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December 9, 2025 52 mins

Marisa Renee Lee is an award-winning advocate, writer, and speaker on
coping with grief and loss.
She is a business and political strategist leveraging her time as
a Deputy Director in the Obama White House, as the founding Managing
Director of the My Brother's Keeper Alliance, as the Founder and Past
President of The Pink Agenda, and as the Founder of the Grief is Love
Research Project.
Marisa is a leading grief advocate who regularly offers incisive and
compassionate advice on managing life after loss with unique insights for
women and African American communities. In 2022 her first book, an
award-winning bestseller, Grief is Love: Living with Loss was released.
In 2023, Grief is Love was optioned by Al Roker Entertainment for a
docuseries. 
She is a sought after public speaker and a regular contributor to Elle,
Vogue, New York Magazine, MSNBC, and The Atlantic.

See Marisa's links below:

Marisa Renee Lee - Grief is Love

https://www.marisareneelee.com/writing

Waiting for Dawn

https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Dawn-Marisa-Renee-Lee/dp/1538770199

Nicole Sachs

https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book

The Artists Way

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-artists-way-julia-cameron/1141992530

The Creative Act

https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Act-Way-Being/dp/0593652886


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