Newspaper / Magazine / Journals

“Talking to Children About Cancer” The New York Times, Letter to the Editor, March 22 2024.

“Saying Goodbye to the Dead. (Again.)” The New York Times, July 14 2023.

“Living With the Loss of a Child: ‘I Feel Your Pain, Sarah Wildman’” The New York Times, Letter to the Editor, May 28 2023.

“Talking to Children About ‘the Harshest Realities'” The New York Times, Letter to the Editor, February 22 2023.

“Inside the Metaverse Meetups That Let People Share on Death, Grief, and Pain”, TechnologyReview.com, January 12, 2023. Elena Lister quoted by journalist Hana Kiros.

“9 Tips for Handling Grief with Kids During the Holiday Season”, The Washington Post, November 23, 2022. Advice by Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman.

“Learning About Grief: How to Help Your Grieving Child Get Back to School”, LearningAboutGrief.com, September 2022. This is an article written by my co-author and me about how to help grieving children returning to school, at the request of the creators of the website learningaboutgrief.com.

Excerpt from “Giving Hope: Conversations with Children about Illness, Death and Loss”, TheEdenMagazine.com, September 2022. This is an excerpt from our book published in the September issue of The Eden magazine. It is about finding hope after loss.

“Elena Lister: 5 Things You Need To Heal After a Dramatic Loss Or Life Change”, Medium.com/Authority-Magazine, May 31 2022. Interviewed by Heidi Sander.

“We Will All Mourn, and We Will All Be Mourned” by Perri Klass, The New York Times, May 29 2022. Interviewed and cited by Perri Klass, M.D.

“Educators Cope With Middle School Fad: Start a Fight, Record It, Post It. It’s All The Rage” by Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, April 28 2022. Interviewed and cited by journalist Dave Lieber.

“Sanitizer Man” Animated video, December 2021. This is an animated video of a song about a superhero named Sanitizer Man. It offers children a strong positive and compelling character who encourages keeping hands clean and wearing a mask when called for. It has an afterword written by me.

“Talking to Your Kids about Death is Painful. And You Have to Do It”, Letter to the Editor of The New York Times, November 21 2021, re: Miranda Featherstone essay.

“Helping Children with Pandemic Grief”, The New York Times, August 31 2020 online and September 8 2020 in print. Interviewed and cited by journalist Perri Klass, MD.

Podcasts / Interviews

“Talking to Kids About Death with Elena Lister and Michael Schwartzman” – Peaceful Exit, April 23, 2024.

“Are There Rules? ft. Dr. Elena Lister” – Grief Circle with Sammy, March 26, 2024.

“How to Cope Amid Tragedy” – Health Matters, October 19, 2023.

“Living with Grief and Finding Hope After Loss” – Health Matters, October 18, 2023.

“Having Tough Conversations with Your Kids” – Raising Healthy Kid Brains, February 9, 2023.

“Death Ed” – PediPal podcast about pediatric palliative care, January 31, 2023.

“Kids Need to Talk About Death, Too” – KERA’S Think Podcast, January 10, 2023.

“Conversations with Children About Illness, Death, & Loss” – Jenny Lisk Podcast, January 3, 2023.

“The Widowed Parent” Podcast, January 3, 2023.

“Conversations on Healing” – Integrative Touch Podcast #56, November 4, 2022.

“You: The Owner’s Manual” with Dr Michael Roizen, October 25, 2022.

“The Pretty Truth” with Liz Bailey and Jess Taylor, taped October 24, 2022

“Talking with Children about Illness, Death and Loss” – Courageous Parents Network, October 24, 2022.

“Supporting the Siblings” – Courageous Parents Network live presentation, October 24, 2022.

“The Curious Neuron” with Cindy Hovington PhD, October 1, 2022.

“Grief, Gratitude and the Gray In Between” Interview with Kendra Rinaldi, September 28, 2022.

“Talking to Teens” with Andy Earle and Virginia Combs, September 25, 2022.

“Teaching Your Toddler” with Marijo Tinlin, September 2022.

“Book Q and A with Deborah Kalb” Interview, August 31 2022.

“Talking About Death with Children” Limelight podcast hosted by Jessie Wiegand, August 23 2022.

“Grief Is My Side Hustle” with Meghan Jarvis, Podcast, August 23 2022.

“Courageous Parents Network” with Blyth Taylor Lord, Podcast, August 2022.

Blogs

“Facing Life’s Challenges”, Psychology Today Ongoing Blog.

Radio

The Valder Beebe Show, September 15 2022, 10am-10:15am EST.

Bob Gourley Issues Today Radio, September 8 2022.

The Scott Briggaman Show, WPTF-AM, September 7 2022.

Warren Lawrence Show, #1 News-Talk WKNY-AM, September 1 2022.

The Jesse King Show, Northeast Public Radio, September 1 2022.

Morning Show with Bruce Van Dyke, WEOL-AM, August 30 2022.

Morning Show with Rob Kakala, WATD-FM, August 30 2022.

The Jefferson Exchange, NPR, August 30 2022.

The Frankie Boyer Show, Business Talk Radio Network WCRN-AM, August 30 2022.

The Dawn Newton Show, KPOV-FM, affiliate of NPR, August 30 2022.

The Amirah Zaveri Show, Viewpoints on Media Tracks, August 30 2022;

The Andy Paulson Show, WESB-AM, August 29 2022 and on Spotlight Podcasts Backtracks.

“Doctor Radio: About Our Kids”, August 19 2022. Interviewed on SiriumXM Radio.