Grief Is My Side Hustle
219 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsTrauma therapist, writer and podcast host Meghan, found herself on the receiving end of the same treatments she used with her own clients after the death of both her parents within two years of each other. Meghan hosts a weekly discussion with guests who carry personal loss, professional expertise, and a belief that talking about grief and loss helps provide needed support in a world that finds the topic all kinds of awkward.
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When a Friend Dies by Suicide: Reporter & griever Jason Nark
July 05, 2024 13:18 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBJason Nark is a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and a freelance writer. He lives in New Jersey with his kids and a dog named Wanda and has written about grief and loss including about his own best friend's death by suicide. More here: https://jasonnark.com/about-me/
Novelette Munroe: Living with Chronic Illness
June 21, 2024 15:14 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBNovelette is 38 year old woman, living with a life limiting illness, called Epidermolysis Bullosa. I have the Recessive Dystrophic form of Epidermolysis Bullosa, RDEB. I live in Canada. I have a specialist in philosophy from the University of Toronto. Since 2018, I have been a trained hospice and peer bereavement Volunteer. I co-facilitate a lot of peer bereavement groups. I do a lot of mindfulness for grieving loss groups. I also help with training new hospice and peer bereavement volunteer...
Jessica Fein: Author of Breath Taking
June 14, 2024 11:33 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBAt the age of five Jessica Fein’s daughter Dalia was diagnosed with a rare degenerative disease that would claim her life at 17. Before that moment came, and inspired by Dalia’s own irrepressible spirit, Fein and her family would discover how to live in the present when the future can’t be fixed. In this heartfelt yet clear-eyed memoir, Fein maps both her journey to becoming an adoptive mom and the roller coaster ride of loving and caring for a terminally ill child, persevering when the simp...
Lisa Keefauver: Grief is a Sneaky Bitch
June 06, 2024 12:28 - 54 minutes - 49.7 MBLisa Keefauver--Tedx speaker, consulatant, grief educator and host of the Grief is a Sneaky Bitch podcast has written a book of the same name. Written in the tone of your "wise best friend" this book will keep you company, teach you, and support you as you navigate loss. Be sure to follow her https://lisakeefauver.com
Jonathan Fleece: President and CEO of Empath Health
May 24, 2024 14:12 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBJonathan Fleece is the president and CEO of Empath Health Empath Health is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health systems delivering non-acute care and services through its skilled, medical and holistic programs to individuals with chronic, advanced and terminal illnesses and those experiencing grief. The Empath Health integrated network of care provides expert medical, counseling and support services including hospice; home health; palliative care; grief services; all-inclus...
Lindsey Kane Leaverton
May 09, 2024 17:22 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBBrutally Honest. Achingly Authentic. In her author debut, Lindsey Kane Leaverton, has written the book she wished she had as she navigated countless trips through despair. She shares her heart and healing journey to help you raise your awareness, add tools to your toolkit, and find a way to laugh while you cry your way through a messy life. https://www.notanotherselfhelpbook.com/shes-a-lot-interview-series
David Ferrugio: Dead Talks Podcast Host
May 03, 2024 11:34 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBHost of one of the most popular podcasts on death, grief and loss, David Ferrugio comes into the work with a deep personal understanding of loss. His father (also David) died in the world Trade Center on 9/11 when David was only twelve years old. In this episode David shares some of his life philosophies, his appreciation for gallows humor and how critical supports helped him to process his loss. The subject matter may be heavy, but this conversation isn't. David's joy and love of life is ...
J.S. Park: As Long as You Need: Permission to Grieve
April 25, 2024 14:58 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBWhat a Day in the Life of a Hospital Chaplain who Sits with the Dying Teaches Us About GRIEF J.S. Park is a hospital chaplain, author, and online educator. For eight years he has been an interfaith chaplain at a thousand-plus-bed hospital that is designated a Level 1 Trauma Center. His role includes grief counseling, attending every death, every trauma and Code Blue, staff care, and supporting end-of-life care. He also served for three years as a chaplain at one of the largest nonprofit ...
Rhaina Cohen: Author of The Other Significant Others: Reimaging Life with Friendship at the Center
April 18, 2024 11:06 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBNPR’s Rhaina Cohen is the The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center, The Other Significant Others invites us into the lives of people who have defied convention by choosing a friend as a life partner—from friends raising a child together to best friends of 50 years who live together in their retiree years. Based on years of original reporting and striking social science research, Cohen argues that we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too mu...
Anne Gudger: Author of the Fifth Chamber
April 04, 2024 09:55 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBAnne Gudger is an autobiographical essayist who writes hard and loves harder. She’s been published in Real Simple, Cutbank, Cutthroat, The Los Angeles Review, The Normal School, The Rumpus, and the Columbia Journal, among others, and has been a Best of the Net nominee twice. She is also the co-founder of Coffee and Grief, a reading series that’s been thriving since March 2020 and hosts five curated readers every month reading on grief. Anne lives in Banks, Oregon with her beloved husband. Th...
Claire Bidwell Smith: Grief Expert, Therapist and Author of Conscious Grieving
March 28, 2024 13:29 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBRecognized as one of today’s foremost experts on grief, Claire Bidwell Smith is a licensed therapist, international speaker, and the author of five books published in 22 countries. Led by her own experience in grief and fueled by her work in hospice and private practice, Claire strives to provide support for all kinds of people experiencing all kinds of loss. Claire has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, MSNBC, CNN, Scientific American, Goop, Oprah and many more ...
Grieving Mother Nikki Mark Author of Tommy's Field.
March 22, 2024 17:16 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBIn 2018, Nikki Mark’s healthy twelve-year-old-son Tommy went to sleep one night and never woke up. Nikki went into a state of shock and her body quickly started to deteriorate, but she had to be there for her remaining family. Without a religious or spiritual background, she relied on the one skill she could still access — the ability to figure it out. Along her unconventional journey, Nikki discovered something surprising: that if we’re open to the possibilities, grieving offers a unique ...
Jane Rosen: Author Of On Fire Island
March 15, 2024 11:36 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBDon't miss the wonderful episide with the the incredible ane L. Rosen author of On Fire Island as she explains how her personal exprience with grief informed her charachters in the book. Jane L. Rosen is an author, screenwriter and former Huffington Post contributor. Jane often takes inspiration from real-life stories and interviews to craft her novels. Her first novel Nine Women, One Dress was translated into ten languages. Her second novel Eliza Starts a Rumor has been optioned by NBC...
Amy Morin, LCSW :Author 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do
March 07, 2024 10:06 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBAmy's work went viral. Learn the story of how and why in this episode where Amy discusses her how her viral list, was really a reaction to compound grief and loss. In her own words: I’m a psychotherapist turned “accidental” author I started my career as a psychotherapist intending to help others build mental strength. I never imagined how much I was going to need mental muscle in my own life. My mom passed away when I was 23. Then, my husband died when I was 26. Losing the two most importa...
The Art of Losing: Juliet Haas on Sibling Loss
February 29, 2024 07:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBWhat happens when someone whose job is supporting other people’s mental health is rocked by their own traumatic loss? In this episode, Juliet Haas LPC, LMHC, shares her story, including the personal and professional impacts of her loss. Juliet is an embodied trauma-informed counselor, registered dance-movement therapist, and owner of Mindful Counseling and Wellness LLC. Licensed in both Wisconsin and Massachusetts, Juliet supports adults through grief, both death and non-death loss, trauma...
The Art of Losing: Kathleen Wallace, creator of Grief: A Comedy
February 22, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes - 50.8 MBIs there room for humor in the world of grief and loss? According to Kathleen Wallace, creator of Grief: A Comedy, laughter can serve as a tool for connection as we navigate the losses in our lives. Kathleen is an actress, writer, producer, and facilitator whose work spans both the entertainment and corporate worlds. Her short film GRIEF: A COMEDY was recently selected for the Stowe Story Labs - Sidewalk Narrative Lab and the Stowe Story Labs TV Writers Room with Derek Simonds (showrunne...
The Art of Losing: Molly Millwood on the Unexpected Losses of Motherhood
February 16, 2024 08:30 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBWhat is the cost of framing motherhood only in terms of its potential gains, without acknowledging its inevitable losses? That’s one of the questions that Molly Milllwood addresses in her brilliant book, To Have and To Hold: Motherhood, Marriage, and the Modern Dilemma. A mix of research, client stories, and Molly’s personal experience, the book tells the truth about the realities of motherhood in an effort to normalize and validate the experience for women everywhere. In this conver...
Introducing The Art of Losing: Laurel Braitman
February 09, 2024 13:52 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBLaurel Braitman PhD, is a writer, teacher and secular, clinical chaplain-in-training. She is the author of the memoir What Looks Like Bravery: An epic journey through loss to love (March 13th, Simon & Schuster) and the NYT bestselling book Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds. She received her doctorate in History and Anthropology of Science from MIT and is the director of Writing and Storytelling at the Stanford School of Medicine’s Medical Humanities and the Arts Program. Laurel is also th...
Julianne Manske Rollefson: The Art of Losing
January 26, 2024 01:52 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBJulianne Manske Rollefson is a therapist, grief educator, and host of the new podcast, The Art of Losing. After the deaths of her parents, she left her career in corporate coaching and leadership development to pursue a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, with the goal of becoming a therapist specializing in grief and loss. She quickly realized that counseling graduate programs don't include grief-specific training and set out to learn as much as she could on her own, which is how...
Benjamin May: Founder of the New Normal
January 05, 2024 13:11 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIn 2018, along with his friend Jack, Ben founded The New Normal Charity, after the death of their dads. A simple, free to access, group space where adults could speak openly about their grief, and about the people they’d lost. Having spent over two decades working in the hair industry, Ben finds connection where he is most comfortable, and as TNN developed, so has their work. Ben is spending more and more time focused on creating community through empathetic understanding, working with ...
Benjamin May:Founder of The New Normal
January 03, 2024 18:30 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBIn 2018, along with his friend Jack, Ben founded The New Normal Charity, after the death of their dads. A simple, free to access, group space where adults could speak openly about their grief, and about the people they’d lost. Having spent over two decades working in the hair industry, Ben finds connection where he is most comfortable, and as TNN developed, so has their work. Ben is spending more and more time focused on creating community through empathetic understanding, working with ...
Jeannine Bryant: CEO Changing Spacesm SRS
December 15, 2023 01:38 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBRightsizing expert Jeannine Bryant is the owner and CEO of Changing Spaces SRS, a senior move management company in Lincoln, NE. She has helped provide rightsizing and relocation services to seniors since 2010. During that time, she has been actively involved in the downsizing and moving processes of thousands of older adults. Learn more about their services (and shop their online auctions!) at www.ChangingSpacesSRS.com. In 2019, Jeannine created a sister brand to Changing Spaces SRS ...
Pamel Blair & Bradie Hansen: Authors of The Long Grief Journey
December 01, 2023 21:48 - 46 minutes - 43 MBPamela D. Blair, Ph.D., (pamblairbooks.com) was a psychotherapist for thirty years. She is the co-author of I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye now considered a classic in bereavement literature. She is also the author of The Next Fifty Years: A Guide for Women at Midlife and Beyond and Getting Older, Better. She has appeared on national television, been a guest on dozens of radio shows, and has spoken at the Virginia Festival of the Book, the Vermont Women’s Expo, Women’s Images Conferences, and ...
Kelly Cervantes: Grieving Mother and Grateful Caregiver
November 09, 2023 12:33 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBKelly Cervantes is an award-winning writer, speaker, and advocate best known for her blog Inchstones, where she shared the stress, love, and joy that came with parenting her medically complex daughter, Adelaide. Since Adelaide’s passing, Kelly has continued to write candidly about her arduous and, at times, contradictory grief journey. She has been published in the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, and Cosmopolitan, as well as quoted in the New York Times, CNN, and People. She is t...
Alexandra Wyman:Partner loss by suicide
November 03, 2023 14:23 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBAlexandra Wyman is an advocate and public speaker for resources in the aftermath of suicide. After she lost her husband to suicide in August of 2020, Alexandra found a need to change the language around suicide, and decided to write about it. Her memoir, The Suicide Club: What To Do When Someone You Love Chooses Death is an Amazon best seller. She has spoken at a variety of conferences including Bridging the Divide Suicide Prevention and Awareness Summit 2022, 2023 Northwest Conference on Ch...
Author Dina Gachman: Sorry for Your Loss--How I Learned to Live With Grief and Other Grave Concerns
October 12, 2023 10:24 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBDina Gachman is an award-winning journalist, a Pulitzer Center grantee, and a frequent contributor to the New York Times, Texas Monthly, Vox, Teen Vogue and more. Her second book, So Sorry For Your Loss: How I Learned To Live With Grief, and Other Grave Concerns was published in the US and the UK this year. She's a bestselling ghostwriter, and she writes a monthly movie column for the New York Times. She lives near Austin, Texas, with her husband and son. Don't miss this Texas Monthly piec...
Ashley Jones: Grieving Mother & Exec Director of Love Not Lost
September 29, 2023 11:02 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBAshley Jones is the founder and executive director of Love Not Lost, a nonprofit on a mission to revolutionize the way we heal in grief. From losing her daughter to a terminal illness to growing Love Not Lost to a national level (soon to be Momento Foundation), Ashley has a lot of experience in death and grief; something she never thought would be in her bio. Yet, she's learned how to process, heal, and grow through the pain and wants to help others do the same. She’s a TEDx and keynote spea...
Asa Merritt: Creator of Six Sermons--An Audible Original Series
September 08, 2023 14:24 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB*episode discusses suicide ASA MERRITT : A former international reporter for NPR, VICE Sports, The Guardian, and ESPN’s “30 for 30” podcast, Asa brings a compassionate documentary eye to ambitious fictional projects. His one-woman play about mass movements, True Believer, had a sold-out run in New York City. To research that piece, Asa traveled to Cairo to meet with underground performers who helped ignite the Arab Spring. With longtime collaborator Matt Kagen, Asa started First Rodeo (@f...
Amber Jeffrey:Creator and Podcast Host of the Grief Gang
August 24, 2023 11:47 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBAmber Jeffrey was just 19 when her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Confused and heartsick Amber found herself consumed with anger which further separated her from her old friendships. In this episode Amber talks about becoming the trusted voice she needed at her most painful time, why talk therapy didn't work for her, and how she created her own community amongst the world of grievers. Amber also lovingly let's us in to her worry about her treasured friend Poppy, creator of the Gr...
Laura Cathcart Robbins: Author of Stash
August 17, 2023 09:30 - 56 minutes - 52.1 MBLaura Cathcart Robbins is the best-selling author of the Atria/Simon & Schuster memoir, Stash, My Life In Hiding, and host of the popular podcast, The Only One In The Room. She has been active for many years as a speaker and school trustee and is credited for creating The Buckley School’s nationally recognized committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. Her recent articles on the subjects of race, recovery, and divorce have garnered her worldwide acclaim. She is a 2022 TEDx Speak...
Sarah Conover: Author of Set Adrift–My Family’s Disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle
July 28, 2023 10:22 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBIn January, 1958, a renowned sailing family was lost in a storm in the Bermuda Triangle. The youngest of two daughters, Sarah, suddenly an orphan, grew up never knowing her parents and grandparents. As an adult, she began to pursue the mystery of her family and their disappearance, and discovered that their stories were far different from the versions she was told. Sarah Conover’s memoir follows the national media’s investigation of the Revonoc’s vanishing, and exposes the truths that led h...
Katie Joy Duke: Author of Still Breathing: My Journey with Love, Loss& Reinvention
July 20, 2023 11:17 - 52 minutes - 48 MBKatie Joy Duke is an author, attorney turned life coach, mom, and stage IV breast cancer survivor. Her memoir Still Breathing: My Journey with Love, Loss, and Reinvention was a #1 Amazon best seller in Family Health and Pregnancy and Childbirth. Read her blogs, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, and order a personalized signed paperback of her book at www.katiejoyduke.com. Her audiobook, which she narrated, will be released on Audible later this month—stay tuned! https://www.amaz...
Amy Smith Green: life coach, hypnotherapist, grieving daughter
July 13, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBAmy Green Smith is a certified and credentialed life coach and hypnotherapist, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals beyond limiting beliefs and sabotaging mindsets to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-worth. With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, Amy uses her popular weekly podcast, The Bold-Faced Truth, to address issues of worthiness, self-confidence, and letting ...
Kelly S Thompson: Taking Sibling loss and Addiction with the author of Still I Cannot Save you
July 06, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBKelly S. Thompson writer, educator, and retired veteran from the Canadian Armed Forces. She has an MFA and PhD in Creative Writing and works as a mentor at the King's MFA Nonfiction program. She has won several awards for her writing, and was longlisted for the 2021 CBC Nonfiction prize and a 2021 National Magazine Award. Her essays, fiction and poetry have appeared in Chatelaine, the Globe and Mail, and Macleans, as well as literary magazines and anthologies. Her memoir, Girls Need Not Appl...
Julia Samuel, MBE: Psychotherapist, Author, & Grief Expert
June 29, 2023 12:15 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBJulia Samuel is a leading UK psychotherapist. At St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, she established the post of psychotherapist for Paediatrics, where her role for 25 years involved seeing families who have children or babies who die, and where she trained and supported the staff. In 1994 she worked to help launch and establish Child Bereavement UK and as the Founder Patron was involved and in many aspects of the charities work, having a key role in fundraising, strategy and training. She has s...
Hospice Nurse Julie: End of Life Educator
June 22, 2023 12:32 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MBJulie McFadden, BSN, RN is a passionate educator, who uses her social media following, which reaches 1.3M on tiktok alone, to normalizing death and dying. Found under the name Hospice Nurse Julie, she spent years working in the experienced ICU, and serves as a well respected, sought after now Hospice/Palliative expert who has been featured in Newsweek, USA today, The Atlantic, The Business Insider, Medscape, People, Buzz feed, and media outlets worldwide. You can find Julie on TikTo...
Luke Russert: Author of Look For Me There: Grieving My Father, Finding Myself
June 15, 2023 10:15 - 56 minutes - 52 MB“Look for me there,” news legend Tim Russert would tell his son, Luke, when confirming a pickup spot at an airport, sporting event, or rock concert. After Tim died unexpectedly, Luke kept looking for his father, following in his footsteps and carving out a successful career at NBC News. After eight years covering politics and winning an Emmy Award, Luke realized he had no good answer as to why he was chasing his father’s legacy. At a crossroads in his early thirties, feeling the pressure of h...
Candin Phillips: Humanity Hive Creator talks about ADHD and Grief
June 09, 2023 12:22 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBIn this episode Meghan Sits down with Humaninty Huve creator Candin Phillips. Candin is a licensed therapist and supervisor in South Carolina who also has ADHD. She has studied and worked in the mental health field for nearly 15 years with focuses in trauma work and ADHD. She shifted to primarily ADHD education and coaching through her business, Humanity Hive, in the last few years. As her understanding of the diagnosis increased she became more passionate about helping others learn how to ...
Addison Brasil: Author of First Year of Grief Club: A Gift From A Friend Who Gets It
June 01, 2023 12:42 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBTW: This episode includes in depth conversation about suicide. Meghan sat down with Addison Brasil to discuss his compound loss of losing his brother to a brain tumor, his father to suicide and a friend in a tragic car accident that left him deeply physically and emotionally injured. Addison talks about the communities of friends, family and health care practioners that helped him survive and the role of wrting and sharing his story and wisdom in his own ability to move forward after loss....
Rachel Donnelly:Founder of After Light Consulting-Resources for Death Planning
May 25, 2023 13:49 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBAfter many experiences with loss, including the death of her parents, Rachel founded After Light (formerly Black Dress) Consultants, a consulting firm that offloads the administrative tasks that come with legacy planning and after loss, so clients can focus less on the logistics and more on creating space to live worry- free and grieve peacefully. Rachel is the co-founder of Professionals of After Loss Services (PALS), which is a training and support network for industry professionals who ...
Dr. Peggy DeLong-The Gratitude Psychologist and Compound Loss
May 18, 2023 12:44 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBDr. Peggy DeLong is a psychologist, known as The Gratitude Psychologist. She teaches people how to harness the power of gratitude and joy to live their best lives, especially through difficult times. She does this through psychotherapy, her on-line monthly membership Feeling Good with Dr. Peggy, on-line courses, speaking engagements and programs for colleges, books, and bracelets. Peggy is the author of: 1) I Can See Clearly Now: A Memoir about Love, Grief, and Gratitude, 2) The Gratitude ...
Stylist Karen Harrow talks to us about Funeral Clothes
May 11, 2023 12:55 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBMeghan sits down with the extraordinary stylist Karen Harrow to talk about how to dress for a funeral, why clothes matter and what emotional needs we should to take into account when we get dressed. All social media links can be found in link below https://harrowstyle.com/about/
Good Mourning Podcast Hosts: Imogen Carn & Sally Douglas
May 01, 2023 11:33 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBIn this episode Meghan sits down with then dynamic duo Sal and Im from Good Mourning Podcast. These two amazing women met at a support group shortly after Im's mother died by suicide and Sal's from an undiagnosed seizure disorder. With their charm, and curiosity they have built a huge supportive community of grievers who are learning from the experts they bring on their podcast, as well as each other, the truth of what it takes to carry profound loss. Sal and Im wrote an extraordinary boo...
Angela Morris: Grief and Neurodivergence.
April 20, 2023 10:37 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBToday Meghan sits down wththe extraordinary author Angela Morris. She talks about how her ADHD diagnosis impacts her understanding of her own grief, and the profound secondary loss of friendship particularly in non-death loss. More about Angela: After the death of her father, friend and grandmother in quick succession, Angela needed a channel to grieve these profound losses. Writing has always been her lifeline through hard times, and grief from the loss of her loved ones was no different...
Poet and Writer and Maggie Smith: Writing the Grief of Divorce
April 13, 2023 12:57 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBThe extraordinary poet and writer sits down with Meghan to discuss her new memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful (The title a nod to her viral poem Good Bones). Maggie explores the concepts of partnership, marital roles, and how writing helps us find out truth. https://maggiesmithpoet.com
Laura Zigman: Author of Small World
April 06, 2023 13:55 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBMeghan sits down with one of her favorite authors–Laura Zigman to discuss ther widely celebrated most recent novel Small World. Laura decribes how she fused the emotional experiences of the death of her sister into the story of two divorced sisters who come to live in the same house for the first time in decades. Laura Zigman is the author of five novels, including Separation Anxiety (which was optioned by Julianne Nicholson and the production company Wiip (Mare of Easttown) for a limited ...
Cyndie Spiegel: Author of Microjoys- Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay
March 30, 2023 11:35 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThis week Meghan Sits Down with the delightful Cyndie Speigel to talk about Microjoys and how she coped with the murder of her nephew, death of mother, and own diagnosis with breast cancer. Despite the heaviness of the topic Cyndie offers us laughter, hope and deep wisdom that comes from facing the hardest of times. About Cyndie: Cyndie Spiegel is a born storyteller–turned–writer; she’s an aspirational voice and an igniter of powerful conversation around self-acceptance, integrity, and...
Alessandra Olanow: Artist/Author of Hello Grief, I’ll be Right With You
March 23, 2023 16:23 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBMeghan sat down with Alessandra Olanow, NY based artist, mother and grieving daughter. In their hour together Alessandra talks bout her new book, Hello Grief: I'll Be Right With You, and how the writing helped her address her own feelings of loss. Alessandra is a New York-based illustrator. Her broad roster of clients includes major brands such as Bergdorf Goodman, Clinique, Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Uniqlo, Yahoo, and West Elm, and her work has been featured in top publications s...
Anna Whitson Donalson: Author Rare Bird-Child loss
March 16, 2023 13:18 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBMeghan Sits down with Anna, who talks about the impact of her mother's death when she was just 18, and the tragic death of her son Jack when he was just 12. In this hope filled conversation, Anna gives us a glimpse into what her grief feels like eleven years later, and graciously lets Meghas ask a question that had pagued her since she was 9. Anna's Bio Anna Whiston-Donaldson is a popular author and speaker whose New York Times bestselling book, Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love chronic...
Colin Campbell: Author of Finding The Words and Grieving Father
March 09, 2023 14:05 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBIn 2019, Colin Campbell's two teenage children, Ruby and Hart, were killed by a drunk driver. In the thick of this tragedy, Colin turned to the many books on grief that line shelves but ultimately realized they were unhelpful and failed to provide the insight he desperately sought. Channeling his grief, he wrote his new book (out March 14th) FINDING THE WORDS and a solo performance piece titled Grief: A One Man Shit-Show In LA (March 17-19) and NYC (March 29-April 16). You can find that info...