A widow and a mental health expert on coping with grief provide a supportive guide for anyone dealing with traumatic loss.When FOX11's weather anchor Maria Quiban Whitesell's husband Sean was diagnosed with Glioblastoma (GBM), a deadly form of brain cancer, she was completely unprepared. How would she possibly explain what was happening to their young son, Gus? How should she respond when people ask inappropriate questions? What about just dealing with the details of the day-to-day? In You Can't Do It Alone, Whitesell tells her story and teams up with licensed therapist Lauren Schneider to provide readers with a roadmap for walking through illness, death and grief. Whitesell and Schneider explore: Discussing a serious diagnosis in an honest, clear manner Navigating control over life when you feel no control Finding your support group Dealing with memories, family and friends Helping balance work, caregiving, parenting and much, much more


Maria Quiban Whitesell greets millions of Los Angeles viewers daily each morning as FOX11’s weather anchor. Prior to joining the Good Day LA/FOX 11 Morning News team, she was the chief weather anchor for the Orange County News Channel, and before that, meteorologist for NBC Hawaii News 8 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Emmy Award-winning news anchor and broadcast meteorologist is also familiar to many around the world from her appearances in film and television including Clint Eastwood’s Bloodwork, Bruce Almighty, Stepbrothers, Criminal Minds, Cold Case and many others.Lauren Schneider, LCSW is a nationally recognized expert on child & adolescent grief and has directed the Children’s Programs for OUR HOUSE Grief Support Center for seventeen years. Lauren provides grief training for mental health clinicians, educators, clergy, and graduate students. She is the author of Children Grieve Too and the associate producer of One Last Hug, an Emmy award winning HBO documentary about children’s grief. Lauren maintains a private practice in Los Angeles specializing in grief and trauma.