Our Little Sparrows Podcast
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJoin Geoff and Toni Brabec as they walk the road of Pregnancy and Infant Loss head-on. Together they faced an early pregnancy diagnosis of a life-limiting condition that would ultimately turn fatal. On October 5th of 2013 which happens to be their 5th wedding anniversary, the Brabec's welcomed and also said goodbye to their first-born daughter Olivia Hope who was born at just 33 weeks. Through their nonprofit, "Our Little Sparrows," Geoff and Toni seek to walk alongside expectant mothers that have been given a life-limiting and/ or fatal diagnosis before and after their pregnancy no matter the outcome. CA-501(c)(3)Nonprofit #87-2481699
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Is Healing Possible After The Loss of Your Baby? SE2 EP19
June 28, 2022 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.23 MBDo you believe that healing is possible after the loss of your baby? The definition of healing can be elusive as most of us are so overwhelmed in the midst of our grief. Today we are talking about what healing IS and what it might look like in your life. We also talk about what healing is NOT as words of caution. CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️- HOTLINE: (916) 572-6265 SOCIAL =============================== 👥 - FA...
What Are Some of The Myths of Grief? SE2 EP18
June 21, 2022 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBWhat messages and tools have you been taught to deal with death and loss? Are they helpful? Today's podcast discusses the different myths surrounding grief. We also address whether these myths are helpful tools when dealing with death, loss, and disappointments. CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️- HOTLINE: (916) 572-6265 SOCIAL =============================== 👥 - FACEBOOK 🐦 - TWITTER 📸 - INSTAGRAM 🎥 - YOUTUBE Suppor...
What Are Some of The Myths Of Grief? SE2 EP18
June 21, 2022 17:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBWhat messages and tools have you been taught to deal with death and loss? Are they helpful? Today's podcast discusses the different myths surrounding grief. We also address whether these myths are helpful tools when dealing with death, loss, and disappointments. CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️- HOTLINE: (916) 572-6265 SOCIAL =============================== 👥 - FACEBOOK 🐦 - TWITTER 📸 - INSTAGRAM 🎥 - YOUTUBE Support...
What is Grief!? SE2 EP17
June 08, 2022 23:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBCan you define what grief is? How do you know when you are grieving? Do you know how to deal with grief so that you can get over it? Today, Geoff and Toni Brabec are going to define what grief is, how you know you are grieving, and what steps you can take to get to completeness with what is grieving you. CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️- HOTLINE: (916) 572-6265 SOCIAL =============================== 👥 - FACEBOOK 🐦...
What Is The Grief Recovery Method? SE2 EP16
May 31, 2022 19:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBToday, we will introduce to you the Grief Recovery Method and share with you what it is. The Grief Recovery Method is a structured program that teaches you the tools not taught to us in our childhood needed to understand what grief really is. GRM will empower you to move beyond death, divorce, and countless other losses that you have already encountered and will continue to experience during your lifetime. The best part is that this is NOT therapy. This is not a clinical approach, but a hum...
How Do You Know When You Are Ready To Help Others Through Their Grief? SE2 EP15
May 17, 2022 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MBToday we will talk about (4) items to consider before helping others with their grief. You may be at a point of your journey where you are asking yourself, “Am I ready to start helping others create a pathway to find healing and hope from their loss?” Stick around to the end of the podcast where we talk about (5) benefits and an important word of caution that we should all consider. CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️-...
How can telling your story and sharing about your baby bring healing and hope? SE2 EP14
May 10, 2022 12:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBHow do you heal while grieving the death of your baby? In this week's podcast, we reveal how telling your story through sharing about your baby can bring about hope and healing. CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️- HOTLINE: (916) 572-6265 SOCIAL =============================== 👥 - FACEBOOK 🐦 - TWITTER 📸 - INSTAGRAM 🎥 - YOUTUBE Support the show
What Does A Good Support Network Look Like While Grieving? SE2 EP13
May 03, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBGeoff and I (Toni) are sharing how connecting with others and creating a network of support can help you find hope in healing after the loss of your baby. ***If you are dealing with difficult feelings and emotions from the death of your baby, we encourage you to reach out and connect with other families of baby loss in the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Community. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are great resources for finding other loss moms and dads in our community to connect and share our b...
Grief, Your Brain and Your Body. SE2 EP12
April 26, 2022 09:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBToday, Geoff and I are going to discuss how grief can affect your brain and your body and what you can do to help yourself think and feel more clearly. Have you ever felt like you’re living your life in a fog? Do you have difficulty concentrating, remembering details, and keeping track of things? Are you experiencing body aches, and getting sick more often? Finding yourself more clumsy than usual? WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE RESOURCES ...
What Do you Say or Do for Someone Who Has Just Lost A Baby?
December 14, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIf you’re not sure what to say to someone who has just lost their baby or are wondering if you should even say something at all, we’ve got #5 tips for you on what you can say or do to show your support. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE RESOURCES =============================== 📅- "Worldwide Candle Lighting Service" -The Compassionate Friends 📚- NAVIGATING THE UNKNOWN BOOK -Amie Lands ***If you are dealing with difficult feelings and emotions...
What Do you Say or Do for Someone Who Has Just Lost A Baby? SE1 EP11
December 14, 2021 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBIf you’re not sure what to say to someone who has just lost their baby or are wondering if you should even say something at all, we’ve got #5 tips for you on what you can say or do to show your support. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE RESOURCES =============================== 📅- "Worldwide Candle Lighting Service" -The Compassionate Friends 📚- NAVIGATING THE UNKNOWN BOOK -Amie Lands ***If you are dealing with difficult feelings and emotions...
(5) Ways To Honor Your Baby This Christmas Season. SE1 EP10
December 07, 2021 05:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBWhat Can You Do to Honor Your Baby and Your Grief this Christmas Season? In this episode we are going to discuss (5) ways you can honor the life of your baby and your grief this Christmas season. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE ***If you are dealing with difficult feelings and emotions from the death of your baby, we encourage you to reach out and connect with other families of baby loss in the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Community. Facebook, I...
Worldwide Candle Lighting Day/ (5) Ways To Participate in WWCLD. SE1 EP9
December 01, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBJoin us today as we share why it is important to remember your baby. We also have (5) unique ways to participate in honoring your child during the Worldwide Candle Lighting Service this year. Will you be lighting a candle in the memory of your child gone too soon on Sunday, December 12th? The Annual Worldwide Candle Lighting Day coordinated by The Compassionate Friends, Inc. is a special time to honor a child of any age that has died. However you choose to honor your baby, it will be spe...
What Does Our Little Sparrows Do? SE1 EP8
November 26, 2021 05:00 - 14 minutes - 10.3 MBWhat does OLS do exactly? How do we support families experiencing or anticipating pregnancy or infant loss? In this episode, Geoff and Toni Brabec, the founders of Our Little Sparrows, are going to share with you (4) ways that they support families of pregnancy and infant loss. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE CONTACT US! =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE SPARROWS 📝- SPARROW BLOG ☎️- HOTLINE: (916) 572-626...
Siblings Grieve Baby Loss Too // Bereaved Sibling Awareness Month SE1 EP7
November 24, 2021 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBThe month of November is Bereaved Siblings Awareness Month. The purpose is to bring awareness in acknowledging the reality that siblings grieve, each child grieves differently and, that they too need support when processing the death of their baby sibling. How do you help children grieving the loss of their baby brother or sister? This week we share the challenges as well as tips for walking alongside your living children grieving the death of their sibling. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============...
Thanksgiving and Secondary Losses After Baby Loss SE1 EP6
November 17, 2021 05:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBYou may be asking yourself why Thanksgiving and other holidays are so hard in times of grieving. One reason might be because you are reminded that your life is different after the death of your baby. Additional losses or "Secondary Losses" that follow as a result of your baby loss are the most common way life without asking reminds us of our painful experience. In this episode we are going to discuss what "Secondary Losses" look like for parents of Pregnancy and Infant Loss, how they can ma...
Who Is Our LIttle Sparrows? SE1 EP5
November 01, 2021 19:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBToday we (Geoff and Toni Brabec) share with you "who" we are as an organization. Our Little Sparrows was created from our personal journey of baby loss. The services that we offer are specific to our experience and are based on a lack of support offered in our area of loss. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE RESOURCES =============================== www.ourlittlesparrows.org =============================== 🌷- MEET THE FOUNDERS OF OUR LITTLE...
How Do I Face Halloween After The Loss of My Baby? SE1 EP4
October 26, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBIn this episode, we have (5) Solutions for those facing the challenges that Halloween can present! Whether this is your first Holiday Season as a parent of baby loss or not, we face some or all of the challenges talked about in this week's podcast. Our community of Pregnancy and Infant Loss is here to stand with you. WHERE TO LISTEN: ============================== APPLE PODCAST SPOTIFY GOOGLE RESOURCES =============================== 📚 BOOKS BY AUTHOR AMIE LANDS ✅ TENDING TO YOUR...
Grief and the Holidays (5) Special Tips On Getting Through The Holiday Season With Baby Loss. SE1 EP3
October 23, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB(5) Special Tips To Help You Through The Holiday Season. Are you dreading the fast-approaching holidays after the loss of your baby? Would you rather hide out in your room and not come out until after January 1st? No matter how happy the season is, you may or may not feel the same way as everything and everyone around you says you should. So how do we get through this time of year? Should we embrace the holiday season even though our baby is dead? So many questions, hopefully, our (5) Tips w...
(5) Special Tips On Getting Through The Holiday Season With Baby Loss. SE1 EP3
October 23, 2021 04:00 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB(5) Special Tips To Help You Through The Holiday Season. Are you dreading the fast-approaching holidays after the loss of your baby? Would you rather hide out in your room and not come out until after January 1st? No matter how happy the season is, you may or may not feel the same way as everything and everyone around you says you should. So how do we get through this time of year? Should we embrace the holiday season even though our baby is dead? So many questions, hopefully, our (5) Tips w...
How Do I Honor My Baby On International Wave of Light Day? SE1 EP2
October 11, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes - 3.82 MBAre you looking for a special way to celebrate the life of your baby? Today we are going to share with you an amazing annual event that takes place on Oct. 15th., The International Wave of Light. We will share with you (5) ways you can participate in this unique and special event. We are in the month of October which is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This is a time where our bereaved community can come together in various events whether local or online to remember our babies. I...
How Do You Honor Your Baby On International Wave of Light Day? SE1 EP2
October 11, 2021 22:00 - 5 minutes - 3.82 MBAre you looking for a special way to celebrate the life of your baby? Today we are going to share with you an amazing annual event that takes place on Oct. 15th., The International Wave of Light. We will share with you (5) ways you can participate in this unique and special event. We are in the month of October which is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. This is a time where our bereaved community can come together in various events whether local or online to remember our babies. I...
How Do You Remember Your Baby That Died? SE1 EP1
October 05, 2021 06:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBAre you finding it difficult to think of ways to remember your baby? With October being Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month it can be especially stressful to think of ways to honor your baby that died. Today Toni and I (Geoff) talk about (10) specific ways that you can remember your baby in a very special way. Whether it is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month, or the anniversary or birth date of your baby, a holiday, or any time in between, you can honor and remember your bab...