95. What’s So Bad About Denial?

Are there downsides to “personality plagiarism”? Why did no one buy the Crayola Crayon Carver? And should Stephen feel bad for copying Angela’s email signature? This episode originally aired on May 15th, 2022. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info ... Show More

From group chats to video calls, technology should make social connection easier than ever. So, why is everyone so lonely? In this episode, Sabrina sets out to investigate the "loneliness epidemic" that is sweeping the globe and impacting her friends and cohosts. She interviews P ... Show More

Why have fertility rates dropped so dramatically? Do fathers or mothers get more happiness from parenting? And how does birth order affect a child’s future? This episode originally aired on May 8th, 2022. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informati ... Show More

It's not true that grief proceeds in five stages. So what is true? 

Series of Extras! In this episode we need to talk about the 6 stages of denial. How there is a healthy kind of it and how sometimes it is the worst possible state. Disregarding what you feel at the moment of denial turns out to be a nightmare that you have to live. Breaking some ... Show More

Grief is often misunderstood, even by those experiencing it. Why do we think grief is something that will end or something that can be left in the past? Is closure a myth? And why does guilt often play a role in grieving? And how can our own fear cause even more pain and isolatio ... Show More

What do we do when we’ve lost someone we’ve loved? In this weeks episode we talk about the confusion and anger, the safeness, following the loss of a loved one. How do we move on and continue to hold the memory of them close?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>We’ve all heard about the five stages of grief. But what happens when your experience doesn’t follow that model at all? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone began to question how we think about grief after a devastating loss in her own life. She shares the techniques she learned to ... Show More

<p>Palliative physician B.J. Miller asks: Is there a better way to think about dying? And can death be beautiful? </p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of perso ... Show More

Have you struggled with how to support someone who is grieving? We can’t tell you how many times we’ve been in incredibly awkward situations or said the wrong thing in an effort to be helpful. Today we’re talking about grief and loss with Rachel Wilkerson Miller, the author of Th ... Show More

There are many different reasons why we may not let ourselves grieve. Why we may push our feelings down and pretend they don’t exist. It’s okay to be scared to go there - but that is what we are going to do in today’s practice. These feelings are yours and they deserve to be felt ... Show More

Series of Extras!  We Need To Talk about Why do we need friends? What happens to us mentally, and psychologically when they leave? Can we feel safe again? Do we take time to get over them? How long does it take to grief? The seven stages of grief, and a very controversial questi ... Show More

This week, a conversation about death, and the ways in which our reluctance to face mortality results in the creation of “immortality constructs” – comforting symbolic fictions that when challenged, can elicit a violent defensive response. In order to come to terms with death, we ... Show More