Podcasts by Tendrils of Grief
Grievers and grief professionals share their personal stories and describe what was helpful for them or their clients in working through grief. This podcast will outline steps to have hope and build meaning into your life.
Further podcasts by Susan Ways
Podcast on the topic Selbstverwirklichung
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Setting Boundaries and Honoring Yourself During the Holidays from 2023-12-11T05:00
Welcome to an empowering episode with Carrie Conrad, the visionary founder of Beating Disaster. In this episode, Carrie sheds light on a crucial aspect of self-care during the holiday ...
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How To Make Meaning Out Of Grief from 2023-12-04T05:00
Welcome to another enlightening episode of our podcast. Today, we have the privilege of delving into the profound journey of Kerri Scott, an astrophysicist turned meta-physicist, and t...
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Finding Something To Be Grateful For When It Feels Like There Is Nothing To Be Grateful For from 2023-11-27T05:00
Welcome to an empowering episode with Caroline, a professional coach, speaker, and educator whose passion lies in inspiring continual learning, growth, and the exploration of limitless...
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You Are Meant For Something Wonderful - Find The Light Within You from 2023-11-20T05:00
Welcome to an inspiring episode featuring Jorge V. Gonzalez, a testament to the resilience and transformative power of reinvention. Born to Mexican immigrant parents, Jorge spent two d...
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How to Powerfully Show Up For Those Grieving from 2023-11-13T05:00
Welcome to a profoundly moving episode as we sit down with Angie Hanson, who bravely shares her grief journey that began in June 2006. It was a heartbreaking start as her 1-year-old so...
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Your Power Is In Your Story - Tell It! from 2023-11-06T05:00
Welcome to a deeply poignant episode featuring Sheila Clemenson, the Founder/CEO of Transitions Coaching Services, LLC, a seasoned professional with over 25 years of expertise dedicate...
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The Gifts We Find In Grief with Angela Gentile from 2023-10-30T07:21
Susan, your host, welcomes Angela Gentile. She is a hype woman and a badass unicorn. Angela is a former public school teacher turned social disruptor, entrepreneur, podcaster, speaker,...
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Intentional Grieving: Turning Trauma into Purpose with Jane L. Rosen from 2023-10-23T07:27:55
Susan, your host, welcomes Jane L. Rosen to today’s conversation. Jane is an author, screenwriter, and former Huffington Post contributor. Jane often takes inspiration from real-life ...
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Losing Someone to Suicide with Alexandra Wyman from 2023-10-16T04:00
Susan, your host, first wants the listeners to know that in this conversation, she’s discussing the topic of suicide, which might be sensitive or upsetting for some of you. Be prepared...
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From Trauma to Resilience with Sandy Linda from 2023-10-09T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Sandy Linda to today’s episode. Sandy is a family leader in grief guidance and a life coach. After experiencing multiple losses, she began a journey using he...
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Picking Up The Shattered Pieces Left By Grief and Building A Life You Love from 2023-10-02T06:25:50
In this raw and vulnerable solo episode, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to all of you who’ve taken the time to share those heartwarming, positive reviews about my show. Today...
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Honoring Yourself and Your Grief with Monica Morrisey from 2023-09-25T07:01:43
Susan, your host, welcomes Monica Morrissey to today’s episode. Monica was a public educator for over thirty years. Her experience teaching others helped her gain the knowledge she wou...
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Be an Expert on Your Own Grief with Maria Belanic from 2023-09-18T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Maria Belanic to today’s conversation. Maria is a mother grandmother and grief mentor. Like many parents, she never thought about the unimaginable happening ...
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Dating as a Widow/Widower with Duana Welch from 2023-09-11T09:14:18
Susan, your host, welcomes Duana Welch to today’s episode. Dr. Duana (pronounced DWAY-nah) is known for writing and dating coaching that relies on science rather than opinion to help m...
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Grieving with Intentionality with Danielle McCombs from 2023-09-04T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Danielle McCombs to today’s episode. Danielle believes that everyone is naturally creative, resourceful, and whole. External expectations that are put upon u...
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Rebuilding the Life that Grief Destroyed with Dr. Chris Sopa from 2023-08-28T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Dr. Chris Sopa to today’s episode. Dr. Chris is an Industrial Organizational psychologist, speaker, and researcher who has spent the last 20 years studying h...
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Grief: A Dance Between Loss and Love with Pierce Freelon from 2023-08-21T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Pierce Freelon. Pierce is an accomplished musician, producer, and educator from Durham, North Carolina. He is the co-creator of Beat Making Lab, an Emmy Awar...
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Chose to Live an Intentional Life with David Price from 2023-08-14T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes David Price to today’s conversation. David is a life coach who got into life coaching because of his own personal transformation. He was able to achieve so m...
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How Trauma and Grief Influence Us with Justine Lette from 2023-08-07T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Justine Lette to today’s episode. Justine is an internationally recognized hypnotherapy trainer, owner of Hypnosis New Zealand, and creator of the Golden Thr...
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Permission to Grieve with Emily Grace from 2023-07-31T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Emily Grace. Emily started her career as a shy people-pleaser who overworked to prove her worth in the world and relied on others for validation and approval...
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You Can Choose How to Grieve with Debbie Weiss from 2023-07-24T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Debbie Weiss to today’s episode.
With over 50 years of experience dealing with some of life’s toughest challenges,...
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Finding Purpose within Pain with Jesse Brisendine from 2023-07-17T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Jesse Brisendine to today’s episode. Jesse is an award-winning speaker and best-selling author. Jesse Brisendine is a world-renowned expert who works with in...
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How to Grieve Dysfunctional Relationships with Amanda Kirkland from 2023-07-10T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Amanda Kirkland to today’s episode. Amanda is a personal growth coach, and her journey to becoming a personal growth coach started with her own struggles thr...
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The Perfect Gift for a Griever with Patrick Kucharson from 2023-07-03T06:24:49
Susan, your host, welcomes Patrick Kucharson to today’s episode. Patrick is a B-gift-giver by nature; he runs Better Gift Coach, a free newsletter that is a weekly 1-minute shortcut to...
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Death As Betrayal with Vanesa from 2023-06-26T07:06:07
Susan, your host, welcomes Vanessa Cardenas to today’s episode. Vanesa is a highly experienced C-Suite Executive, Mentor, Coach, and Speaker. She holds a degree in Industrial & Organiz...
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Grief is Our Friend&It’s Our Teacher with Meghan Smith Brooks from 2023-06-19T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Meghan Smith Brooks to today’s episode. Meghan is an Ordained Unity Minister and the author of Unraveling Grief: A Mother’s Spiritual Journey of Healing and ...
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A Grievers’ Companion with Martha Hunt Handler from 2023-06-12T07:51:39
Susan, your host, welcomes Martha Hunt Handler to today’s episode.
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Grief Makes Who You Are with Tracee Dunblazer from 2023-06-05T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Tracee Dunblazer. Tracy is a certified grief counselor, a Los Angeles-based empath, a shaman, and a 22-time award-winning author who has spent decades living...
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Bridging the Gap with our Departed Loved Ones with Richard John Allen from 2023-05-29T06:56:12
Susan, your host, welcomes Richard John Allen to today’s episode. Richard has a mission of dedicating his life to helping others overcome their struggles and find hope and healing, pro...
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We All Want One More Conversation with Karen Docherty from 2023-05-22T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Karen Docherty to today’s episode. Karen is a psychic medium and mentor. Her mission is to use her ability to bring comfort, understanding, and healing. The...
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Ambiguous Loss: Grieving Someone Who Is Still Alive with Stephanie Sarazin from 2023-05-15T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Stephanie Sarazin. Stephanie is a writer, researcher, and experiential expert in ambiguous grief. Her work began with her own experience of mid-life trauma, ...
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The Trauma of Losing Someone with Michelle Pfile from 2023-05-08T08:00:05
Susan, your host, welcomes Michelle Pfile to today’s episode. Michelle is a health wellness, business mentor, and podcast host who helps women create positive changes in their lives by...
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Functioning Through Grief with Donnalynn Riley from 2023-05-01T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Donnalynn Riley to today’s episode, Donnalynn has been coaching business people to become masters of their communication, relationships, and success for over...
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Grief Is the Gift of Love with Stephanie Zito from 2023-04-24T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Stephanie Zito to today’s episode. Stephanie is an Intuitive Soul Purpose Coach who sees right through the stories and blocks that hold clients back from the...
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Dear Susan… with Catherine McNulty from 2023-04-17T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Catherine McNulty to today’s episode, this time not as a guest but as a coach specializing in grief. In this episode, Susan and Catherine answer listeners’ q...
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Remember His Name, Honor His Memory with Trish Springsteen from 2023-04-10T06:07:10
Susan, your host, welcomes Trish Springsteen to today’s episode. Trish is a Creative Marketing Consultant, a multi-national award-winning mentor, speaker, award-winning international b...
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Sudden vs. Anticipated Loss with Geri Reid Suster from 2023-04-03T07:29:55
Susan, your host, welcomes Geri Reid Suster to today’s episode. Geri has 30 years of experience in business and management, specializing in acquisitions and creating operational excell...
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Normalizing the conversation around grief with Michelle Ann Collins from 2023-03-27T06:38:21
Susan, your host, welcomes Michelle Ann Collins to today’s episode. Michelle is the founder of Inhabit Joy, where she partners with individuals who have suffered grief, injury, or othe...
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Grief: The Price You Pay for Love with Kevin O’Connor from 2023-03-20T05:11:56
Susan, your host, welcomes Kevin O’Connor to today’s episode. Kevin published Two Floors Above Grief in 2022; his prior writings include personal letters, dissertations, articles, and ...
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Resiliency: The Perfect Partner of Grief with Marv Weidner from 2023-03-13T04:00
Marv Weidner lives in the beautiful, mountainous Gunnison Valley of Western Colorado and volunteers with Living Journeys, a local not-for-profit organization providing services and sup...
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Twice Widowed and Dating with Barbara Kenyon from 2023-03-06T05:00
Susan, your host, is joined by Barbara Kenyon in today’s episode. Barbara knows what it is like to be widowed twice. The first time was after nine years of marriage when her firstborn ...
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Grieving Made Me a Better Person with Kara Bowman from 2023-02-27T05:00
Susan, your host, is joined by Kara Bowman in today’s episode. Kara is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has advanced certifications in Grief Counseling, Trauma Therapy, and...
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Grieving a Traumatic Death with Sarah Miller from 2023-02-20T05:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Sarah Miller to today’s episode. Sarah is a Royal Air Force veteran, turned Physical Therapist Assistant, turned Well-being Coach. She is currently in the pr...
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Believers Also Grieve with Francine Ivey from 2023-02-13T05:00
Susan, your host, is accompanied by Francine Ivey in today’s episode. Francine’s heart and mission are to inspire and encourage the church, to bring those far from God into a passionat...
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Grieving a Father I Never Had with Jen Thomas from 2023-02-06T05:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Jen Thomas, Intuitive Business Coach, and Healer, to today’s episode.
Jen is a l...
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A Mother’s Never-Ending Grief with Ruth Markel from 2023-01-30T08:30:28
Ruth is the mother of the late Dan Markel, a noted law professor who was murdered in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2014.
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The Military Medium with Dean McMurray from 2023-01-23T07:38:15
Susan, your host, is joined by Dean McMurray in today’s episode. Dean — “The Military Medium” — is an internationally acclaimed psychic, medium, healer, dowser, a...
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Regaining Joy After Loss with Marie Scott from 2023-01-16T05:00
Susan, your host, is joined by Marie Scott in today’s episode. Marie is the Creator and Founder of Happy and Healthy After Widowhood. After losing her beloved Dav...
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Living with Grief with Cat O’Brien from 2023-01-09T08:53:51
Susan, your host, welcomes Cat O’Brien to today’s episode. Cat is a 45-year-old single mum to a thirteen-year-old with additional needs. In November 2020, Cat’s p...
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How to Befriend Your Grief with Natalie Olson from 2023-01-02T05:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Natalie Olson to today’s episode. Natalie is a Life and Wellness Coach who focuses on the importance of daily routines, habits, and pat...
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Grief Is a Door to a New Identity with Wendy Lichtenthal from 2022-12-26T11:50:32
Susan, your host, welcomes Wendy Lichtenthal to today’s episode. Wendy Lichtenthal, Ph.D., FT is the Director of the Bereavement Clinic and a clinical psychologis...
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Numbers As Messages from Our Loved Ones Who Passed with Liza Spiridon from 2022-12-19T08:47:42
Susan, your host, is joined by Liza Spiridon in today’s episode. Liza Spiridon is an empathic numerologist, having studied Numerology for over 25 years. She has b...
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Angry at God with Kate J. Meyer from 2022-12-12T16:18:03
Susan, your host, welcomes Kate J. Meyer to today’s episode. Kate is an author, a public speaker, a professional counselor, and an ordained minister. Kate is the...
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Grief Never Goes Away with Nicola Mercer from 2022-12-05T07:59:54
Susan welcomes Nicola Mercer to today’s episode. Nicola is a transformational health coach, supporting women in business to transform their health into wealth by ...
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Grief Not Only Comes From Death with Gwenda Lambert from 2022-11-28T08:26:18
Susan, your host, welcomes Gwenda Lambert to today’s episode. Long before becoming an Advanced Grief Recovery Method Specialist, Gwenda was drawn to helping peopl...
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Eight Tips to Successfully Transit the Holidays While Grieving with Susan Ways from 2022-11-21T10:16:04
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The Connection Between Food and Terminal Illness with Marie Scott from 2022-11-14T05:00
Susan welcomes Marie Scott to today’s episode. Marie is the Creator and Founder of Happy and Healthy After Widowhood. After...
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Grief Yoga with Page Park from 2022-11-07T05:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Page Park to today’s episode. Page has her own grief story; she helps people navigate grief through yoga, meditation, breath, and conne...
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One Day Your Life Changes Completely with Geralyn Ritter from 2022-10-31T07:53:01
Susan, your host, welcomes Geralyn Ritter to today’s episode. Geralyn is a recognized expert in healthcare policy and an e...
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Grieving a Pet: Saying Goodbye to a Special Family Member with Coleen Ellis from 2022-10-24T04:00
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There Is No Death: Only LIfe with Maria Verdeschi from 2022-10-17T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Maria Verdeschi to today’s episode. She is an acclaimed Psychic Medium, Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Teacher, and Coach with clients a...
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Grieving the Death of a Son with Geri King from 2022-10-10T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes a lifelong friend to today’s episode, Geri King. They met in high school and married men who were really good friends.
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Funeral Planning: Your Final Gift for Those You Love with Dean Lambert from 2022-10-03T08:05:38
Susan, your host, welcomes Dean Lambert to today’s episode. Dean has worked with funeral professionals for nearly 30 years to help them connect and serve the fami...
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A Daily Support for Grievers with Reid Peterson from 2022-09-26T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Reid Peterson to today’s episode.
Reid, the founder of Grief Refuge, provides it...
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Living a Life of Grief with Rev. Amirah Hall from 2022-09-19T07:03:43
Susan welcomes Rev. Amirah Hall to today’s episode.
Rev. Amirah M.Msc. blends “sacred with spirituality” and has bee...
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A Daughter’s Grief with Madison from 2022-09-12T07:45:09
Susan, your host, is joined by her daughter, Madison, in today’s episode. It has almost been five years since they lost Paul, her dad and Susan’s husband. In the ...
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Listen to the Spiritual Messages from Those Who Passed with Sara Ottoboni from 2022-09-05T07:24:13
Susan welcomes Sara Ottoboni to today’s episode. She is a psychic consultant and spiritual teacher.
As a me...
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Dating After the Death of Your Partner with Francine Russo from 2022-08-29T08:08:06
Susan welcomes Francine Russo to today’s episode. She is the author of Love aft...
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You Always Have a Choice with Aleema Noormohamed from 2022-08-22T07:48:48
Susan, your host, welcomes Aleema Noormohamed to today’s episode. Aleema strongly believes in the healing power of the outdoors. She is a Neuro Linguistics Progra...
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Using Your Grief To Help Others with Radiance Mack from 2022-08-15T07:26:38
Susan, your host, welcomes Radiance Mack to today’s episode. Radiance Mack, 26, is the daughter of Sandi and Sherman Mack...
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How Is Your Grief Today? - with G. Scott Graham from 2022-08-08T08:15:04
Susan, your host, welcomes G. Scott Graham to today’s episode. He is an author, a career coach, and a business coach in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Raising Grieving Children with Jenny Lisk from 2022-08-01T08:20:57
Susan, your host, welcomes Jenny Lisk to today’s episode. Jenny is a widowed parent of two grieving kids. After interviewing over 100 experts on the topic of wido...
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Talking About Death and Dying with Sherrie Barch from 2022-07-25T04:00
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Life After the Death of Your Loved One with Carol Fitzgerald from 2022-07-18T04:00
Susan welcomes Carol Fitzgerald to today’s episode. Carol is a vibrant, passionate, fun-loving, young-spirited woman. Through coaching, searching, group settings,...
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Grief Has No Due Date with Allison Perkins from 2022-07-11T08:55:59
Susan, your host, welcomes a recurring guest to today’s episode, Allison Perkins. Allison lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with her husband and two sons. She is a Speec...
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No One Should Grieve Alone with Shirley Thiessen from 2022-07-04T09:03:58
Susan, your host, welcomes Shirley Thiessen to today’s episode. Shirley states that grief is our common human experience, a...
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Grieving the Loss of Who You Used to Be with Avery Thatcher from 2022-06-27T05:57:42
Susan, your host, decided to receive a special guest for today’s episode, Avery Thatcher, who is the CEO and founder of th...
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The Murder of My High School Daughter Forever Changed Me with Veronica Bratcher from 2022-06-20T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Veronica Bratcher to today’s episode. Veronica is a licensed mental health therapist and transfo...
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A Tsunami of Misery with Yolanda Copes-Stepney from 2022-06-13T06:28:13
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Honor Your Loss with Kathryn E. Nuñez from 2022-06-06T04:00
Susan is accompanied by Kathryn E. Nuñez in today’s episode. Kathryn is the founder of The Social Selling Agency. She is a LinkedIn Marketing Expert and a Top Vis...
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The Gifts in Grief with Jane Duncan Rogers from 2022-05-30T04:00
Susan is accompanied to today’s episode by the award-winning coach and speaker, Jane Duncan Rogers who says “I was deva...
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Losing a Parent: A Son’s Grieving Journey with Michael J. Florio from 2022-05-23T06:04:38
Susan, your host, welcomes Michael J. Florio to today’s episode. Michael is an American independent comic book editor and writer working out of Biloxi, Mississipp...
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Dealing with Unsolicited Grief Advice with Silke Herwald from 2022-05-16T06:23:22
Silke Herwald is the Grief Specialist and inventor of the “Grief to Love” blueprint. Over the past 12 years, Silke has assisted hundreds of grieving clients onlin...
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Leaving Behind A Legacy with Jonathan Wess from 2022-05-09T07:20:47
Susan, your host, welcomes you to another episode of The Tendrils of Grief Podcast. Listen
Pet Grief: Losing the Unconditional Love of Your Pet with Dr. Michele Pfannenstiel from 2022-05-02T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Dr. Michele Pfannenstiel to today’s episode. Dr. Pfannenstiel is a veteran veterinarian turned b...
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The Silent Bond Between Mental Illness’s Stigma and Suicide with Marci Glidden Savage from 2022-04-25T07:04:37
Marci Glidden Savage is the CEO of a family-owned packaging supply company. After experiencing the catastrophic impact of suicide twice, Marci emerges as a fierce...
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Relating to the Spirit World with Christina Wooten from 2022-04-11T06:33:18
Christina Wooten is a Certified Psychic Medium who helps heart-centered women access the wisdom and support of the Spirit World to elevate their life. She enjoys ...
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Dating After Losing Your Partner: Are You Ready to Meet Someone New? with Sandy Weiner from 2022-04-04T04:00
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Grieving Doesn’t Have to Feel Lonely and Abandoned with Shannon MacFarlane from 2022-03-28T04:00
Susan, your host, is accompanied by Shannon MacFarlane to today’s episode. Shannon is a compassionate human and grief enthusiast who creates art around big emotio...
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Grief Is a Sneaky Monster with Sherrie Dunlevy from 2022-03-21T04:00
Susan, your host, is accompanied by Sherrie Dunlevy to today’s episode. Former NBC News Anchor Sherrie Dunlevy served the ...
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AfterGrief: Reassembling Your Identity Long After a Loss with Peg Conway from 2022-03-14T04:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Peg Conway to today’s episode. Peg writes and practices healing touch therapy in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she also volunteers at Listen
Grieving a Sibling with Alyse Oram from 2022-03-07T05:00
Susan is accompanied to today’s episode by Alyse Oram. Alyse’s grief journey started in 2016 with the loss of a childhood friend, then her younger brother six mo...
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Normalizing Death: An Unavoidable Part of the Cycle of Life with Laah Wallace from 2022-02-28T05:00
Laah Wallace is a writer and dreamer, a recovering social worker turned mushroom farmer and business consultant. Her personal and professional lives have been ste...
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Raising Siblings Bereaved with Loss with Michele Benyo from 2022-02-21T05:00
Michele Benyo is a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®, parent mentor, and founder of Good Grief Parenting...
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Grief Is a Chronic Pain Experience with Elizabeth Kipp from 2022-02-14T05:00
Susan welcomes Elizabeth Kipp to today’s episode. Elizabeth is a Chronic Pain Specialist, Yoga-Informed Addiction Recovery Coach, Ancestral Clearing® Practitioner...
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A Memoir: Another Way of Processing Grief with Caroline Nadine Helsing from 2022-02-07T05:00
Susan, your host, welcomes Caroline Nadine Helsing to today’s episode. She is an alumna of The University of Hawaii. She currently lives in Newport Beach, Califor...
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Losses Are Inevitable, You Are Not Alone with Amanda Ferrat from 2022-01-31T05:00
Amanda Farrat is the founder of Value Yourself Counseling, a certified emotional wellness counselor, Advanced EFT Practitioner, and professional speaker. Amanda h...
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Our Grief Is Unique with Dr. Kevin J. Payne from 2022-01-24T05:00:02
Dr. Kevin J. Payne joins Susan in today's episode. He is a scientist, entrepreneur, and author. He's spent 15 years as a professor and a decade as a startup found...
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Signs: The Magic of Being Connected to Someone Who has Passed with Carmen De La Russe from 2022-01-17T05:00
Susan is joined in today’s episode by Carmen De La Russe who is a self-independent writer who decided to embrace her mother’s passing by writing poetry. Listen
Grieving Through the Holidays with Susan Ways from 2022-01-10T05:00
Susan welcomes you to a special New Year’s episode of Tendrils of Grief Podcast. Listen
Sad, Lonely, Grieving, and Still Having a Good Life with Heather Dempsey from 2022-01-03T05:00
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Grieving Is Also Learning How to Take Care of Yourself with Samantha Ruth from 2021-12-27T05:00
Susan welcomes Samantha Ruth to today’s episode. Samantha is a Psychologist, Speaker, Best Selling Author, and the Proud Founder of Listen
Grief Is Personal and No One Should Tell You How To Grieve - with Katherine Barner from 2021-12-20T05:00
Katherine Barner is a Grief & Trauma Expert, Award-Winning Author, and Licensed Psychotherapist. Katherine specializes in equipping Black women survivors of child...
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Stillbirth: Loving Someone You Lost with Maria Price from 2021-12-13T05:00
Maria Price accompanies Susan to today’s episode. Maria is a teacher, a wife, and a mom. She is also the author of Listen
Grief Should Never Be Done Alone with Heidi Dunstan from 2021-12-06T05:00
Heidi Dunstan is a certified grief educator and best-selling author. Her passion to help others, learn more about grief, and how to support others who are grievin...
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Overcoming Survivors Guilt and Learning to Love Life from 2021-11-29T05:00
Susan welcomes Ria Ray, who is an artist, a creator, and a spiritual teacher. Her life took a defining turn when she was in her late twenties and a horrible accid...
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Let Me Grieve: Gratitude and Resentment Can Coexist from 2021-11-22T05:00
Susan welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Collins to today’s episode. She is the owner and director of The East West Company, an integra...
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Getting Out of the Darkness from 2021-11-15T05:00
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Nothing Is Really Ours from 2021-11-08T05:00
Susan is accompanied to today’s episode by Kori Clausen, author of the book Paddle Out: Death Is Life-Changing<...
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Sometimes You Just Need to Clear the Deck from 2021-11-01T04:00
Reverend Anne Presuel, a recurrent guest on the podcast, joins Susan in today’s episode. Both Reverend Anne and Susan are connected in their spiritual paths, a re...
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A Horrific Death Followed By a Spiritual Healing and Awakening from 2021-10-25T04:00
In today’s episode, Susan is joined by Myree Morsi, a soul guide and transformationa...
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The Sudden Tragic Death of our Teenage Daughter - facing the impossible from 2021-10-18T15:46:09
Dan and Nancy lost their daughter in a car crash and had to make the tough decision to take her off life support. Today, they help grievers get unstuck in their g...
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What’s It Like Surviving Near-Death Experiences from 2021-10-11T04:00
Michelle Clare is a Certified Medium, Angel Intuitive, Spiritual Coach, and Energy Healer. Michelle is in a unique position. She has survived three near-death exp...
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I’m So Sick of Being Stuck in My Grief from 2021-10-04T04:00
Michelle Chalfant is the Founder of The Adult Chair, Therapist, and a Holistic Life Coach. Michelle is also a podcast host, which dives into topics like psycholog...
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Suicide is On My Mind Everyday from 2021-09-27T07:00
Frank King is a Suicide Prevention and Postvention Public Speaker and Trainer. He is also a Corporate Comedian and was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years....
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I Lost My Husband, My Mother, and Five Other Family Members Within Two Years from 2021-09-20T04:00
Kristyn Lohoff lost her father when she was just seven years old. Growing up without a father and seeing her friends go on “dad trips” always made her jealous, so...
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How to Support a Child in Grief After a Parent Passes Away from 2021-09-13T04:00
Join Susan on this solo episode as she talks about a grief situation that came up recently in her life. One of her friend’s daughters, who is college-aged, is sti...
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How to Support a Child in Grief After a Parent Passes Away from 2021-09-13T04:00
Join Susan on this solo episode as she talks about a grief situation that came up recently in her life. One of her friend’s daughters, who is college-aged, is sti...
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Suicidal Ideation: After My Husband Committed Suicide, I Wanted to End It All from 2021-09-06T06:57:29
Janie Dalrymple has been a nurse for over 17 years including hospital-based bedside care, home health, and the outpatient clinical setting. She has a strong neuro...
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Why Is Connecting With Another Human Being Scarier Than Dying? from 2021-08-30T07:39:29
David Richman is an Entrepreneur, Author, Public Speaker, Athlete and Philanthropist. David might not have lived to see 40. Overweight, a heavy smoker, in a destr...
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Don’t Tell Me What To Do After My Spouse Dies from 2021-08-23T20:38:40
Jill Johnson-Young is the Co-Founder and Clinical Therapist at Central Counseling Services, where she and her team provide the highest quality care for individual...
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The Tumor Was Coming Back and There Was Nothing I Could Do About It from 2021-08-16T01:00
Ashley Jackson discovered that her husband had developed a rare form of cancer, with only a 35% chance of survival, this event has forever changed Ashley’s purpos...
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I Lost My Only Daughter, Now What? from 2021-08-09T05:27:05
Helen Morris is a Certified Body Code Practitioner issued by The InsideOUT Institute, a world renowned organization that creates breakthroughs in the lives of its...
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Interpreting Grief Dreams: Is Our Loved One Trying to Communicate to Us? from 2021-08-02T05:59:38
Dr. Joshua Black is a Grief Researcher, Speaker, Consultant and the Host of the Grief Dreams Podcast. As one of the world's leading academic experts in grief drea...
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The Loss of a Parent is Traumatic and Painful from 2021-07-26T05:53:16
Sarah Davis is a Podcast Producer and the host of Breathing Wind, a podcast about parent loss, change, and healing. Sarah is also a Writer and Learning Experience...
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20 Years After 9/11 and We All Still Remember from 2021-07-19T05:39
Payton Lynch was inspired to write her book, Rise From the Ashes, by her husband’s story as a 9/11 surviving child. Payton is also currently going through her own...
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Dealing with Very Cold and Emotionally Distant In-Laws at The Funeral from 2021-07-12T12:10:58
Ducky shares her grief story about her husband, Colin, of 15 years passing away suddenly from complications of a heart attack in 2019. Ducky shares what it was li...
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The Devastating Choice To Take Someone Off Life Support from 2021-07-05T06:22:23
Cris Duvall is a retired Dental Hygienist and has transformed her grief story into helping people discover what they want out of life. Cris is no stranger to loss...
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Men Deal with Grief by Shutting Up and Numbing Out. from 2021-06-28T04:00
Tony Lynch is the Founder of the Memories of Us nonprofit, a supportive place for men in grief. Men are traditionally shown over and over in society that they can...
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How Do You Return to Work After a Loss? from 2021-06-21T06:17:46
Rachel Kodanaz has been speaking passionately to national audiences of all sizes for 20 years, addressing all aspects of change, growth, and acceptance that comes...
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When Is It Time to Declutter Your Loved One’s Possessions? from 2021-06-14T11:46:36
Rebekah Saltzman is passionate about the Zero Waste Movement and uses her professional design skills to help her clients create organized and beautiful spaces for...
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A Widower at 33 Years Old. What’s Next For Me? from 2021-06-07T04:00
Phil Pinti is a full-time single parent, widower, as well as a military veteran, philosopher, and ultra runner. He lost his wife to cancer at the young age of 33,...
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How Do You Protect Yourself From Online Scammers That Prey On Widows/Widowers? from 2021-05-31T09:48:53
Dr. Kirsten Turkington is a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Forensic Nurse Expert. Dr. Kristen has seen her elderly clients go through this form of financial abus...
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Release Negativity From Grief And Open Yourself Up Spiritually. from 2021-05-24T05:38:31
Gennye Lion is a Light Activator, Mentor, and Purpose Visionary. She helps women visionaries become impactful leaders through deep inner work and light body activ...
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It Feels Like My Life Is Over from 2021-05-17T05:53:36
Dr. Melissa Mork is a Professor and Chair of The Department of Psychology Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement at the University of Northwestern St. Paul. Dr. Mel...
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Signs From Heaven from 2021-05-10T06:00:05
Victoria Shaw received her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Princeton University and completed her postdoctoral training in the department of Educational and Deve...
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I Feel So Alone In My Grief! No One Understands Me from 2021-05-03T01:00
Susan Hannifin-Macnab is the Founder of A2Z Healing Toolbox®, an organization which provides powerful tools and resources to accompany and accelerate the healing ...
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I Just Want My Life Back from 2021-04-26T01:00
Mansi Jain is a Mindset Transformation Coach and helps people break through on their limiting beliefs, which are preventing them from living their dream life with...
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How To Support In Grief - Show Up For Your Friends from 2021-04-19T01:00
Susan’s daughter, Madison, had a wide range of challenges when her father passed. Some of her friends were not able to show up for her, but there are some silver ...
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No One Knows About Grief Until It Hits Home from 2021-04-12T04:00
Brian Waters is a licensed Indiana Funeral Director and also the co-host of the podcast, Undertaking, where he shares stories about his profession and how we navi...
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Reconnecting with Your Loved Ones -- In Spirit. from 2021-04-05T14:05:09
Dylan King is a Spiritual Alignment & Success Coach. Dylan had a gift ever since she was 14 years old and would physically see her grandfather, who had since pass...
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The Top Ten Things I’ve Learned About Grief from 2021-03-29T04:00
Susan celebrates a year of podcasting, she also is recording this on the third anniversary of her husband’s passing. There’s a lot of lessons she’s learned over t...
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Grieving A Senseless Murder from 2021-03-22T13:57:33
Brigette Squire is a recent graduate of IIN and she is dedicated to working on issues that trouble people in areas of mental, reproductive, and digestive health. ...
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Being Resilient When Life Seems Unfair from 2021-03-15T04:00
Tope Folarin is a Nigerian-American writer. He won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story "Miracle". In his first novel, A Particular Kind o...
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How to survive the loss of two children from 2021-03-08T05:00
After losing her infant son in 2011, Catherine McNulty embarked on a journey to do more than survive grief. The loss forever changed the trajectory of her life an...
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Why Do You Lose Friends When You Need Them the Most? from 2021-03-01T05:00
Paula Stevens is the author of ‘From Grief to Growth’, which details how you can give grief a purpose. She wrote the book and got into grief and trauma after her ...
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Losing a Child to Addiction from 2021-02-22T10:53:59
Judy Thureson has a genuine desire to see people live their most authentic life. In the last decade, she has helped hundreds of clients focus on their mental, phy...
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The Veteran Suicide Rate is an Epidemic from 2021-02-15T05:00
Sean Tobias Ambriz is an American soldier that has served in a variety of duties in the military including driver, gunner, platoon medic, team leader, designated ...
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Grief is Our Friend&It’s Our Teacher from 2021-02-08T05:00
Meghan Smith Brooks is an Ordained Unity Minister and the author of Unraveling Grief: A Mother’s Spiritual Journey of Healing and Discovery, which details her gri...
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I Lost My Bestfriend and Hated Everything and Everyone from 2021-02-01T05:00
Kristi Sachs is a Certified Mindfulness Practitioner. Her experience in Mindfulness and Meditations ranges from individuals seeking personal peace, to teen groups...
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How Friends Can Show Up During Grief from 2021-01-25T05:00
Sandy Weiner, founder of Last First Date and The Woman of Value, is passionate about helping women communicate and lead with power and grace. She guides women to ...
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How to Protect Your Money as a Widow or Widower from a Wealth Advisor from 2021-01-18T05:00
Christi Staib is the President of Silver Sail Wealth Advisors and works with her clients on making sure they have a secure financial future. After losing her husb...
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Understanding Money and Grief from a Wealth Advisor from 2021-01-11T05:00
Christi Staib is the President of Silver Sail Wealth Advisors and works with her clients on making sure they have a secure financial future. After losing her husb...
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When Tragedy Strikes, Hope Is Also Just Around the Corner from 2021-01-04T09:00
Autumn Toelle-Jackson felt so cursed when she lost both her husband, cousin, grandfather, and later her daughter, in less than a four year period. She really hit ...
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Holiday Grief Series: Allow Yourself To Let Life and Hope Back In from 2020-12-28T07:59:02
Reverend Anne Presuel suffered intense grief over 20 years ago and it sparked her down this journey of intuitive energy and healing. Her grief shook her to her co...
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Holiday Grief Series: You Are Loveable. Suicide Isn’t the Way. from 2020-12-21T13:13:58
Michelle Anhang lost her husband to suicide when she was 34 years old. She had two young children to take care of and the stigma was so bad that her family though...
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Holiday Grief Series: What Should You Say in Times of Grief? from 2020-12-14T14:22:39
Holiday Grief Series: Breaking Out of Your People Pleasing Pattern from 2020-12-07T05:00
Monica Jayne is an Authentic Relating facilitator and helps her clients create and embody more connected, vulnerable and authentic interactions and relationships ...
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Holiday Grief Series: Angry at God and Struggling with Faith from 2020-11-30T15:12:20
Pastor Jeeva Sam has helped hundreds of families on their grief journey. He has over 35+ years of active congregational ministry before retiring in 2017. Susan is...
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Holiday Grief Series: It’s Okay To Let People Know What Your Expectations Are from 2020-11-23T16:58:06
Cathy Campbell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has worked in a variety of different roles including, Hospice Grief Counselor, an Adjunct College Professo...
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A Widow at 34 Years Old — Dr. Ashley Wellman from 2020-11-16T13:49:33
Dr. Ashley Wellman is a scholar and professor that specialises in homicide, victimology, and trauma since 2008. She is also a children’s book author. As a widower...
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Surviving the Holidays — Katie Rössler. from 2020-11-09T06:00
Katie Rössler has been working as a licensed counselor and grief healer for over 12 years. Currently based in Germany, she helps people from all over live healthi...
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Navigating Holiday Grief - A Series. from 2020-11-02T06:00
Today, we are kicking off a holiday series for grief. The goal behind is to provide tips and tricks on how people can best manage their grief during their holiday...
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Give Yourself the Allowance to Feel the Emotions — Raelin Saindon from 2020-10-26T04:00
Raelin Saindon is a childhood abuse survivor and shares her story in this week’s episode. She did not only lose her step-father, but she lost her entire extended ...
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Don’t Let Grief Become Part of Your Identity — Victoria L. Volk from 2020-10-19T04:00
Victoria Volk is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist and the author of The Guided Heart. Victoria spent her entire life trying to figure out what was wrong with...
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There Is a Root Cause To Your Anger and Triggers — Tanya Tenica Patxot from 2020-10-12T11:37:31
Tanya Tenica Patxot lost her highschool sweetheart at 24 years old. She was pregnant with their second child at the time and had a hard time coping with everythin...
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Introducing Positivity in Your Life When You Just Aren’t Feeling It — Tina Hicks from 2020-10-05T04:00
Tina Hicks is the CEO of Jolt of Energy and is a workout and life coach. She helps her clients find the good and positive in life when things seem to be really he...
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Pet Bereavement Can Cut Deeper Than a Loved One’s Passing — Wendy Andrew from 2020-09-28T04:00
Wendy Andrew is a lifelong animal lover and vegetarian for over 30+ years. After leaving her job with the police, she became a dog walker and pet bereavement coun...
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Grieving the Loss of My Miscarried Children from 2020-09-21T11:37:14
Kathy Sanderson always dreamed about having a big family, but unfortunately it was just not in the cards. Kathy and husband would try, but they would end up havin...
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It’s Important to Grieve Everything: Loss of Job, Life Transitions, and Even Death from 2020-09-14T04:00
Jillie Maria is a Transformational Catalyst, Certified Akashic Records Practitioner, & Intuitive specializing in grief and trauma work. She holds space for deep h...
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People Might Not Say All the Right Things, but They Do Care. Practice Gratitude. from 2020-09-07T04:00
Jennifer Warren lost her husband when he was in his early 40s. It was a sudden loss and it took her by surprise. She started her blog as a way to detail the very ...
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It’s Okay to Be Angry at God/Your Higher Power from 2020-08-31T08:00
Sherrie Toews is the Founder and CEO of Effortless Momentum as well as a licensed marriage family therapist and breakthrough coach. When it comes to grief, it can...
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When Is It Time to Declutter After a Loved One’s Passing? from 2020-08-24T16:10:03
Lisa Zawrotny is a Certified Stress Management Coach and specializes in productivity and organization. She is also the host of the Positively Living podcast. When...
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Overcoming the 5 Stages of Grief in a Healthy Way from 2020-08-17T14:06:42
Dr. Chris Sopa is an industrial-organizational psychologist, speaker, and researcher who has spent the last 20 years studying human potential, self-awareness, and...
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How to Date Again After You lose Your Spouse from 2020-08-10T08:00
Marni Battista is a dating and relationship coaching and the Founder of Dating with Dignity and the Institute for Living Courageously. Marni coached Susan through...
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Facing Major Trauma and PTSD After My Son’s Death from 2020-08-03T08:00
After her son passed away from cancer, Erica went on an 8-year journey where she felt and acted insane. It was eventually discovered that Erica had PTSD and it’s ...
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A Gratefulness Practice Helps Pick You Up Again from 2020-07-27T08:00
Kate Arnold is the Washington D.C. Franchise Owner of The Bar Method. When she found out there wasn’t a Bar Method studio in D.C., she knew she had to be the one ...
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Getting Back to Work After Loss from 2020-07-20T08:00
Becky Tuma lost her daughter, McKenna, to sudden infant death syndrome when she was only 3 months old. Becky returned to work after two weeks and the work environ...
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The Loss of a Daughter and the Beginnings of a Life After from 2020-07-13T08:00
Faith Wilcox lost her daughter, Elizabeth, to a rare form of cancer called Osteosarcoma. The journey was very tough, but over the years Faith has learned to love ...
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This Loss Has Changed Me, but What Can I Learn From This Experience? from 2020-07-06T08:00
Betsy Kammerud is a licensed clinical social worker providing clinical service to Hospice Savannah families for over eight years. One approach does not fit everyo...
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Navigating Grief and Your Social Media Feed from 2020-06-29T08:00
Kristina Shands is a transformational launch strategist and copywriter. She shares some social media best practices when dealing with grief and handling the pouri...
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My Husband was Gone Overnight from 2020-06-22T08:00
Christie was married to her husband, Brian, for 30 years before he passed away suddenly one night. He was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by an oncoming tru...
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Your Feelings Are Still Valid. Just Take Time to Work Through Them from 2020-06-15T08:00
Clarke McBee is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the Director of Community Relations at Home Instead Senior Care. In this podcast episode, she shares why som...
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We Finally Forgave Each Other for All The Hurt from 2020-06-08T17:02:09
Linda was married to Scott for 35 years and it was a rocky marriage. They got accustomed to living as roommates and were close to throwing in the towel when Scott got diagnosed with cancer. They...
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It’s Okay to Continue Your Life After a Loved One Passes from 2020-06-01T08:00
Miranda Parker is the Executive Director of Hospice Foundation of the South and the Hospice House. Miranda is also the co-founder of Loss Love, a project that sup...
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There Is No Correct Answer to Grieving from 2020-05-25T08:00
Melanie Green is a Bereavement Counselor at Hospice of Washington County and she shares some of the common struggles her clients go through when they’ve experienc...
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Losing Your Parents Within 2 Years of Each Other from 2020-05-18T08:00
Alison shares her grief story when she lost both of her parents within a short period of one another. Her dad had always been sick and so when his passing came, A...
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Navigating the In-Laws During Times of Grief and End-of-Life Care from 2020-05-11T14:29:55
Jen shares her painful story of losing her husband to a rare terminal cancer at 38. He had been diagnosed with cancer as a teenager and was in remission for 25 ye...
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Tears and Loneliness Were Expected, but The Social Obligations and Friendship Changes Were Not. from 2020-05-04T08:00
Dr. Eileen L. Cooley lost her husband of 30 years in a span of 2.5 months after he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. It was shocking, it was painful. He...
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My Husband Was My Biggest Fan and Now He’s Gone from 2020-04-27T14:13:24
Jill lost her husband, John, in early 2018, after being married for 30 years. In 2007, she saw that John was acting weird and not like himself and he was misdiagn...
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Don't Tell Anyone How To Grieve. Grief Looks Different for Everybody and You Do It The Way You Do It. from 2020-04-20T15:06:30
Gene is the mother of five children and grandmother to five children. Gene recently lost her 24-year old daughter to heroin two years ago and her older son, who i...
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My Dad and I Were Best Friends - Coping After Losing Your Dad from 2020-04-13T16:56:31
To continue from episode one, my daughter, Madison, shares her perspective on coming to terms with the passing of my husband, Paul. Madison opens up and shares wh...
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I Prayed to God for the Ability to Handle Whatever Was Brought My Way - Life After A Loved One’s Passing from 2020-03-26T21:30:54
My story is that of a lot of love and a lot of loss. My husband felt resentful towards the people who were trying to steal his already-borrowed time, but as I hel...
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Tendrils of Grief Teaser from 2020-03-25T16:39:04
Grievers and grief professionals share their personal stories and describe what was helpful for them or their clients in working through grief. This podcast will outline steps to have hope and b...
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