Phoenix Rising With Dr Z: Conversations About Grief and Loss

About Phoenix Rising With Dr Z: Conversations About Grief and Loss

In life. we so often avoid the experience of grief, and that avoidance makes it hard to talk about in our everyday lives. Yet it is a natural and almost universal experience- one that is complex and personal. In this podcast, we will be deconstructing and zooming in on the component parts of grief, and talking about the different ways we can process and heal through loss. About Your Host Dr Christina Zampitella- is a Dr of Clinical Psychology and a Fellow of Thanatology, with the Association for Death Education and Counseling and the founder of the Center For Grief and Trauma Therapy in Wilmington Delaware.

Publisher

Dr, Christina Zampitella

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jan 2023

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

30 of 89 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   0074: The Trauma Behind the Treatment: My Leukemia Story (Part 1)

   Dr. Christina Zampitella shares her personal leukemia diagnosis and treatment journey, revealing the profound medical trauma and emotional toll of navigating a complex healthcare system.

2. 

   15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   0073: When Grief Comes With Betrayal: Mourning Someone Who Lied (Part 2)

   Dr. Christina Zampitella interviews psychologist and author Dr. Niki Serravalle about navigating grief after discovering her ex-husband's deceptions and lies.

3. 

   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   0073: When Grief Comes With Betrayal: Mourning Someone Who Lied | Part 1

   Host Dr. Christina Zampitella and psychologist Dr. Niki Serravalle explore the complex grief of mourning someone who lied about significant parts of their life, offering insights into deception and codependency.

Inside a recent episode

0074: The Trauma Behind the Treatment: My Leukemia Story (Part 1)

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But nobody's telling me why. Like they're not explaining to me what leukemia is. Now, I understand at this point it's a blood cancer. Like that had come to me. Of course, I had my phone. I'm looking everything up that I possibly can. But nobody's telling me what kind of leukemia. And if you're not familiar with leukemia, there are a lot of forms of leukemia. There's some leukemia that are chronic and are going to. you're going to have it for the rest of your life and you've got to manage it. There are some that are acute. Some are acute and are more fatal. Other ones have better possibility of being, um, of being, uh, treated successfully. […]

Who has been a guest on Phoenix Rising With Dr Z: Conversations About Grief and Loss

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Niki Serravalle
• Gyani Richards
• Carolyn
• Carolyn Ng
• Sarah Vollman

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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