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Stephen Colbert Moves Anderson Cooper To Tears With Powerful Words About Grief

The “Late Show” host opens up about what it means to suffer and what benefit we get from it. Stephen Colbert took a break from winning late-night laughs to have a serious and lengthy conversation with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that touched on life, death, faith, grief, suffering, gratitude and “Lord of the Rings.”  At one …

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‘Climate Grief’: Fears About The Planet’s Future Weigh On Americans’ Mental Health

This story also ran on People.com. This story can be republished for free (details). [UPDATED on July 22] Therapist Andrew Bryant says the landmark United Nations climate report last October brought a new mental health concern to his patients. “I remember being in sessions with folks the next day. They had never mentioned climate change before, and they …

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The grief that comes from lost buildings

Across the world, destruction of cultural attractions causes a specific sort of communal grief. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47952725 Parisians have spoken about how the devastating fire at Notre-Dame cathedral has made them think about identity, memory and shared culture. Here, people from other countries talk about their experiences seeing important sights destroyed – some under very different circumstances.

Prince Harry on walking behind his Mom's coffin…

Harry had previously said walking behind her coffin aged 12 was something no child “should be asked to do”. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41017659 He has now told the BBC he doesn’t “have an opinion whether that was right or wrong”, but “looking back on it”, he is glad to have been part of the day.