Ep. 236 – Sameet Kumar 1t3if

For episode 236, Sharon is in conversation with Sameet Kumar, Ph.D. Sameet is the clinical psychologist for the Memorial Cancer Institute. Sameet specializes in working with cancer patients and their caregivers. He is the author of Grieving Mindfully, The Mindful Path Through Worry and Rumination. He is part of a new anthology, coming out in May of 2024 from New Harbinger Publications, How to Grieve What We’ve Lost. In this episode, Sharon and Sameet discuss: How Sameet came to grief counseling American culture’s denial of the first noble truth The human experience of pain/pleasure Grief is whatever it is to you The non-existent timeline for grief Widening the scope of what losses affect us The tools of ACT, CBT and Mindfulness for grief Sameet’s new anthology book Dampening the grief  stress response  Sameet’s of COVID front-line workers Working with add-ons  The role of Ram Dass in Sameet’s life Sameet closes the conversation with a guided meditation on the refuge tree. You can learn more about Sameet’s work right here. See at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 5kg4z