HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self, funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast here. Thank you! Today on the podcast I am speaking with Clover Stroud, a British journalist, and author, telling us about her beautifully rich and colorful life, which also
… my dead child… Sometimes I fall into the trap of what I believe other people must be thinking when reading my posts and ask myself this Q. Today I came across this song and something in me happened. I remembered why. And it touched me deeply. I actually cried just now as I was
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Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast here. Thank you! Today on the podcast I am speaking with Amber, a young widow, and divorcee who now raises four children on her own. She lost her husband Tim just seven months ago after a 16-months battle with cancer. She now is the captain steering the
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Today on the podcast I have the honor to be speaking with Turiya Hanover for the second time, revisiting her first year of grief over the loss of her partner Maia and the associated trauma. Turiya and I share a passion: befriending death. Not everyone’s cup of tea in terms of passions but you will
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Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Keem Fares, the mother of Karina, a spirited intelligent young gymnast, who died in a freak accident when she was 12 years old. In our conversation, we draw the connection from early grief to when we worked on the book Surviving My First Year of Child Loss in
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This week on Thursday it will be 11 years since my mother died from suicide following years of battling with depression. Grief still works through me. This year, I am approaching the anniversary very consciously, starting with writing this today. How do I approach death anniversaries? Remembrance I let myself sit with feelings as they
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Experiencing mixed feelings or feeling completely blue during the holidays as a bereaved person is to be expected as there is always someone (or multiple people) missing from family or friends gathering around a festive table. Traditions become mixed with sadness and longing. Trauma, grief and the holidays Like any traditional holiday where the expectations
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Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Jessica Zucker who is widely known on social media due to the movement she started in response to her miscarriage. She openly talks about her 16-week miscarriage and the more recent trauma of her journey with breast cancer. Similarly to Jessica’s intent with her #IHadaMiscarriage movement, this podcast
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Today on the podcast I have the honour to dive deep into loss and trauma with Rachelle Spencer, who I’ve known since 2016. She has experienced multiple miscarriages and an abusive, toxic relationship. Rachelle is proud of who she has become not because but despite of her grief and trauma. Rachelle found the support of
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Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Brooke whose story could be one that movies are made of. She has experienced loss after loss culminating in a series of devastating and traumatic losses within the past 12 months. Listening to Brooke telling her life story is both devastating and shocking, at the same time as
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