Special Edition: Grief Therapist's Guide to Holidays After Loss
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The holidays can bring joy and connection — but they can also deepen grief and heartache. Whether you're navigating the loss of a loved one yourself or trying to support someone who is, this episode offers honest, compassionate, and practical guidance for getting through the season.
Grief therapist and clinical psychotherapist Kelly Grosklags shares how to handle holiday gatherings after loss, what to say (and not say) to those who are grieving, why "time heals all" misses the mark, and how to create space for both sorrow and meaning during the holidays.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Saturday, December 6th. The holiday season can bring joy and connection, but for many |
| 0:05.5 | it can also bring a wave of grief and heartache. Whether you're navigating the loss of a loved one |
| 0:10.1 | yourself or you're trying to support someone who is, this episode offers honest, compassionate, |
| 0:15.1 | and practical guidance for getting through the holidays. Our guest today is Kelly Groslogs, |
| 0:19.4 | a clinical psychotherapist who specializes in |
| 0:21.6 | oncology, palliative care, and hospice. She's the founder of the speaking platform |
| 0:26.2 | Conversations with Kelly, and the author of When Love Meets Grief, a grief therapist's |
| 0:30.7 | reflections from the bedside and beyond. Today, she shares how to handle holiday gatherings and |
| 0:35.3 | traditions in the months and years after loss. |
| 0:38.0 | What to say and what not to say to those who are grieving. What she prefers instead of the phrase, |
| 0:42.8 | time heals all, and so much more. Welcome, welcome to the Newsworthy special edition Saturday, |
| 0:50.2 | when we sit down with a different expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news. |
| 0:54.7 | Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes, where we provide all the day's news in 10 minutes. |
| 1:00.7 | I'm Erica Mandy. It's now time for today's special edition Saturday. |
| 1:07.1 | Kelly Grosslachs, thank you so much for joining us here on The Newsworthy. |
| 1:10.6 | What an honor it is to be here, Erica. |
| 1:12.7 | Let's just start with why. |
| 1:15.3 | Why is this season the time when it really brings up more emotions? |
| 1:20.3 | Grief and loss can really feel heavier this time of year. |
| 1:23.4 | I know some of it's obvious that we're thinking about being with family more, but can you |
| 1:27.9 | elaborate on that a little bit? |
| 1:29.5 | There's many reasons why this can be a harder time of year, often with what we see in the |
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