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Age of Empathy

The Grief We Inherit.

Generational trauma and the pain of our mothers

Nov 17, 2024

The Grief We Inherit.

Nov 17, 2024

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Age of Empathy

All the Ways Women Disappear

We are drowning in a sea of sameness

Nov 25, 2024

A man and his daughter hold hands and walk along a boardwalk in Maine.

Nov 25, 2024

Published in
Grief Book Club

My Mother was Dying. So I Called a Psychic

Ambiguous loss and my intense desire for control

Jan 26

My Mother was Dying. So I Called a Psychic

Jan 26

Published in
Age of Empathy

23 Years of Shame: How I Lost my Voice and Found it Again

Violation, silence, and the slow erosion of my self-worth.

Jan 23

23 Years of Shame: How I Lost my Voice and Found it Again

Jan 23

Published in
Human Parts

How I Learned I was Wrong about Everything

Fact-checking the stories that define who we are

Nov 25, 2024

Seven children in the 1950’s pose for a photo by a piano.

Nov 25, 2024

Published in
The Memoirist

I am Living. I Remember You.

Memorializing a life when they chose death

Nov 11, 2024

A photo of the author as a child, lying on top of her Dad, in the grass.

Nov 11, 2024

Published in
The Memoirist

When Birth and Death Collide

The exquisite pain of losing your parents while starting a family

Nov 7, 2024

When Birth and Death Collide

Nov 7, 2024

Published in
Grief Book Club

It’s ok to wish for death

On dying parents, rage, and slow ambiguous loss

Oct 18, 2024

It’s ok to wish for death

Oct 18, 2024

Cat O'Shaughnessy Coffrin

Cat O'Shaughnessy Coffrin

I study and write about grief, loss, identity, and all the ways the world shapes us. Find me at captivatingco.com

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