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June 10, 2021 Food & Grief & Film- Susannah Gruder returns
Today we welcome back our friend, writer and film critic Susannah Gruder. We absolutely loved our last chat with Susannah, and couldn’t wait to have her back. Sue has selected two wonderful and complex films that both came out in 2020, “Nomadland”, a film based on the 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder. The film is written, produced, directed, and edited by Chloé Zhao, and stars Frances McDormand. It is a beautifully told story of a woman who lives houslessly after the death of her husband and the loss of her job and town. We also discuss “Shiva Baby”, the debut feature from Emma Seligman, And starring Rachel Sennott. Sennott plays Danielle, a soon to be college graduate, who attendants a shiva along with her family and some very unexpected guests. The film is all about the intersection of food and grief, and we really enjoyed both watching it, and unpacking it with Sue. We hope you enjoy the episode, and we definitely recommend checking out both these films. You can read many of Susannah’s thoughtful and poignant reviews www.reverseshot.org

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1 hr 11 min
June 03, 2021 Gina Hamadey- "Thank You"
On today’s very special episode we have the pleasure of welcoming the lovely and talented Gina Hamadey. Gina is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, Food & Wine, Rachael Ray Every Day, Women's Health, and other publications, and has just released her new book, “I Want to Thank You: How a Year of Gratitude Can Bring Joy and Meaning in a Disconnected World”. The book is so beautiful and honest, and it prompted us to examine the connection between grief, gratitude and healing. We are so thankful to Gina for writing this book, and for her time spent discussing it with us, and we urge you to pick up a copy at your local bookstore. Thank you Gina for reminding us of the importance of those two very special words.
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1 hr 8 min
May 27, 2021 Noah & Ari Meyerowitz- "Sprouts"
This week we have the pleasure of sitting down for a deep and tender talk with Noah and Ari Meyerowitz. You may remember our episode titled “Sproutman” featuring the incredible Beth Robbins, and Noah and Ari are her amazing sons. They talk to us about their dad Steve- his imprint on their lives, both individually and collectively as a family, picking up the family business, and the intricacies of siblinghood in the face of such a massive loss. We loved our time with these two special humans so much, and thank them for their time and insight. Please check out their website at www.sproutman.com and start sprouting!
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1 hr 8 min
May 20, 2021 Mary Beth White- "Dry Ice"
Hello friends. This week we welcome our dear friend, Mary Beth White. Mary Beth is a women's health care nurse practitioner, advanced practice holistic nurse, transpersonal nurse coach and former hospice nurse whose interest in non-traditional funerals and green burials was inspired by caring for her mom and family at the end of her mom's life. Mary Beth started her nursing career working in a family-centered Labor and Delivery hospital setting and, to her, the deathing experience offers another opportunity to integrate body, mind and spirit practices and ease what is one of life's most intense and potentially rewarding events. She studied Death Midwifery with Rev. Olivia Bareham of LA and has been mentored by Amy Cunningham of Fitting Tribute Funeral Services in NYC. Mary Beth joins us to discuss Green Burials, Holistic Funerals, and Home Funerals. This was a fascinating episode, with an extraordinary knowledgeable guest, and we hope it offers some insight into alternative options for the send off of a loved one.
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1 hr 13 min
May 13, 2021 Let's talk about "The Year of Magical Thinking"
On this week’s show we discuss Joan Didion’s 2005 book, “The Year of Magical Thinking”. This is a brutally honest self observation of her life after the sudden loss of her husband, author John Gregory Dunne, and simultaneous hospitalization of her daughter Quintana Roo. This is a very meaningful book to many folks in the grief community and beyond, and it was a joy to have the opportunity to discuss it at length.
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59 min
May 06, 2021 Let's talk about Mother's Day
This is a Mother’s Day episode. It’s a complicated and painful day for many of us, and we address that complexity, as a mother and daughter on this week’s episode. We know that this day can be extremely triggering and difficult, and also celebratory and joyous, and in some cases, it is all of that at once, and we aim to unpack this juxtaposition today on a very special episode of Processing.
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47 min
April 29, 2021 Suzanne Phillips - "Broccoli Rabe"
On this week’s show we welcome Dr Suzanne Phillips. Suzanne is a licensed Psychologist, Psychoanalyst, Diplomate in Group Psychology,Certified Group Therapist, Fellowand Co-chair of Community Outreach for the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA). She has been a Psychologist for over 35 years and after 28 years, she is a newly retired Adjunct Full Professor of Clinical Psychology at LIU
Post, N.Y. She joins us to discuss the concept of food and grief through her highly trained lense, and calls upon experiences in her incredibly prolific career to offer insight into how the intersection of food and grief affects couples, children and folks who have suffered intense trauma. It was an honor to have Suzanne join us for a deeply interesting and meaningful conversation. Not only is she an expert in her field, but she is a supremely heartfelt and caring human being. We could have talked with her all afternoon. Please enjoy our talk with Dr. Phillips, and tune into her weekly radio show and podcast, “ Psych Up Live” an international talk radio show on the Variety Channel of Voice America.
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1 hr 9 min
April 22, 2021 Beth Robbins "Sproutman"
On today’s show we are joined by the bold, brilliant, and incredibly warm, Beth Robbins. On September 9th 2015, Beth lost her husband of 30 years, Steve Meyerowitz, in a car accident. Steve had been known as “The Sproutman” for decades, having dedicated his life's work to the growing and eating of all kinds of sprouts. When Steve died suddenly, Beth was tasked with not only caring for her family, but redefining what it meant to care for herself, emotionally, spiritually, creatively, and physically. We can’t express how much we enjoyed our conversation with Beth. She is a writer and teacher, literally, and also one of those special humans we sometimes meet in life that leave us wiser than we were before. Huge thank you to Beth for her time and her enchanting perspective.
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1 hr 11 min
April 08, 2021 Paul Manza- "WAKE UP!"
On this week's show we welcome our lovely friend, Paul Manza. Paul joins us to discuss the death of his mother, who passed away shortly after a diagnosis with pancreatic cancer a decade ago. We talk a lot about parenting in this episode, and how it relates to death, dying, grief and mortality, and it was incredibly special and unique. Paul is earnest, warm and open, and we were blown away by the directions this talk took, and where we ended up. Thank you to Paul for his wisdom and vulnerability.
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1 hr 5 min
April 01, 2021 "Danielle Joffe" -Chicken Feet
This week we have the absolute pleasure of welcoming Holistic Healer and Spiritual Psychologist Danielle Joffe to the show. Danielle joins us to discuss her relationship with her late mother, Harriet, who was amongst many other things, an incredible painter and cook. Danielle explains to us the complex dynamics of caring for a loved one with a terminal illness, and reads for us an essay she wrote about her mom, entitled “Starving”. Danielle has such a calming and wise demeanor, and we felt so connected with her and deeply touched by her experience with food and grief.
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59 min

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This unique podcast explores the intersection of food and grief. Mother-daughter cohosts Bobbie Comforto and Zahra Tangorra are joined by a special guest who shares their personal experience with loss, grief, and heartbreak, and how food factored into their journey. Bobbie has worked as a psychotherapist specializing in bereavement and trauma for over 30 years, but before entering the world of grief counseling Bobbie was a culinary entrepreneur. Zahra Tangorra is a Brooklyn-based chef and restaurant consultant. They share a deep love of food and a personal understanding of its connection to grief.