Clarissa Moll had four young children when her husband Rob suddenly died. Clarissa had to re-establish her faith, be both mother and father suddenly, and deal with the darkness of grief. This is not what she and Rob were expecting. In this interview, she tells us what her coping skills were and how being in the darkness of grief can be a good thing.
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03:04 - Meet Her Husband, Rob
05:32 - Talking About Death As A Young Family
06:29 - Doing Hospice Work
07:32 - Meet Clarissa's Kids
08:51 - What Sudden Death Did To Her Faith
11:17 - After Sudden Death, What Now?
13:16 - Sitting In The Rubble
15:12 - There Are No Bad Feelings
16:37 - Relearning How To Think About The Future
20:23 - How To Relearn To Face The Future
23:16 - Seeking Connection With Your Lost Person
24:17 - Overcoming Feeling Alone
26:39 - Are Our Loved One Still With Us?
27:50 - How Is Grief A Companion?
31:59 - Releasing the Need to "Get Over" Grief
33:15 - Dealing With The Grief Of Your Children
38:06 - Modeling For Our Children
41:39 - Why We Need The Darkness
44:08 - Getting Rid Of The Need To Be Happy
45:10 - Jesus Embraces Suffering
47:37 - How Does Jesus Walk Through Grief With Us
49:30 - Feeling Guilty About Feeling Joy
53:14 - What Do Grieving People Need Most?
58:04 - Surprised By Grief Podcast
Clarissa Moll is an award-winning writer and the author of Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss. She holds an MA from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and her writing has appeared at TGC, Christianity Today, Rooted, RELEVANT, Modern Loss, and more. Clarissa advocates for the bereaved and helps them find flourishing after loss.
Clarissa is the author of:
Beyond the Darkness: A Gentle Guide for Living with Grief and Thriving after Loss (Tyndale, 2022)
The Art of Dying: Living Fully into the Life to Come (authored by late husband, Rob Moll. Released as an expanded edition with Clarissa’s new afterword.)
