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The Widowed Parent Podcast

Mar 30, 2020

Many thanks to social workers Arlen Gaines & Meredith Polsky for coming back on the show to discuss their new book for kids, "I Have a Question About Coronavirus." This book is available as a free download from their website, ihaveaquestion.com.

This discussion was recorded on March 27, 2020.


Mar 26, 2020

Thank you for joining me today for another pandemic special episode. I'm doing a series of shorter episodes on parenting and grief and related topics during this time of global pandemic. Big thanks to Julie Lythcott-Haims for hopping on a call with me yesterday to record this discussion about some of the issues that are...


Mar 25, 2020

I had such a great discussion with Lindsay Joy Taylor for this episode. Lindsay Joy lost her mom when she was just a baby. This was recorded prior to the global pandemic that we’re currently in, and I’m going to share it with you today because grief still goes on, and widowed parenting still has to happen, even in...


Mar 23, 2020

Thank you Jana DeCristofaro of The Dougy Center in Portland, Oregon, for joining me for this special episode. We discuss creative ways to support each other during this time of ‘social distancing.’

Here is the question I teed up for Jana:

If we have grieving teens in our families, some of us may be thinking about...


Mar 20, 2020

Many thanks to Marny Williams-Balodis, co-founder and executive director of Hummingbird Centre for Hope, for quickly jumping on a call with me to talk about tips for widowed parenting in this time of global pandemic. Check out Hummingbird’s virtual support groups for widowed parents, too, for some much...