Grief remains one of the great mysteries that each of us will face one day. Even when grief is expected, it can be overwhelmingly paralyzing in its power. Coping with the day-to-day pain of loss can seem impossible. And everyone copes with grief differently—there is no right way, timeline, or process guaranteed to make someone feel better, so it’s difficult to understand in others—and sometimes even in yourself.

Over the course of 10 lectures, Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, a research professor at Arizona State University and founder of the MISS Foundation, explores the nuances of grief and grieving, particularly within our often grief-avoidant culture.

Dr. Cacciatore has been counseling grieving families and researching traumatic grief for more than two decades. She also has firsthand experience with this subject, as a mother of five children: four who walk and one who soars. Through this eye-opening series, she provides a sensitive and empathic approach to the subject, with emotional, physical, social, cognitive, and spiritual insights that can help make sense of this complicated and overwhelming emotion. Additionally, she offers several tools and exercises to help you practice healthy coping mechanisms, enabling you to face and embrace the grieving process.