Colin Campbell is a writer and director for theater and film. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Seraglio, a short film he wrote and directed with wife Gail Lerner. He has taught Theater and/or Filmmaking at Chapman University, Loyola Marymount University, Cal Poly Pomona University, and to incarcerated youth through The Unusual Suspects. His one person show titled, Grief: A One Man ShitShow, premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival where it won a Best of Broadwater Award. He recently wrote the book titled Finding the Words: Working Through Profound Loss with Hope and Purpose. You can find more about Colin at https://colincampbellauthor.com/
In this episode we talk about the death of his two teenage children, bereavement challenges in processing his grief (including anger), using the Jewish tradition to embrace grief, how his grief changed overtime, his one person show and new book, and grief dreams of his deceased children.
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E115 - Medea Chechik - The Garden
E114 - Judy Hinderer - A Series of Grief Dreams
Episode 113 - Jacqui Pagobo - The A+ Student
Episode 112 - Taz Ahmed - #GoodMuslimBadMuslim
Episode 111 - Monica Meade - Forgiveness After Loss
Episode 110 - Update with Jade Black
Episode 109 - Rebecca MacDonald - Even in Sadness, There is Beauty
Episode 108 - Kevin Toolis - The Irish Wake
Episode 107 - Rachel and Hannah - So Dreamy
Episode 106 - Jay Perry - My Dad Got Sick
Episode 105 - Dr. Beth Allen (AKA Bif Naked) - Love All, Serve All
Episode 104 - Heather Varner - Storms and Silver Linings
Episode 103 - Aditi Loveridge - Pregnancy Loss Healing
Episode 102 - Pennie Hunt - Green Love & Gratitude
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