# The Dating Conversation I Never Got to Have With My Father

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Podcast: [Stories Of Hope With Tzipora Grodko](https://stenobird.com/podcast/stories-of-hope-with-tzipora-grodko-6973599)
Published: 2026-07-20T00:05:52+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/a53f3980
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Maya Rockowitz was 24 and two semesters into a master's program in social work, when she lost her father suddenly and without warning, on a Shabbos that she now recognizes was filled with signs she couldn't have understood in the moment. In this raw and deeply personal conversation, Maya opens up about that Shabbos, about being the one who found him, and about the year and a half since, navigating grief while trying to build a life, date, and eventually get married without the person she calls her rock. Maya and her host talk candidly about what it actually means to grieve while dating, the pressure to put on a brave face, and why suppressing pain only pushes people further from the person they love. Maya shares the small rituals that keep her connected to her father, the friends who showed up and the ones who didn't, and the hard-won belief that grief isn't something you move on from, it's something you learn to move with. Anyone who has experienced loss, is single and struggling to navigate life without someone they need, or simply wants to understand how to better support a grieving friend will find something here worth holding onto. This episode was brought to you in part by: ► PZ Deals Download The PZ Deals app and never pay full price again. https://app.pz.deals/install/soh _________________ ► Colel Chabad Pushka App The easiest way to give Tzedaka. https://pushkapp.cc/soh _________________ ► Shefa Living Mountain View by Shefa Living is a new, master-planned Torah-centered community in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, built on halacha, achdus, and authentic Yiddishkeit. 350 acres, with a shul, mikvah, yeshiva, and eruv on-site. https://go.jcn.io/slsoh

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