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Why Doesn't Grief End When Everyone Expects You to Move On?

Why do we expect someone to return to normal after three or five days of bereavement leave?

What happens to our minds, bodies, and identities when someone we love is no longer physically here?

In this episode of Groove with Portia, I'm joined by Denise Ackerman, author of Broken Hearts Keep Beating, for a heartfelt conversation about grief, losing a parent, the effects of grief on the brain and body, and learning to experience joy again after loss.

Denise shares the close relationship she had with her father, describing him as her rock and anchor. He was someone she could always turn to for…

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