Crying Out Loud: What Losing My Son Taught Me About Grief, Healing, and Choosing Life

Crying Out Loud with Dr. Laura Berman · Oct 29, 2026 · 33m

I've spent more than 30 years as a therapist helping people navigate grief, trauma, and some of the hardest experiences of their lives. But when my 16-year-old son Sammy died, I found myself in a place that all my professional training could never have prepared me for.

Almost six years later, I've written the book I desperately needed back then, Crying Out Loud: A Path Through Grief Into a Life Reimagined. And in this special episode, I want to share some of what I've learned, both from my own grief and from the thousands of people I've had the privilege of working with.

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