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Lisa Bolton on It is Never Too Late to Mourn Your Losses | Episode 31

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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 Lisa Bolton who experienced multiple losses in her life. She talks about dealing with loss after loss, the intense grieving bringing her […]

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Why Am I Still Talking About Her?

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… 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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Keem Fares

Keem Fares on How Grief Evolves From Survival | Episode 25

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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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Death Anniversary – How to Deal With Them?

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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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Jessica Zucker

Nathalie with Jessica Zucker on Saying it Loudly: I Had a Miscarriage | Episode 24

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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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Rachelle Spencer

Nathalie with Rachelle Spencer on Being Proud on Who You’ve Become | Episode 23

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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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Nathalie with Brooke Carlock on If This Wasn’t Enough Already | Episode 22

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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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Nathalie with Sharna Southan on the Changes Needed in Pregnancy Loss Support | Episode 21

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Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Sharna who I’ve come to appreciate as a force for change in regard to the support offered to women in dealing with their pregnancy loss, a passion we have in common. Talking about her missed miscarriage Sharna shares: …never experienced contractions before so I didn’t know that’s what

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Nathalie with Katja Faber on Continuing Living While Grieving After Homicide Loss Part 2 | Episode 20

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Today on the podcast I have the pleasure to delve deeper with Katja Faber, who has been a guest on the Podcast in Season 1. If you haven’t already, go check out her episode which has been one of most downloaded and listener showed a clear interest to know more.Among other things, today Katja and

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Nathalie with Lisa Boehm on the Loss of Her Teenage Daughter | Episode 16

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Lisa Boehm heard a knock at the door just as she had gone to bed, and it was the police coming to let her know that her teenage daughter had died in a head-on collision.Lisa tells us how she picked up the pieces of her shattered life and how she found ways to thrive and

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