A poignant lesson about grief this holiday season from CNN's Anderson Cooper
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It's the holiday season — a time for family and friends to gather — but in the midst of all that joy and festivity, many people are also dealing with loss and grief.
It's a topic that CNN's Anderson Cooper is exploring in the second season of his deeply personal podcast, "All There Is." In a recent essay he wrote for CNN.com, Cooper explained his motivation for getting so personal on a sensitive topic:
"I realized a couple months ago that I’ve never really grieved before. That may sound strange given that last year, I did an entire season of a podcast about grief called “All There Is” while I was going through boxes of things that belonged to my dad, who died when I was?10, and?my brother, who died when I was?21,?and my mom, who died in 2019. But experiencing loss and actually grieving are two different things." - Anderson Cooper
This season, Cooper talks to others who have experienced life-altering losses and explores how we can live on — with loss and with love. Listen to "All There Is" at cnn.com/audio or wherever you get your podcasts.
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1 年Hi friends I Hope evrything is going well. In this year, i hope you have a nice party. Mary chrismas and you have a good time. I hope this years will be the best for you, with happyness. Mary chrismas My best Sidy https://www.facebook.com/100044811768771/posts/893039098866474/?mibextid=pwzcmfqlRWHhawsM
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1 年I have no pieces of advice to others... I am just experiencing the terrible loss of my dear dad everyday, since March the 26 of this year, and with much more sadness in the holiday season... Just going on with everyday life but so, so sad inside... I miss you, dear my dad!!!
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1 年A grief is a personal path. I don’t think that a podcast is relevant .