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Happy 35th episode of Grief Circle with Sammy! On this episode I got to speak with Jessica Correnti, a child life specialist, who founded Kids Grief Support. Jessica is also the author of manny illustrated children's books on grief, including the ABC's of Grief! Jessica and I spoke about what led her to become a grief specialist and what her role is like in helping her clients overcome and deal with grief as kids. We speak about how Jessica noticed that we weren't doing enough to help kids with grief and noticed a change had to be made. Listen along to find out more!
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On this episode I had the honor of speaking to Haleh Shoa, an archivist based in LA. Haleh archives families memories of digital and analog photos, along with any artifacts into observable "exhibitions" for the families to look back on. Haleh has an interesting perspective as her work can be a tool to grieving kids to be able to look back on memories with their loved ones who are no longer with them. Listen to our interview to hear about making your own family archives can help with grief.
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On this episode I had the pleasure of speaking to Dr. Marissa Slaven who is a palliative care doctor who helped in the founding of the Children's Grief Foundation of Canada. This organization is an amazing non-profit that works to give grants to families in need who need hep in supporting their kids who are coping with loss. They also help to provide education initiatives around Canada. Listen to this episode to hear about some of the most common things that the organization gets grant requests for (hint: it involves horses)!
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Join me on this short episode as I talk about something that I have waned to talk about for a long time: the grief that kids must deal with during this terrible conflict. In the wake of the anniversary of October 7th, I found it necessary to talk about the feelings, that I can only even begin to hit the top of the iceberg of, that the kids who have lost people in their lives to this war feel.
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This episode I had the pleasure of speaking to Jessica Fein, author of Breath Taking. At only 17, Jessica's daughter Dalia died of a rare genetic disorder, leaving behind her siblings and parents. I got to speak to Jessica to hear the perspective of losing a kid young as well as what it was like for Dalias siblings to lose a kid. At the end we exchanged one of my favorite parts of speaking to guests: learning about their favorite grief metaphor.
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Welcome to episode 30! I cannot believe it's been 30 episodes of grief circle. That's a lot of time reflecting that you all have done with me and I thank you for it. For this episode I wanted to reintroduce myself and my story for all my new viewers. I also wanted to take the time to reflect on the highlights of Grief Circle over these past 30 years and talk a little more about my future goals for the podcast.
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On this episode I speak on something that I think a lot of children who lose someone have to think to themselves which is, "How old is too old?"; its something that I know I find myself asking a lot. In my opinion what this means for grieving kids who have lost a parent or sibling is: how is my grief different than those who have lost an 84 year old grandparent. This is something that we really mentally fight with in our heads, and something I speak a lot about this episode.
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On this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking to Annie Orenstein who is a full-time tech employee, but on the side has taken up the trade of writing about grief. She has recently published the book Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner's Guide to Grief, about her brother who died in Afghanistan. We got to speaking about how oftentimes kids are the forgotten mourners when it comes to losing a parent or sibling. The two of us got to exchange some of our metaphors for grief and talk about our experiences being the forgotten mourners.
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On this episode, I come to you all with one of my recent grief thoughts which is that it's very important that as kids we maintain our dead parents our sibling's relationships with others in order to keep their memory alive. It's our dead loved ones friends who knew them in a different way than we do, and it's crucial to keep that part of their memory alive and well.
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On this short episode, while I have no guests, I got to speak a lot about opinions. While you may think that's a weird topic for a podcast about childhood grief, you'd be wrong! Often times in households where there is a loved one missing from the child's life, we find ourselves deciding the opinions of our missing loved ones. However, at the end of the day, we never truly know what our loved ones would have wanted, and its important to be careful how we use our passed-on loved ones' legacies as kids or to kids. So listen along to hear my opinions on the opinions of our dead loved ones.
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During this episode, I had the honor of speaking to Kate Mohan who is a therapist affiliated with Cope with School. Cope with School is an organization that aims to help kids deal with issues that can be affecting their lives in school, one of the main ones being the death of a loved one. Kate shared with me what a normal therapy session looks like and how she helps kids figure out how to... cope with school from a grieving perspective.
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In this episode, I got to speak to the staff of Emma's Place which is a grief center on Staten Island. Emma's Place not only has bereavement groups for kids but they also have for adults as they are focused on a whole family approach. They aren't just limited to grief circles, they also have educational support for schools and businesses as well as events that they plan for the whole community. Emma's Place is the true definition of a community of people who come together to help strengthen each other. The full care support that they have for the kids they care for is truly inspirational and one day I hope that there will be more grief centers like Emma's Place.
To learn more about Emma's Place, find the link below:
https://emmasplacesi.org/
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In this episode, I got to speak to Matthew Burgess who is a children's book author based out of Brooklyn, NY. In 2023, he published Sylvester's Letter a book that covers childhood grief. Matthew and I had a great conversation on how books such as the one he recently wrote play a huge part in developing children's sense of grief and overall emotion. We also spoke on what goes into making a book about grief for kids, something that requires a lot of self-reflection by the author.
For more reading on Matthew and Sylvester's Letter I have attached a link below:
https://www.matthewjohnburgess.com/
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This episode I had the honor of meeting with Jill Cohen, a grief counselor based in NYC. Jill told me about her opinions on how grief is different in kids than in adults and also how not all kids express grief in the same manner. We shared our analogies of how grief is in kids, mine being a cell, hers an ice cream sundae. Jill also shared how her experience as a train thanatologist has helped her be the best grief counselor she can be. Listen to hear some great advice on how grief manifests in kids.
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Welcome back to Grief Circle! On this episode, I update you all with the current state of my life: college application season. College essays often have us dig back into our lives and think to ourselves, how have we gotten to where we are? This reflection can be nerve-racking for anyone, however, for children who have lost a loved one, this reflection can be very tough. I talk about how I have dealt with sorting through my memories while crafting my college essays.
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Enjoy this brief update of me giving some quick updates about how I have been handling grief in my life. I talk about how I have been dealing with grief, especially during a day such as Fathers Day. I also talk about how I have handled grief as I have just started my position in a cancer research lab.
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On this episode of Grief Circle with Sammy I spoke with my sister Isabel who was only 8 years old when our dad passed away. She talks about her recent experiences with what it was like not having her dad at her bat mitzvah, which is a pretty big experience for young Jewish girls, and an event which her father couldn't be at. Listen along to hear her story!
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Just me in this short episode, however, I talk about something very important. Letting your single or widowed parent date someone else. As grieving children we often get caught in the idea that our parents dating means that they are replacing our other parent, however, this is anything but the truth. Our widowed parent is just trying to find happiness in the world, just as any other person deserves. Listen to hear my perspective as a kid who had to learn to feel comfortable with his widowed mother dating someone.
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On this episode, I got to speak with Emma, a junior at Pace University. Emma was only 10 years old when her dad died of sever coronary artery disease. She had no time to say goodbye to him as her family had no clue he even had the disease. One day her brother walked into a bedroom and saw her dad lying on the floor, he tried to wake him up, but he wasn't able to. Listen to hear her story on what it was like dealing with such an immediate death in only the 5th grade.
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In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Tory who is a 24-year-old English teacher in Japan. Tory's dad died when she was 18 years old after a 10-month fight with lung cancer. The age of 18 is a very formative age for most people as they are heading off to college and figuring out what they want to do with their lives, now image what this pressure is like after you just lost a parent. Tory talks to me about how she has navigated grief through her time all around the world in Kansas, Canada, and Japan. Listen to hear more about her story.
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