Laughing Through Hell

It seems to be breakup season right now, so in this episode, we welcome Marcus - Maiah's ex-boyfriend! We chat about why we broke up, what went wrong, what it was like to “move on”, what we learned, and had a lot of laughs.

Genevieve, a practicing associate marriage and family therapist, joined us to talk about the grief that comes with losing friends, what does closure mean (or accepting that closure might not be a realistic expectation), and answers some anonymous questions from our listeners!

We welcome Erik, a nurse on a COVID ICU unit who discusses his perspective on what it's like to work in healthcare right now as well as what it's been like to be a new graduate nurse during a pandemic. We also talk about our coping strategies (or lack thereof) when a patient dies, or when Anya has experienced the death of a student.

We're back for Season 2! In this episode, we update our listeners as to how our summers went - it was a time of big changes, from the ending of relationships to the beginning of others, Anya bought a house, Maiah got a job, and more! And we share what's to come for this season.

In this episode, we memorialize our dad this Father's Day and talk about remembering him on the 9th anniversary of his passing last week.Thanks to all our listeners, this has been so fun and we appreciate all of your support! We have big plans for Season 2, so look out for news of that dropping Fall 2021

This might be the most vulnerable episode we’ve recorded yet. We open up about what it’s like to live in a bigger body in a world telling us that the only way to be happy is to be smaller and take up less space. We discuss the grief we’ve carried with that pressure and how, in the past, we’ve placed our value in how other people view us. We also talk about what we’re doing to work on loving our bodies.

On this episode we welcome Yacenia, an independent clinical social worker and mental health professional who currently supports survivors of sexual assault at a crisis facility. She talks about her own trauma, how it lead to the career she’s in now, and how it has affected her work with her clients.

We have a very very special guest on this episode that we purposely planned for Mother’s Day. Allie shares the story of losing her mom to cancer 2 months before we lost our mom to cancer. We talk about how strong our moms are, we laughed a lot, we cried, and we had a really good time talking about being members of the Dead Moms Club.

In this episode, we welcome Maddie! She opens up about the traumatic loss of her sister and how that changed her family dynamics. We also talk about how we still have no idea how to react to other people going through loss/grief.

In this episode, we chat about how we celebrate the loss of our parents on days like the anniversary of their death, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and holidays. We also talk about how our friends and partners have supported us through these days and we laugh about love languages.

In this episode, we welcomed Tiana as our guest! We talked about complex relationships with parents, generational trauma, power imbalances and dynamics, and how divorces and/or unhealthy parental role models affected our romantic relationships.

In this episode, we welcome our first guests, Caitlin and Hunter! We talk about our previous long-term relationships and how we grieve after break-ups.

Anya and Maiah talk about ways they've coped with the passing of their mom in November of 2018, and how it has impacted their romantic relationships.

Anya and Maiah discuss different coping strategies they attempted after their dad died and the complex relationship between sex and grief

Anya and Maiah give context and explain how their parents passed away. Their intentions are to help explain the process of their own grief and trauma to build a foundation for future episodes. *Content Warning: this episode contains stories of addiction, substance abuse, suicide, sexual assault, and other concepts that may be distressing to some people.

Anya and Maiah talk about things they wish they would have known after losing their dad when they were teenagers