Category: Grief
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Part 2 – Breaking the Silence and Building Awareness
Despite prostate cancer being one of the most common cancers in men, many choose to suffer in silence. In Part 1, I shared my brother Rob’s journey with prostate cancer. In our own family, we discovered this silence firsthand. Only after Rob underwent surgery did relatives reveal that our late grandfather had battled prostate cancer…
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Part 1 – Supporting a Loved One Through Diagnosis
A prostate cancer diagnosis impacts the patient and their family deeply, often initiating an emotional experience that resembles the stages of grief. When my brother Rob learned he had prostate cancer at age 50, he recalled in his interview on the Joanne Fernandez (2025) Podcast (Prostate Cancer: Breaking the Silence! What Every Man Should Know)…
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Mental Wealth: The Five Stages of Grief
Understanding the 5 Stages of Grief in Uncertain TimesIn this Mental Wealth session, Dr. Jessica Henlon explores the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—as a framework for understanding our collective emotional responses during crisis and change. Filmed in May 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic, Jessica offers compassionate insight into…
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