In our 100th episode, we sit down with Earl Johnson to talk about his amazing career supporting people who have suffered during disasters, both man-made and natural, all over the world. We discuss his well-referenced book, Finding Comfort During Hard Times. He was one of the founders of the Spiritual Care function in the American Red Cross. He helped develop the organization’s Psychological First Aid curriculum and Coping with Deployment.

We talk with attorney and author B. Faye Anderson of Get Your Death on Order. We talk about the importance of end-of-life planning and how grief affects all aspects of your life, including the financial side. We also talk about your own grief journey and how that inspired her to write this book for others.

We open this season with a conversation with Dr. Brian H. Williams, a trauma surgeon, advocate, and author of The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal. He was there the night of the mass shooting in Dallas, TX, in July 2016 that took the lives of five first responders. We talk about the tragedy and the community grief that continues today.

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We sit down with Dr. Brian H. Williams, M.D., and talk about the day he moved from a local surgeon to a healthcare advocate. We discuss his best-selling book, The Bodies Keep Coming. We discuss the impact of the mass shooting in Dallas, TX, that happened in July 2016, and how so many people's lives changed after that tragedy. We talk about the Memorial Arch and how it came to be as a response to the tragedy. We also talk about healthcare and grief.

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Elizabeth Brady's new book, Oil for Your Lantern, is a winner of the Small Book category and a finalist for the Grief category in the 19th annual (2025) National Indie Book Excellence Awards.

We discuss the new book and her grief journey after the death of her son, Mac.

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The First Annual North Texas Children's Grief Conference is on Tuesday, November 4th.

This episode features our conversation about children and families' grief in the hospital setting with Magellan Taylor Brickey, Family Care Coordinator at Cook Children's Hospital, specializing in Hematology/Oncology. She is a Certified Child Life Specialist and a Certified Child & Adolescent Grief Counselor.

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We welcome back author, ordained minister and therapist, Kate J. Meyer.

We discuss he latest book, Navigating the Waves of Grief. This book serves as a companion for those who are grieving. We discuss the book and the tools that can support us as we grieve, particularly in relation to our faith tradition or beliefs.

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Our conversation with Larry Carlat, author of the memoir, "A Space in the Heart." He has written for The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, Men’s Journal, Men’s Health and Slam. He is also a grief coach and group leader for bereaved parents at Our House Grief Support Center in LA, and sits on its Board of Directors.

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We talk with Rev. Dr. Tammy Issacs, owner of Breathe Grief Counseling Center, podcast host and author of Let The Church Grieve. We discuss the connections between grief and the Church, how we can best support each other as we grieve and resources for grievers.

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In light of recent natural disasters and ongoing tragedies, we sit down with children's therapists Kerri Newman of Wellspring Counseling Center ⁠& Bryna Talamantez of Talamantez Therapy. We discuss talking with your children about tragedy and grief.

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