Caitlin Garvey is a writer and English professor in Chicago. She has an MFA in creative writing from Northwestern University and an MA in English Literature from DePaul University. Her work has been published in Post Road Magazine, Little Fiction: Big Truths, The Baltimore Review, The Tishman Review, and others. Her debut memoir, The Mourning Report, is about losing her mother to cancer and collecting the stories of the people who played a role in her mother's care.
In this episode we talk about her relationship with her mother, navigating through university while grieving, attempting suicide, finding purpose and direction, her new book ‘The Mourning Report’, interviewing others about her mother, and grief dreams of her mother.
You can find more about Caitlin at https://www.caitlinhogangarvey.com/
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Our website – www.griefdreams.ca - where you can find links to the podcast.
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Clubhouse - @Griefdreams (Note: we have 2 clubs you can join - Grief Dreams and Grief Café)
Facebook – Grief Dreams Podcast Page and Grief Dreams Group
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E151 - Becky Aud-Jennison - The Death Dialogues Project
E150 - Andrea Wilson Woods - Being a Mother for Her Sister
E149 - Janna Lopez - Midlife Identity Loss and Grief
E148 - Dr. Sarah Neustadter - Surviving the Suicide of a Beloved
E147 - Guest Update - Dr. Christopher Kerr
Rerelease: E73 - Dr. Christopher Kerr - End-Of-Life Dreams and Visions
E146 - Kay Makavel - Believe in Yourself
E145 - 2019 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 2
E144 - 2019 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 1
Rerelease: 2018 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 3
Rerelease: 2018 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 2
Rerelease: 2018 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 1
Rerelease: 2017 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 2
Rerelease: 2017 Grief Dream Recaps - Part 1
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E142 - Debi Wobbe - Life After Organ Donation
E141 - Suzanne Falter - My Daughter The Healer
E140 - Marlie Rowell - 'Night School' After A Suicide
E139 - Ryan Weaver - Military Aviator to Country Music Artist
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