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What We Carry, Even When We Don’t Talk About It

This week always hits me harder than I expect. Four friends I love celebrate birthdays back‑to‑back, and then comes my mother’s birthday — the one day of the year that still stops me in my tracks, even more than holidays or anniversaries. Grief doesn’t follow logic, and it doesn’t care about time. It lingers, it reshapes you, and sometimes it surprises you.

In this episode, I talk about the strange ways grief shows up, the memories we carry from childhood, and why letting grief move through us is the only way it doesn’t harden inside us. I also share reflections from Anderson Cooper and…

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