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Meredith Clark

Ashley Judd says she can ‘understand’ mother Naomi Judd was in ‘pain’ prior to her death

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Ashley Judd opened up about her thoughts on mental health after losing her mother Naomi Judd to suicide.

On Tuesday, the Divergent actress spoke with grief expert David Kessler on his Healing podcast where the two discussed mental health, trauma, and the importance of community and restorative grief support. During their conversation, Judd acknowledged that her mother’s mental illness was a disease and understood that “she was absolutely doing the best she could” at the time of her passing.

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