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Grief Action Thought Drops
by Dr Lisa Burke
Hosted by internationally recognised Clinical Psychologist and Fellow in Thanatology, Dr Lisa Burke, Grief Action Thought Drops offers 60-second insights into grief, loss, and human connection. Each episode is designed for professionals who value a deeper understanding of grief and bereavement.This micro-podcast offers grief literacy without clichés. It’s about practical insight, not platitudes.New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.Learn more at https://www.griefaction.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute psychological advice or therapy.
Episodes
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Ep116 Research-Practice Gap
Grief research continues to evolve, yet there remains a gap between what is known academically and what is expressed in real conversations, influencing how support is experienced. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy...
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Ep115 Me, Me, Me
Grief conversations can drift into self-reference, as others draw on their own experiences to respond, shifting the focus away from the person who is grieving. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep114 Group Fault Lines
In families, workplaces, and friendship groups, shared loss can shift how the group holds together, with differences in how grief is carried shaping alignment, connection, and distance. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction...
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Ep113 Sympathy Cards
Sympathy cards offer ready-made language at a time when words feel difficult, yet that same structure can create distance, shaping what is said and leaving much unsaid. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy...
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Ep112 Reputational Risk
In professional contexts, responding to grief can carry perceived reputational risk, shaping how support is offered and how much is said. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops...
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Ep111 Discomfort and Structure
In grief conversations, increasing structure can reflect rising discomfort, shaping both the interaction and what is able to be explored. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops...
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Ep110 Replacement Language
Some phrases are meant to reassure, yet they carry an assumption that something lost can be followed by something that replaces it. That idea can land sharply, especially when the loss does not fit any sense of substitution. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at...
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Ep109 Crisis of Proportions
Grief can alter how effort and importance are experienced, creating a shift in what feels manageable and what does not. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops #CognitiveLoad…
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Ep108 Moral Pressure
At some point, grief starts to be assessed through how it appears from the outside, creating pressure to look improved. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops #GriefPerception...
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Ep107 Professional Management
Professional support can be precise, structured, and well-intended, yet still land in a way that feels managed rather than responsive. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops...
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Ep106 Risk of Still Caring
This episode of Grief Action Thought Drops explores the shift that occurs over time where ongoing attachment is no longer met with the same understanding, resulting in social pressure. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy...
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Ep105 Shaped Stories
There can be an unspoken pressure to soften loss into a version that is easier to hear, rather than one that fully reflects what was lived. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops #NarratingLoss...
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Ep104 Grief Economics
Grief appears in reports, figures, and data, but what is captured is only part of the picture. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops #GriefEconomics #PolicyImpact
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Ep103 Death Administration
Loss does not only unfold emotionally, it also moves through administrative systems that are structured, procedural, and often impersonal. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation #ThoughtDrops #DeathAdministration...
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Ep102 Numbing: Helpful or Harmful?
Numbing is common in the aftermath of death. This Thought Drop examines how emotional constriction can serve a regulatory purpose and when it begins to limit integration of loss. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy…
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Ep101 The New Normal Myth
“Your new normal” is a common phrase after loss. This Thought Drop explores how that language can oversimplify the ongoing complexity of living with grief and mourning. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep100 Secrets After Death
What happens when new truths emerge after someone has died? Episode 100 of Grief Action Thought Drops explores how posthumous disclosure can destabilise memory, loyalty, and meaning in grief. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy...
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Ep99 Narrative Collapse
What happens when the life story someone believed in no longer fits? This Thought Drop explores how death can fracture narrative continuity and disrupt identity and future orientation in grief. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction…
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Ep98 Illusion of Control
Perceived control plays a central role in psychological stability. This Thought Drop explores how perceived control can suddenly fracture after death and the behavioural responses that can follow. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction...
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Ep97 Timeline Comparisons
Many grieving people compare benchmarks to others without saying it aloud. This Thought Drop explores the quiet comparisons grievers make and how measuring oneself against others can intensify distress. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction...
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Ep96 The Social Expiry Date
Grief has a socially imposed expiry date, even when no one names it. Episode 96 of Grief Action Thought Drops examines the moment when public sympathy shifts into expectation and mourning becomes something carried alone. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast...
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Ep95 Private Anniversaries
Grief often holds onto dates that others forget. This Thought Drop examines the psychological weight of private anniversaries and the quiet isolation that can accompany them. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep94 Grief Without Witness
Some losses receive no public acknowledgement. This Thought Drop explores what happens when grief is not socially recognised and how the absence of witness can intensify private mourning. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy...
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Ep93 Family Mismatch
Family members rarely grieve at the same pace or intensity. This Grief Action Thought Drop explores how divergent grief rhythms can create tension within families and how clinicians can help translate difference into understanding. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep92 High Capacity Grievers
High functioning can be mistaken for healthy adaptation in grief. This Thought Drop explores how visible competence can obscure internal distress and why clinicians must look beyond performance when assessing loss and mourning. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep91 The Forecast Trap
How much does early grief intensity tell us about long-term adaptation? Episode 91 of Grief Action Thought Drops examines why visible distress in the initial phase of mourning is a poor predictor of how someone will live with loss over time. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep90 Year One, Year Two
The second year after a loss can feel unexpectedly heavy. This Thought Drop explores why the first and second years after loss carry different psychological textures. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep89 Mother's Day
Mother’s Day can intensify grief in complex ways. This Thought Drop explores how public rituals amplify private mourning and how clinicians can help clients anticipate the social pressure embedded in culturally significant dates. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep88 When Anger Speaks
The behavioural expression of anger can be harmful, particularly when unexamined or acted out. The emotion of anger in grief deserves closer attention Episode 88 of Grief Action Thought Drops explores anger as a protest against disrupted meaning and fractured expectation, offering a sharper lens...
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Ep87 The Ongoing Bond
Continuing bonds are an important feature of grief work. This Thought Drop clarifies the concept and outlines how professionals can promote understanding of continuing bonds. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep86 Missingness
What does missing someone actually tell us? This Thought Drop explores missingness as evidence of ongoing attachment and the internal bond that continues after death. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep85 Losing a Life Witness
Some losses are felt not only through absence, but through the disappearance of shared history. Episode 85 of Grief Action Thought Drop explores the moment a person realises they no longer have a life witness, and why this relational rupture is rarely named. Listen and subscribe via Spotify,...
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Ep84 How Are You?
“How are you?” is one of the most common social questions, yet after grief it can become impossible to answer honestly. This Thought Drop explores how grief disrupts everyday language, and why familiar questions no longer fit lived experience. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep83 Cumulative Grief
Grief is not always a singular experience. This Thought Drop explores cumulative grief, also known as compound loss or grief overload, where multiple losses accumulate over time and exert sustained pressure on emotional capacity. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep82 The Evidence Hierarchy
Grief does not sit comfortably within dominant models of evidence. This Thought Drop explores how the evidence hierarchy privileges what can be measured, and how that shapes what professionals are taught to trust about grief. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep81 Discipline of Thanatology
Grief sits at the centre of human experience, yet education about death and loss often sits at the margins of professional training. This Thought Drop explores how thanatology falls between disciplines, leaving grief structurally under owned in health and helping professions. Listen and subscribe...
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Ep80 Professional Clash
Grief is a common presentation across healthcare settings, yet many professionals find it uniquely challenging. This Thought Drop explores why grief unsettles clinical roles, expectations, and training, even among experienced practitioners. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep79 The Quiet Grievers
Not all grievers present in ways that are easily recognised. This Thought Drop examines quiet grief, where loss produces little outward signal, and is therefore often overlooked by families, professionals, and systems. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast...
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Ep78 Appearing Functional
Functioning is typically read as recovery, yet it can deepen isolation for people who are grieving. Episode 78 of Grief Action Thought Drops explores how appearing okay can reduce support rather than restore connection. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast...
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Ep77 The Shrinking World
After loss, many people notice their world becoming smaller in ways that are hard to explain or justify. This Thought Drop explores how grief contracts social, emotional, and physical space, and why this narrowing is often misread. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep76 Grief and Milestones
Milestones are designed to mark progress and meaning, yet after loss they can feel disorienting rather than grounding. This Thought Drop explores why celebrations and markers often carry unexpected weight in grief. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast...
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Ep75 Productivity Cultures
Productivity is often treated as a neutral good, yet grief exposes how fragile performance expectations can be. This Thought Drop examines why grief resists productivity, and why that resistance unsettles performance driven cultures. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep74 Loss of Urgency
After loss, many people notice a sharp change in motivation that can be misread or mislabelled. This Thought Drop explores how grief dismantles false urgency, and why this shift can be confronting for individuals and the systems around them. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep73 Why Closure Persists
Closure is often spoken about as though it is an essential part of grieving, yet many grievers experience it as irrelevant or unreachable. This Thought Drop explores why the idea of closure remains so culturally durable, and what it quietly offers to systems and professionals. Listen and…
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Ep72 Fictional Rehearsal
Fictional stories give us a safe space to experience loss and empathy from a distance. Episode 72 of Grief Action Thought Drops explores how fiction and film activate emotional understanding and help professionals build language for grief. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep71 Roadside Markers
Roadside or location memorials appear in many communities after a death. This Thought Drop considers these markers and the place they hold in the early response to loss. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction #GriefLiteracy #GriefEducation...
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Ep70 Natural or Disorder?
The question of whether grief should ever be considered a disorder continues to surface in clinical work. This Thought Drop examines how research draws the line between natural adaptation and impairment. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at www.griefaction.com/podcast #GriefAction...
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Ep69 Inherited Grief Myths
Professionals often absorb unexamined ideas about grief long before they work with grieving clients. This Thought Drop looks at how those inherited myths shape practice and why identifying them strengthens clinical practice. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at...
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Ep68 Unspoken Grief Rules
Public grieving may look spontaneous, but it operates within predictable unspoken rules. This Thought Drop explores how those rules emerge and why they matter for professionals working with collective expressions of loss. Listen and subscribe via Spotify, YouTube, or at…
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Ep67 Employers and Bereavement
Workplaces often focus on the immediate response to a staff bereavement, but the longer-term experience depends on clarity, predictability, and communication. This Thought Drop considers how employers can create steadier conditions for bereaved employees. Listen and subscribe via Spotify…
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Hosted by internationally recognised Clinical Psychologist and Fellow in Thanatology, Dr Lisa Burke, Grief Action Thought Drops offers 60-second insights into grief, loss, and human connection. Each episode is designed for professionals who value a deeper understanding of grief and bereavement.This micro-podcast offers grief literacy without clichés. It’s about practical insight, not platitudes.New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday.Learn more at https://www.griefaction.comThis podcast is for educational purposes only and does not constitute psychological advice or therapy.
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