Brennan Wood & Jana DeCristofaro from the Dougy Center

I had such a great discussion with Brennan Wood and Jana DeCristofaro of The Dougy Center for this episode. The Dougy Center has programs for kids and families in Portland, Oregon, and they are also a national leader in the field of childhood bereavement. They also produce a popular, and long-running, grief podcast called Grief Out Loud, which listeners can find on their favorite podcast app. Some topics we discuss include: Brennan talks about feeling different from her peers after losing her mom at age 12; How attending The Dougy Center as a teen changed her life; Meeting Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters, when she was 19; The Dougy Center’s programs for grieving kids and families in the Portland, Oregon, area; Their Pathways program for families facing an advanced serious illness; The Grief Out Loud podcast, which Jana hosts and produces; Being ok with holding 2 thoughts that seem to be conflicting; and What widowed parents should know or consider in the first 90 days. I hope you enjoy my discussion with Brennan Wood and Jana DeCristofaro of The Dougy Center.