partner loss

Turiya Hanover on Grief in the First Year and Coming out of Trauma | Episode 26

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

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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Joy Bornstein

Nathalie with Joy Bornstein on Using Art to Cope with Loss and Trauma | Episode 19

Today on the podcast I’m speaking with Joy, who I’ve known since 2015 as part of the May We All Heal community. This community was born out of a group of women from the Grieving Parents Support Network. They came together year after year during the month of May to focus on dealing with their

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Simone Surgeoner

Nathalie with Simone Surgeoner on Loss of Significant Men | Episode 14

Today Simone and I talk about losing the most significant men in her life. She dealt with the loss of her life partner through cancer, the sudden death of her father, and the dissolution of two marriages. After all these losses she investigated the masculine, and she found an appreciation for the male aspect in

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Nathalie with Sharon Ehlers on Dealing With Suicide | Episode 13

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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Nathalie with Kelsey Chittick on Looking at Death Differently | Episode 10

Today I speak with Kelsey about the loss of Nate, her husband, and the journey Kelsey took as part of dealing with his loss. She believes that: ‘The bigger the grief, the luckier you were.’ Kelsey shares so many different nuggets of wisdom that I found it hard to choose one to share with you

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Ian Weedon

Nathalie with Ian Weedon on the Loss of Half of the Family | Episode 8

Today I speak with Ian Weedon who has lost half of his family in the past few years. Listen to Ian telling us how he deals with loss and trauma in his later stage of life. Together, we also explore how the loved one’s presence can be felt in very different ways, not always the

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