Tembi Locke lived an amazing love story: she met a handsome chef during a study abroad year in Italy when she was just 20 years old. They moved to LA to pursue Tembi’s acting career, and built a life around their love of food, family, and each other.

And then leiomyosarcoma arrived. 

Is it still a Hollywood love story if it doesn’t have a happy ending?

In this episode we cover: 

• Who’s the real couple behind the hit Netflix series, From Scratch? 
• Why Tembi made sure From Scratch was an honest guide to profound loss
• How the sleeper hit show Eureka taught Tembi that it’s ok to let people help
• How Tembi Locke learned about the grief in Never Have I Ever only after the show came out

We're re-releasing some of our favorite episodes from the first 3 seasons. This episode was originally recorded in 2023.

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About our guest:

Tembi Locke is a writer, executive producer, and an accomplished actor. Her best-selling book, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home was the basis for the hit Netflix series, From Scratch. Find her @tembilocke

About Megan: 

Psychotherapist Megan Devine is one of today’s leading experts on grief, from life-altering losses to the everyday grief that we don’t call grief. Get the best-selling book on grief in over a decade, It’s Ok that You’re Not OK, wherever you get books. Find Megan @refugeingrief

Additional resources:

Read Tembi Locke’s book - From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

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