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Clover Stroud on the Ambiguous Loss of Her Mother and the Early Loss of Her Sister | Episode 28

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

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Amber Jackson on Life as a Young Widow with Four Children | Episode 27

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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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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Keem Fares

Keem Fares on How Grief Evolves From Survival | Episode 25

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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Jessica Zucker

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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