Tragicomedia with comedian Bobby Kelton on death of a BFF
Can people actually cause their own death after saying stuff like ‘If they ever win the World Series, I’ll die a lucky man"? Is there a reason a loved…
Tragicomedia with comedian Bea “Funny” Fiala on the accidental death of her grandson
Playing the Coulda-Woulda-Shoulda Game after an accidental death is as patently unhelpful as playing it after a game of cards. This and more when memory artist Nancy Gershman talks with Nebraska-based stand-up…
THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED NEWSLETTER
Peggy Sweeney is the founder and president of the Sweeney Alliance; a bereavement educator, and editor of the Journeys Through Grief Newsletters - a resource for coping with grief, loss…
Tragicomedia with comedy writer, Joe Janes on truthful memorialization
Joe tickled by Mom stoically eating his tofurkey. Mom openly guzzling "horrible things" like caffeine-free diet coke in front of her vegan son. Honoring these mischievous moments and more when…
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…
CAMPUS TIMES / UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
Pedro Pinera (class of 2016) reviews the art-neuroscience themed exhibition, "For The Brides of Ed: An Integrated Approach to the Treatment of Eating Disorders (Art Therapy, EMDR and Prescriptive Art),…
Tragicomedia with stand-up comedian Rev. Susan Sparks about Divorce, 9/11 & Breast Cancer
When there's a death but no body, is it ok for a 9/11 widow to crack up laughing about the pig-and-palm tree tie her husband wore that day? This and more…
Tragicomedia with Poor Widow Me’s Carol Scibelli
Widows who ask themselves "What would my dead husband do?"; play the widow card and look at funeral photo boards saying, "There won't even be many photographs when it's my…
Tragicomedia with comedian Sam Pancake about Repressed Feelings and Suicide
"Be happy, well-behaved and don’t make trouble for anybody" is a credo that's led to suicide in many a troubled Southern gentlemen - this and more as actor and improv comedian Sam…
Tragicomedia with humorist, Regi Carpenter about burials and morticians
How to teach your dead husband's first wife a lesson with your burial plot and epitaph; why morticians should be the only ones doling out locks of hair; and how…