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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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
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
Michael started with loss very early in his life when his mother got killed in a car accident leaving behind two boys and their father. Michael was 8 weeks old at the time and magically recovered after having almost all the bones in his tiny body broken. It took Michael a big part of his life
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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Today Sharon Ehlers and I dive into the topic of loss by suicide. We both share how we dealt with losing close people who took their own lives. Sharon has lost multiple people in her life, two of which died by suicide. She shares so generously about all the tools and resources she found along
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