Episode 341: Still His Mama – Raiden’s Mom
When Samantha first came on this podcast in Episode 282, she was only a few months out from losing Raiden. She was raw and fresh in her grief — and yet even then, just four months into her loss, she reached out to ask me about Andy. She stepped outside her own pain to...
Episode 340: Thankful In, Not For – Mikael’s Mom
There are moments in grief when words land in ways they never have before. For Leanne, one of those moments came in church as she read the words,“Give thanks in all circumstances.” And something in her resisted. Not because she didn’t have faith.Not because she didn’t...
Episode 339: 8:15 – The Moment Everything Changed – Chantal’s Parents
There are moments in life that divide everything into before and after. For Jean and Shelly, that moment came at 8:15. Jean still remembers the exact time their daughter Chantal died.8:15 — the moment when life as they knew it ended and an entirely different life...
Episode 338: Scars & Seasons – Keyan’s Mom
After six and a half years and 333 episodes, I took a month to step back. Not because I don’t love this work.Not because it isn’t meaningful.But because sometimes even sacred work calls for a pause — a chance to breathe, to be present with my family, and to tend to my...
Episode 337: Surviving the Long Haul
This week marks the fourth and final episode in our February educational series with Gwen Kapcia of grief-guide.com. In this conversation, Gwen turns our attention toward something many grieving people quietly wonder: How do I survive this — not just today, but in the...
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