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Grieving Alone & Together: Responding to the Loss of Your Loved One During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Published by the Funeral Service Foundation and the National Funeral Directors Association
“Grieving Alone & Together”
A Brush With Death Podcast
Topics: COVID-19, Grief from Death and Non-Death Losses
“Grieving Alone & Together: Your Questions Answered”
A Brush With Death Podcast
Topics: Self-Care in Pandemic, Talking with Children About Death, Resources
“A Conversation with Sara Murphy, Death Educator”
Faith & Grief Ministries Podcast
Topcis: COVID-19 Bereavement Complications, Competitive Grieving vs. Co-Grieving
“Understanding Suicide”
Washington State Funeral Directors Association Podcast
Topics: Myth-Busting Suicide, Biopsychosocial Understandings of Suicide, Suicide Prevention and Bereavement
“Disenfranchised Grief”
A Brush With Death Podcast
Topics: Risks and Complications of Disenfranchised Grief, Stigmatized Means of Death, Systems of Power & Privilege in Bereavement
“LGBTQ+ in Funeral Service”
Washington State Funeral Directors Association Podcast
Topics: LGBTQ+ Experiences in and with Funeral Service, Meeting and Supporting LGBTQ+ Clients and Colleagues
“Connecting with the LGBTQIA+ Community”
Deathcare Decoded Podcast
Topics: Social Justice through Professional Education, LGBTQ+ Advocacy in Deathcare
“Grieving During the Holidays”
Faith & Grief Ministries Podcast
Topcis: Impact of COVID-19 on Bereavement, Self-Care Strategies, Memorialization During the Holidays
“The Future of Deathcare in a Changing World”
Deathcare Decoded Podcast
Topics: Changes in Death Planning, Ritual Building, Cremation and Innovation
“Introduction to Thanatology”
Deathcare Decoded Podcast
Topics: Thanatology as a Field, Dr. Murphy’s Path to Thanatology, Building Relationsgips Between Thanatology and Funeral Service
“The Value of Death Care Conventions”
Deathcare Decoded Podcast
Topics: Benefits of Attending Death Care Conventions, Opportunities for Learning and Network-Building