NPR: loss https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=553995587 loss en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 18:52:01 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: loss https://www.npr.org/tags/553995587/loss Grief made me lose my balance. Here's how I learned to walk forward again After a fall near the first anniversary of her beloved aunt's death, a writer explored why grief can make us less sure-footed. She found answers, climbing a precarious staircase in Italy. Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:00:09 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/28/1241316836/grief-accident-prone-loss-recovery-falls https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/28/1241316836/grief-accident-prone-loss-recovery-falls

After a fall near the first anniversary of her beloved aunt's death, a writer explored why grief can make us less sure-footed. She found answers, climbing a precarious staircase in Italy.

]]> Lauren DePino Invisibilia: When Death Rocks Your World, Maybe You Jump Out Of A Plane The first episode of this season's Invisibilia podcast explores how people cope when something happens that fundamentally shifts how they view themselves. The author's mother decided to try skydiving. Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/09/590933697/invisibilia-when-death-rocks-your-world-maybe-you-jump-out-of-a-plane https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/09/590933697/invisibilia-when-death-rocks-your-world-maybe-you-jump-out-of-a-plane

The first episode of this season's Invisibilia podcast explores how people cope when something happens that fundamentally shifts how they view themselves. The author's mother decided to try skydiving.

]]> Hanna Rosin Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways) With the Olympics in full swing, we look at the myriad ways losing a competition can wreak havoc on our physical and mental health. Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:05:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2016/08/09/489194543/losing-hurts-in-surprising-ways https://www.npr.org/2016/08/09/489194543/losing-hurts-in-surprising-ways

With the Olympics in full swing, we look at the myriad ways losing a competition can wreak havoc on our physical and mental health.

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