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Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert on grief

Lynne Baab • Thursday October 8 2026

Shortly after his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, died in 2019, TV journalist Anderson Cooper launched a video podcast that explores grief. Cooper was also thinking about the death of his father when he was 10 and his brother’s suicide at 21. In a New York Times article about the podcast, Anderson reflects on why he started it.

“What has struck me is the degree to which I had not dealt with this stuff at all. . . . I just felt like, ‘Why am I so alone in this? This is something we all go through.’ And this idea gave me great strength, that...

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Grief as a dressing room

Lynne Baab • Thursday October 1 2026

I’ve been playing around with word pictures that help me access components of grief. “A world on fire” came from the subtitle of a book that had nothing to do with grief. I just resonated with the subtitle. t feels like my personal world has been on fire for a decade. A small fire at first, then larger and larger. For the past two years, the fire raged. Mercifully, that fire is subsiding.

“Though I cannot see the sun, though the stars have disappeared, I believe God.” These words come from a vivid song that a friend sent me. Yes, grief can feel like...

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A story of unusual grief

Lynne Baab • Thursday September 24 2026

Helen’s mother died two years ago. In the three or four years before her death, Helen could tell that her mother was upset with her but couldn’t figure out why. Her mother wouldn’t talk about it. After her mother’s death, Helen wanted to have an in-depth conversation with her father about it. Before she could have that conversation, her father took his life, leaving Helen with even more questions.

Helen’s father was 89 and had multiple complicated health issues. His wife of 60 years was gone. In addition, two of his three close, life-long friends had recently passed. I can see why...

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Grief after caregiving

Lynne Baab • Thursday September 17 2026

Many of us hope for a quick death for ourselves. Still, when it happens for a loved one, it is usually shocking and profoundly unsettling. I had a conversation with someone who experienced that sudden disorientation. She was in shock for months after her loved one died. Most of my conversations, however, are with people who were caregivers, either for a spouse or parents.

In this post, I want to give you vignettes of the stories I’ve been hearing. These stories illustrate the ways that having been a caregiver complicates the grief journey.

1. Missing the community. Jessica is an extravert. She was surrounded...

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