Birth Ease Loss Support
50 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsGrief can be lonely and isolating, especially for those experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. At times, it may even feel as if the sorrow might consume you. Join your host, Michelle Smith, Certified Grief Counseling Specialist, and Birth and Bereavement Doula/Chaplain, as she holds a much-needed space for grief, remembrance, and your unique journey of healing through conversations with grief experts, the sharing of stories of loss and love, and guided meditations. Welcome to a place where your baby and you can feel seen, heard, and held.
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S3 E4 Guided Relaxation for Holiday Stress
December 09, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThis time of year can bring a sense of magic and joy and at the same time, the holidays can also bring feelings of overwhelm and stress. Michelle shares this special holiday guided meditation which is designed to help release the stress and strain you may be feeling and gain a sense of clarity regarding what you value in your life as you prepare to enter the New Year. As a gentle reminder: this guided relaxation recording audio is for just that, relaxation purposes only. It does not cons...
S2 E12 Guided Relaxation for Holiday Stress
December 09, 2022 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBThis time of year can bring a sense of magic and joy and at the same time, the holidays can also bring feelings of overwhelm and stress. Michelle shares this special holiday guided meditation which is designed to help release the stress and strain you may be feeling and gain a sense of clarity regarding what you value in your life as you prepare to enter the New Year. As a gentle reminder: this guided relaxation recording audio is for just that, relaxation purposes only. It does not const...
S2 E11 Different Types of Grief
November 25, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBPregnancy and infant loss can often be the first experience of grief that parents face. Because we live in grief illiterate culture, we often lack the experience and knowledge of what is normal and expected as someone grieves and mourns. Education helps to provide a roadmap through the rocky terrain of grief. Michelle shares the different types of grief bereaved parents can experience such as disenfranchised, traumatic, ambiguous, cumulative, and delayed grief. Resource: www.grief.com Conn...
S3 E3 Different Types of Grief
November 25, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBPregnancy and infant loss can often be the first experience of grief that parents face. Because we live in grief illiterate culture, we often lack the experience and knowledge of what is normal and expected as someone grieves and mourns. Education helps to provide a roadmap through the rocky terrain of grief. Michelle shares the different types of grief bereaved parents can experience such as disenfranchised, traumatic, ambiguous, cumulative, and delayed grief. Resource: www.grief.com Con...
S2 E10 Understanding the Six Stages of Grief
October 28, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBAs a Certified Grief Educator with David Kessler and Grief.com, Michelle explains the Five Stages of Grief™️- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance as well as the sixth stage- meaning through the lens of pregnancy and infant loss. She shares that unfortunately over the years the 5 Stages of Grief™️ have been misinterpreted by many, including mental health professionals. These six stages reflect where we are in our journey of grief at any given moment. They are about change we ...
S3 E2 Understanding the Six Stages of Grief
October 28, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBAs a Certified Grief Educator with David Kessler and Grief.com, Michelle explains the Five Stages of Grief™️- denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance as well as the sixth stage- meaning through the lens of pregnancy and infant loss. She shares that unfortunately over the years the 5 Stages of Grief™️ have been misinterpreted by many, including mental health professionals. These six stages reflect where we are in our journey of grief at any given moment. They are about change we...
S3 E1 Good Grief Parenting with Michele Benyo
September 30, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBMichele Benyo, founder of Good Grief Parenting shares with Michelle the 4 keys for parents with young children navigating perinatal loss. These 4 keys are self-care, accurate words describing death, inviting conversation, and honoring child-sized grief. She also explains why we need to avoid telling children euphemisms such as “He went to sleep.” or vague words such as ‘gone’ or ‘passed’ when explaining that someone has died. Dead and died have a very specific meaning and those are the only ...
S2 E9 Good Grief Parenting with Michele Benyo
September 30, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBMichele Benyo, founder of Good Grief Parenting shares with Michelle the 4 keys for parents with young children navigating perinatal loss. These 4 keys are self-care, accurate words describing death, inviting conversation, and honoring child-sized grief. She also explains why we need to avoid telling children euphemisms such as “He went to sleep.” or vague words such as ‘gone’ or ‘passed’ when explaining that someone has died. Dead and died have a very specific meaning and those are the only w...
S2 E8 Renew- Compassionate Breathing for Healing after Abortion
August 26, 2022 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBAnna Humphreys, co-director of Calm Birth, and Michelle explain the last practice in this series of 3 meditations for healing during or after an abortion. This meditation, Renew, is based on the practice of Giving and Receiving, a practice from ancient wisdom. It is tong len, compassionate breathing, applied to the ending of a pregnancy. It’s a practice of breathing healing for self and others. Please note, when practicing compassionate breathing, we are breathing in the awareness of challen...
S2 E7 Restore- Progressive Relaxation for Healing after Abortion
August 19, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBAnna Humphreys, the co-director of Calm Birth, shares why this project of healing meditations for abortion is essential. Restore, the second meditation in the series is based on the practice of opening, a healing progressive relaxation meditation. The method is based on Progressive Relaxation techniques developed by Edmund Jacobson, M.D., at the Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago Medical School in the 1920s and 1930s. A wide range of medical problems were successfully treat...
S2 E6 Connect- a Healing Meditation for Abortion
August 12, 2022 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBMichelle shares the first of 3 meditations intended for healing during or after an abortion. This first meditation, Connect, is based on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Vase Breathing or Complete Breathing. It's an invitation to tune into the body, recognize the tendencies of the mind, and release unwanted or intrusive thoughts. It teaches the listener to return to their breath when their thoughts are not serving them. The benefits of this meditation extend beyond healing after an abortion...
S2 E5 I Love You Still: A Memorial Baby Book with Margaret Scofield and Ann Pearson
July 22, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBAnn Pearson and author Margaret Scofield share with Michelle the journey behind the much-needed book I Love You Still: A Memorial Baby Book, which was inspired by the loss of Ann's daughter, Riley, due to miscarriage. I Love You Still is a first-of-its-kind baby memory book made for moms experiencing a miscarriage, stillbirth, or newborn loss- no matter how long ago that loss took place. It is a treasured keepsake to create a tangible way to document and honor the baby's life, no matter how ...
S2 E4 Why is Mommy Crying: Explaining Early Pregnancy Loss to Children with I. Cori Baill, MD
June 24, 2022 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBDrawing upon her experience as an OB/GYN and as a mother that has felt the sorrow of pregnancy loss, Dr. I. Cori Baill shares with Michelle the journey of writing her beautiful and much-needed book, "Why is Mommy Crying-explaining early pregnancy loss to young children". Dr. Baill provides suggestions and guidelines when experiencing a miscarriage. She reminds grieving parents of the importance of not blaming themselves and or feeling shame regarding their miscarriage, doing their best to ov...
S2 E3 Children- The Forgotten Grievers with Laura LaBelle
May 27, 2022 21:49 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBLaura LaBelle and Michelle discuss how children are often overlooked as grievers when death and loss occur. They remind us when death and loss occur children are learning how to manage their grief and that they must adjust to a new identity that this loss brings. Laura stresses the importance of conversation and creating an empathetic space where pain can be absorbed. Laura provides tips for communication and helping kids to process their grief such as memory jars, breath and grounding exerci...
S2 E2 International Bereaved Mother's Day
April 23, 2022 03:35 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBMother’s Day can be quite painful for those who have lost their mom or for those that have struggled to become pregnant, experienced pregnancy and infant loss, or the death of a child. For many, the day may bring feelings of sadness, isolation, loneliness, unworthiness, and pain. They may feel left out and forgotten on Mother’s Day. Michelle provides a brief history of Mother’s Day and the creation of International Bereaved Mother’s Day in 2010 by Carly Marie Dudley after the loss of her st...
S2 E1 The Grief and Loss of Placing a Child for Adoption with Sunni VonMutius
March 25, 2022 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBMichelle and Sunni VonMutius discuss a type of pregnancy and infant loss in which the grief and loss may go largely unacknowledged: that of placing a baby for adoption. Sunni shares her experience of becoming pregnant as a teenager and placing her son for adoption. Together they explore how the pregnancy and birth of her second child 20 years later has brought renewed grief along with the joy. In the sharing of her story, Sunni wants to support other birth parents and remind them that all of ...
S1 E33 Bible Verses for Grief and Loss
February 04, 2022 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MBWhen we are facing the loss of a baby, it isn't unusual to question one's faith. All the truths that we thought we believed can feel like a lie. We may even feel abandoned or punished by God. When grieving, reminders of God’s Word can soothe the emotions and thoughts surging through our hearts and minds and relax our grief-weary bodies. For this last episode of Season 1, Michelle has recorded Bible verses for bereaved parents seeking comfort within scripture. And while this first season has ...
S1 E32 Breast Cancer, Hospice, and Keeping Your Sense of Humor with Vicky Kramer
January 28, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBMichelle and her sister-in-law, Vicky Kramer, have a heart-to-heart conversation about Vicky's experience with breast cancer and the decision to enter into hospice care. Vicky shares some of the things that well-meaning folks may say to a cancer patient that can be quite hurtful or offensive. She also suggests relying on your faith, whatever that might be, and trying to keep a sense of humor when faced with cancer.
S1 E31 Navigating Grief and Loss During the Pandemic with Susan Dascenzi
January 21, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBIn this very personal episode, Michelle and Susan Dascenzi, Licensed Psychotherapist, discuss the implications of the pandemic as it relates to grief and loss. While this episode was originally recorded in September 2020, Susan's wisdom regarding the journey of grief is just as relevant now especially for those grieving the loss of a baby or a loved one. Their conversation explores the multitude of losses the pandemic has brought us globally. Together they dig deep into the places where we ma...
S1 E30 The Messiness of Grief with Sarah Dickey
January 14, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBMichelle shares her heartfelt conversation with Sarah L. Dickey, grief recovery specialist and fellow Calm Birth Teacher. Together they discuss the importance of holding space for the messiness of grief. "What if we created ways in which we trusted our ability to grieve?"— Sarah L. Dickey
S1 E29 Calm Birth Meditations for Pregnancy and Infant Loss
January 07, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBMichelle is a certified Calm Birth Teacher. She explains the Calm Birth meditation practices and shares samples of the meditations the organization designed for pregnancy and infant loss.
S1 E28 Peaceful Fountain Meditation for Grief
December 31, 2021 08:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBMichelle has created a healing meditation as we close out 2021 and enter into the New Year 2022. This meditation can be used anytime to release the heaviness of stress, strain, and grief. It is also useful for those times when you may feel triggered, especially by someone's insensitive remarks or a difficult situation.
S1 E27 Yoga, Breath, and Meditation for Grief with Stephanie Smith
December 24, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBStephanie Smith, E-RYT, PRYT shares with Michelle how meditation and her yoga practice helped her to work through the grief, guilt, and fear of infertility, difficult pregnancies, and miscarriages. Together they discuss how pregnancy loss can shake one's faith, how unaddressed grief can impact us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spirituality, and the importance of finding support and practicing self-compassion.
S1 E26 Grief, Hope, Signs, and Miracles- My Fertility Journey with Tammy
December 17, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBTammy candidly shares her unexpectedly difficult journey to become pregnant. In her sharing, she provides the insights she gleaned as she worked with her obstetricians, reproductive endocrinologists, fertility specialists, registered dietitians, acupuncture physicians, her extensive research regarding her own fertility, and the importance of advocating for yourself. Tammy remembers the sinking feeling she got each time she got a negative pregnancy test each month, the grief and trauma of misc...
S1 E25 Pregnancy After Loss- Creating a Positive State of Mind with Dr. Ankita Marjadi
December 10, 2021 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.5 MBDr. Ankita Marjadi openly shares with Michelle how her book "Knock, Knock, Let's Talk" was born during her second pregnancy as she searched for a way to lessen the fear and stress that threatened to consume her after losing her first child to stillbirth.
S1 E24 Grief, Loss, and The Great Mother with Isa Gucciardi
December 03, 2021 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52 MBIsa Gucciardi provides insights from her over twenty-five years of experience in supporting the bereaved. She shares the initiations that women experience throughout their lifetime which include our own birth, puberty, menses, the first sexual experience with another person, giving birth, menopause, and death. Isa explains the Great Mother as a source of wisdom, creative intelligence, and nurturing that can bring comfort and healing into the journey and complexity of grief. Isa and Michelle a...
S1 E23 My Fertility Journey with Jasmine Katatikarn
November 26, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBJasmine Katatikarn shares her almost 6 year long fertility journey. Together, Jasmine and Michelle discuss how difficult and lonely infertility can be for so many, the importance of advocating for yourself, as well as finding someone to talk to or a way to process and release the feelings and emotions such as grief, loss, guilt, and shame that often accompany infertility. Jasmine also explains when she was at the lowest point in her fertility journey, she decided to apply the creative and str...
S1 E22 Reflections on Motherhood and Baby Loss with Nazli
November 19, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBNazli openly shares her story of motherhood, the trauma she endured from her cesareans with the births of boys, and grief of her miscarriages. As a linguist, Nazli and Michelle reflect upon how the language and culture around women's bodies strip women of their power creating the guilt, shame, self-blame, silencing and the accompanying loneliness that so many women experience. Together they discuss transformative power and the personal nature of birth, loss, motherhood, and the exploration of...
S1 E21 Grief and Loss During the Holidays and a Guided Meditation
November 12, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBThe holiday season can be magical, and at the same time there are the images and expectations of happy family get-togethers and the pressure to keep up with the parties, gift-giving, and years of tradition. Michelle has created this special episode for those of us facing the holidays after experiencing a loss. The experience of grief may take the form of the death of a loved one, it may be the loss of a relationship through a break up, divorce, or separation, it may be a move that now has you...
S1 E20 The Experience of Pregnancy Loss with Brianne Griffis
November 08, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBBrianne Griffis, Birth/Postpartum/ Bereavement Doula, and Certified Lactation Counselor, candidly shares with Michelle her journey of motherhood through pregnancy, life-threatening hyperemesis gravidarum, birth, and the loss of 5 pregnancies. Together they discuss how trauma and loss can take many forms. Brianne provides many valuable insights and resources for grieving parents as well as birth and bereavement professionals.
S1 E19 Stillbirthday with Heidi Faith
November 05, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBMichelle has a tender conversation with Heidi Faith, president and CEO of Stillbirthday. Heidi shares her very personal journey that led her to found Stillbirthday Global Network, which is an internationally trusted benevolent organization whose philanthropic mission is simply to doula: to nurture sources of perinatal bereavement, strengthen skills of healthcare professionals and increase healthy engagement of perinatal related needs among communities. Together Heidi and Michelle discuss the ...
S1 E18 Exploring Healing After Loss with Amy Wright Glenn
October 29, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBMichelle has a profound conversation with her mentor, Amy Wright Glenn. Because birth and death are intertwined, their conversation not only benefits bereaved parents but provides powerful insights to birth professionals as well. Amy reflects upon what healing means as it relates to loss and how the managed medical care model can do a disservice to the bereaved. Healing does not mean a return to what was, a fixing, or making it look like it never happened. Healing is an ongoing journey of kee...
S1 E17 A Portrait of Baby Loss and Black Motherhood with Candace Williamson and Taylour Marks
October 22, 2021 17:36 - 49 minutes - 45 MBMichelle and two student filmmakers, Taylour Marks and Candace Williamson, discuss their debut documentary film, a deeply flawed system, the disparities facing black mothers, and perinatal loss. Black women are twice as likely to experience a miscarriage than other races. African American infants are 3.8 times as likely to die from complications related to low birth weight, have 2.3 times the infant mortality rate, and in 2017 had over twice the sudden infant death syndrome mortality rate as ...
S1 E16 Doula Support & Baby Loss
October 22, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBMichelle and Naima Bond discuss the experience of supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss as doulas. Naima shares her own story of pregnancy loss and how that inspired her to do additional training in perinatal loss as she became a birth professional. Naima explains some of the challenges that African American families can face in receiving compassionate care, understanding, and support when they are experiencing perinatal loss. She also shares tips for grieving families and fo...
S1 E16 Doula Support & Baby Loss with Naima Bond
October 22, 2021 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBMichelle and Naima Bond discuss the experience of supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss as doulas. Naima shares her own story of pregnancy loss and how that inspired her to do additional training in perinatal loss as she became a birth professional. Naima explains some of the challenges that African American families can face in receiving compassionate care, understanding, and support when they are experiencing perinatal loss. She also shares tips for grieving families and for...
S1 E15 Guided Meditation for Pregnancy and Infant Loss- October 15th
October 15, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBMichelle honors October 15th: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. She has created a guided relaxation recording geared towards parents grieving the loss of a baby or a child. However, it can be helpful for anyone walking through the journey of grief. The intention is to help release some of the heaviness of our grief and to provide an opportunity to feel the love and connection that we have with our beloved child or loved one. As a gentle reminder, this guided relaxation recording aud...
S1 E14 Baby Loss From a Father's Perspective
October 15, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.5 MBMichelle has an open and raw conversation with Matt, who lost his daughter, Rowan, to a stillbirth. Matt candidly shares the journey of baby loss from the father's perspective. He describes how grief, through no fault of your own, can create a sense of being ostracized by those around you. Because of the unique nature of perinatal loss, Matt explains how grieving parents inadvertently often end up comforting those around them. Michelle and Matt discuss how the loss of a child can shake the fo...
S1 E13 Tips for Grieving Couples
October 15, 2021 07:00 - 12 minutes - 11.3 MBThe pain, stress, and trauma that can come with pregnancy and infant loss impacts even the best of relationships. While grief is universal, everyone grieves at their own depth and pace. Men and women can grieve and mourn differently, which may be a source of misunderstanding and hurt feelings. Michelle provides an overview of grieving styles which can be thought of as instrumental and intuitive, as well as tips for couples to help navigate their grief together.
S1 E12 Grief, Baby Loss, and Fathers with Adam Angel
October 15, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWhen families experience pregnancy and infant loss, the focus and support is most often directed towards moms. Yet, this can leaves fathers to navigate their grief silently and with few resources. In this episode, Adam Angel, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, candidly shares about the loss of their first child at 22 weeks of pregnancy and how that inspired him to create an online support group for grieving fathers. Adam explains that men and women can grieve differently, how childhood trauma c...
S1 E11 The Angel of Hope with Gary Vogel
October 08, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBMichelle continues her conversation with Gary Vogel, LMHC perinatal grief expert and founder of HEAL, a Central Florida support group for bereaved parents. Gary shares the beautiful story of The Angel of Hope and how we here in Central Florida acquired our own statue. Together they discuss the vital role of the validation of our grief experience, feelings, and emotions plays; the impacts of the word “should” and the shame it can create; how grief is transformational; and how our US culture no...
S1 E10 HEAL: Helping Endure infAnt Loss with Gary Vogel
October 08, 2021 07:00 - 50 minutes - 46.1 MBMichelle has a two-part conversion with Gary Vogel, LMHC perinatal grief expert and founder of HEAL, a Central Florida support group for bereaved parents. Together discuss how the loss of a child disrupts our perception of the natural order of things, what grief is and isn't, and the 3 tasks of grieving. Gary shares that the trauma associated with the sudden loss of a child qualifies many bereaved parents for the diagnosis of PTSD and a part of their journey of dealing with their loss is work...
S1 E8 My Journey to Healing After Loss with Nydia
October 08, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBMichelle has a beautiful and inspirational conversation with Nydia, mother to Santiago and Mateo. Her insights will benefit anyone traversing the pain of losing a child, a loved one, or some sort of tragedy. During Nydia's eighth month of pregnancy, she lost her beloved older sister to cancer. Approximately a month later, Nydia experienced the stillbirth of her son, which almost cost her her own life, as well. Nydia sagely shares what she found instrumental in her ability to move forward from...
S1 E9 A Short Grief Meditation for Baby Loss
October 08, 2021 07:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBMichelle shares a guided meditation for baby loss that focuses on using gentle breathing to help release stress, strain, and the heaviness that is a natural and normal part of grief. It guides the listener to focus on the love that they have for their child to assist in softening the places that they may be holding grief within the body and mind. It is about 8 minutes long and can be used daily or as needed. As a gentle reminder, this guided relaxation recording audio is for just that, r...
S1 E5 Navigating Baby Loss with Rabbi Elisheva
October 01, 2021 07:00 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBMichelle has a beautiful and healing conversation with The Radical Rabbi, Elisheva (Emily) Brenner. Emily shares her own journey of perinatal loss, which she describes as the tsunami of her soul. She retells the sacred wisdom story that helped her create a Divine Reframe and quiet the storm within her own heart. Emily explains the foundational five-step program she teaches, based on the journey of the Israelites in the desert, which can assist anyone in weathering the most difficult of circum...
S1 E7 IRIS- Infants Remembered In Silence with Diana Kelley
October 01, 2021 07:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBMichelle has the privilege to have a conversation with Diana Kelley, the director of Infants Remembered In Silence © (IRIS) a 501(c)3 Nonprofit organization that she founded in 1987, following the full-term stillbirth of her son. Together they discuss how the care parents experiencing baby loss receive has become more compassionate throughout the years and the extreme value of having someone to sit with us in our grief and give space for the power of silence. Diana shares sage advice for bere...
S1 E6 How to Support a Grieving Family
October 01, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MB1 in 4 women have experienced pregnancy or infant loss. Because of the silence surrounding the loss of a child, it can cause the necessary grieving to be a lonely and isolating experience. Even if you, as the listener, were blessed to have never personally experienced perinatal loss, the chances are quite high that you know someone that has. The silence surrounding this type of loss can leave us unsure of how to really support grieving families, which can sometimes lead to well-meaning commen...
S1 E2 Feelings You May Experience After Pregnancy and Infant Loss
October 01, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MBWhen we experience pregnancy and infant loss, there is a myriad of emotions and feelings that we may go through. Because baby loss is often shrouded in silence, it is uncharted territory. You may question if what you are feeling is normal. In this episode, Michelle explains the shared experiences we can have when grieving the loss of our child as well as our hopes and dreams.
S1 E4 Self Care Tips for Pregnancy & Infant Loss
October 01, 2021 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBGrief, of all kinds, requires self-care. And, for families experiencing pregnancy & infant loss, the need is even more acute. In this episode, Michelle shares self-care suggestions and tips recommended by grief experts. She shares the benefits of practices such as prayer and mediation, massage and bodywork, acupuncture, and yoga for the bereaved. Michelle also includes holistic remedies for navigating grief and loss, discussing essential oils, homeopathy, and Bach Flower Essences.
S1 E3 The Phases of Bereavement for Baby Loss
October 01, 2021 07:00 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBMichelle defines grief, mourning, and bereavement. Shock & denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance are a part of the framework of the stages of grief. These stages help define what we may be feeling. Yet, they are not definite steps on a linear timeline as we move through grief. We travel in and out of these stages and revisit them, often in no particular order. Michelle shares the four phases of bereavement: shock and numbness, searching and yearning, disorganization, and reor...
S1 E1 Welcome to Birth Ease Loss Support
September 16, 2021 18:55 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MBGrief can be lonely and isolating, especially for those experiencing pregnancy and infant loss. At times, it may even feel as if the sorrow might consume you. Michelle Smith, Certified Grief Counseling Specialist, Birth & Bereavement Doula/Chaplain, and host of The Birth Ease Podcast, holds a much-needed space for grief, remembrance, and your unique journey of healing through conversations with grief experts, the sharing of stories of loss and love, and guided meditations. Welcome to a place ...