Michelle Desmond
I am a corporate leader turned thanatologist (expert in dying, death, and grief of all types). I come to this work with deep personal experiences of loss. I’m passionate about making a difference in the modern experience of grief and death.
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The Grief Nobody Names: Your Kid is Going to College
This week I had the opportunity to spend some time with parents to talk about something that they have likely suspected but didn’t have a name for - their grief at the departure of their kids for college.
When I left my corporate career t...
Grief on vacation?
I’m in the midst of Jennifer Garner’s new series, “The Five Star Weekend” based on Elin Hildebrand’s 2023 book. It dropped this week on Peacock, and I went looking for it not even realizing it is VERY grief-y. It was all over my feed, seemi...
What books should I read about grief?
Yesterday was my late husband’s birthday. If you keep up with my work, you’ll know a few things. One is that milestones can be challenging, no matter how far out from a loss. They also aren’t necessarily devastating. Feeling emotion on thos...
Why I can’t shut up about “All There Is”
People often ask me, “Isn’t the work you do [depressing/draining/hard]? The answer is always, genuinely no - not really. Yes, of course death and grief are incredibly sad and grueling and painful. However, I am fortunate in that I am so dri...
Grieftok and the gaping hole in grief education
The moment I saw it in The New York Times, I knew the article would be sent to me multiple times. In a discussion on Grieftok (at this link!), the phenomenon of people turning to TikTok and other forms of social media as “grief experts” is...
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A corporate executive turned thanatologist (expert in dying, death, and grief of all types), I come to this work with deep personal experiences of loss. These are my thoughts on grief and death in our culture, communities, workplaces, and more.
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