What Was Never Mourned

In this episode of the Permission to Breathe Podcast, Dr. Tammy Isaac explores the grief that has often gone unnamed within Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color. She examines how survival, cultural silence, systemic barriers, healthcare mistrust, and institutional marginalization can leave people carrying losses that were never fully acknowledged or mourned. This conversation looks at what it means when grief is pushed to the margins along with the people carrying it, why permission to grieve still matters, and how witness, connection, and honest acknowledgment can begin to change the way grief is held. This episode invites listeners to consider not only what communities have survived, but also what they were never given the opportunity to mourn.