Episode 99: Miles’ Mom

by | Aug 5, 2021 | Grief, Podcast

Unlike all of my previous guests, when Miles’ mom, Kate, first contacted me in January of this year, her sweet, almost 1 year old son, was still alive. They had just taken Miles home to die after learning that his cancer had spread to the point where treatment...

Episode 98: Meaning Making 2 (+ Bryson’s Doctor)

by | Jul 29, 2021 | Grief, Podcast

Over the past almost two years, I have interviewed dozens of bereaved parents. I have learned something from each and every one of them. All of them have done something they never thought possible after the deaths of their children. Some of these things are big, like...

Episode 97: Eliza’s Mom

by | Jul 22, 2021 | Grief, Podcast

Imagine for just a moment that you are on a long-planned ‘girls trip’ to Las Vegas for a fun weekend with 10 of your closest friends from college. It is a time you’ve been looking forward to for weeks, planned and re-planned, coordinating...

Episode 96: Michael’s Mom

by | Jul 15, 2021 | Grief, Podcast

Marcie’s son, Michael’s, motto for life was as follows: ‘The purpose of life is to help others through it.’ Michael lived that motto every single day of his 27 years. After suffering through cancer as a child, he knew hospitals. Michael knew...