trauma

Shelby Forsythia on Mother-loss as a Young Adult | Episode 29

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 Shelby Forsythia who lost her mother due to breast cancer following years of treatment. Shelby was just twenty-one and this traumatic

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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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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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Grief After Holidays

Holiday Blues After Loss

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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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 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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Miten

Nathalie with Miten on Life’s Trauma and the Healing Through Music | Episode 18

Today I have the pleasure to speak with Miten who I’ve known for almost 20 years through his and Deva’s music. Miten shares the traumas he’s experienced throughout his life and how he’s found the healing power of music. Miten says: If there is one thing, I would say that’s helped me, that is to

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