I have listened to your podcast a number of times and the vulnerability that death causes comes through you and touches my heart! I was left to figure out life on my own after my mother died when I was 2 and my father disappeared. I lived with my grandfather until I was 15 then I was on my own after he died. For the first time in years I have been exposed to a number of people who say they feel alone in the world when their parents died. That is the first time my feelings were validated. I have always felt like I was on my own without anyone to have my back. I was married twice 13 years each, and have two daughters but as Whoopi said they are my kids and I care take them even though they are in their late 40’s. I’m writing a book around this concept integrated into my life!

We need to hear more about the transformation of grief, loss, love, and connection in this time of disconnected chaos. This podcast is essential. That’s it.

When I heard that people were inundating this podcast unfairly with bad reviews to retaliate over Anderson’s moderating of the Harris town hall I was disgusted and shocked. Anderson Cooper is the intelligent, curious, unbiased, logical voice of our time and we are lucky to have him in this world on our screens and in our ears. This podcast, Anderson’s broadcasts and journalistic work is incredible. Thank you Anderson for being you.

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His love for his mother father and brother is awe inspiring. I would only hope my children will feel a scintilla of the love for the things I’ll leave behind.

Such a heartfelt podcast. So glad I found it. My grief is not from a death but rather from my son cutting off from me due to something called parental alienation. There is so much that our sadness can teach us and help us heal if we just stop and listen to it.

Anderson, your first podcast became available one month after we lost our adult son, tragically in a hiking accident. I could not begin listening to your podcasts almost two years. I now realize your conversations have a personal impact on me. Like you, Anderson, grief has brought me down multiple paths.

Listening to you all made me feel like I have a community who gets me and my long grief. I haven’t been able to grieve with my sibling or mom or my husband, but I feel like you all get my grief. Thank you so much. My daddy passed from cancer in 2016 after an 18 month battle with stage 4 colon cancer that spread (to liver and bones). I think about him pretty much every day. Sometimes happy thoughts and sometimes sad thoughts. It’s great to see I am not the only one still grieving after so long. Thanks again.

One of my sons passed away, tragically and suddenly, at the strong age of 21, two years ago this month. I have immersed myself in books (on tape because my ability to read has yet to return) and in listening to podcasts on grief and profound loss. I continue to listen to yours over and over again. Your thoughts and story, and your guests’ experiences resonate and are helping me inch along and continue to process my unimaginable grief. Thank you for using your platform for this life work.

Thank you so much for your Podcast. I lost my dad, sister and mom all within 9 months in 2015. I have not grieved because it’s too much I would never get out of bed. My last brother died this year in July and I’m the last of five siblings. I feel abandoned and alone. We were an extremely close family. Although I have three children and three grandchildren I only have moments of happiness and never full joy. I miss them every moment of everyday. Thanks again for your podcast which helps me grieve a little at a time.

Anderson, I lost my dear father last November and now I’m struggling so badly with Anticipatory Grief- ( this is due to the fear of now losing my mother who’s 89) This has been a rough time of high anxiety dealing with something that I truly have no reason to worry about as my mom is doing fine. Have you ever heard of this? It’s a real feeling of not having any control and as you can imagine, I’m very close to my mom as I was to my father- I absolutely love your podcast and the stories resonate. No matter who you are, no one can avoid grief. Thank you so much for your transparency Cindy Wakefield

Thank you Anderson. Your podcast brought me some hope, some unknown sense of security, to know, I am not alone. Since, my moms passing in 2016 to now I have lost so many family members. This includes my sister and her young daughter. Sometimes, it is hard to imagine, one waking up to a normal day of routine. But we do!!! Thank you so much for your connection to humanity. May God bless you.

Thank you Anderson for this podcast.

Anderson, thank you so much for discussing a difficult topic. As you have touched on, our culture wants to quickly button things up and move on. I’m lucky to have had my parents as long as I did, but my mom passed when I was 35 and just beginning a great adult relationship with her, and my dad died a slow, agonizing death from early onset dementia and ultimately Covid by the time I was 40. While my friends and colleagues were seemingly in the prime of their lives having babies and achieving career goals, I felt so alone in the process of grieving, caregiving for my father with dementia (and all of those really HEAVY decisions regarding his care— deciding whether to quit my job and move-in with him, deciding whether to bring in-home care to him, or whether to place him in a facility, and if so, which one… and making medical decisions for him when he couldn’t make them for himself, including whether to intubate or place him in hospice), and dealing with all that comes with death… the taxes, the paperwork, the house clean outs, etc. I kept trying to express to friends how lonely I felt, and while I have a wonderful group of friends, I don’t think they could comprehend what I was going through and one friend seemingly distanced herself from me likely because I was in the deep trenches of this grief. Your podcasts helped me to normalize my grief, and they filled the void on my drive to and from work, which was a time I would have called my mom, my dad, or one of the friends who became more distant. My heart breaks hearing the stories of the people you interview and the listeners who have called in and left messages describing their losses. As much as my heart breaks for them, I feel a sense of community knowing I’m not alone in this grief journey. My mom has been gone almost 8 years and my dad for almost 3 years, but in some ways, the grief grows larger knowing all they have missed out on as they should have been enjoying their golden years. I am trying to find purpose in life by being a good mom to my son, and by volunteering in my community, but some days just feel bleak, and I think after listening to your podcast, that is ok to sometimes feel the grief and just be. I will be forever grateful for this podcast. Thank you!

The fact that Anderson is podcasting as he works through his own, long-delayed grief is nothing short of amazing. I move through my own grief “normally” and “effectively”, so I receive validation and comfort from this. For my loved ones who DON’T handle grief as well, I can see that this endeavor of Anderson’s could benefit them by creating a space where they can comfortably access their own grief via listening to others sink into theirs. It’s terrific!

Not even sure if I can get the words out to explain what this podcast, this taboo subject (if you will) that Anderson has embarked upon has done to my soul. Yes my soul. Having lost my husband to cancer many years ago when I was 27 years old. He left behind a young widow and 2 small children a son who was 5 years old and a daughter who was 2 years old. I am now 63 years old. I will forever be broken not because of his death but all the unanswered questions I will never know. Anderson is awakening something in me with each episode that is unexplainable. Thank you

She was 43, a wife and mother. Born with heart disease, she had had 7 open heart surgeries throughout her life. But, this year she needed a heart transplant. On May 30th she received a heart and liver transplant. The heart was too large for her so two months later she received another heart that fit perfectly. Complications continued but she was fighting. She was at the Mayo Clinic in MN, in ICU for months. The grief I am feeling is palpable. Amazing how God speaks to us, as the ad on CNN came on soon after I mustered enough energy to walk into our family room where my family has been here comforting me. I will be listening to your podcast. Thank you Anderson for this gift, so we know we are not alone in how we process such great loss. (((Hugs))) to all who are suffering in the all consuming muck of deep grief. May God’s Mercy comfort you and carry you as you journey through life without a loved one you have lost. - Mary Susan Vaughn, North Carolina

Thank you Anderson for opening your life to us in this way. Your relationship with your mother was beautiful and when she died I could so relate to your feelings of being alone, the lone survivor, no one to share your finds or thoughts with. I am the last surviving member of my nuclear family and at times feel very alone in my grief. I especially love your episode with Andrew Garfield. You both expressed so much of what I feel and struggle with. And thank you for your genuine emotions. I cry daily for all I’ve lost and find it healing. You are a gifted communicator and your authenticity is healing. Thank you for this podcast.

Such a wonderful podcast. Anderson’s sincerity and vulnerability is perfect. His guests’ grief is what we need to hear.. We all need to hear this … we will all be there one day. Five stars. And Anderson … never stop doing this please.

Thank you for helping us. It’s good to talk then to hold on.

Anderson, Once again I want to thank you. This is a fabulous podcast; I just finished the season opener with Andrew Garfield. I just wanted to make a possible interesting guest suggestion for you this show. She was on the vView and is child of Lisa Prestly. (Her grandfather was Elvis, and her father committed suicide) Thank for your time, Alison Schuback

I lost my 90 year old dad from Covid in June of 2020. We were unable to be with him. I think about him often and keep his memory alive. He had dementia so it was a "Mixed Blessing" that he passed in his sleep after a scary hospitalization. So many people died during the height of Covid who may have never had the chance to grieve. I find your podcast touching, beautiful and very helpful. So glad it is back for Season 3. Thank you!

This first episode was powerful. These discussions help me process my own grief after losing my mom almost a year ago. Thank you for giving me a space to let my tears flow freely.

It’s been so meaningful the whole way through. I’m so sorry for what Anderson lost and what we all have lost.

Admittedly, I haven’t listened to all of the podcasts, but I know this is a topic most of us experience in out life. Grief. They loss of a loved one. And how to charter the waves and waters of our emotions pre and post loss. I’m not a writer, but I spend my days as a clinical social worker listening to others’ life challenges and struggles, documenting those experiences. My experience is not much different than most. I have experienced loss. But how does a professional experience and process their own grief and loss. It’s a much different experience in my personal feeing. I work day to day providing others with the affirmations that their feelings are valid. That they should allow themselves to be open to the grief journey. Yet I myself, have not let myself do the exact same thing I encourage others to do. I lost my father 3 years ago in June of 2021. He was a decorated Vietnam veteran. He had health conditions related to agent orange exposure. But nothing life threatening. At first. In May of 2021, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. It explained his many physical and cognitive issues he was experiencing. He underwent a craniotomy, removing the tumor. Unfortunately, the cancer had already spread. 6 weeks after his initial diagnosis, he was gone. Poof! Just like that. Taken from us so soon and unexpectedly. I have not allowed myself to grieve much. I have become numb to the loss. Going day to day just knowing he is not here any longer. I am a clinical social worker who works with veterans and their families, effective in my treatment and care I provide them. Yet, somehow, I am at a loss of how to process my own grief. I had sought out therapy myself, but became “uninterested” in the process and did not feel any better. I have thought to myself. “Do my patients feel the same about my care?” I often wonder where I go from here with my grief. For now, I only carry it in a distant area of my mind, hoping it will with time, get more distant. Thanks for reading this and for sharing your stories with others. SM

This is profound and so needed in our culture. For 26 years, as a nonprofit, I have filmed almost 2000 families facing impending death (you can see clips at LifeChronicles.org) I filmed Dr BJ Miller in 2005 when he was a new palliative care doctor. I was happy to hear him on your podcast. I have powerful footage of people sharing their impending passing and one even discussing how she had lived her last 20 years with the loss of the love of her life. People at end of life don’t talk about inconsequential things…the sharing is really beautiful! People ask me how I can do this work day in and day out - it’s a privilege and enriches my own life!

I am avid podcast listener. All There Is stands out from the rest because of the candor, honesty and transparency shown by Anderson and his guests. We all have grief experiences. This podcast really helps to put them into perspective and get into the feelings that we too often avoid or step over when what we need to do is step into the emotions of grief. Extraordinary. Thank you, Anderson, for breaking open.

My mother just passed and someone recommended this podcast. It’s been so helpful, not just to know that I am not alone, but also being able to hear how differently people grieve, how people think about their grief and the tips and recommendations. It’s been a real gift, Anderson. You are helping people. And I really hope this is helping you, too.

I was so happy you are back. This podcast is one of the most important for we all experience grief and few of us know how to navigate it, how to incorporate it into our lives and still find joy. Thank you Anderson. This is important work.

Anderson’s podcast is my favorite and I don’t feel alone anymore. It has helped me so much

Thank you for this. I guess this Podcast has been on here for some time, but I just discovered and listened to it. It is one with you, Anderson Cooper, and Stephen Colbert discussing grief. In March 2024, my husband, age 79, was at the end of a two-year battle with two different cancers. California is one of seventeen states that has legalized end-of-life assisted suicide. My husband filed the paper work, secured three doctors’ affirmation that he was in his final six months of life and obtained the three-drug cocktail to end his life. He chose his day, let his family know, was surrounded by love and support and died. We carry on. While I think many (not all) marriages are characterized by being glorified roommates, my husband of 56 years and I were passionately and deeply in love with one another. We told each other every day how much we loved each other and how much we enjoyed just being together. We held hands on every morning walk and sitting together to watch TV in the evenings and in bed at night. His loss was deep and profound. I am finding in the months since losing him, the benefit of differentiating all the feelings I have to confront and cope with. I am I saddened by, but accepting of, the realization that my friends, even though dear and sincere, are social friends, and not people whose shoulders I can cry on. I am seeing the difference between depression, that I have faced for a few days and overcome, and sadness. That, although I would love someone to talk to and share with, on occasion, I am quite introverted and content to be alone, with no need to fill the space my husband left behind. Missing this man and sadness are now my constant companions. That is the reality of loss — at least the reality of my loss.

I just found out about your podcast after I saw your segment on Late Night with Stephen Colbert. Thank you for what you are doing to help others learn about grief. It IS a very lonely road until you discover others who are on a similar journey. I have been turning my grief into action since my son died of an overdose seven years ago. Doitforshelby.com is a public service initiative I started to help community members find help for those in need. Thanks again. Keep up the good work!

Thank you, Anderson, for this beautiful gift.

We are stronger together than alone. Your podcast has brought us together in grief. Thank you. And thank you for your honesty, emotional intelligence and humility. After the death of my parents all that there is went from sadness, emptiness and loss to gratitude, a sense of being whole because of my time with them and everything I have gained because I was blessed to be their daughter. I am now able to celebrate all that there is. I am a product of and a representative of two lives well lived. We need a community, a grief based on line community of grievers sharing experience strength and hope. (Guest speakers, weekend retreats, specialized groups, one on ones with grief coaches) Think of 10% Happier but with grief as the main subject. It can extend into programs in workplaces and schools. As you have shared by helping others we help ourselves. All that there is can be so much more than one could have ever imagined.

I just found your podcast. I’ve been really struggling since my parents passed. I had really take care of my mom after my dad died. He had very poor care at hospital he should not of died. As RN I had so much anger. My mom became ill I took care of her for 3 1/2 years it was hard but I am grateful for the time. I always question myself did I do enough. Everyone said I couldn’t of done more. She call me 10 times a day. It put stress on me but my husband and children. It’s hard everyday to get out of bed but I know they would not want me doing that.

I lost my father in May of last year and my mother in June of last year. I lost my brother 18 years ago when I was 21 and my brother was 24. No one has a similar story like mine except Anderson. Even the way his brother died and all that followed could’ve been a blueprint for my own brothers death. After my brother died It was always just me and my mom. My mom and dad weren’t together and my dad was remarried. I did everything with my mom and we became very close after my brother died. Losing my mother has brought back up so many emotions I never dealt with with my brother. I’m going thru my brothers things for the first time ever and I’m finding It hard to get rid of things that I really have no place or room for but have a sincere memory attached to them. I’m grieving for my brother in ways I never thought I would. Mostly I feel resentment he’s not here to help with everything and we could support one another during this time. My son was only 2 when my mom died so he will have no memory of anyone in my immediate family. The only thing that’s made me feel seen and made me feel like I’ll be ok is this podcast. For the first time in a long time someone has been thru the same things as me and can articulate all the emotions that I’m currently feeling. Anderson is a few years ahead of me in grieving his mom so listening to how he processed his mother and brother’s death has helped guide my healing journey. I really hope you continue to make this podcast and these episodes Anderson! I know It may not be easy emotionally to create and put out but please know you’re doing a world of good and helping ppl like me that need a life line like this podcast. For their grief to be seen. What you’re doing is very important I believe. Please continue creating!

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Hey is this some Ministry of Truth stuff going on on YouTube? They took down your CNN footage of the Donald Trump audiotape where he shares classified documents. Tries to co-opt the people there to help him release the information to the public. Gets push back and admits that the documents are still classified. Someone said what crimes was he guilty of and the tape is clear. They also went after your 60 minutes piece on the Wisconsin fake elector interview. That’s gone too

I found this podcast (the first season) just as I was going to pick up my moms ashes. I listened to every episode and I found so much healing in the camaraderie of grief. Thank you Anderson for sharing your experiences, your feelings and giving others a platform to share their stories.

Next week will be 9 years since the kids and I lost their mother, my soulmate of 26 years, to suicide. The kids were only 3

People say it gets better with time. I’ve learned it just gets different.

I loss my mother suddenly last year while I was away on vacation. I spoke to her for less than two minutes the night before she died. She was not terminally ill-no signs that it would be our last conversation. In the early hours, my mom experienced heart failure. I have been silently struggling with the emotions of my loss and felt no one could understand the depth of my pain. Listening to others share their experience has gone such a long way in helping through my pain.

Ask for two

This show is so powerful. I’m a grieving mother and it’s a lonely horrific existence. But so helpful to know I’m not alone. I was ready to end my life last month but started in an antidepressant and will have to keep looking for the sun. Thanks so much for you beautiful loving words Anderson.

My gosh! I’m literally crying as I hear Everly’s mama cry! My heart breaks for her, her husband! There are no words to say that will make her feel better! Only she knows what makes her feel ok. I’m so sorry and like you said “SHE IS IN THE GREATEST PLACE” 💕💕May you dream and see Everly rejoice, smile and look at you guys with nothing but LOVE IN HER EYES😍🥰

I have cried and laughed. I hope this podcast stays! I lost my son in an accident he was 30.

What a beautiful first episode. My 95 year old mom died this past February. I have many complex feelings as I think about who she was as a person. We talked almost everyday. I miss doing that. Love this podcast, thank you

Listening to just the first episode helped me connect with the many griefs I’ve hidden so deeply, as well as helped me identify many peripheral losses I’ve yet to properly grieve. The language and perspectives encased in this this very moving episode are incredibly comforting, compelling, and inspiring. Thank you for this gem of a podcast situated as a city on a hill in the midst of the darkness of our society’s opposition to grief.

Would love have the opportunity to offer a hug, listen to them, console them and offer a chocolate bar to those experiencing grief. Chef Jeffray D. Gardner

I love this podcast. I think Anderson, that it may be the greatest work you ever do. I have worked with grieving persons my entire career and in retirement. This podcast is amazing, warm, funny, educational and caring. Please bring us more seasons& THANK YOU!