Lisa -How grief changes

Matt – Crying

July 16, 2020

Matt talks about men and crying. Matt continues to grieve the death of his birth mother.

Caileigh – Advice to my younger self about grief

February 23, 2023

Caileigh talks about things that you can do to balance out feelings that it’s okay to experience all of the big feelings that you have, to find joy in little moments, and to find ways that you can cope with those big feelings.

Bryan – Trauma

October 30, 2021

Bryan discusses trauma anxiety, support and the loss of his father to gun violence

Holly – Singing in the last days

March 7, 2021

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing

Hope – Waves of grief

January 26, 2023

Hope talks about the loss of her father and how grief comes in waves and how a therapist helped her understand that she had pushed her emotions down

Logan – Songwriting and grief

February 11, 2021

Logan – Songwriting and grief

Logan explains how a song about his father helped

Lisa – What I do with my music

June 20, 2022

Lisa discusses what she does with the songs she writes and how they work for her when she needs to tap into a safe space

Mourning a Man I Never Knew

June 15, 2023

This spring, I turned fifty-four. I have now outlived the father I never knew: my biological father. It’s been almost twenty-three years since we spoke; eighteen years since I learned of his death. I’m still dealing with the strange grief of his loss.

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

March 31, 2022

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Bryan – The Three Fs

October 30, 2021

Bryan talks about the three cornerstones that he lives by …three f’s and how they support him in living a hopeful and positive life

Rebecca -Absurdity

September 4, 2020

Rebecca talks about the death of her father and how things can seem real unreal, absurd when in grief