Episodes
How To Console a Grieving Friend or Relative | Practical Support
In Episode 129, we discuss how to lend practical support to a bereaved friend or relative especially during the early days. Addit…
How To Console a Grieving Friend or Relative | Emotional Support
In Episode 128, we discuss how to lend emotional support to a bereaved friend or relative especially during the early days. Addit…
Honoring Mothers
In Episode 127, we look at all the mothers and mother figures in our life and how their deaths have affected us as well as the gr…
Helping to Console a Grieving Friend or Relative
In Episode 126, we discuss various ways to console a friend or relative who is dealing with the extreme fallout caused by the dea…
What Not to Say to Comfort a Grieving Friend or Relative
In Episode 125, we discuss how a grieving friend or relative's life has changed and what you should NOT say if you want to comfor…
What to Say to Comfort a Grieving Friend or Relative
In Episode 124, we discuss what a bereaved friend or relative goes through when they first learn of someone's death and the wisdo…
When There is No Funeral
In Episode 123, we talk about how to handle our grief when there is no body to bury and/or what to do when it's not possible or p…
The Power of Prayer
In Episode 122, we discuss how prayer will help you find peace and comfort during your grieving process after a loved one's death…
The Power of Faith
In Episode 121, we discuss how our faith is affected after a loved one's death and ways to reestablish a firm foundation with our…
Introducing Grief Authority
In Episode 120, we introduce GriefAuthority.com, created by Mary Mac, to make life easier for the bereaved by providing digital b…
Handling Loneliness and Isolation
In Episode 119, we discuss the overwhelming loneliness and isolation we can feel after a loved one's death and how to help oursel…
Handling Guilt and Regret
In Episode 118, we look at how guilt and regret can affect us after a loved one's death and learn how to help comfort and soothe …
Handling Anger
In Episode 117, we discuss how we deal with anger and the numerous individuals whom we still feel anger against including the per…
Mary Mac Featured in Tuscawilla Today
Excited to share that my work with the bereaved over the past thirty-five years has been featured in the February 2022 edition of…
Handling Stress
In Episode 116, we discuss how stress affects us after a loved one's death and ways we can help ourselves. Additional Notes: Plea…
Trusting Life's Timing
In Episode 115, we consider that each of us is here for a particular season on this earth and how we grieve the death of a loved …
The Gift of Honesty
In Episode 114, we discuss the very difficult emotions we encounter when a loved one's death caused extreme embarrassment for you…
How to Create End of Life Choices
In Episode 113, we consider the courageous act of developing an end-of-life plan for what we would like to happen should we becom…
How to Speak About Death and Dying
In Episode 112, we discuss how important it is to speak about death and dying preferably long before imminent death is upon ourse…
Remembering Betty White and Others
In Episode 111, we remember Betty White who died 17 days before her 100th birthday and others who died in 2021 who impacted us. A…
Guilt After A Sudden Death
In Episode 110, we look at the guilt we feel when someone we love has died suddenly and how we can help ourselves release this pa…
New Year For You
In Episode 109, we look at the new year, what we have planned for ourselves and how to focus on the positive in our lives even th…
Happy New Year 2022
Wishing all my listeners a very Happy New Year. May you know peace, great health, joy and prosperity in 2022 as we remember those…
Trusting Ourselves
In Episode 108, we consider how best to trust ourselves to know what we need during the grieving process and not allow others to …