbeknownst to me, I wasn’t appreciating it the way I should’ve been at the time....
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A Day at the Doctor with Dad
  • Feb 23, 2018

A Day at the Doctor with Dad

He wore a suit. It was gray and a little bigger on him than it should’ve been. He wore dress shoes. The kind that clacked against the...
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Writing is Like Diving into a Cold Ocean
  • Oct 18, 2017

Writing is Like Diving into a Cold Ocean

Writing has become like diving into a cold sea. Each time I open the computer, I feel a cool breeze on my face from the drifts of the...
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