Marisa Renee Lee

Marisa Renee Lee, award-winning author and former Obama White House staffer turned long COVID advocate, shares her radical identity shift after sudden cognitive decline. She recounts baffling symptoms, a terrifying breathing crisis in Greece, debates around vaccine reaction versus infection, and barriers to treatments. The conversation centers on medical skepticism, building a care team, and reframing life as currently disabled.

Marisa Renee Lee, author of 'Grief Is Love', discusses how grief stems from love, challenges myths on moving on, advocates embracing grief, addresses marginalized communities' grief struggles, and emphasizes self-compassion and creating anchors in uncertainty.

Marisa Renee Lee, author of 'Grief Is Love,' discusses navigating grief while parenting and the challenges of balancing personal sorrow and creating a joyful experience for children. They emphasize the importance of normalizing big emotions, honesty and communication with children, and supporting kids through the mourning process.