Silent Women’s Club Podcast
115 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSilent Women’s Club podcast is for mothers who’ve lost children. We’re here to talk about things. We honor you. We honor your child. Some days, we’re good. Other days, we’re not. We talk about them all, sharing how events, news, anniversaries and even the weather impact life. The truth is that your child died but you’re still here. You’re still important. Your motherhood, womanhood and humanity lives on. If you never tell your story or talk about how you feel, don’t worry, we talk about it here. On the Silent Women’s Club podcast, our love speaks. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
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Episodes
OB/GYN
March 06, 2023 18:30 - 21 minutes - 19.7 MBMy doctor retired and I cried. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief - Counselors
May 18, 2021 14:27 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MBGoing to a therapist is a good thing. But if you don’t address your grief, then you may not get what’s best for you in that experience. Grief counseling is a good for you no matter how long ago you experienced loss. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief: Two Days Later
May 11, 2021 14:57 - 7 minutes - 6.86 MBGrief has a mind of its own. Some days it’s bearable and life feels livable. Some days it’s neither high nor low. And some days it’s insufferable. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts: New Normals
May 06, 2021 15:33 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MBThe world is just catching up to us with all this talk about the “new normal.” We’ve been living our own “new normals” since life changed for us, right? As Mother’s Day approaches, I’m feeling “meh” about it. That’s my normal. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts: Going Through
April 29, 2021 16:29 - 3 minutes - 3.57 MB“I’m going through,” is what you say when life has you down. What if we started thinking of “going through” as a process to “getting out” or “getting better?” It’s something I’m thinking about. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief: Tell A Story Today
April 27, 2021 16:19 - 8 minutes - 7.46 MBThere is a day for everything and today is National Tell A Story Day. It’s your day! Your day to tell the story that caused your grief and your good. Good Grief! Tell that story and let it all hang out! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Sunshine and Daniel: Chapter 1, Part 1
April 25, 2021 16:03 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBJoin us today as we read through my book, Sunshine and Daniel: Seeking Grace in Lost Motherhood together. If you are following along in your book, turn to Chapter 1: Seeking Grace in Loss. You can read along with us, or listen and let the words and stories comfort and bless you. For more information on the book and our ministry, visit is at www.silentwomensclub.com. Our love speaks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief: Infertility Awareness
April 20, 2021 13:07 - 11 minutes - 11 MBI met Diona Murray of @barrenfruit three years ago. Her Infertility Empowerment Conference helped me to accept that I am an infertile woman. It had never dawned on me that the fibroids that caused my pre-term labor, the loss of my Daniel, and that would later lead to my doctor telling me that I would not be able to have children equaled infertility. I now proclaim, realize and exclaim it. I am whole. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podc...
Sunshine and Daniel - Preface and Acknowledgements
April 18, 2021 15:43 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBIn 2018, I published my book, Sunshine and Daniel: Seeking Grace in Lost Motherhood out of a call to share my story to help mothers who have lost children. For the next several Sundays, join me as we read through Sunshine and Daniel together. You can read along in your book, or listen and let the stories comfort and bless you. Mum, our love speaks! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief: Black Maternal Mental Health Week
April 13, 2021 14:31 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MBOn Sunday, the beginning of this week, another Black man was killed by police. His name is Daunte Wright. He wasn’t my child, but he is my child. As a grieving Black mother, his death is my son’s death. His death causes my soul to hurt all over again. It signals that I have to do something for my mental health. So, Mum, I write a sentence to my-maternal-self; 10, 50, 100 times. My maternal mental health requires it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-...
Thoughtful Thursday: My gift to you
April 08, 2021 16:51 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBWhat’s your gift? Everyone has a gift. That includes you, Mum. There is something you have in you that helps other people feel better, do better and be better. Every single person has a gift. Think about yours and give it to the world. We need it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts: Are You Fit?
April 01, 2021 15:09 - 6 minutes - 5.93 MBI just finished a new workout. Strength training. At my age! As I walk this grieving journey, I owe it to myself, those I remember, and those I serve to be fit. It’s African American Women’s Fitness Month. And I’m worth it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief: Mum’s Love Endures
March 30, 2021 14:45 - 7 minutes - 6.55 MBAs I prayed for you today, Mum, something about you impressed me. Your love. That love that confounds you. That love that cherishes memories. That love that sustains you. That love that reaches heaven. Your love, Mum, is a love that endures. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts. Stretch the Soreness.
March 25, 2021 13:30 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MBA friend reminded me of the importance of stretching. It physically eases sore muscles. Stretching is a powerful tool for our emotional hurts, too. Spiritual stretching keeps us whole. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief. What have you done for you lately?
March 23, 2021 13:16 - 6 minutes - 5.67 MBDo you remember Janet Jackson’s popular ‘90s song, “What have you done for me lately?” It posed a good question to someone who was not holding up their end of a relationship. Now, I’m taking a twist on her question to ask you - what have you done for you lately? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts. Testing.
March 18, 2021 20:13 - 7 minutes - 6.67 MBI had to have some testing this morning. An ultrasound to be exact. The wild goose chase I was sent on to get to ultrasound took me where I did not want to be, but the path back led me to grace. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts: Faceplanting
March 11, 2021 19:29 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MBOne year. It’s been one year. At times, I’ve felt like I had faceplanted into a wall or down the steps with everything that’s happened during the course of this past year. Despite all of it, I’ve learned some things. Like how much I appreciate life. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts: National Sons Day
March 04, 2021 21:20 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MBYou know how you dream and pray and wish for something but never get it? Then you see someone else with it and you feel some kind of way about it? I’m thinking about how other people have what I’ve prayed for. Like a son. I’m thinking about moms who have sons. I’m thinking about Mums who’ve lost sons, too. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief: See me. Hear me. Help me.
March 02, 2021 18:37 - 7 minutes - 6.64 MBI’ve learned to raise my hand on my own behalf. I’ve learned to raise my hand to say - See me. Hear me. Help me. Grief empowers me to do that for myself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts. I’m Somone I Love
February 25, 2021 16:41 - 9 minutes - 9.01 MBI said in a post the other day, “Treat yourself like you are someone you love.” Several people asked about that statement. Well, loving you with encouragement, motivation and inspiration starts on the inside. Delve in with me. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief. National Mourning.
February 23, 2021 19:22 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBLast night, President Biden delivered a speech that I needed. In it he said, “but I promise you the day will come a small the memory of the loved one you lost will bring a smile to your lips before a tear to your eye.” I know those days. I have more of them. But I still needed his speech. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief. My love for Mylo.
February 16, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 6.57 MBLove is a transforming force. Mother’s love starts to develop as the child develops in the womb. Where does it go when the child dies? It needs a place to land. In came my Mylo. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts ... there’s always a bright side
February 11, 2021 16:20 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MBLife comes at you. Life often sucks. Especially now with - just - everything. No matter though, there is always a bright side. Not mindless positivity thinking. Actual things in life that brighten your day. And maybe your outlook. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief. We’ve Got What It Takes.
February 09, 2021 18:35 - 7 minutes - 6.91 MBThere should be a rule that once a woman loses her child, she is immune from any more loss, heartache, illness or suffering. It’s only fair. Though no such rule exists, because of who we are and what we’ve been through, we have what it takes to face what life throws at us. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Good Grief. It’s growing.
February 02, 2021 17:58 - 6 minutes - 6.24 MBWhen Charlie Brown would exclaim, “Good Grief,” he often held his head in his hands in anguish. It was always a negative response to something terrible that happened to him. If only he had known that Good Grief is possible. Us Mums know it. And we’re walking into the good of grief with purpose. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Smiling over my broken pieces.
January 28, 2021 17:23 - 5 minutes - 5.51 MBLife is not getting any easier. I’m preparing for new treatment for my eye disease and I’m not ready for any of it. And I’m smiling. Yes, I’m smiling. The pain and hurt is still there. My heart is still broken, but I’ve got a smile over my broken pieces. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying. Deaurra Aaliyah Nealy.
January 26, 2021 21:14 - 5 minutes - 5.31 MBLittle Deaurra Nealy’s father said that she was a perfect child. We can certainly understand. Many parents feel that way about their angels. Sadly, Deaurra, known affectionately as “Aurri,” received her wings on January 16, 2021 due to complications from COVID-19. Children can die from this virus. Children are dying from this virus. And their parents are grieving. This is not a hoax. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
400,000 lives remembered
January 21, 2021 17:40 - 5 minutes - 5.48 MBThis week, as a nation, we finally recognized that we are grieving. I needed that. I needed the nation to recognize the grief that necessarily hangs over us. We remember and honor each one. Your loved one is remembered. You who remain are remembered as you mourn. You are remembered. And I hold you in my prayers and heart. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thought - my doable
January 14, 2021 18:59 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBPeople talk about getting back to “normal,” and the “new normal.” But normal left my life 17 years ago. I now live in my doable. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying. Jaquan Cartez Anderson.
January 12, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 5.6 MB“I’m here. You’re not by yourself.” The words of Rontunda Moran as she held her 17 year old son, Jaquan Anderson’s hand as he died of heart failure complicated by COVID-19. This is not a hoax. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Thursday Thoughts - Is Silence Betrayal?
January 07, 2021 19:40 - 6 minutes - 5.98 MB“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Thinking about this today and wondering what it means for the Silent Women’s Club. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying. Xavier M. Brooks
January 05, 2021 17:06 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MB“I don’t feel anymore. I feel like I’m incomplete.” Those are the words of Chantel Brooks, whose 4 year old son, Xavier, died of cardiac arrest due to complications of COVID-19 the day after Christmas. We understand how she feels. But we all wish we didn’t. This is not a hoax. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying. Kimora LeShee’ Lynum, 9.
December 29, 2020 19:02 - 5 minutes - 4.95 MBKimora LeShee’ “Kimmie” Lynum was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection and 103 temperature when her mother, Mikasha Young-Holmes took her to the hospital. They were sent home. Six days later, when Kimmie failed to wake from her nap, the hospital tested her. Kimmie died having tested positive for COVID -19. It’s not a hoax. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying. Tagan Ja’Nae Marie Drone
December 24, 2020 17:22 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBThe ER doctor told mom, Lastassija White, “She will be fine. It doesn’t affect kids.” She and Tagan were discharged and sent home. Tagan died 15 hours later. Little Tagan was not treated properly. Her parents tell their story “to bring light” to other parents. This is not a hoax. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying - Tagan Ja’Nae Marie Drone
December 24, 2020 17:22 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MBThe ER doctor told mom, Lastassija White, “She will be fine. It doesn’t affect kids.” She and Tagan were discharged and sent home. Tagan died 15 hours later. Little Tagan was not treated properly. Her parents tell their story “to bring light” to other parents. This is not a hoax. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Children are dying. It’s not a hoax.
December 22, 2020 17:22 - 7 minutes - 7.4 MBMore than 121 children have died from COVID-19. In September 2020, the Washington Post said child deaths are “remarkably low.” Tell that to the mothers who’ve lost their children. The mostly black and Hispanic mothers. Their stories are precious. We cannot remain Silent. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - Not Broken in 2020
December 15, 2020 17:25 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBWhat I didn’t realize is what I’ve overcome. I had to read my story to see my story. 2020 sucks! This year is awful. But I am not. I was bruised. But not utterly broken this year. The same is true for you, Mum. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Thursday, December 3, 2020 - I am the 1 in 4
December 03, 2020 17:17 - 8 minutes - 7.49 MBOne in four women. One in four patients. That one is me. I am the one in four. I am the one. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, November 26, 2020 - Thanks Giving
November 26, 2020 14:56 - 8 minutes - 7.56 MBI’m thankful. I may not feel it but I will it. Empty chairs won’t deter me this year. No matter what, for my dreams and my future, my Thanks Giving starts today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - Still, Small, Subtle
November 17, 2020 14:32 - 9 minutes - 8.88 MBThere’s a still, small and subtle presence within me that gives me the strength to go on every day. Some days, it’s a voice. Other days it’s a feeling. A breath. An awareness up my spine that reminds me I can make it. I’m tapping into that today. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - Sometimes I Cry
November 10, 2020 13:29 - 7 minutes - 7.11 MB“Big girls don’t cry.” That’s a lie I learned as a little girl. Well, I’m a full grown woman now and sometimes, I cry. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Thursday, November 5, 2020 - Silence
November 05, 2020 18:26 - 8 minutes - 3.72 MBA moment of silence is refreshing. It is also unnerving. It is important to our personal health to take time to just be silent. Even if life around you encroaches on it. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, November 3, 3020 - Wrapped in Grace
November 03, 2020 13:01 - 7 minutes - 6.65 MBIt’s Grace Day! I know that sounds odd today but instead of being anxious and allowing the magnitude of today take us into a spiral, why not wrap yourself in Grace? Be good to yourself today. And no matter what the day brings, you bring Grace to you. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Thursday, October 29, 2020 - Kathy Brant
October 29, 2020 17:31 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MBHer name is Kathy Brant. She’s asked, Why did they do this to me?” It’s a good question. She needs a good answer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - When?
October 27, 2020 21:18 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MBWhen will Black mothers stop losing their children to police shootings? When will Black mothers children matter? Walter Wallace’s mother lost her son yesterday on the street in Philadelphia. And she stood there. Watching. As he was killed by the police. When will the lives of Black mothers children matter? Someone tell me when? When? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Sunday, October 25, 2020 - The Time Needed
October 27, 2020 21:12 - 6 minutes - 6.36 MBMaternity leave is a staple in the US today. What if we had the same expectation for the bereaved Mum? Three days or one week alway from work is not enough of the time needed to grieve. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Thursday, October 22, 2020 - Not Bullied
October 22, 2020 15:52 - 10 minutes - 9.95 MBI was thinking about what I’m thankful for today. It was hard because this election cycle has included bashing the parent of an addicted child. My mom lost a child to addiction and it pains me to hear this current bullying. For you Mums who are struggling with this, I invite you to remember your child in gratitude. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club Sunday, October 18, 2020 - So Dope
October 18, 2020 17:41 - 5 minutes - 4.81 MBThe post pandemic me is so dope I can’t wait to give her to the world. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Thursday, October 15, 2020 - Awareness Day 2020
October 15, 2020 16:27 - 5 minutes - 5.37 MBPregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day sneaks up on me. I get this feeling, then I look at the date - October 15 and it all makes sense. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support
Silent Women’s Club podcast Tuesday, October 12, 2020 - Abortion and Termination
October 14, 2020 00:57 - 9 minutes - 8.94 MBCan we hold a place in our hearts for Mums who lost their pregnancies through abortion and termination? Every loss of a child hurts. Every loss carries pain. Abortion and terminations carry condemnation. No child loss ever should. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silent-womens-club-podcast/support