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190 The Grief No One Talks About: Mourning Someone Who Is Still Alive | Stephanie Sarazin

May 31, 2026 • Nathalie Himmelrich • Season 18 • Episode 190

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In this mini-series episode, I revisit one of the top ten most listened-to episodes of the podcast: my conversation with Stephanie Sarazin on Ambiguous Grief — the grief that arises from losing someone who is still alive.

Stephanie is a writer, researcher, and ambiguous grief guide, and the author of Soulbroken: A Guidebook For Your Journey Through Ambiguous Grief, winner of the 2023 Nautilus Books Gold Award. She shares how her own mid-life trauma led her to define ambiguous grief for the first time: grief triggered by the loss of a loved one who is still living, where hope remains part of the grieving process.

We explore why this form of grief is so rarely named, why so many people feel they don’t have the right to grieve, and what it means to mourn someone who hasn’t died.

Listen to the original episode: Episode 83 — Stephanie Sarazin | Understanding Ambiguous Grief, and you can find all of Stephanie's information, including the links to her website and book, on the same link.

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