A Q&A with Dr. Loree Johnson, Ph.D., LMFT I recently had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Loree Johnson, Ph.D., LMFT about an important topic that is significantly under-discussed: Disenfranchised Grief. Dr. Johnson is an online therapeutic coach based in Los Angeles, who specializes in women’s mental health, reproductive health…

Experiencing the ordinary as a motherless daughter — Everyone is familiar with the “fear of missing out” but only some will come to know early, the grief of missing out, or rather the missing out that is inextricably and inevitably tied to grief. Walking through the world as a woman without your mother, simply put, feels wrong. I…

Grief doesn’t end, it just shapeshifts — I’ll start by saying that there is no one, correct, good way to tell people that your parents are dead. The news (for them) usually tumbles out of my mouth unceremoniously in a jumble of words that attempt to soften the inevitable blow. I’ve lived 10 years as a parentless…