The Mourning Meeting: Season 4, Episode 6
The Person We Need
Mandi speaks with Cynthia Whipple. Both of Cythia’s parents died — within six weeks of one another — when she was 24 years old. Mandi and Cynthia talk about the experience of loss as a young adult. They explore how loss shapes all aspects of our lives — professionally and socially; from work to relationships. Mandi and Cynthia identify supports and strategies that grieving young adults — and those around them — can employ. As professionals and human beings who have both experienced loss as young adults, Mandi and Cynthia explain why "we have an obligation to be the person we needed." If you want to learn more about EmpowerHer, check out www.empoweringher.org.
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