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A Guide to After Life

A Guide to After Life

Hosted by: Dr Monika Wieliczko

A Guide to After Life is your go-to podcast for the young and widowed. This is your weekly space to help you live through grief.

Episodes

Season 2, Ep 13. Getting Support for the Physical Symptoms of Grief from Your GP: A conversation with Dr Lynsey Bennett.

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Have you ever wondered why grief feels so physical? Why your heart races, your stomach churns, or your body aches after losing someone you love? And have you struggled to make sense of your physical health issued and...
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Season 2, Ep.12: Emotional Co-Regulation: Strategies for Parents to Foster Resilience in Grieving Children with Dr Jade Redfern, Clinical Psychologist

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Grieving parents often grapple with profound fear that they are failing their children amidst overwhelming loss and forgetting to prioritise their own emotional needs. In this powerful episode of A Guide to After...
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Season 2, Ep. 11. The Sprinkles of Resilience: Transforming Grief into Growth with Debbie Weiss

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Join Dr. Monika Wieliczko in this heartfelt episode of "A Guide to After Life", where she interviews Debbie Weiss, a bestselling author, coach, and fellow widow. Debbie shares her transformative journey of caregiving,...
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Season 2, Episode 10: The Healing Power of WAY Community: How to Develop Resilience in Grief with Karen James

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In this episode of A Guide to After Life, I am talking with Karen James, a young widow whose own experiences of loss turned her career around to focus on researching resilient grieving. The conversation delves into...
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Season 2, Ep 9. The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards, a memoir by Jessica Waite

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In this powerful episode of A Guide to Afterlife, Dr. Monika Wieliczko welcomes author Jessica Waite to discuss her memoir "The Widow's Guide to Dead Bastards." Jessica shares her journey of discovering her late...
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Season 2, Ep 8. How to Navigate Work After Loss: What Every Widow Should Know. A Conversation with Dr Mekel Harris and Janet Gwilliam-Wright.

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 Are you struggling to balance your grief with work responsibilities? You're not alone. In our latest Guide to Afterlife podcast episode, we tackle the challenging topic of returning to work after loss. Our special...
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Season 2, Episode 7: My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me: Embracing Life After Loss with Jason Rosenthal

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On 3rd March 2017, a few days before she passed away from ovarian cancer, Amy Krouse Rosenthal wrote a piece titled “You May Want to Marry My Husband” for the New York Times’s Modern Love column. It was Amy's final...
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Season 2, Episode 6: The Grieving Body with Mary-Frances O'Connor, PhD: How the Stress of Loss Can Be an Opportunity for Healing

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Have you ever wondered what goes on in our bodies when we are grieving a loved one? In our latest episode of Guide to After Life, I sat down with Mary Frances O'Connor, PhD, a leading expert in grief research, to...
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Season 2, Episode 5: Breaking Barriers: The Power of Text-Based Grief Support with Dr. Melissa Lunardini, Chief Clinical Officer at Help Texts.

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Have you been struggling to access free grief support or would like to support someone who is going through a bereavement? This episode might be for you. Let’s explore alternative ways of learning about grief and...
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Season 2, Ep.4. Dating After Loss: How to Find your Chapter 2 with Nicky Wake

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Navigating Dating After Loss  Episode Overview: As we are approaching Valentine's Day and are just about to watch Bridget Jone's new film on dating as a widow and a single mum, my mind was preoccupied with preparing...
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Season 2, Ep 3. What Happens to Adults Bereaved as Children? Insights from Mandy Gosling, Psychotherapist.

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Our conversation with Mandy Gosling on childhood bereavement explored the profound and long-lasting impact of losing a parent in childhood. Mandy's personal story and professional insights shed light on how early loss...
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A Season 2 Episode 2: Rollercoaster Marriage: Navigating Loss of a partner with Dr Louise Lomas, Educational and Child Psychologist

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  A Rollercoaster Marriage: Navigating Loss of a Partner with Dr Louise Lomas, Educational and Child Psychologist  Overview:  This episode dives deep into the turbulent waters of complex grief, exploring the unspoken...
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