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Permission to Breathe Podcast, is a transformative space dedicated to providing a sanctuary where you can inhale deeply and exhale freely, embracing your grief journey unapologetically. I'm your host, Dr.
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When Money Changes Everything: Understanding Financial Grief (opens the original)
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In this episode of Permission to Breathe , Rev. Dr. Tammy Isaac explores financial grief, the emotional impact of losing financial stability or growing up without it. She examines how money affects security, identity, relationships, dignity, and the future we imagined for ourselves. This conversation also considers poverty, generational disadvantage, survival, shame, and the ways inequality can shape behavior without assuming that poverty causes criminality or excusing harm. When Money Changes E
When Faith Becomes a Shortcut Around Grief (opens the original)
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In this episode of Permission to Breathe , Dr. Tammy Isaac explores spiritual bypassing in grief and the harm that can occur when prayer, Scripture, religious explanations, or expectations of strength are used to avoid the emotional reality of loss. She examines familiar statements that may sound comforting but leave grieving people feeling silenced, ashamed, or spiritually inadequate. This conversation also addresses self-bypassing, the pressure placed on spiritual leaders and caregivers, and t
When Grief Comes From Complicated Relationships (opens the original)
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Grief can become especially complicated when the person who died was also someone who caused hurt, disappointment, conflict, or emotional harm. In this episode of Permission to Breathe , Dr. Tammy Isaac explores what it means to grieve a relationship that held love and pain at the same time. Using Jennette McCurdy’s memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died as a point of departure, this episode examines grief that includes anger, relief, guilt, longing, unfinished conversations, and the loss of what the relat
The Grief of Getting Older (opens the original)
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Getting older is a blessing, but it can also carry grief. In this episode of the Permission to Breathe podcast, Dr. Tammy Isaac explores the losses and changes that can accompany aging, including changes in the body, independence, identity, relationships, purpose, and our understanding of time. She also addresses the fear of becoming a burden, the grief of unrealized dreams, and what it means to keep living meaningfully as life changes. This conversation offers permission to honor who you once w
When Someone You Never Met Dies: Understanding Parasocial Grief (opens the original)
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Can we grieve someone we never personally knew? In this episode of Permission to Breathe , Dr. Tammy Isaac explores parasocial grief, the genuine sorrow that can follow the death of a celebrity, artist, athlete, author, public figure, or online personality. She examines how these individuals become connected to our memories, identities, relationships, and important seasons of life. The episode also considers collective mourning, grief that others may dismiss, complicated public legacies, and why
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