Episode 387 - Reclaiming the Right to Mourn with Dr. Thomas Attig

May 19, 2026
The Jōrni Podcast
Episode 387 - Reclaiming the Right to Mourn with Dr. Thomas Attig

This episode contains adult subject matter and some listeners may be triggered by this content. Listener discretion is advised.

We often feel pressured to find "closure" and leave our heartache behind, yet true healing might actually lie in the opposite direction. What if the goal isn't to stop missing those we’ve lost, but to transform that pain into a lifelong practice of loving them in their absence?

Stepping away from the silence that so often follows a loss can reveal a world of unexpected grace and connection. We explore how moving through deep sorrow to the messy work of relearning how to live allows us to find our way back to ourselves while slowly embracing the life that remains.

DR. THOMAS ATTIG

Thomas Attig holds BA and PhD degrees from Northwestern University and Washington University in St. Louis. At Bowling Green State University, while Chair, he and his colleagues established the world’s first PhD Program in Applied Philosophy.

A Fellow of the International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement, he has received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Death Education from the International Network on Personal Meaning, Death Educator and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, and the Robert Fulton Founder’s Award from the Center for Death Education and Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse.

RESOURCES
https://griefsheart.com/index.php

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Catching Your Breath in Grief
https://www.amazon.com/Catching-Your-Breath-Grief-grace/dp/0988076004

THE JŌRNI RESOURCES

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