Dr. Mia Johnson and Dr. Julia Porter have spent the better part of a year interviewing leaders and researching how grief impacts them. They have learned how people are treated when they're grieving and some of the key concepts that we need to focus on to support leaders in a variety of organizations. They will invite guests who are authorities in their field to discuss various aspects of grief, and to help listeners understand how they can not only help grieving colleagues, friends, and family, but to help them take the next step towards making changes to move forward following a loss or traum
Season 2, Episode 13: Mandi Leigh on Moving Forward through Music
Mandi Leigh is a Canadian singer-songwriter blending folk, country, and rock into her own Americana sound. With soulful vocals and honest storytelling, she brings songs of love, loss, growth, self reflection, and life’s messy moments to the stage. You can learn more about Mandi at mandileigh.com. Make sure to listen to the end of the episode to hear one of our favorite songs, Emotional Highs!
21 Aug 2026
Season 2, Episode 12: Living Through Loss with Becky Galli
Rebecca (Becky) Faye Smith Galli is an author and columnist who writes about love, loss, and healing. Surviving significant losses—her seventeen-year-old brother’s death; her son’s degenerative disease and subsequent death; her daughter’s autism; her divorce; and nine days later, her paralysis from transverse myelitis, a rare spinal cord inflammation that began as the flu—has fostered an unexpected but prolific writing career. In 2000, The Baltimore Sun published her first column about playing soccer with her son—from the wheelchair that launched her From Where I Sit newspaper column. Her website (BeckyGalli.com) houses over 400 published columns. Her books, Rethinking Possible – A Memoir of Resilience (2017) and Morning Fuel – Daily Inspirations to Stretch Your Mind Before Starting Your Day (2024) reflect what she believes: “Life can be good—no matter what.” She continues to write Thoughtful Thursdays—Lessons from a Resilient Heart, a column for her subscriber family that shares what’s inspired her to stay positive. A Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she was formerly employed by IBM, where she was the recipient of the Golden Circle award for marketing excellence. Becky resides in Lutherville, Maryland, outside of Baltimore.
7 Aug 2026
Season 2, Episode 11: Tim Schramm on From Crisis to Closure
Tim began his career at Howe-Peterson in 1988 as a Funeral Service Associate. Following his graduation from the Wayne State University Mortuary Science Program in 1989, he completed his residency and became a licensed funeral director in 1990. Tim became the Taylor Location Manager in 1994, was named Vice-President Director of Operations in 2005 and became COO in 2011.
After working for three generations of the Peterson family, in 2015 Tim began an ownership transition and in 2017 became the owner and CEO of Howe-Peterson Funeral Homes.
Tim currently serves as Commander of MI-MORT (Michigan Mortuary Operations Response Team) and is a DMORT-Team VIC (Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team – Victim Information Center) Victim Advocate. Tim currently serves as a Trustee for the Funeral Service Foundation (FSF), Wayne State University (WSU) Alumni Association Board of Directors, WSU-EACPHS Board of Visitors and WSU Mortuary Science Program Advisory Board. Tim is also Past-President of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association and the Michigan Mortuary Science Foundation. Tim is also a spokesperson for the National Funeral Director Association (nfda.org).
You can learn more about planning and finding a funeral to help with questions at https://www.rememberingalife.com/.
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Episode 5: Ann Shoket on The Importance of Connection
Published 27 Feb 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And the same research that helped us identify this challenge also helped us identify the things that make you less likely to feel lonely and more likely to feel connected. And they're these tiny little micro habits. And the people who do these micro habits are called the cultivators, right? These are the people for whom they are natural and it is not natural for everyone. It's only natural for like 30 % of people in your workplace. The cultivators walk around the office. They give credit to other people and praise them for the good work that they do. They will connect over lunch. They will collaborate. […]
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