The Holidays are Horrible and Wonderful with Grief Expert Claire Bidwell Smith
Last Day
Lemonada Media
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2021
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Happy melancholy holidays! In this special crossover episode, Host of Last Day, Stephanie Wittles Wachs, sits down with grief expert, Claire Bidwell Smith to talk about this past year – as moms, as professionals, and most importantly – as human beings coping with the inevitable grief that creeps up around the holidays. Join us for a conversation on finding meaning, and how to make joy a priority this coming New Year.
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| 1:01.5 | Hello, friends. |
| 1:12.6 | It's Stephanie, and I wanted to give you an update, first of all, that over here in |
| 1:18.6 | last day land we are deep. |
| 1:21.6 | I mean, deep in the weeds, making season three. |
| 1:24.8 | In fact, I am hopping on a plane in 48 hours to go do some real live reporting on the |
| 1:31.1 | ground. |
| 1:32.1 | But in the meantime, I miss you, and I wanted to drop a little holiday bonus episode in |
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