Living a Life in Balance
The Psychology of Grief: Ritual, Loss, and Why Love Never Leaves Us
With Gita Chaudhuri
Gita Chaudhuri explores grief, ritual, loss, and the enduring place of love in the grieving process.
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The Psychology of Grief: Ritual, Loss, and Why Love Never Leaves Us
Gita Chaudhuri
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The Stages of Grief: Messy, Nonlinear & Unique
When Grief Becomes Complicated
Losing a Parent vs. Losing a Child
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- How Therapy Helps Us Grieve
- Denial, Oscillation & Emotional Protection
- Grief Across Cultures: Rituals & Expression
- Personal Story: Abdullah on Losing His Father
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The guest
Gita Chaudhuri
Gita Chaudhuri is a graduate psychologist and systemic psychotherapist, and Head of Psychotherapy at THE BALANCE in Mallorca. Her background includes clinical practice, therapist training and supervision, with work spanning addiction, trauma, relationships and bereavement. She has provided counseling in Mallorca since 2002 and combines systemic and depth-psychological approaches. Professional background and training.
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Gita Chaudhuri discusses how grief can differ across people, relationships and cultures. She and Abdullah consider rituals, children’s questions, anniversaries and the support someone may need after a traumatic loss. The conversation also explores ongoing attachment to the person who died and why grief does not follow a tidy sequence.
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She explores the difference between normal and complicated grief, how pain is not a problem to be fixed but a reflection of love, and why rituals, both personal and cultural, matter in our healing process. With warmth and clinical clarity, Gita shares how therapy can help us navigate the chaos of loss, make space for transformation, and carry forward what we’ve lost without letting it define us.
As a psychotherapist, Gita combines psychological depth with spiritual insight, holding space for grief in all its forms, from the death of a loved one to sudden trauma to the quieter, everyday losses that shape our lives.
Tune in for an honest conversation about grief, love, and the long, winding road toward healing.
Gita Chaudhuri is the Director of Psychotherapy at The Balance, where she leads a multidisciplinary team supporting clients through trauma, grief, and emotional recovery. With over 20 years of experience, Gita brings a rare ability to hold emotional depth, cultural nuance, and therapeutic precision: all in service of helping people find meaning in their pain and the courage to move forward.
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