Today we have the privilege of speaking with Dr Darcy Harris, a Professor of Than-natology at King’s University College at Western University in Canada. She also maintains a private clinical practice specializing in issues related to change, loss, and transition. In addition, she is a faculty member of the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition. Her research focuses on Grief and Loss, Compassion Focused Therapy, Compassion, Palliative Care and Sociology of Death and Dying, to name a few.

Dr. Harris shares her journey into studying political grief, which began in 2016 after witnessing the emotional reactions to Donald Trump's election victory. She explains the concept of political grief, which stems from the disruption of one's "assumptive world"—the framework of beliefs and expectations that provide a sense of safety and predictability.