Tragicomedia with comic Yisrael Campbell on uplifting the dying
Be a DJ on a pretend radio station with your friend's name in the call letters: this idea and more when memory artist Nancy Gershman speaks with Yisrael Campbell (born Chris Campbell):…
Tragicomedia with playwright Taren Sterry on finding the funny in awfulness
Taren Sterry is a comedic actress and playwright who also teaches improv, presentation coaching, public speaking and team building. She is a full time manager of Volunteer Training at Visiting…
Tragicomedia with comedian Steve Jameson on shattered self-worth
How to love one's own "character" after loss - this and more from London-based comedian, Steve Jameson when he speaks with memory artist, Nancy Gershman about shattered self-worth in the wake of…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Marv Stottlemire on estrangement loss and denial
Is denial born of excess optimism? Can visualizing yourself in the improv game, Hitchhiker lead to actual reconciliation? This and more when Tragicomedia's Nancy Gershman talks with Marvin Stottlemire, PhD, JD:…
Tragicomedia with improv performer, Mike Rose on loss after a freak accident
When an antique mirror "pretty much slices off" your nose, even an actor must stop pretending everything's fine. How to transcend a freak accident by applying the rules of improv: this…
Tragicomedia with The Irreverent Widow, Sandi Amorello about young widows
What the bereavement support group dress code should be and why widows often say they've "thrown out the rule book": this and more when Tragicomedia's Nancy Gershman talks to Sandi…
Tragicomedia with Don Hall, host of Chicago’s The Moth
Why you should live your dead guy's life for a day; the 3-day rule for wallowing; and how to "travel all over humanity" as a garage sale trumpet: Chicagoan Don…
Memory Overload in Grief
When Memories of The Dead Overload Our Circuits Grief expert Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT, DCC recently listed the signs of what disbelief or denial looks like in individuals who have suffered the…
"Prescriptive Photomontage" by Nancy Gershman (Annals of American Psychotherapy)
ANNALS OF AMERICAN PSYCHOTHERAPY:
Memory artist, Nancy Gershman and Dr. Jenna Baddeley (a specialist in clinical and social/personality psychology) describe the protocol behind prescriptive photomontage, in this case study of a bereaved mother who finds…