In this episode, Tracy speaks on why grief and loss became her specialty and focus in her practice. She talks about the importance of empowering people to grieve honestly.Tracy Chang, MA, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in Los Angeles who works with individuals throughout California. She specializes in working with high-achieving adults who are navigating personal and professional existential challenges. In addition, she supports individuals grieving a death loss and those coping with life changes and transitions. Tracy has had specialized training and experience working with grief and loss and is passionate about empowering people to grieve honestly. As a strengths-based therapist, Tracy blends her clinical knowledge with meaning-based exploration to help clients expand their awareness, boldly reimagine the status quo and live in alignment with their true selves.Tracy earned her BA in Psychology from Mount St. Mary’s University and MA in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. For over ten years, she has been in practice, working in inpatient and outpatient settings with clients of diverse backgrounds and ages. In addition, she is a Clinical Supervisor who provides supervision to Associate therapists in California and private consultation to professionals and companies worldwide.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death! ... a HealGrief® program

Let's Talk Death with Tracy Chang

In this episode, Gina shares about her grief and how it transformed her creative path. She now believes that everyone you miss is waiting inside you. Gina Harris is a singer/songwriter and actor who has performed in theaters and jazz clubs in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. A protégé of Columbia Recording Artist, Lilian Loran, and a veteran of the Groundlings, Gina had a lead role in Peter Ustinov’s Broadway and national touring productions of Beethoven’s Tenth.“The Magic of Ordinary Things” came to Gina in a series of dreams and recovered memories after the deaths of her parents and beloved singing teacher.  It provided a glimmer of hope in a dark time when she thought her life was over. It tells of how missed moments and things once taken for granted become the steppingstones to a new life – even when things seem hopeless.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Gina Harris

In this episode, Theresa shares why she chose to reopen the wounds of grief as she wrote My 13th Station, a memoir to her son whose life was lost to suicide.Theresa Anthony is the author of two books and has a twenty-five-year career as a freelance writer. In the mid-nineties, Ms. Anthony began writing as an op-ed guest column contributor, sharing her musings about parenting, education, cultural issues, and much more.In 2019, Theresa changed genres and tackled a very personal and emotionally difficult project, culminating in the memoir, My 13th Station, the story of her son Matthew&apos;s battle with depression and alcoholism during the final years of his life. As painful as it was to reopen the wounds, she has found that writing an honest accounting of his struggle has benefited many people.Theresa continues her writing with her newest book, Hope Springs from a Mother’s Broken Heart, capturing 11 stories from other mothers on how they survived the loss of a child.Theresa is a devout Catholic and credits her strong faith for her resilience and optimism. In addition to her beloved son, she is blessed with two wonderful and accomplished daughters and four beautiful grandchildren. When not writing, she enjoys the outdoors, spending time with friends and family, Zumba classes, and creating Catholic-inspired artwork and jewelry for her Etsy shop, SoulStirringsGifts.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Theresa Anthony

In this episode, Amanda addresses the vital need to care for lactating mothers whose child did not survive.Amanda Alvarez, a graduate of the University of South Alabama and Spring Hill College, is an IBCLC, International Board of Lactation Consultant dedicated to helping families achieve informed, safe, and comfortable lactation and infant feeding goals.Amanda currently works at Mothers&apos; Milk Bank of North Texas as an Education and Enrichment Manager. She provides clinical lactation care, manages a multi-site Baby Cafe Cluster, and directs other educational programming for the organization.She represents Mothers&apos; Milk Bank of North Texas and Tarrant County Breastfeeding Coalition through leadership and participation in multiple local reproductive health coalitions, including Texas Breastfeeding Coalition, United States Breastfeeding Committee, and the United States Lactation Consultant Association.Amanda lives with her husband, their three children, and a menagerie of pets. She enjoys running, cooking, travel, and volunteer work in social justice.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Amanda Alvarez

In this episode, Mark shares his childhood experience as a psychic medium and what it was like being the child of psychic medium parents. He also shares the importance of signs and how we should trust them as messages from those who have transitioned.Mark Anthony, Psychic Explorer (also known as The Psychic Lawyer), is a fourth-generation psychic medium who communicates with spirits. He is an Oxford-educated attorney licensed to practice law in Florida, Washington D.C., and before the United States Supreme Court.This Psychic Explorer travels to mystical locations in remote corners of the world to examine Ancient Mysteries and Supernatural Phenomena. Mark appears nationwide on TV and Radio, including CBS TV’s “The Doctors” and Gaia TV’s “Beyond Belief with George Noory.” In addition, he is the co-host of “The Psychic and the Doc” on the Transformation Network. He is a featured speaker at conferences, expos, and universities, including Brown, Columbia, Harvard, and Yale. Mark Anthony is a columnist for “Best Holistic Life Magazine” and the bestselling author of Never Letting Go and Evidence of Eternity. His high anticipated cutting-edge new book, The Afterlife Frequency, will be released in October 2021.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Mark Anthony

In this episode, Bryan shares his story remembering back to nine when his father was shot and then confusion over his death just before his 11th birthday.Bryan Jung is the Founder of &apos;This is Why,&apos; a creative platform for individuals who have lost a parent as a child or teenager. His goal is to provide a safe space for individuals of all ages to share emotions, thoughts, and experiences with the option of anonymity. In turn, a community can be built with others who&apos;ve undergone similar experiences. Bryan was born & raised around the Seattle area. He graduated from the University of Washington with a focus in Information Systems at the Michael G. Foster School of Business. He continues to live and work in Seattle.In his free time, Bryan likes to produce and perform music. He also enjoys playing a variety of different sports, especially golf.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Bryan Jung

In this episode, Julie shares how her career as a medical device industry inventor sparked her interest in energetic healing and how that led her into the psychic world. Julie Ryan is an inventor, entrepreneur, and author who learned to be a psychic and medical intuitive more than 25 years ago. Julie can sense what medical conditions and illnesses a person has and facilitate energetic healings. She can tell how close someone is to death and can communicate with spirits, both alive and deceased. Julie can communicate with and medically scan animals, access people&apos;s past lives and remove spirits from homes and buildings.Julie has authored Angelic Attendants: What Really Happens As We Transition From This Life Into The Next, Angel Messages For Kids, and Angel Messages For Dogs. She is a podcast host for, Ask Julie Ryan, with listeners from all over the world, many of whom call in to partake in Julie&apos;s "buffet of psychicness."Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Julie Ryan

In this episode, Barbara shares how she witnessed her friend, after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, living her fullest life. It was that experience that Barbara began to learn how to live with the end in mind.Barbara Becker is the founder of EqualShot, a strategic communications consultancy specializing in strengthening the voice of the non-profit community, a writer, and an interfaith minister who has dedicated over 25 years to partnering with human rights advocates around the world in pursuit of peace, spirituality, and everyday mindfulness. She has worked with the United Nations, Human Rights First, the Ms. Foundation for Women, and the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. She has participated in a delegation of Zen Peacemakers and Lakota elders in the sacred Black Hills of South Dakota.Barbara lives in New York City with her interfaith family and is the author of Heartwood, the Art of Living with the End in Mind.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Barbara Becker

In this episode, Kara speaks about the importance of diving deeper than just questioning what&apos;s wrong? Instead, she encourages an answer to the question, what happened to you? In that answer, healing begins.Kara Bowman is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in grief and trauma. Years after achieving an MBA and a career in finance, Kara returned to school to earn a Master&apos;s in Counseling Psychology. She did her internships primarily in hospice grief counseling. Today, Kara is a Certified Grief Counselor, a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and a Certified Thanatologist. Her passion is to help create a more compassionate and helpful culture toward those who are grieving.Kara is dedicated to her career and community through her practice and volunteer work. Although she always uses empathy as a foundation for her grief work, she tries to individualize her approach to give each client what they most need at that moment in time. Her method includes ritual, poetry, meditations, and visualizations, along with talking.Kara has a private practice in Scotts Valley, California. In the summer of 2020, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists honored Kara&apos;s practice with a Spotlight in The Therapist magazine.Kara is author of Heartbreak to Hope, Poems of Support for Grief and Loss.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Kara Bowman

In this episode, Martha shares how her witnessing the terminal diagnosis and the end-of-life of her husband was an experience that was a mindful one. She shares her intimate story to show others how the conversation of death can be meaningful and powerful.Martha Calihan is a Board Certified Integrative and Holistic Medicine Physician and a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner. She studied Mind-Body Medicine at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC, and she studied acupuncture at UCLA. Dr. Calihan is currently the Five Stones Healing Arts and Wellness Center owner and CEO in Leesburg, VA. She has a robust clinical practice and runs the not-for-profit Five Stones Institute, providing training and education in the balanced care of body-mind and spirit.Dr. Calihan has a particular interest and experience in end-of-life care and is the author of the recently released book, A Death Lived. Through her unique vantage points of both physician and wife, she chronicles the story of her husband, Charles’ final illness and death, focusing on the incredible power and need to have the difficult conversations about death.Dr. Calihan brings an element of the Spiritual to her work, both as an author and physician. She blends medicine with the mystical and science with the spiritual. She teaches meditation and offers workshops in both the US and Ireland.She maintains a blog on her website, www.fivestoneswellness.com. And has an active social media presence.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

Let's Talk Death with Martha Calihan

Let’s Talk Death is a series of conversations created to normalize, educate and demystify the taboo around death, dying and the journey of grief. Let’s Talk Death is brought to you by HealGrief, a non-profit providing the tools and resources to support one's journey with grief. We seek to empower individuals to achieve a healthy post bereavement growth. Everything we do is inspired by our core belief that no one should ever grieve alone.

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