In 2023, Allie Kramer’s three-year-old son Theo was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. In the months and years that followed Theo’s diagnosis, Allie tried to keep a steel grip on her “old” life. Until she realized that that life didn’t exist anymore. This week, Allie joins Maya to talk about what it means to survive something that changes you so completely, you cannot go back to who you were.
For more on the topic of grief, we recommend this one from our archive: “Lessons from A Grief Therapist.”
Find Allie’s podcast, “Worst Club Ever” wherever you get your podcasts.

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