Anderson Cooper and Michelle Obama: Navigating Grief, Making Loss Less Lonely, and How to Know the People You Love Before It's Too Late
10% Happier with Dan Harris
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4.6 • 12.9K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
What Anderson learned from losing everyone he loved, what we owe our parents, and how grief shapes all of us--a conversation from the podcast "IMO."
On IMO, siblings Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson aim to bring you candid perspectives on the everyday questions shaping our lives, relationships and the world around us. Each week, they're joined by a guest to tackle real questions from real folks just like you offering practical advice, personal storytelling, and plenty of laughs. In this episode, Anderson Cooper shares what he's learned about holding space for grief. The three talk about how they managed (or avoided) the grieving process and how their moms prepared their kids to live without them. Plus Anderson shares his thoughts on the Vanderbilts inspiring an episode of "The Gilded Age."
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| 0:00.0 | This is the 10% Happier Podcast. I'm Dan Harris. |
| 0:18.4 | Hello, everybody. Today we're doing what's called a feed drop. That means we're taking an episode from another podcast and dropping it down our feed. We do this occasionally when there's a show we really like and we think you might like. This is a great way to just kind of let you know to taste test. The show we're highlighting today is hosted by Michelle Obama, the former |
| 0:39.0 | First Lady of the United States of America, and it's co-hosted with her big brother, Craig Robinson, |
| 0:44.6 | and the show is called IMO. Anyway, you know how on this show, our whole goal is to translate |
| 0:50.4 | complex ideas from modern science and ancient wisdom and turn them into actionable |
| 0:56.0 | advice that you can put to use in your everyday life. |
| 0:59.7 | Well, that's quite similar what Michelle and Craig are aiming to do over on IMO. |
| 1:04.1 | Their goal is to bring you candid, useful perspectives on the everyday questions that shape |
| 1:08.5 | your life, your relationships, and the world around us. |
| 1:11.9 | Each week, they're joined by a guest to tackle real questions from real people just like you, |
| 1:16.6 | and then to serve up practical advice, personal storytelling, and some laughter. |
| 1:21.1 | In the episode, you're about to hear Anderson Cooper from CNN shares what he has learned about grief. |
| 1:29.3 | Anderson has done some incredible work publicly on the often very private issue of grief with which he has, unfortunately, a lot of |
| 1:36.2 | experience. So what you're about to hear is Craig and Michelle and Anderson talking about how they |
| 1:41.5 | have managed or, frankly, avoided the grieving process and how |
| 1:45.4 | their moms prepared their children to live without them. I hope you enjoy it. Real quick, |
| 1:50.7 | before we dive in, I just want to tell you about a meditation challenge. We're running over on my new |
| 1:54.6 | app, which is called 10% with Dan Harris. The challenge runs from March 23rd through the 27th. |
| 2:00.7 | It's a five-day meditation challenge |
| 2:02.8 | inspired by my new Audible original. It's an audio book called Even You Can Meditate, |
| 2:09.0 | which I co-wrote and co-recorded with Seven A Salasi, my friend, the great meditation teacher. |
| 2:14.8 | Here's how the challenge will work. Every morning, you'll get a new guided |
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