Our Time to Rise in Midlife

Ep.507: Walking Kids Through Grief + Loss with Clarissa Moll


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It's hard enough dealing with our own grief, but helping children, teens, and young adults navigate grief and loss is another level of hard, one that we often avoid or find ourselves lacking, not knowing how to do it.

Grief is never one-size-fits-all—especially for kids, teens, and young adults who are still learning how to make sense of the world.

In this conversation, we welcome Clarissa Moll—author, speaker, and widow—who vulnerably shares her personal journey of loss after her husband's sudden death and what it's looked like to walk alongside her own children through grief.

Together, we explore how to navigate conversations about death and loss with honesty and care, the unique ways children and adolescents express sorrow, and how presence—more than perfection—is what young hearts need most. From the role of trusted adults to creative outlets for grief expression, Clarissa offers wisdom for every stage of growing up with grief.

Whether you're parenting a grieving child, mentoring a teen, or supporting a young adult facing deep loss, this episode is filled with practical tools and hopeful truth. Clarissa reminds us: it's never too late to show up with compassion, courage, and connection.

FIND MORE ABOUT CLARISSA MOLL

Clarissa Moll's – Website and Instagram

Clarissa Moll's Podcast- Surprised by Grief Podcast

Clarissa Moll's Book- Hope Comes to Stay

A FEW THINGS MENTIONED

Clarissa's More Books

-Beyond the Darkness

-Hurt Help Hope

Till We Have Faces-Cs Lewis

Grieving Resources

-Dougy Center

-Refuge Widower

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU RISE

  1. How did you experience grief as a child?
  2. How does that inform how you talk about grief with your own children?
  3. Is there a child in your sphere, maybe not your own child, that you could be a trusted adult for?
  4. No matter how long it's been, is there a conversation around grief that you need to have with someone in your life?

LET'S CONNECT!

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