Episode 90: Meaning Making

When Andy first died, I didn’t want anything good to come from his death. I selfishly wanted everything about it to be 100% horrible. I didn’t want there to be a silver lining. Perhaps that is why it annoyed me so much when people tried to cheer me up in...

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I have now released 88 episodes of the Always Andy’s Mom podcast! It is actually hard for me to believe. I love hearing from people all around the world and am so honored to help parents share their stories. Recently, I have had people asking about what specific...

Episode 88: Easton’s Mom

Easton’s Mom, Alexandria, says that her young son, Easton saved her life not once, but twice. Theirs is a beautiful love story not unlike many mother-son love stories, but this one taught the mother even more than it did the son. It taught her what true...

Episode 87: Bryson’s Mom

‘For some people, it takes 70 years for them to make an impact on the world; for Bryson, it took just 7.’ – Amanda, Bryson’s Mom Over the past 20 months, I have heard about many amazing children through their powerful stories. None, however,...

Listenable Launch

Two months ago, the senior producer at listenable.io wrote to me about the possibility of teaching a course on grief for their relatively new platform (started in August 2020). If you are not aware, Listenable is an app where you can sign up to take short courses on a...