Grieving Voices
207 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Grieving Voices is a podcast started by a lifelong griever for grievers. The mission of Grieving Voices is to change the conversation around grief, and how we address our own and that of others and give grievers a platform for sharing what grief has taught them. Through education and personal story, listeners will learn more effective ways to help themselves and others. The Grieving Voices podcast is part of The Unleashed Heart, LLC. Grief resources and additional support are available at www.theunleashedheart.com
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Takeaways & Reflections | You Take You Wherever You Go
April 05, 2022 08:00 - 6 minutes - 3.06 MBThis episode is a quick and dirty one about how we don't heal in isolation and that support is an important piece of the grief puzzle. In all of the conversations I've had with grievers of all kinds over the past several years, none of them wished they would be alone in their grief. Every single one had a desire to be heard and held in their sorrow. Grief is alienating. And, society doesn't help by perpetuating the 6 Myths of Grief: Don't Feel Bad Replace the Loss Be Strong Keep Bus...
Phoebe Leona | I'm Only Grieving Fridays
March 29, 2022 08:00 - 59 minutes - 27.2 MBLike many kids, Phoebe grew up in a broken home. Her parents split up when she was 7 and she would remain living with her father until she turned 14. With her own knowing and willpower, she left her father to go live with her grandmother until landing back with her mother. What she experienced between ages 7 and 14 was a frightening relationship with her father, a Vietnam vet, who was struggling with PTSD along with alcohol and drug abuse. Despite loving her father, she knew wasn't safe in...
Takeaways & Reflections | The Judgment of Grief
March 22, 2022 08:00 - 18 minutes - 8.6 MBWhat is it costing you by looking to others for permission to grieve your way? What is it costing you, to not address the child within you and the grief you've carried with you into adulthood from your childhood? Grief isn't about death alone. So, don't be mistaken that because someone did not die in your childhood that you don't have grief or, that you aren't holding on to the energy of grief. The loss of hopes, dreams, expectations - for relationships, your life, career, health, fina...
Jill Johnson-Young | Rebellious Widow x2
March 15, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBI asked this week's guest, Jill Johnson-Young, the following question: "How are you still upright?" @RebelliousWidow experienced the loss of Linda, her first love, after 23 years. Linda had survived breast cancer but later succumbed to pulmonary fibrosis which was due to the chemo she received to beat the breast cancer. Jill would find herself, what she calls, a "rebellious widow" once more after her love, Casper, died of Lewy Body Dementia after 3 1/2 years. The capacity to love is ple...
Takeaways & Reflections | Child Grievers: Adult Victims in the Making?
March 08, 2022 09:00 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBAs a child, were you called a crybaby? A child taught to grieve alone becomes an adult who also grieves alone. To break the cycle of learned behavior, we have to learn new information. If you want to learn how to support children in their grief, this episode walks you through what not to do and what to do instead. Most of us grew up without a healthy demonstration of how to grieve healthily. When we are faced with challenges as adults, we resort to what we know and what we've been taught...
Michele Benyo | A Mother & Daughter Living Forward After Loss
March 01, 2022 09:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBThe heartbreak of a parent losing a child is a pain like no other. But what about the sibling(s) left behind of the child who dies? When her son, David, was four years old, he was diagnosed with cancer. After a 2 1/2-year battle, he died when his younger sister was 3 years old. Michele shares her perspective of guiding her daughter through sibling loss while navigating her own. Michele of @goodgriefparenting shares how grief is an unavoidable part of life that we will carry forward, and we...
Takeaways & Reflections | When Dysfunction Meets Dysfunction
February 22, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 6.7 MBWhat happens when you get a group of people together with unprocessed grief? The same thing that happens, likely every day of your life - in unprocessed grief, dysfunction meets dysfunction; baggage meets baggage. We are a society of grievers. Every human being has either lost a loved one, dream, relationship, home, job/career, a pet, or themselves. Amidst these losses, are other relationships in life where others have experienced losses, too. In our dysfunction of not addressing these ...
Moussa Mikhail | Mission for Self-Mastery
February 15, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 29 MBDo you want to know where to start if you're tired of settling for the conditions and circumstances of your life? Ask yourself the question Moussa asked himself and start there. What was the question? "What are you trying to forget?" When we get tired of our past circumstances creating chaos and dictating how far we go to reach our dreams, it takes introspection and committing to self-mastery to create change in our lives. Self-mastery embodies Moussa's mission today, but before he ...
Takeaways & Reflections | Taking a Break From the Grind of Grief
February 08, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 6.61 MBBreaking points - we all have them. But, there are ways you can ride the waves of it without getting pulled down by it. Resiliency has its limits. And, when you've spent years, or even decades, mastering the myths of grief (Don't Feel Bad, Replace the Loss, Grieve Alone, Be Strong, Keep Busy, and Time Heals), resiliency will only get you so far before you reach a breaking point. By creating rituals and routines, you create a system to help make better choices in your grief. Maybe it's goi...
Taking a Break From the Grind of Grief
February 08, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes - 6.64 MBBreaking points - we all have them. But, there are ways you can ride the waves of it without getting pulled down by it. Resiliency has its limits. And, when you've spent years, or even decades, mastering the myths of grief (Don't Feel Bad, Replace the Loss, Grieve Alone, Be Strong, Keep Busy, and Time Heals), resiliency will only get you so far before you reach a breaking point. By creating rituals and routines, you create a system to help make better choices in your grief. Maybe it's goi...
Kimberley Pittman-Schulz | Finding Peace Amidst the Ashes
February 01, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBWhen Kimberley was a child, a house fire would change her life as she knew it forever. Both her older and younger sisters both perished in the fire. However, Kimberley wouldn't learn the truth of how that life-altering moment came to be until her 30's. Growing up, Kimberley's father also worked a job that kept the family on the road. As a result, Kimberley found it challenging (and heartbreaking) to forge deep connections with others because they were constantly on the go. Kimberley foun...
Takeaways & Reflections | Follow Your Curiosity, Even When Grieving
January 25, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 11.2 MBCuriosity is sorely underestimated. It's not given headlines or attention, but, in my eyes, it's responsible for most inventions. Curiosity has led to some of the world's most significant innovations. If there weren't people who allowed themselves to be led by their curiosity, we never would've evolved from stick rubbing to flint. Someone, along the way, asked themselves better questions or was open to learning something new. Grief makes curiosity seem like a luxury. But, what if we took...
Kristin Sherry | Career Grief and The Gift of Hindsight
January 18, 2022 09:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBKristin Sherry is a bestselling and award-winning author, creator of YouMap®, a 2020 Career Innovator Award recipient, and she's also my mentor. Her brilliance is why I am a Certified YouMap® Coach. If you have been struggling with your life path, career, purpose, or what I like to call - a midlife unraveling, this episode is for you! Grief is the loss of hopes, dreams, and expectations. When it comes to what we spend most of our waking hours doing if we don't love it, don't utilize all o...
Takeaways & Reflections | The Energy of Grief
January 11, 2022 09:00 - 13 minutes - 6.02 MBWe have more agency over our physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies than we would like to admit. Admitting that we have power and control over ourselves is admitting that it’s also our job to do something about the issues that plague our physical, emotional, and spiritual bodies. The energy of grief can be like cancer and invade every fiber of your being. It can destroy your relationships, finances, will, and break your spirit. But, what it can’t do is choose for you. You always have ...
David Richman | Wake Up Call
January 04, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBWhat does it take to bicycle 4700 miles, with temps most often over 100 degrees and the wind against you? David Richman did just that as part of a passion project that later became his book, Cycle of Lives, where all proceeds benefit cancer-focused charities. However, David didn’t wake up one day and decide to make Cycle of Lives his mission. Instead, it was years in the making, following the death of his dear sister, June, due to brain cancer. David’s sister’s diagnosis was the icing ...
Corchele Smith | A Mother's Empty Arms
December 28, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBEmpty Arms Syndrome is a phenomenon most often associated with stillbirth. However, as Corchele's story illustrates, feeling an ache to hold your baby is a very real feeling even if you deliver a breathing child. Ten hours after delivering Breklyn by emergency cesarian, Corchele and her husband were faced with a loss no parent should ever experience. And, the fact that it was completely preventable only added to their heartache. Corchele, and her former husband, turned their heartache in...
Takeaways & Reflections | Be Open to Receiving
December 21, 2021 09:00 - 19 minutes - 8.78 MBWhat is grief? Grief is the loss of hopes, dreams, and expectations. Grief is anything we wish would be different, better, or more. And, no one has to die for you to grieve. Also, because there are more than 40+ losses, it’s a safe bet that you and every person you meet is or has experienced grief. We are taught how to acquire things (or people). We’re not taught what to do when we lose them. Today’s episode is about the loss of hopes, dreams, and expectations, and how our individua...
Bob Ginsberg | A Quest for Truth
December 14, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBWhat is truth? For many of us, it is what we've been told to believe to be true, without any real evidence or science to back up that truth. After the sudden, tragic death of his daughter, Bob found his open-minded skeptical heart looking for evidence that his daughter's consciousness still existed in some form after her passing. He was having experiences that, years before, he may have dismissed. And yet, in his grief, found himself finding comfort in that which many others often rais...
Katie Carroll | The Best Things in Life Aren't Planned
December 07, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBKatie Carroll had her life mapped out from the time she was a little girl. She knew, from a young age, that she wanted to be a mother one day. However, as she found success in every other area of her life, there was one area of her life that hinged on her desire to be a mother. She was busy in her career as a pediatric ER traveling nurse, had been dating, and all the while, looking for the one who would complete her life and be the father of her children. However, love wasn't coming easily...
Takeaways & Reflections | Grief Shared is Grief Diminished
November 30, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes - 4.49 MBThis week, I share a bit of my heavy heart as I share my reflections around sharing our grieving voices - including my own. This podcast has enabled me to be a heart for ears for many guests, including Emma G. and Anne. However, this week's episode is also inspired by my grief in real-time. Since 11/14, life has been day-to-day, not knowing what the future will hold for our son. As of this episode going live, he is in the hospital (for the second time after initially being admitted) with...
Anne Jacobs | 17 Years +++ Metastatic Checkin 2
November 23, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBImagine being told you have cancer. But then imagine being told you have cancer for which there was no cure. At that moment, in an instant, life is forever changed. And, although many people hear the words "You have cancer" every single day, fewer hear that the type of cancer they have will, without a doubt, kill them. That is unless a cure is found. Anne shares, in this follow-up, what hearing those words was like and the thoughts that raced through her mind. We talk about what life has b...
Emma G Rose | His Name Is Nicky
November 16, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBThe ripples of loss reach far and wide within a family unit; often in ways, we don't expect. Emma shares the impact the death of her cousin to suicide has had on her life and that of her family. Emma has found solace in writing her grief in the thirteen years since her cousin Nicky's death, publishing three books since that time. Suicide leaves those left behind having to navigate the displaced anger this type of loss often leaves in its wake. Emma shares how her family grieved together a...
Takeaways & Reflections | Leading Ourselves Through Grief
November 09, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes - 10.5 MBDo you feel like the leader of your life? Do you believe you are leading yourself through grief in a healthy way? You may be wondering what the "healthy way" looks like. Take a moment to consider what leaders do at the start of their day. They don't start their day dragging themselves out of bed, drinking a Mountain Dew, and grabbing a snicker bar for breakfast. Maybe some do, but I would wager to bet those leaders that do this are on the fast track to burnout. How would you show up di...
Kristine Carlson | Heartbroken Open: A Widows' Work of Unmasking Sorrow
November 02, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBWhen Kristine's husband, Richard, suddenly died of a pulmonary embolism while descending on a flight, she had no idea how much she would rely on the tools and insights she had gained while writing several of the books contained in the "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" series. It was the teachings, many years of personal development work, writing, and support of others that gave her the means to process the grief from, what had been at that point, the most profound loss of her life. Kristine ...
Scott Mann | Retired Green Beret on Leadership, Afghanistan, and Grief
October 26, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBWhat do Green Beret special forces do and how do they differ from other special forces? What qualities make a leader? How can everyday people become a leader in their own life? What, in leadership, breaks his heart? How does Scott feel about the pullout in Afghanistan, having worked directly with the Afghans for several years? What is Scott's take on grief and suicide prevention in the military? Scott and I address these questions and more. He also opens up about the moment he plann...
Takeaways & Reflections | Grief & Missed Opportunities
October 19, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MBThe one thing I found that my guests Marty Cooper and Ken Ross have in common is that they both embody optimism. Marty can't imagine life without learning and without feeling hope for the future. While Ken, in all of his traveling and adventures, never worries about potential adverse outcomes. Both are optimistic in their way, and both are wonderful examples of what it means to live a life that you'd do over again and not be bored. This is why these two episodes fit perfectly to dig in...
Ken Ross | Rolling the Dice & Preserving the Legacy of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
October 12, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBKen Ross has a theory for the way he lives his life and, it didn't come to be without the influence of his mother, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Ken and I dig deeper into his life experience growing up in a home where grief, death, and dying were a daily part of life and the topic of conversation. His mother, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's first book, On Death and Dying, was the conversation starter for society to take a deeper look into the dying process and all of the feelings one goes through. She st...
Marty Cooper | Behind the Curtain of the Inventor of the Mobile Phone
October 05, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 30.1 MBWhat does the wizard behind the one invention that has transformed society around the globe have to say about optimism, failure, and learning? Marty Cooper has been coined the name the "Father of the Cell Phone" but, there's more to him than being an inventor of one of the most societal-altering devices. It took ten years to see his dream come to fruition, and it nearly didn't happen. In our conversation, we explore optimism, failure, the importance of learning, and so much more. We ge...
Takeaways & Reflections | We Don't Know What We Don't Know
September 28, 2021 08:00 - 15 minutes - 6.99 MBWhen you find yourself the observer of a situation that brings up some emotional dis-ease for you, it may be helpful to say the following to yourself: “I don’t know what I don’t know.” This helps me to feel better when I have felt wronged in some way or when I find myself raising an eyebrow at a situation that may or may not involve me. Society isn’t short of judgment and criticism these days. I think there’s plenty of it to go around the world a few times. However, each of us can help c...
Sirry Berndsen | The Spirit World Walks Among Us
September 21, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 39.9 MBThere are psychics and then there are psychic mediums. Do you know the difference? Sirry shares the difference between the two in this week's episode. And, there's so much more that we cover in this conversation including: Her grief growing up, things she's experienced as an adult, and what her grief is today. What her thoughts are on the afterlife. Her thoughts on religion and mysticism of life as it relates to mediumship. Cultural differences in self-care when it comes to grief. Wha...
Kristjana Hillberg | A Mother's Heartache & Sacrifice
September 14, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBAs a parent, if you had to choose between your child's best interest or what you personally wanted, you would likely choose what’s best for your child. However, what if that decision meant your child wouldn't be with you full-time? Kristjana was faced with a gut-wrenching decision that hung over her head for weeks on end until a moment of clarity struck her like a lightning bolt. But, it came with a whole lot of heartache and guilt. Not to mention one that made a lot of eyebrows go up and ...
Takeaways & Reflections | Struggle to Strength
September 07, 2021 08:00 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MBThrough the challenges and struggles of life, we often find our strength and learn what we're capable of as we search for meaning in our pain. This episode shares two stories of the tenacity it took to dig deep, while also acknowledging the need for help and support and seeking it for themselves. Rachel battled with her husband for two years as he fought hard to beat his cancer, only to lose his fight to ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) in the end. Eric battled the struggle of guilt...
Eric Hodgdon | Opening the Door To a Parent's Worst Nightmare
August 31, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBIt was a great day; nothing seemed off with his daughter Zoi. They enjoyed a meal together; she headed to her room while he went downstairs to do some computer work. Sometime later, before heading to bed, he went to say goodnight to his beloved daughter, Zoi. The music she loved blaring from her stereo; he opened the door only to see an empty bed. What he discovered next changed his life forever - changed him forever. No parent should ever have to experience the death of a child. And, i...
Rachel Engstrom | Life as a Cancer Wife, Widow, & Never a Mother-to-Be
August 24, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBEight years following the death of her husband from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Rachel reminisces on the love she lost and also the pain and lessons that came from his death as well. Rachel found purpose through her pain in writing about her experience, which later became her book, and also through cancer advocacy. In this episode, she shares the story of her husband's diagnosis and death two years later, as well as how she found her way to feeling better. On top of the loss of her s...
Takeaways & Reflections | Evolving with Grief
August 17, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBGrief can either suck the life right out of you or, it can build you into the most compassionate heart for others who will look to you to lean on for support in their grief. They say grief shared is grief diminished, but many people find sharing their grief difficult. Some turn to writing as a way to express and soothe the soul like I had and like my guest, Faith shared, in episode 59. Or, they turn to others in support groups or friendships, only to be let down or disappointed, as my gues...
Faith Wilcox | One Year to Live; Forever Without My Daughter
August 10, 2021 08:00 - 38 minutes - 17.9 MBOn a day like many others, Faith had taken her daughter, Elizabeth, to a doctor’s appointment to investigate Elizabeth's knee pain. What was thought to be an innocent visit to the doctor, who suspected the issue was nothing serious, quickly turned the family’s life upside down. After an X-ray and further testing, they learned Elizabeth had Stage IV osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer. They didn’t know it at the time, but Elizabeth had one year to live. The last three weeks of her life were ...
Sherrie Dunlevy | Infant Son Death & Pet Loss: A Story of Refusing to Lay & Decay
August 03, 2021 08:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBAs a former news anchor, Sherrie Dunlevy delivered bad news on a daily basis. However, it was the news of a personal matter that would shatter her heart. Sherrie knew she would be delivering her son who would be born with complications and quickly swept away for medical care immediately after being delivered via cesarian. She and her husband would then spend the next 29 days holding their son until he passed away. The years that followed led her on a path of trying to understand why peop...
Takeaways & Reflections | Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
July 27, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes - 9.4 MBDoes everything happen for a reason? How much of our lives is left to chance, and how much of it is a reflection of our choices? I explore these questions in this week's episode and more. Larry and Michelle shared their stories of love and loss and, although their stories of grief are vastly different, there are a few things incredibly similar in their stories: The willingness to love and be loved. Listen to this week's episode and reflect on the choices you've made, the chances you've...
Michelle St Jane | Widows Don't Sleep: Walking the Path of Cumulative Loss
July 14, 2021 16:00 - 50 minutes - 23.4 MBMichelle St Jane is no stranger to grief, like many guests who have shared their stories. The traumatic experience of finding her grandfather deceased when she was 15 and the subsequent "Don't talk, don't tell" approach to grief laid the foundation for her in how she addressed her grief. She would later better understand the impact that her family of origin had on her life. Michelle left her family of origin at age 17 to travel and later found herself in love, married, and with children....
Larry Indiviglia | Choice and Chance
July 13, 2021 08:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBGrief makes grievers feel like they don't have choices. And, it can also be difficult to bring yourself to take a chance on something or someone. In this episode, I explore choice and chance with Larry. Larry shares his stories of loss, focusing on a short-term love that touched his heart and life deeply, leaving a lasting impact. He shares the wisdom that came from that love experience with Gayle in his book, 126 Days, 11 Minutes: Our Love Story . "I wrote this story as a tribute to Ga...
Takeaways & Reflections | Preparing for Love & Tragedy
July 06, 2021 08:00 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MBI share my favorite takeaways and reflections from Ep. 52 with Staci Bartley and Ep. 53 with Tina Ginn, exploring the importance of learning from the past and having the forethought for preparing for the future. Life is messy, and we can learn from our messes, and we can clean them up, too. If we could learn how to re-frame the challenges of our lives by asking ourselves better questions, I do believe we would spend far less time emotionally suffering. Staci, through early teen pregnancy a...
Tina Ginn | Preparing for the Worst
June 29, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBTina, like many grievers, has found her passion in her pain. What started out as a career as a financial advisor, where she was well-versed in risk management, morphed into helping others prepare for the worst in their lives. Having lived through a forest fire evacuation order, the quick decline of a dear friend's health and death due to cancer, a traumatic car accident which later led to losing her job, to a subsequent divorce and estrangement with her children, Tina has learned the impor...
Staci Bartley | Broken Hearts & Broken Dreams
June 22, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 32.4 MBFrom the age of 16, Staci Bartley was in the Relationship School of Hard Knox. She found herself pregnant at the age of 16. And, to do the "responsible" thing, she and her then-boyfriend (21 at the time) decided they would get married. A year later, she would end up a divorced single mother. However, at 21, she would expect a second child with a new man in her life, and, together, they decided to get married. It would take a lot of heartbreak and breaking down to recognize that the effort t...
Takeaways & Relfections | Finding Purpose & Turnining the Page
June 15, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 16.9 MBWe often find our purpose through our pain. Or are lead to our purpose through our pain. Either way, there's often a strong, deep desire to find meaning through the terrible life experiences we've gone through. I'm no exception to that, and many of my guests aren't either. Darren created AfterCloud, a "life-tech" app for capturing life's most precious moments and memories to make it both easy to do so, and in the process, create a legacy. It's also used in music therapy and has a lot of pot...
Takeaways & Reflections | Finding Purpose & Turning the Page
June 15, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBWe often find our purpose through our pain. Or are lead to our purpose through our pain. Either way, there's often a strong, deep desire to find meaning through the terrible life experiences we've gone through. I'm no exception to that, and many of my guests aren't either. Darren created AfterCloud, a "life-tech" app for capturing life's most precious moments and memories to make it both easy to do so, and in the process, create a legacy. It's also used in music therapy and has a lot of pot...
Arielle Arbushites | Widowed By Suicide at 29 & 3x Not a Mother
June 08, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 29.2 MBArielle wasn't a newcomer to grief and loss by the time her husband decided to take his own life when she was only 29. She shares the highs, lows, and fears of navigating all of the unknowns and changes that came with losing her beloved, Rick. She wondered if she would ever love again, and because she and Rick couldn't have children together, she then had to face the possibility that she would never become a mother. Would she meet someone who would want to have children? Would she meet some...
Darren Evans | Loss and Legacy
June 01, 2021 11:00 - 55 minutes - 25.2 MBIn this episode, Darren shares how loss (and his son) inspired him to create a way to capture life's most precious moments, support others through caregiving and loving gestures, and leave a legacy for future generations. After Cloud is, as Darren calls it, a life-tech app; for sharing what needs to be said, capturing what you never want to forget, and connecting with loved ones in a way that is both easy and joy-filled. Through his losses, which include his older brother as a kid, and h...
Takeaways & Reflections | Intuition & Pulling the Weeds
May 25, 2021 11:00 - 28 minutes - 12.9 MBWe come into this world knowing how to grieve. We naturally know how to express ourselves to get our needs met. Then life happens, along with generational teaching that creates the perfect storm for adult issues. So much of what is wrong in our lives, as adults, can be traced back to our childhoods. That goes for possible health concerns, as well as our mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Adulthood is a childhood re-enactment. And, considering that research suggests that our brains ...
Crystal Partney | Finding Hope After the Loss of Her Sister By Suicide
May 18, 2021 11:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBCrystal shares the impact of losing her sister by suicide and the process of working through the grief that led her to start not one but two businesses in honor of her sister. What you will learn, though, through Crystal's episode, is that the loss of her sister was not the first. It was actually one of three within a short period of time. And, if there's one thing that I've learned through the work that I do and conversations for this podcast, it's that grief isn't a one-and-done experien...
Rachel Pozzesi | The Grief & Impact of Chronic Illness
May 11, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBRachel was living the good life; valedictorian and class princess, great friends, travel enthusiast, and living her best twenties life. That is until life became not so good. Her body began to deteriorate and, she didn't know what was happening or why. And, it would take several years, fourteen different doctors, and a diagnosis of Hashimoto's, mold biotoxin illness, chronic Lyme disease, endometriosis, and mast cell activation syndrome before life would get better. Rachel shares the rolle...