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Podcast Series on Ambiguous loss

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The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement MHPSS Hub has launched a podcast miniseries on Ambiguous loss. MHPSS Specialist, Arz Stephan has moderated the three episodes of the Heartbeat of Humanity podcast and interviewed leading experts on different topics related to Ambiguous loss.

Not knowing the fate of a loved one constitutes a very specific challenge for the mental wellbeing of the family members and the community. Ambiguous loss is defined by Pauline Boss as losing someone without having the certainty of death: they could be mentally absent but physically present or vice versa. I am personally very engaged in the topic and it has been an absolute pleasure and inspiration to interview a group of leading experts. The deeper we understand the complex challenges for people facing ambiguous loss the better we are able to support, not least youth, children and adolescents – I think this podcast series is a step in that direction.

MHPSS Specialist, Arz Stephan
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Working with children with missing family members
2025
In this third and final episode of our miniseries on Ambiguous Loss, we dig deep with Roubina Tahmazian from ICRC into the critical yet often overlooked topic of children’s wellbeing in the context of families of the missing.
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Ambiguous Loss in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
2025
In this second episode in a three part miniseries about ambiguous loss, MHPSS Technical Advisor Arz Stefan talks to Dr. Maureen Mooney about operationalising ambiguous loss in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement.
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Ambiguous loss
2025
In this first episode in a three part miniseries about ambiguous loss, Red Cross Red Crescent Movement Hub MHPSS Technical Advisor Arz Stephan engages in a thought-provoking interview with Dr. Pauline Boss, an esteemed research therapist and author.
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Heartbeat of Humanity

The podcast Heartbeat of Humanity is mainly for staff and volunteers in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, especially staff and volunteers working in mental health and psychosocial support services.

Listen to the podcast here or subscribe on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast or wherever you find your podcasts.

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The Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement MHPSS Hub (MHPSS Hub) is dedicated to advancing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) throughout the RCRC Movement. Hosted by the Danish Red Cross, the Hub collaborates with National Societies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), as well as international humanitarian organizations and academic institutions. By uniting expertise from across the Movement and beyond, we help build stronger, more resilient communities better equipped to cope with crises and recover from adversity.