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Deb Tauber
A Chaplain’s Guide To Healthy Grieving After Loss - Kathy Gingrich
36 minutes Posted Apr 14, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
Disclaimer And Show Welcome
Meeting Kathy And Naming Grief
Pet Loss And Anticipatory Grief
What Healthy Grief Looks Like
Role-Play In Chaplain Training
Spiritual Struggles And Hard Questions
Why Grief Is Not Linear
Westberg’s Grief Model And Shock
Turning Loss Into Purpose
How Maggie Changes Deb’s View
What To Say And Not Say
Diagnoses And Grief In Healthcare
Self-Care And Team Debriefing
When Grief Feels Stuck
Finding Grief Support Resources
Using Simulation To Prepare Families
Closing And Subscribe
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Send us Fan Mail Grief doesn’t follow a straight line, and it doesn’t only come after a funeral. We talk with chaplain Kathy Gingrich about what grief really looks like in real life and in healthcare, starting with a tender, honest story from Deb about saying goodbye to her beloved boxer, Maggie. Together we name the parts people rarely say out loud: the anticipatory grief that starts years before a loss, the way a pet’s unconditional love changes us, and why you don’t “get over it” so much a...