Podcasts about motherless daughters

Danielle Snelling is the CEO and Founder of Motherless Daughters. They help to connect and support women, girls and families who experience the distress and lifelong impact caused by the loss of a mother. She joins Tony to talk about the buisness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our “Meet the Authors” series features writers who have published books focused on their mother loss stories. This episode features the work of Alice Cunningham, author of Daughters on the Journey. The book not only features her journey, but that of nine (9) other women. She provided a compassionate and safe environment to share their experiences, encourage other motherless daughters, and celebrate their mother's legacy. Their stories are all unique but share common threads that bind them in a cohesive sisterhood.  ResourcesApril Cunningham's organization, Daughters on the Journey, website: https://daughtersonthejourney.com/Link to April's book, Daughters on the Journey: https://buy.stripe.com/14k02ZewU2Y591e3cjContact MDM about being interviewed for Meet the Authors: https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/contact/Ways to support MDM financially: https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/giving/Support the showThanks for listening! Find our podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon Music, and Audible. Also, find and follow the Motherless Daughters Ministry on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.

Becoming motherless was not a choice, but everything after that becomes an opportunity to exercise that power. Making choices is not always an easy task.  Our feelings, emotions, people, and circumstances get in the way. However, some factors can facilitate our decisions.Julie Thompson is a gifted blog writer who has contributed significantly to our library. She shared her experiences that others may find their way toward healing from the impact of loss. Her journey encouraged her to rely on God, not fear taking the next step, and choose to celebrate life.                                                          ResourcesPodcast Episode highlights blogs by Julie Thompson [LINKS]:https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/2015/06/24/what-loss-taught-me-about-life/https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/2016/06/15/how-god-surprised-me/The Journey Retreathttps://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/the-journey-retreat-healing-the-wounds-of-mother-loss-one-step-at-a-time-residential-retreat/Motherless Daughters Ministry is a 501(c) (3) non-profit that depends on the generous support of donations from listeners like you.  To donate or sign up for our newsletter and more resources, visit out website at www.motherlessdaughtesministry.com  Support the showThanks for listening! Find our podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon Music, and Audible. Also, find and follow the Motherless Daughters Ministry on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.

The “Meet the Author” series is an opportunity to connect with some wonderful authors in our community. You may have already read some of their work.  Attending the live interviews gives you an opportunity to submit your questions to be answered during the interview. You can hear information from these interviews when adapted for the podcast format. The show notes contain information about their work.We are pleased to introduce Mershon Neisner, author of Mom's Gone, Now What? Hear her mother loss story, information about her other books, her writing process, and more. Interviewed by Podcast Administrator, Sarah Lynn Wells, Mershon opens the door to her unique perspective on mother loss issues and how this book came to be published. Subscribe to her newsletter at mershonneisner@gmail.com.Resources Mershon Neisner's Blog: https://motherloss.blog/blog/ Musings from Mershon: Email: mershonneisner@gmail.com Meet the Authors Series:https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/holistic-empowerment/meet-the-author/Support the showThanks for listening! Find our podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon Music, and Audible. Also, find and follow the Motherless Daughters Ministry on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.

I sit down with the beautiful Madi Rohan, who shares her deeply personal story of becoming her mum's primary carer during her teenage years. Madi opens up about her mother's battle with Huntington's disease, a progressive and devastating condition that affects both the body and mind. Through our conversation, Madi explains Huntington's disease to those unfamiliar and shares how it transformed her mum's daily life. Madi reflects on stepping into the carer role at such a young age, navigating immense challenges, and the emotional toll of watching her mum go through this disease. We delve into her road to healing and Madi offers invaluable advice for others in similar situations, highlights resources that can help families affected by Huntington's, and shares the lessons she's learned about grief, resilience, love, and hope. Whether Huntington's disease has touched you or you want to hear an incredible story of courage and learn more about the condition, this conversation will leave you feeling deeply moved! Find Madi : Instagram Resources we spoke about: Motherless Daughters & Huntington's Victoria

It's almost the holiday season which means busy schedules and often lots of expectations. This season can be challenging to navigate for anyone, but especially those grieving a loss or coming to terms with estrangement/emotional abandonment from a parent. Many end up struggling with a lack of patience during this “most wonderful time of the year”. This episode is based on a blog from Mary Ellen Collins, our Founder, and looks at some of the underlying causes of impatience and ways we can recognize when and how it affects our lives.ResourcesPodcast Episode highlights a blog post from Mary Ellen Collins:https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/2018/04/15/impatience-is-pride-13-points-that-say-it-is/ “Age of Loss & Stages of Emotional Development:https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/calendar/session-1-age-of-loss-and-stages-of-emotional-development-introduction/ Motherless Daughters Ministry is a 501(c) (3) non-profit that depends on the generous support of donations from listeners like you.  To donate or sign up for our newsletter and more resources, visit our website at www.motherlessdaughtesministry.com  Support the showThanks for listening! Find our podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon Music, and Audible. Also, find and follow the Motherless Daughters Ministry on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.

Hope Edelman is an author, ghostwriter, essayist, writing instructor and life coach. The through-line connecting much of her work, from the collaborations she's helped to write to her own best-selling memoirs, is the theme of parent-loss. “Navigating motherhood without your mom is like assembling a complex puzzle without the picture on the box,” she writes in a blog post on her website. She's been writing about the grief and loss in her own life since her best-selling 1994 memoir Motherless Daughters—a book she began as a graduate student at the University of Iowa, when she realized she was being called to write about her mother's death more than a decade earlier.  It's a calling that connects Hope to her ghostwriting clients as well. Her first collaboration, a dual memoir written with actors Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez—Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son—is informed by the death of Sheen's mother, when the actor was just 11 years old, while her current project, written with Owen Elliot-Kugell, the daughter of the late Cass Elliot—My Mama, Cass—finds its narrative drive in the sudden death of the author's mother, who died in her sleep in a London apartment nearly ten years after she shot to fame as a member of The Mamas & The Papas. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize for Creative Nonfiction, Hope has taught writing at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the University of Iowa, and Antioch University-Los Angeles.  Join us for a compelling conversation on what it means to find a way to heal as you find your voice as a writer.    Learn more about Hope Edelman: Website Facebook Instagram Please support the sponsors who support our show: Ritani Jewelers Chelsea Devantez's I Shouldn't Be Telling You This Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog  Daniel Paisner's SHOW: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton Everyday Shakespeare podcast A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount

This week, we've been focusing on mother-daughter relationships.  One of the toughest things that can be faced by a girl or a woman of any age is the loss of her mother. Our guest, Hope Edelman, is an expert in the field of early mother loss and mother-daughter relationships. She's written extensively on those topics and is the author of "Motherless Daughters" and "Motherless Mothers", among others.   You can learn more about Hope on her website: http://hopeedelman.com.   Shopify is the all-in-one commerce platform that makes it simple for anyone to start, run and grow your own successful business. With Shopify, you'll create an online store, discover new customers, and grow the following that keeps them coming back. Shopify makes getting paid simple, by instantly accepting every type of payment. With Shopify's single dashboard, you can manage orders, shipping and payments from anywhere. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at Shopify.com/nobody.

Rev Bill Crews talks to Danielle Snelling, Co-Founder and Executive Officer of Motherless Daughters Australia about how around 1.2 million Aussie women have lost their mother before the age of 44 , a world-first study is shedding light on the ongoing impacts of mother loss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "club" we never wanted to be in, being a motherless daughter. Join me as I welcome back to the pod, the fabulous, spunky and always witty dynamo Kelly Burich, for a conversation about love, loss and grief. In honor of Mother's Day, we talk about our beloved mom's Pamela and Nancy. You won't want to miss this as we laugh and cry about our mama's. 

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: bit.ly/SupportGTPodcast. Thank you! For more information, please visit Nathalie's website, join the podcast's Instagram page, and subscribe to the newsletter to receive updates on future episodes here.About this week's episodeMany motherless daughters or motherless mothers will have heard of Hope Edelman, who has written books to support bereaved women worldwide for many, many years. Her book Motherless Daughters was written almost 30 years ago and to this day it is being recommended to women, young or old, who are dealing with the loss of their mothers. More than that, I had the chance to meet Hope through mutual connections more than a year ago, and I've been touched by her gentleness and the passion with which she serves her community of bereaved women. 12 1/2 years ago I lost both my mother and my daughter in the time of 4 1/2 months. So, this upcoming conversation is very dear to my heart. About this week's guest Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers, and The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss. Her books have been published in 17 countries and 11 languages and have sold over 1 million copies. Hope speaks at venues and conferences worldwide and has taught nonfiction writing for more than 25 years. Her articles and essays have been published widely, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Psychology Today, Parade, Real Simple, and CNN.com. She is a certified life coach with additional training in narrative therapy and trauma support services. In 2020 she was the recipient of the prestigious ADEC Community Educator award. As the founder and CEO of MotherlessDaughters.com, she creates and leads online support groups, in-person retreats, webinars, and Mother's Day programs that reach thousands of women each year.Website: www.hopeedelman.comIG: @hope_edelmanFB: www.facebook.com/hopeedelmanauthor Resources mentioned in this episode:Hope's book: Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of LossMother's Day Luncheon and Conference – Check info on Hope's website Support the showSupport the show: Become a supporter of the show! Starting at $3/month Join Facebook Group - Grief and Trauma Support Network Download the FREE grief resource eBook Book a Discovery Call Leave a review Follow on socials: Instagram Facebook Website

Danielle Snelling - Motherless Daughters Australia (MDA) Co- Founder,  Not for profit organisation, Motherless Daughters Australia (MDA) is working with Deakin University to conduct world first research, into the impact of mother loss on adult women with researchers overwhelmed by the rapid response of more than 2,700 women wanting to share their experience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Motherless Daughters can experience a range of negative emotions as they process and work through their grief journey. For some, one of those negative emotions included in their grief is guilt. There can be a variety of reasons motherless daughters feel guilt, but no matter why it adds complication and pain to their grief. This episode explores ways to combat the guilt that sets in and how to surrender that and find healing in God. This podcast shares the blog, “When Guilt Sets In,” by Amanda Loduca about her experience with mother loss, guilt, and the peace she found.ResourcesPodcast Episode highlights a blog from Amanda Loduca:https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/2017/10/01/when-guilt-sets-in/More information about volunteering with Motherless Daughters Ministry: https://www.motherlessdaughtersministry.com/giving/volunteer/Support the showThanks for listening! Find our podcast on Apple, Google, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart, Pandora, Amazon Music, and Audible. Also, find and follow the Motherless Daughters Ministry on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube.

The one and only, Barri Leiner Grant is here. Barri is the Chief Grief Officer and a Certified Grief Coach with The Memory Circle, a space and place to be with your grief. When Barri's own beautiful mother died in 1993, there were no resources available to help her family through the pain. Nobody said grief or grieving. She knew motherless daughters deserved better. So, she created and opened a door where there wasn't one before and eventually started the memory circle.  Barri said “I want grief to be normalized. It needs a better place to live in modern day society. Let's work on becoming more grief literate in our daily lives.” In this episode, we chat about her mother's final days in a beach chair eating plums, writing to the dead, how to reframe big milestones in our lives, and menopause. Sign up for all the latest news around this podcast, yearly retreats and see behind the scenes content on our website. Follow us on Instagram.  And thank you to Chloe Baldwin for the social media support. Links mentioned in the episode  The Memory Circle - Barri's organization  Purchase Barri's “Remember and Reflect” Deck  David Kessler's book “Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief”   Claire Bidwell Smith's book “Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief”  Steve Leder's book “The Beauty of What Remains”  Hope Edelman's book “Motherless Daughters” and others

In the days leading up to Mother's Day, we've been focusing on mother-daughter relationships.  One of the toughest things that can be faced by a girl or a woman of any age is the loss of her mother. Our guest, Hope Edelman, is an expert in the field of early mother loss and mother-daughter relationships. She's written extensively on those topics and is the author of "Motherless Daughters" and "Motherless Mothers", among others.   You can learn more about Hope on her website: http://hopeedelman.com.   We're excited to tell you about another great product from our sponsor, Ritual.  It's called Synbiotic+ and it's a daily 3-in-1 clinically-studied prebiotic, probiotic, and postbiotic designed to help support a balanced gut microbiome.  Ritual's Synbiotic+ provides two of the world's most clinically studied probiotic strains to support the relief of mild and occasional digestive discomforts, like bloating, gas, and diarrhea.  Synbiotic+ and Ritual are here to celebrate, not hide, your insides. It's time to listen to your gut!  Ritual is offering our Nobody Told Me! listeners 10% off during your first 3 months.  Visit ritual.com/NTM to start Ritual or add Synbiotic+ to your subscription today.

With Mothers Day just around the corner, we are chatting to Danielle Snelling from Motherless Daughters about a topic that isn't talked about enough - what Mothers Day is like for those who have lost their mum. Motherless Daughters is an organisation offering help and support to women who have lost their mothers, find out more and support Motherless Daughters HERE. JOIN OUR FACEBOOK COMMUNITY! HOSTS: Anna McEvoy (@annamcevoy21) & Matt Zukowski (@mattzukowski)  INSTAGRAM: @wheresyourheadatpod For partnership enquiries please contact alex@dm.org.auSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cheryl Strayed gets real about being a broke bestselling author, comparing herself to other moms, practicing self-compassion - and then struggling all over again when the pandemic threw her off her game. Claire offers a weekly practice for how to have more authentic interactions with the people in your life.    Want to connect? Join the New Day Facebook Group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/newdaypod   Resources from the show Listen to Nadia Bolz-Weber's Podcast, “The Confessional”: https://nadiabolzweber.com/podcast/  Check out Brené Brown's Book: “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead” - https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419   Try The Self Love Workbook for Women: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Workbook-Women-Self-Doubt-Self-Compassion/dp/1647397294  Read Hope Edelman's incredible book Motherless Daughters: https://hopeedelman.com   Learn more about today's guest:   Read more about Cheryl's life and career here Listen to Cheryl's Podcast "Dear Sugars"  on Apple Read Cheryl's first memoir: "Wild" that was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0.  Read Cheryl's self-help book: "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar"     Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors.   Did you try one of these weekly practices? We want to hear about it! Call 833-4-LEMONADA (833-453-6662) or email us newday@lemonnadamedia.com    To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/newday/ shortly after the air date.   Follow Claire on IG and FB @clairebidwellsmith or Twitter @clairebidwell and visit her website: www.clairebidwellsmith.com   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremiumSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rachel was 8-years-old when she came home from church and was told her mom died in a car accident the night before. That day, her dad called her his brave little girl, and she lived up to that expectation. No one would see her cry until her dad's death. Rachel says that hearing about the passing of her mother is what made her human. It shaped her entire world view. Rachel highly recommends the books Motherless Daughters and The Aftergrief by Hope Edelman. Rachel's Take-Away: It's way harder to be 32-years-old without parents than it was as a child. Check on adult children. I didn't think about how hard it would be for the rest of my life. Forever is a very-long time. Adults think that grieving is step-by-step. Kids grieve differently. They may not cry. They may show it in other ways and little changes. You can learn a lot of things from kids when you pay attention to how they grieve. All of our stories are important! If you have a story to share, please send an email to daughterswithoutmoms@gmail.com. You don't have to be a DWOM to share your story. All are welcome! Would you like to talk about your grief journey? Sign up for a complimentary Connection Call by sending an email to daughterswithoutmoms@gmail.com For more information on my thoughts on grief, please visit my website, www.yourgriefjourney.com

Sadye's mom fought metastatic breast cancer for 6 years, and then she lost her mom when she was 12. Next she lost her dad when she was 23 to a heart attack. She's the youngest of 4 children, and even now, at 30, her grief and loss affect her significantly. Sadye recommends these resources for parent loss as a young adult: The Dinner Party (www.thedinnerparty.org), Motherless Daughters Group (www.motherlessdaughters.com/support-groups) and Hope Edelman's book, Motherless Daughters (hopeedelman.com/books/motherless-daughters) Sadye's Take-Away: Don't hide your emotions. Feel them and accept them. Grief is everlasting and unexpected. It's like the ocean, and the waves of grief can come and go. All of our stories are important! If you have a story to share, please send an email to daughterswithoutmoms@gmail.com. You don't have to be a DWOM to share your story. All are welcome! Would you like to talk about your grief journey? Sign up for a complimentary Connection Call here: https://calendly.com/daughterswithoutmoms/30-minute-connection-call For more information on my thoughts on grief, please visit my website, www.yourgriefjourney.com

Losing your mom at any age is hard, but when you begin to approach the age your mom was when she died, it has special significance. In this episode I'm joined by Hope Edelman, bestselling author and creator of the Motherless Daughters community, to talk about her work with women who have lost their mothers and why midlife can be a particularly fraught time for motherless women. Later in the show I'm joined by my sister Kathreen, who is about to turn 55 - the same age our mother was when she died - to talk about our experience losing our mom young, and how it has colored our view of motherhood, aging, and more. Sponsor Highlight Elevate your shoe game with cute styles + amazing comfort. Check out the Clarita Wedge , Meagan's go-to date night shoe. Try it on yourself with Vionic's 30 Day Wear Test – return any purchase within 30 days for a full refund, even if it's been worn outside. Get free shipping when you use code MOR at vionicshoes.com About Hope Edelman Hope Edelman is an internationally bestselling author who has been working in the bereavement field for more than 25 years. She has written eight books, including Motherless Daughters, Motherless Mothers, and her most recent, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss. She offers in-person retreats, virtual support groups for women who lost mothers at any age, and online writing courses throughout the year, and has lectured and led workshops all over the U.S. as well as in Canada, the U.K., Australia, and Dubai. She lives in Los Angeles and Iowa City, Iowa. For more information, go to www.motherlessdaughters.com.  Episode Links: Interested in joining a private Mother of Reinvention community? Take this survey to tell us what you'd most like to see there! Instagram- (@hope_edelman) Facebook- Motherless Daughters | Facebook Facebook Group-  Motherless Daughters Support Group | Facebook Website- Motherless Daughters Other Resources- Rituals | The AfterGrief Episode 21 Featuring Meagan's Sister Kathreen: Thriving After Health Trauma With Kathreen Francis (Meagan's Sister!) - Mother of Reinvention (meaganfrancis.com)

Comedian, actor, and 9-time guest on The Tonight Show Cathy Ladman joins us! After the three women discover they all have lost their mothers, Kyle shares her fear of approaching the age her mom was when she passed. Cathy gets candid about her one woman show that took two decades to get to the stage. The topic: her eating disorder. While funny, honest, and fearless, her teen daughter is not into her doing stand-up about her. Karen's Worst Mom of the Week wants you to measure how much semen you take in to solve the abortion debate. Kyle ends on a story about racism and coffee.

Hara Allison is a storyteller through photography, design and her podcast, "See Beneath Your Beautiful." On her podcast, guests share stories of adversity and perseverance which inspire, encourage and challenge us. Hara embraces these tough conversations, intimately exploring our loves, fears and hopes with a delicious combination of depth and lightness. One of her most impactful podcast episodes aired on 9/25/21: "Motherless Daughters." Hara interviewed a dozen women who lost their mothers about the impact the loss had on them. Hara has found that talking about one's pain can free us of it. Despite a traumatic childhood, including sexual abuse at a young age and her mother passing away at the age of 46, Hara finally found her worth and wishes that others see their own beauty and the light they were meant to shine. Hara said it took her 52 years to be able to confront her feelings of low self-worth. She also shared that, the more she parented, the more she was able to forgive her parents. Hara's clients believe in her ability to tell their story. From that vulnerability and trust comes honest images that make them feel understood and confident. She calls it an "honor, every single time" to photograph her clients. Her "See Me" photography series is a compilation of arresting photographs of women with the words they self-selected to describe themselves hand-painted on their skin. The 25 women photographed, many of whom she had never met, shared why they claimed the words they chose, and what they were willing to say out loud. Hara believes that is what is beautiful about a person is the light that shines through them, not their physical characteristics. It shows in her work, and particularly in the See Me series. She also has volunteered to photograph people who are dying. It was beyond her comfort zone, initially, but she wanted to witness them. "All I ever wanted was to be seen," she reflects. Most importantly, Hara is now open to not knowing. Hara questions everything she thinks she knows. "There could be another answer," Hara says. For more information, check out the links below. Photography: https://hara.photography/ Podcast: https://seebeneathyourbeautiful.com/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/SeeBeneathYourBeautifulPodcast IG: https://www.instagram.com/hara_allison_photography/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maria-leonard-olsen/support

One of the toughest things that can be faced by a girl or a woman of any age is the loss of her mother. Our guest, Hope Edelman, knows all about that. In fact, she knows more about it than most of us. Hope is an expert in the field of early mother loss and mother-daughter relationships. She's written extensively on those topics and is the author of "Motherless Daughters" and "Motherless Mothers", among others.   You can learn more about Hope on her website: http://hopeedelman.com. Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> AirMedCare Network: AirMedCare Network provides air ambulance services in the event of an emergency. If you're a member, you'll pay no out of pocket costs for the flight when transported by an AMCN provider. Were you aware that health insurance doesn't always cover the full cost of emergency air transport? AMCN Membership is financial protection for your entire household at an affordable price. Right now, AMCN is offering our listeners the chance to win 10,000 dollars and backyard prizes like a Blackstone griddle, a Solo Yukon firepit, an outdoor theater kit, and 100 dollar Costco gift card with their Summer Sizzle Sweepstakes. No purchase necessary to enter– but if you do decide to purchase a membership during this special promotion, all AMCN members will receive up to 200 bonus entries for their chances to win great prizes. Head to airmedcarenetwork.com before May 13 and enter your information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode has the potential to help someone who needs to hear it most.I'm joined by my good friend Lucinda Thomas, as she's kind enough to share her story about her beautiful mother who unfortunately passed away from cancer. During her hardest times, Lucinda was fortunate enough to come across an incredible foundation called Motherless Daughters Australia."Our aim is to help women, girls, and families navigate the emotional distress and lifelong impact caused by the loss of their mothers. We believe that with the right support, guidance and resources, motherless daughters feel less alone and more supported in their life journey".Every year, millions of Australian women spend Mother's Day without their mum, which is exactly why I wanted to share this episode with you all, to raise awareness and hopefully funds for those who can afford to do so, for such an incredible cause that will go to help those who need it most. My thoughts and prayers go to every single person who has lost someone the love.Thanks for listening. Show your support here: https://www.motherlessdaughters.com.au/@motherlessdaughtersau@lucindathomasClick Here To Become a VIP member (Join DK's coaching app here)SHOP DKFITNESS MERCH HEREwww.younifyactive.com DKFITNESS at checkout for 15% offUse code DJK10 on all EHPlabs supplements for 10% offUse code DK15 on all Athletikan Sneakers for 15% offIntro by Will Sparks.Find this episode helpful? Share it with a friend or post a screenshot to your social media.

Hope Edelman has been writing, speaking, and leading workshops and retreats in the bereavement field for more than 25 years. She was 17 when she lost her mother to breast cancer and 40 when her father died, events that inspired her to offer grief education and support to those who cannot otherwise receive it Hope's first book, Motherless Daughters, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide. Hope's most recent book, The AfterGrief, offers an innovative new language for discussing the long arc of loss. She has published six additional books, including Motherless Mothers and the memoir, The Possibility of Everything. Her work has been translated into 14 languages and published in 11 countries. Hope has also published articles and essays in numerous publications and anthologies, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, Parade, and CNN.com. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's degree in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa.  She is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and has also done certificate training in narrative therapy

Danielle co-founded Motherless Daughters Australia, after her Mum died from a rare form of cancer, when Danielle was only 23 years old. Motherless Daughters is a not for profit organisation that informs, supports and connects women and girls whose Mums have died. In this interview Danielle speaks openly about her Mum's battle with cancer and the changing dynamic within her family during this time. She shares how she felt there was a lack of support for her following her Mum's passing and how this led to her co-founding Motherless Daughters Australia. She also shares some insights into what we can do to support someone who has lost their Mum and how to navigate events like Mother's Day. Connect with Motherless Daughters Australia Website: www.motherlessdaughters.com.au Facebook: motherlessdaughtersaustralia Instagram: @motherlessdaughtersau Podcast Details Website: inspirationaltales.com.au Instagram: @inspirationaltalespodcast

In Season 2, Episode 1, we welcome our very special first guest - author, speaker, coach, and facilitator, Hope Edelman! We invite Hope to share her story and her journey as an author of two extremely influential books, Motherless Daughters and The AfterGrief. We discuss the healing and connecting power of sharing our stories, ask Hope questions related to her life, her loss, and her books, and close with an offer of gratitude for each other and our listeners. Resources: Hope Edelman, Instagram: @hope_edelman Hope Edelman, Facebook: @hopeedelmanauthor Hope Edelman websites: hopeedelman.com & motherlessdaughters.com Books by Hope Edelman: Motherless Daughters The AfterGrief Connect with us: You can email the podcast at connect@piecesofyoupodcast.com. Visit www.piecesofyoupodcast.com for links to everything we mention on the show. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @PiecesofYouPodcast. Partners: Theme song by: https://www.thegemnize.com/ Graphics Designer (logo): https://marilarsen.com/ Podcast Production company: https://micme.com/

Jamie Yuenger interviews bestselling author and grief advocate Hope Edelman about her writing and work with motherless daughters. Hope speaks about universal themes of loss. Hope was 17 when she lost her mom to breast cancer and 40, when her father died. These events inspired her to offer grief education and support to those who couldn't otherwise receive it. Hope's first book Motherless Daughters was a number one New York Times bestseller and appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide. Hope's most recent book The AfterGrief offers an innovative new language for discussing the long arc of loss.Full Moon Women episodes are designed as couplets. The first episode each month is a long form story from a woman's inner life. The second is an interview with someone who can bring a wider context to the storytelling woman's story. In this episode, Hope reflects on Brinda van den Berg's experience of losing her mom when she was two. (See Episode 01, “Motherless Mother.”)Hope has published six books, including Motherless Mothers and her memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her work has been translated into 14 languages and published in 11 countries. She also hosts weekly calls for the Motherless Daughters Community. Hope has been published in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. She got her bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. She is also a certified Martha Beck life coach and has done certificate training in narrative therapy.www.hopeedelman.comJOIN US: Official members enjoy exclusive content and receive regular gifts and resources. Plus, you'll be helping us produce this show. Membership starts at $3/month. Join here.NEWSLETTER: Never miss a juicy episode! Sign upVOICE MEMO: If you want to share your experience or have a question for a guest (or us) click here to record your message REVIEW US: Leave us 5 stars and a written review on iTunes to help more listeners find us. TALK TO US: If you have a topic or guest idea you would like us to consider, send us a message. Or, connect with us on Instagram and Facebook. Visit our website https://ifyouknewme.showThis episode was produced by Jamie Yuenger and Piet Hurkmans. Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to our very first episode of Full Moon Women! We are so glad you're here. We publish episodes bi-monthly as couplets. The first episode of each month is a personal story from a woman's inner life. The follow-up episode is a conversation with someone who brings greater context – and hopefully greater appreciation – for the storytelling woman's story. Our first episode is titled "Motherless Mother" and it's the story of Brinda van den Berg. The next episode is with Hope Edelman, the author of the NYTimes #1 bestseller, “Motherless Daughters” and the new book “The Aftergrief.”Brinda lost her mother when she was only two-years old. Originally from India, she now lives in the Netherlands. Brinda shares her journey of becoming a mom without a proper role model and finding her way through grief.WATCH BRINDA'S CHAI VIDEO on PatreonJOIN US: Official members enjoy exclusive content and receive regular gifts and resources. Plus, you'll be helping us produce this show. Membership starts at $3/month. Join here.*Join us at $5/month before May 1, 2022 and you'll receive 8 original wallpaper designs for your phone or tablet. GET THE NEWSLETTER: You won't want to miss this…get our bi-monthly newsletter with ART for the soul, POETRY and new episode announcments. LEAVE A VOICE MEMO: If you want to share your experience or have a question for the guest, or for us, we would love to hear from you! Click here to record your message WRITE A REVIEW: Leave us a rating and a written review on iTunes so more listeners can find us. TALK TO US: If you have a topic or guest idea you would like us to consider, send us an email at fullmoonwomenpodcast@gmail.com. Or, connect with us on Instagram and Facebook. Tag #fullmoonwomenpodcast and #lessalone to start the conversation. www.fullmoonwomen.com/podcastSign up for Our Newsletter.This episode was produced by Jamie Yuenger and Piet Hurkmans.Music in this episode by Blue Dot Sessions.Tags: grief, healing, motherless daughers, motherless mothers, motherhood, ex-pat, The Netherlands, grief journey, bereavement, loss, mother loss Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After several months off, we are coming back next week with all new episodes, starting with what happened to me back in August – all thanks to cancer.  We're then going to dive into Artists with Cancer – women in the arts – who found out they had cancer, and not just breast cancer.  How they worked through their diagnosis, treatment and recovery.  Then we'll hear Motherless Daughters - women who lost their mothers at a young age, due to breast cancer.We're still on the lookout for women living with metastatic breast cancer who want to tell their stories, hoping to add these to the next series to share with you.So join us next week!  Until then – listen to your body and take care of yourself.  Music by Becca AyersGraphic Art by Justin WestWebsite Design by Alec AddaliaFOLLOW US:FacebookInstagramTwitterPatreonWEBSITE:  www.BadRightBreast.com

This week, I'm inviting you into a practice of lament through a simple act of mercy toward yourself. I'm also sharing a little bit about The Restorative Grief Project, which is free, private, and open to anyone who wants to join. Links + Resources from this episode: Motherless Daughters and other books by Hope Edleman Snag a copy of my book Restorative Grief Connect with me on Twitter or Instagram @MandyCapehart Join The Restorative Grief Project, a private online grief coaching community --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mandy-capehart/message

When Danielle Snelling was 21 years old, instead of engaging in University life, she became her mother's carer, who had been diagnosed with a rare and sadly aggressive cancer. Two years later, her mum passed away. She threw herself into a relationship to avoid her grief and it took her months to realise what she needed was someone who understood her. So she searching on Facebook and found Eloise. They both lost their mothers early in their lives, and after a 7-hour-first-meeting have been life-long friends and co-founders of Motherless Daughters.Danielle and I (mum wasn't on this recording, for obvious reasons) talk about her journey as well as how to help others who have or are going through loss. You might have a friend whose mother has recently passed, or is in palliative care, and you're not sure how to best navigate the situation. We all have the best intentions when it comes to the people we love, but sometimes we just don't know the right thing to do or say. Danielle shares what helps during these times, and what doesn't! Motherless Daughters Australia, aims to help women and girls navigate the emotional distress and impact caused by losing their mothers. With a deep commitment to honouring this significant loss, they bring expertise, shared experiences and a unique perspective on one of life's most precious and enduring relationships. Their mission is to connect and inform women and girls whose mothers have died, by supporting them through life's journey as they navigate every day, including life's milestones, without their mum. They are a NFP, that has continued to work tirelessly through the pandemic, to ensure they continue to grow their reach to the millions of women who are without their mothers.This week we also wanted to highlight another great cause (as mentioned in our preamble), from our former guest, Erin. She and her husband Dave are taking part in the City 2 Surf raising money for Epilepsy Australia. To donate visit lululoveproject.com.For those in NSW, enjoy freedom week. Being reunited with your loved ones and friends. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Motherless Daughters: 12 courageous women share their legacy of loss with heartfelt stories about their moms' lives and deaths including their own emotions of love, anger, joy, grief, longing and everything in between.Krisha Young: coconutlimenutrition@gmail.comGillian Cranehahn: gillianuseag@gmail.comAmber McKenzie: ambermckenzie356@gmail.comJudi Rabensteiner Frers: judi.frers@gmail.comJanet E. Gracey: janetgracey15@gmail.comKaren Holzer: kkholzer54@gmail.comLeslie Woodfill: leslie.woodfill@gmail.com Kerri Miller: balancedblisswellness@outlook.comRene Johnston: rene@employeeengagementsolutions.comLona Barnum: lonab@centurylink.netEmily Waters Britton-Arnold: emily@authenticblendconsulting.comCecily Mathis: cre8tivly@yahoo.comSee Beneath Your Beautiful podcast is raw and intimate, sometimes funny and always entertaining. With new episodes every Saturday, Hara explores our loves, fears and hopes with a delicious combination of depth and lightness.SeeBeneathYourBeautiful.com or listen wherever pods are cast.Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/z6ceeh7uSpotify: https://tinyurl.com/k8783km4____To get in touch with Hara Allison:Podcast: www.SeeBeneathYourBeautiful.comPhotography: www.hara.photographyDesign: www.studioh-creative.com

Andrea shares the story of what she describes as a "domino death". One event led to another in a tragic series that ended in her mom's passing. Andrea was intentional about allowing herself to grieve and joined a Motherless Daughters group. Andrea has provided the following information for the items she shares: NYC listeners can request to join NYC Motherless Daughters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NYC.MotherlessDaughters Staten Island residents may request to join Staten Island Motherless Daughters: https://www.facebook.com/groups/433003657126696 (this is the group Andrea helped start) Link to Andrea's Blog: https://motherlessdaughtermind.wordpress.com You can find Andrea's mantras on Instagram at _morning_mantras_: https://www.instagram.com/_morning_mantras_/?hl=en Andrea's Take-Away: Now that your mom is no longer here, please learn how to mother yourself. Find a way to take care of yourself in a way that you feel mothered. There is no right or wrong way to grieve, as long as you are not harming yourself or anyone else. Grieve in your own way. All of our stories are important! If you have a story to share, please send an email to daughterswithoutmoms@gmail.com. You don't have to be a DWOM to share your story. All are welcome! Would you like to talk about your grief journey? Sign up for a complimentary Connection Call here: https://calendly.com/daughterswithoutmoms/20-minute-connection-call?month=2021-09 For more information on my thoughts on grief, please visit my website, www.yourgriefjourney.com.

Cheryl Strayed gets real about being a broke bestselling author, comparing herself to other moms, practicing self-compassion - and then struggling all over again when the pandemic threw her off her game. Claire offers a weekly practice for how to have more authentic interactions with the people in your life.    Want to connect? Join the New Day Facebook Group!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/newdaypod   Resources from the show Listen to Nadia Bolz-Weber's Podcast, “The Confessional”: https://nadiabolzweber.com/podcast/  Check out Brené Brown's Book: “Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead” - https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419   Try The Self Love Workbook for Women: https://www.amazon.com/Self-Love-Workbook-Women-Self-Doubt-Self-Compassion/dp/1647397294  Read Hope Edelman's incredible book Motherless Daughters: https://hopeedelman.com   Learn more about today's guest:   Read more about Cheryl's life and career here Listen to Cheryl's Podcast "Dear Sugars"  on Apple Read Cheryl's first memoir: "Wild" that was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her first selection for Oprah's Book Club 2.0.  Read Cheryl's self-help book: "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar"     Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors.   Did you try one of these weekly practices? We want to hear about it! Call 833-4-LEMONADA (833-453-6662) or email us newday@lemonnadamedia.com    To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to lemonadamedia.com/show/newday/ shortly after the air date.   Follow Claire on IG and FB @clairebidwellsmith or Twitter @clairebidwell and visit her website: www.clairebidwellsmith.com   Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia.    Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey! Welcome back to another episode of Not So Linear, where I talk about my grief journey and the last 6 months of change since launching the podcast. This time I'm interviewed by my younger sister Lily, which is very special as it shows how much we've grown through our grief together.I talk honestly about how my relationship with my grief and my mum have evolved, as I have tried to make peace with my emotions and find ways to connect with her again. I also talk about the importance of finding a strong community of others who can help you feel less alone and I am so glad I found that in Motherless Daughters and within my own instagram page @tamsinmillardWe also talk about the impact that alcohol has on anxiety and how we live in a society that pressures us to tick off life events in order to be 'happy' - which is just unnecessary! I hope you feel less alone in  your journey by listening to mine. Don't forget to follow across apple and spotify to keep up to date with all of my latest episodes! Click here to become a Patron MemberSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/not-so-linear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grief is a long-misunderstood experience that many people believe proceeds according to predictable steps ending in ‘closure.' According to Hope Edelman, however, grief is a long-term process that can actually enhance rather than constrict our lives. She debunks many myths about grief and loss in her new book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss (Ballantine Books, 2020). In our candid interview, she opens up about how the loss of her mother 40 years ago still teaches her lessons today, and she explains how we all might benefit from rethinking the way we grieve and heal from loss. This episode will be timely and relevant for anyone who feels ‘stuck' following a loss and is searching for a new way to move forward. Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books, including bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her original essays have appeared in many anthologies, including The Bitch in the House, Behind the Bedroom Door, and Goodbye to All That. Motherless Daughters was named a New York Times Notable Book of the year, and Edelman's work has also won her a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction. The recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, she is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and facilitates Motherless Daughters retreats and workshops all over the world. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City. Eugenio Duarte, Ph.D. is a psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in Miami. He treats individuals and couples, with specialties in gender and sexuality, eating and body image problems, and relationship issues. He is a graduate and faculty of William Alanson White Institute in Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology in New York City and former chair of their LGBTQ Study Group; and faculty at Florida Psychoanalytic Institute in Miami. He is also a contributing author to the book Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Defining Terms and Building Bridges (2018, Routledge) and has published on issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Grief is a long-misunderstood experience that many people believe proceeds according to predictable steps ending in ‘closure.' According to Hope Edelman, however, grief is a long-term process that can actually enhance rather than constrict our lives. She debunks many myths about grief and loss in her new book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss (Ballantine Books, 2020). In our candid interview, she opens up about how the loss of her mother 40 years ago still teaches her lessons today, and she explains how we all might benefit from rethinking the way we grieve and heal from loss. This episode will be timely and relevant for anyone who feels ‘stuck' following a loss and is searching for a new way to move forward. Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books, including bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her original essays have appeared in many anthologies, including The Bitch in the House, Behind the Bedroom Door, and Goodbye to All That. Motherless Daughters was named a New York Times Notable Book of the year, and Edelman's work has also won her a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction. The recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, she is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and facilitates Motherless Daughters retreats and workshops all over the world. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City. Eugenio Duarte, Ph.D. is a psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in Miami. He treats individuals and couples, with specialties in gender and sexuality, eating and body image problems, and relationship issues. He is a graduate and faculty of William Alanson White Institute in Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology in New York City and former chair of their LGBTQ Study Group; and faculty at Florida Psychoanalytic Institute in Miami. He is also a contributing author to the book Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Defining Terms and Building Bridges (2018, Routledge) and has published on issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

Grief is a long-misunderstood experience that many people believe proceeds according to predictable steps ending in ‘closure.' According to Hope Edelman, however, grief is a long-term process that can actually enhance rather than constrict our lives. She debunks many myths about grief and loss in her new book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss (Ballantine Books, 2020). In our candid interview, she opens up about how the loss of her mother 40 years ago still teaches her lessons today, and she explains how we all might benefit from rethinking the way we grieve and heal from loss. This episode will be timely and relevant for anyone who feels ‘stuck' following a loss and is searching for a new way to move forward. Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books, including bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her original essays have appeared in many anthologies, including The Bitch in the House, Behind the Bedroom Door, and Goodbye to All That. Motherless Daughters was named a New York Times Notable Book of the year, and Edelman's work has also won her a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction. The recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, she is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and facilitates Motherless Daughters retreats and workshops all over the world. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City. Eugenio Duarte, Ph.D. is a psychologist and psychoanalyst practicing in Miami. He treats individuals and couples, with specialties in gender and sexuality, eating and body image problems, and relationship issues. He is a graduate and faculty of William Alanson White Institute in Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, and Psychology in New York City and former chair of their LGBTQ Study Group; and faculty at Florida Psychoanalytic Institute in Miami. He is also a contributing author to the book Introduction to Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Defining Terms and Building Bridges (2018, Routledge) and has published on issues of gender, sexuality, and sexual abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/spiritual-practice-and-mindfulness

Hope Edelman, a 2015 graduate, credits the Hoffman Process with changing the course of her life. She's traversed much heartache and loss in her life and she's been a guiding light to many others who have traversed the same. As Hope shares the tale of her life journey, you can't help but see the throughline of her life. When Hope was seventeen her mother passed away. After that day, Hope had always sensed that part of her was stuck back at that point. During a transformational moment at the Process, she took the hand of her seventeen-year-old self and walked her into the future so she could be an integrated adult. One of the beautiful statements Hope makes about her life is her shift from wanting to be exceptional to wanting to be helpful. In guiding others through the landscape of loss, Hope has greatly expanded the reach of her love's everyday radius. As Hope shares what she's up to now, she shares with us the power of the liminal* space. When we are between what has ended and what has yet to begin, between what we knew and what we are yet to know, we are more our essential selves than any other time. Rather than fear these times, we can come to see how alive and vital we are in them. MORE ABOUT HOPE EDELMAN Hope Edelman has been writing, speaking, and leading retreats and workshops in the bereavement field for more than 25 years. She was 17 when she lost her mother to breast cancer and 40 when her father died, an event that inspired her to offer grief education and support to those who need it now and especially those who did not receive it in the past. Hope's first book, Motherless Daughters, became a #1 New York Times Bestseller. Her newest book, The AfterGrief, offers an innovative new way to talk about the long arc of loss. She has written six additional books, including Motherless Mothers and the memoir, The Possibility of Everything. Hope holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a graduate degree in nonfiction writing from The University of Iowa. She is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach who helps clients revisit and revise their life stories. As mentioned in this episode *Liminal/Liminality Discover if the Process is right for you. Subscribe on Apple/iTunes

It's been one year since the start of Bad Right Breast, and we're going to take a summer hiatus after next week's episode.  We're preparing to return in the fall with three new series:  Motherless Daughters, Artists' Stories & Meta Stories.  If you feel you have a story to tell in any of these categories, please reach out to us as we'd love to share it.  Next week, will be our first episode in the Meta Stories series.Music by Becca AyersGraphic Art by Justin WestWebsite Design by Alec AddaliaFOLLOW US:FacebookInstagramTwitterPatreonWEBSITE:  www.BadRightBreast.com

“How can we help a grieving person if the other person who is meant to listen won't even give them five minutes of their own discomfort?” Tamsin Millard and Danielle Snelling talk about the power of peer support and the unique experience of processing complex grief as young motherless daughters.

We are joined by New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Motherless Daughters movement, Hope Edelman, to discuss her latest book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss and why grief isn't something to get over, get past, or move beyond.We discuss how grief can ebb and flow but this doesn't mean that we're 'doing it wrong' and why grieving may be a lifelong process, it doesn't have to be a struggle.We also dive into Hope's own personal experience of becoming a mum after losing her mum when she was 17, how her grief has evolved over time, and how we can reframe the experience of mothering without a mother.Whether you are curious to know how to navigate grief as the years stretch by, or are perhaps interested in hearing her perspective as a motherless daughter and mum, this conversation will educate and inspire you.Come say hello to us on Instagram @goodmourningpodcast.www.goodmourning.com.auLinksBuy Hope's latest book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of LossAnd some of her other books we'd recommend are...Motherless Daughters by Hope EdelmanMotherless Mothers by Hope Edelmanhttps://www.motherlessdaughters.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Everyone’s grief is a very individual process. There is no one-size-fits-all. But when we lose someone who is dear to us, our life is changed forever. In this episode, join Karen Pulver in a conversation with three incredible women, Goddesses Lara, Vanessa, and Michelle, who have lost their mothers at various ages in their lives. She then sits down with Hope Edelman, the author of Motherless Daughters and The AfterGrief. Learn the beautiful memories they share, their grief journey, and how they have grown through the loss of their mothers to be mothers themselves. Hope then dives deep into the ways individuals cope and continue to have their arc of grief. As she states, “finding others that can understand our loss is the social support needed for bereavement.” Join us as we support each other through this journey of loss and learn how to come out on the other side with hope, courage, bravery, and love. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here’s How »Join the Grateful Goddesses Community today:gratefulgoddesses.comTwitterInstagramFacebookYouTube

In this episode Amy is joined by her friend and fellow motherless daughter and mom friend Kirstin to talk about the truths they feel surrounding Mothers Day without their moms. Being part of the #motherlessdaughters #motherlessmothers and #deadparent clubs are not fun. We hope that our honesty helps those grieving. As always never be afraid to reach out for support. 

Motherless Daughters Australia co-founder Danielle Snelling was 23 when her mother Rosa died. The experience left Danielle feeling isolated and misunderstood. When she connected with Eloise Baker-Hughes, who was also grieving the loss of her mum, they uncovered a shared understanding and validation in each other’s stories. Together they founded @motherlessdaughtersau with the aim of connecting some of the 3.7 million Australian women who have lost their mum. In this conversation with Human Cogs host Sabina Read, Danielle debunks the 5 stages of grief, suggests tips for coping with the relentless triggers and difficult times that arise during milestone and annual calendar events and shares what NOT to say to someone who is grieving. If your mum has passed and you have a deep yearning to pick up the phone and ask her just one more question, or if you’re a mum facing health issues imagining what it might be like to die early and not see your children live into adulthood, or if you wish to cherish and honour the mother-daughter relationship, then this episode will likely resonate with you. SHOW CREDITS Hosts: Sabina Read and Madeleine GrummetGuest: Danielle SnellingWebsite: motherlessdaughters.com.auSocials: Facebook, Instagram Technical Producer: Daryl Missen at Purple Wax Join us on instagram at human.cogs Available on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts or listen via our website. If you like this episode please leave us a QUICK REVIEW so more people can listen and learn from these stories! Thank you :)Learn more and support the show: https://www.humancogs.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grief is a part of life and we all experience it differently. This year in particular has brought a lot of grief into our lives. We have had to morn the loss of loved ones, jobs, and life as we knew it. We are so beyond fortunate to have Alica Forneret on the podcast to chat through the complex topic of grief. We talk about what grief is, how it works, ways to manage it, if there is one process that fits all, how to support a friend who is currently carrying a lot of grief and so much more. We hope you all feel some support while listening to this episode and are able to use this information to connect with others and understand the path grief takes us on. Sending love to all you Peaches out there

This episode I'm talking to Eloise and Danielle, the founders of Mothers Daughter Australia, a non-profit organisation that provides support to girls and women who's mothers have died. We have a chat all about why they founded MDA, the importance of community and how we can support ourselves and others this Mothers Day. Want to connect or know someone who would like to share their story? Please reach out! @katrinalpweller / hello@katrinapreislerweller.com Guest: @motherlessdaughtersau To keep up to date with all the new episodes, please make sure you like, share and subscribe! If you, or anyone you care for is in need of support, please reach out to your local support line or if you are in Australia, you can contact Griefline by phone on 1300 845745 who are available from midday to 3am everyday.

Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers. She has been a sought-after speaker and workshop leader in the bereavement field […] The post Hope Edelman: After Grief are You Over it? appeared first on Open to Hope.

Hey Girl, I felt it in my heart to bring you a word of encouragement. Are you an hija who grew up without a mom, and feel like you missed out. Do you feel like less of a mujer/woman because you didn't have that mother figure in your life? You didn't have a role model to teach you and nurture you. I can relate to that, because after I was 11 I lived with my dad. I had a big hole in my life, and felt like I would never have that special mother daughter relationship. Now that I have a daughter, I see how beautiful a truly special it is. I get to have what I didn't have so many years ago. I want to encourage you on this bonus episode that no matter if you didn't have that, God will bless you. SO to the Motherless Daughter, please know that you are loved and you are so worthy. Share this episode with your besties!Come be part of an amazing sisterhood, the Fearless Mujeres is a space for you to be empowered and inspired. https://www.facebook.com/groups/thefearlessmujerConnect with me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thefearlessmujerpodcast/Have you been praying for a mentor who will walk side by side with you? Are you struggling with feeling like you're not good enough?Send me a message, I would love to connect with you! https://fearlessmujer.com/contact

In this episode we talk about Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman, aging, how to think about death, our views on religion, and why our best traits can sometimes be our worst. Follow us at Real Ballers Read on Instagram! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realballersread/support

How do we live with grief over the course of our lives? Hope Edelman, author of the groundbreaking book, Motherless Daughters, joins us again to talk about her newest book, The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss. The AfterGrief is what happens as we move out of the initial acute distress when someone dies and into a lifetime of learning to live with what that loss means for us.  Hope's website. The AfterGrief. The AfterGrief Facebook Group Motherless Daughters Facebook Group. 

Has anyone else been feeling a bit low lately? If so, the reason may surprise you. According to writer and grief expert Hope Edelman, many people experience a "dip in functioning" around the one-year anniversary of a trauma or loss. This week marks one year since COVID descended on the U.S., and in today's episode, Karen & Katie chat with Hope about the concept of Pandemic Grief.  The conversation is fascinating; Hope covers how culture in the U.S. over the last 150 years has changed around grief and how the one-year anniversary may be impacting us in different ways than any other trauma in our lives. Huge bonus: She also offers advice on how listeners can deal with and process their grief.  Resources from today's episode:  - Hope's op-ed on pandemic grief in The Washington Post (A MUST READ) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/26/pandemic-grief-could-become-its-own-health-crisis/?arc404=true - Connect with Hope on:  Her website: https://hopeedelman.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hope_edelman/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hope_edelman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3497675726911131/ - Check out her community for Motherless Daughters: https://www.motherlessdaughters.com/ (and the upcoming Mother's Day event - free for all and scheduled for the day before Mother's Day this year)

At the age of 17, Hope Edelman lost her Mom to breast cancer. After she lost her Dad later in life, she turned her pain into inspiration, as she began a journey to better understand the confusing world of grief. Her first book, "Motherless Daughters" was a number one New York Times best-seller, and now her latest book, "The After Grief", gives a brilliant insight into how we not only process grief, but how loss isn't something we just get over. The BBC Radio Five Live presenter Tony Livesey, who lost his Mum suddenly, when he was just 13 said about Hope's book, that if he'd had a roadmap like this for dealing with grief, it would have changed his childhood. So whether you're someone who's been recently bereaved, or is still struggling with loss from many years ago, or just want to understand grief a little more, than I know that Hope's story, insight and wisdom will help. This interview gives all of us a little more undserstanding about a difficult and confusing aspect of life that one day, we are all going to face. If you have been through life events similar to those described in this episode and you need someone to talk to, please contact the samaritans, free any time, from any phone, on 116 123 And if you'd like to share your thoughts with Simon, he'd love to hear from you: Twitter @SimonThomasSky

As we leave 2020 behind, we ask: can grief influence career choices? Meet New York Times best-selling author Hope Edelman. Through a series of books starting with Motherless Daughters, Hope helps people turn grief into a healing and meaningful experience. Now, her latest book, The AfterGrief, gets grieving people to a place a positivity and purpose: "There really are only two stages of grief that people care about: there's the stage where you feel really bad and then there's the stage where you feel better ... [That's what] the aftergrief is." In a wide ranging podcast episode, Hope: Describes being a 17-year-old who lost her mom to cancer and the grief journey that led her to write Motherless Daughters. Starts at 2:23 Defines The AfterGrief. Starts at 7:09 Explains how the Covid pandemic changed bereavement. Starts at 14:32 Takes us through the "gendered" way we discuss grief at work. Starts at 20:08 Provides insight on how grief can influence career choices that lead to meaningful work. Starts at 27:41 On the recognition of grief at work, Hope says: "It's really important for hiring managers to be grief-literate, to know what to expect and to support their employees who are going through a period of grief." Above all else, grieving is tough. But it can influence career choices that lead people to meaningful work opportunities. About our guest: Hope Edelman is the world renowned thought-leader on grief and bereavement: the author of several books; a noted speaker, and; a certified life coach. She earned a Bachelor of Science from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa. Hope lives and works in Southern California. EPISODE DATE: February 12, 2021 Social media: - Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - HopeEdeman.com Website - Motherless Daughters - The AfterGrief - Coaching Please Subscribe to The Dan Smolen Podcast on: – Apple Podcast – Android – Google Podcasts – Pandora – Spotify – Stitcher – TuneIn …or wherever you get your podcasts. You may also click HERE to receive our podcast episodes by email. Image credits: Memorial candle, Dan Smolen; Hope Edelman portrait, Brooke Fraser Bohm; Podcast button, J. Brandt Studio for The Dan Smolen Experience.

Bestselling author Hope Edelman discusses her latest book, The AfterGrief, Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss (pub. Oct. 2020) so we might better understand how grief impacts our lives even years beyond the death of a loved one.Episode Notes:We are becoming more accepting now that grief could feasibly last for the rest of our lives. Hope Edelman offers insight how our grief might change as time passes and how occasional upsurges can occur.HOPE EDELMAN has been writing, speaking, and leading workshops and retreats in the bereavement field for more than 25 years. She was 17 when she lost her mother to breast cancer and 40 when her father died, events that inspired her to offer grief education and support to those who cannot otherwise receive it.Her first book, Motherless Daughters, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide. Her work has been translated into 14 languages and published in 11 countries. Hope is the author of seven additional nonfiction books, including Motherless Mothers and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. She was the recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling and has won a Pushcart Prize for her creative nonfiction.In addition to writing and speaking, she is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and also leads nonfiction workshops to help writers tell, revisit, and revise their stories of loss. Hope lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City.Contact Info:www.asiliveandgrieve.com info@asiliveandgrieve.com Facebook:  As I Live and Grieve Instagram:  @asiliveandgrieve To Contact Hope:www.hopeedelman.comwww.motherlessdaughters.com info@hopeedelman.com

This episode is the audio recording from a virtual event held at the Kelly Writers House on November 18, 2020, featuring Hope Edelman, author of the new book The AfterGrief, as well as the widely successful and impactful book Motherless Daughters, and seven other nonfiction books. Hope and Jamie-Lee discuss Hope's process in writing and structuring The AfterGrief, how the book encourages those who've experienced loss to think critically about their own stories over time, and the way the Covid-19 pandemic impacted Hope and the book as she completed it. This event was sponsored by Penn's Creative Writing Program.

HOPE EDELMAN has been writing, speaking, and leading workshops and retreats in the bereavement field for more than 25 years. She was 17 when she lost her mother to breast cancer and 40 when her father died, events that inspired her to offer grief education and support to those who cannot otherwise receive it.Her first book, Motherless Daughters, was a #1 New York Times bestseller and appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide. Her work has been translated into 14 languages and published in 11 countries. Hope is the author of seven additional nonfiction books, including Motherless Mothers and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. She was the recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling and has won a Puschcart Prize for her creative nonfiction.In addition to writing and speaking, she is a certified Martha Beck Life Coach and also leads nonfiction workshops to help writers tell, revisit, and revise their stories of loss. Hope lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City.The AfterGrief OverviewDrawing on her own encounters with the ripple effects of early loss, as well as on interviews with dozens of researchers, therapists, and regular people who’ve been bereaved, New York Times bestselling author Hope Edelman offers profound advice for reassessing loss and adjusting the stories we tell ourselves about its impact on our identities.With guidance for reframing a story of loss, finding equilibrium within it, and even experiencing renewed growth and purpose in its wake, she demonstrates that though grief is a lifelong process, it doesn’t have to be a lifelong struggle.https://hopeedelman.com/books/the-aftergrief/We don’t ever ‘get over’ the death of a loved one.But we do eventually ‘get on‘ with living in a world without this essential person by our side.It takes time to learn how to live in this new world. It takes time.”— HOPE EDELMANSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/death-by-design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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I had such a great discussion with Hope Edelman for this episode. You may be familiar with Hope's work, as she wrote the groudbreaking book “Motherless Daughters” back in the 1990s, and has been writing, speaking, and leading workshops on grief ever since. She has a brand-new book out, and it's called “The AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss.” It's for all grieving people—not just those who experienced early mother loss—and it dives deep on the impact of grief across the lifespan. I learned so much from reading The AfterGrief. In fact, I'll probably read it again, to let it sink in a bit more. I hope you'll check it out, too. Some topics Hope and I discuss include: Her desire to debunk the myth that one should be “over” their grief if it occurred many years ago; What she learned by interviewing 80+ people on their long-term experiences with grief; How long-term bereavement different is from the grief that people experience immediately after a death; The "Grief Trinity" -- New Grief, Old Grief, and New Old Grief; Hope's Three Rings of Grief; What is complicated grief, and how it is different from AfterGrief; The Dual Process Model of bereavement; How sometimes we reframe our stories of loss many years later; and Resources and events that Hope has available on her website. I hope you enjoy my discussion with Hope Edelman. -=-=-=-=- Thank you sponsors & partners: Audible - Get a FREE audiobook and 30-day free trial: www.audibletrial.com/widowedparent BetterHelp - Talk with a licensed, professional therapist online. Get 10% off your first month: betterhelp.com/widowedparent Blue Apron - Special offers for listeners of the podcast: jennylisk.com/blueapron Support the show: Patreon, Merch, and More -=-=-=-=-

In this episode, Hope shares her story about her grief after her mother lost her battle to cancer and how the "dark ages" of grief left her with no support. Now decades later, she writes the AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss.Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers, and the memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her essays have appeared in many anthologies, including The Bitch in the House, Behind the Bedroom Door, and Goodbye to All That. Her work has received a New York Times notable book of the year designation and a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction.Her newest book, AfterGrief: Finding Your Way Along the Long Arc of Loss, offers a new way of looking at grief, utilizing anecdotal data from one of the only studies ever to look at the effect of loss over a long period of time. The book explains how grief is an unaddressed public health crisis and points to how history, gender, and cultural norms influence how we grieve today. Edelman also shares how we can reframe grief and begin to address it in new ways —because while grief is a lifelong process, it doesn't have to be a lifelong struggle.The recipient of the 2020 Community Educator Award from the Association for Death Education and Counseling, she facilitates Motherless Daughters retreats and workshops all over the world. She lives and works in Los Angeles and Iowa City.Support the show (https://healgrief.org/donations/)

My mom passed away October 4, 2001. This year, I decided to honor her by reading some of her poetry. I also decided that I want to publish her work. This podcast episode’s audio is from a recorded Zoom call. I was live on Zoom, Facebook, and Instagram. I greatly appreciate all of those who listened live. SPECIAL THANKS TO

Have you ever walked through something hard and seen God take it and use it for good?  Have you ever walked through a heartbreak and then years later helped someone else through that same exact heartbreak? This week on the Depth Podcast, Martha Black shares with us her new children’s book: *You'll Find Me At The Ocean: A Journey of Grief Through the Eyes of a Child. Sadly, Martha lost her mother to cancer. Through this book, she is taking her greatest heartbreak and turning it into her greatest ministry by helping others who are walking through grief. Martha vulnerably shares about the loss of her mother along with practical examples of what helped her through the grief. She also shares some wonderful ways we can honor our loved ones on the special days like birthdays and anniversaries as well as how we can come alongside and support those grieving on those hard days. I think that is why it is so special that this podcast episode is releasing on the birthday of Martha’s mother. What a wonderful way to honor her life and remember her legacy.  Friend, you do not want to miss this beautiful story of how a young girl in the middle of her grief finds God’s faithfulness in addition to memories of her mother at the ocean!  Also, I am so excited for someone to win a copy of Martha’s book, *You'll Find Me At The Ocean.  All the details of the book giveaway are on my website at jodirosser.com or you can click this direct link: https://jodirosser.com/giveaways/youll-find-me-at-the-ocean-book/ I promise you that you do not want to miss this episode.   Book Recommendations *Letters from Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman *Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman *Comfort for Grieving Hearts by Gary Roe  Martha Black is wife, mother, elementary teacher, blogger, author, and speaker.  She and her husband, Jeff, reside in Arkansas. Together, they have a brilliant and kind teenage son, Isaiah.  In 2019, Martha began blogging on Facebook (Martha Black, Christian Blogger for Butterflies and Daisies), and just a few months later, God gave her the words to her first published book, *You'll Find Me At The Ocean A Journey of Grief Through the Eyes of a Child.  Supporting those who are grieving is something that she is very passionate about.  In December 2015, she lost her best friend, biggest cheerleader, number one friend…my Mama…to cancer.  She was only 58, and Martha was 34 years old and left without a mother.  Her Mama loved butterflies and daisies, so the name of her blog is just a small way that she could honor her.  Not long after writing this book, God led Martha to begin a private group on Facebook, Martha Black Ministries: Finding Peace After The Pain.  After suffering such a huge loss, she had both discovered what had helped as she grieved and what did not.  She desires to offer what she has learned (and continue to learn) about both the grieving process, and what God’s Word teaches us that gives us hope and peace. It is Martha Black's hope and prayer that what you read on her accounts blesses you and encourages you in The Lord.  Some days, she focuses on the topic of grief.  There are days she shares what God is teaching her in life and in the world.  Other days, she focuses simply on Scripture.  Regardless of what Martha shares, it is her prayer that it encourages her readers and gives them a hope that can only be found in God. Contact Information: Email Address: authormarthablack@hotmail.com Website: marthablackministries.com Facebook Page: facebook.com/marthablack2019 Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/MarthaBlackMinistries Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/authormarthablack  *Amazon Affiliate Link

A highly-critical review of three medical treatments for women in the UK found thousands of lives had been harmed because officials failed to listen to safety worries and often dismissed them as "women's problems". The Cumberlege Review examined responses to concerns about a hormone pregnancy test, a drug for epilepsy, and vaginal mesh. We spoke to the BBC Health correspondent Anna Collinson, and to Baroness Cumberlege about her review. And we heard reaction from Clare Pelham, CEO of the Epilepsy Society, and Mary McLaughlin, who has campaigned for women affected by pelvic mesh in Ireland. The video games sector makes up more than half of the UK’s entire entertainment market. Women are 50% of those who play but the number of women working in the industry is much lower. Jordan Erica Webber, a video games expert, Katie Goode, who makes VR games, and Abbey Plumb, a producer for a games company discussed their experiences of working in the video games industry. It’s 1957 and Jean Swinney, a journalist on a local paper in the London suburbs, is investigating a story about a virgin birth. As she gets closer to the people involved Jean’s lonely and dutiful life becomes more interesting and she experiences a miracle of her own. Clare Chambers’ book ‘Small Pleasures’ is her first for 10 years and it was an item on Woman’s Hour which sparked the idea. After the death of her mother, Emma Winterschladen has gone through what she calls ‘missed mum moments’ including graduating university, her first job and more recently her engagement. How do motherless daughters navigate these big moments without their mothers? Freelance Editor, writer & illustrator Emma Winterschladen and psychologist Anjula Mutanda discuss. Twenty year old student Abigail McGourlay is the winner of The Arts Society’s national Isolation Artwork competition. She told us about her winning self-portrait 'Brewing'. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Dianne McGregor

The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety review has been released this morning. Baroness Cumberlege led the review into the the effects of vaginal mesh, the hormonal pregnancy test Primodos and the epilepsy drug Sodium Valproate. She discusses its recommendations and her experience of hearing so many moving testimonies from women across the UK. Jenni also hears some initial reaction from Mary McLaughlin, who has campaigned for women affected by pelvic mesh in Ireland, and Clare Pelham, the CEO of the Epilepsy Society who gave evidence to the review about the effects of sodium valproate. School leaving rituals – the sweatshirts, the prom, the signed T-shirts, the school trip and primary school final assembly. How important are they and what impact has the Coronavirus pandemic had on this year’s leavers? Jenni speaks to Juliet Benis, Head Teacher at Ambler Primary School and to A' level student Anna from Bacon's College. Motherless daughters can experience persistent grief for years which peaks during milestones. After the death of her mother Emma Winterschladen has gone through what she calls ‘missed mum moments’ including graduating university, her first job and more recently her engagement. How do motherless daughters navigate these big moments without their mothers? Freelance Editor, writer & illustrator Emma Winterschladen and psychologist Anjula Mutanda discuss the relationship between grief and joy. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Caroline Donne Interviewed guest: Baroness Cumberlege Interviewed guest: Mary McLaughlin Interviewed guest: Clare Pelham Interviewed guest: Juliet Benis Interviewed guest: Emma Winterschladen Interviewed guest: Anjula Mutanda

One of the toughest things that can be faced by a girl or a woman of any age is the loss of her mother. Our guest, Hope Edelman, knows all about that. In fact, she knows more about it than most of us. Hope is an expert in the field of early mother loss and mother-daughter relationships. She's written extensively on those topics and is the author of "Motherless Daughters" and "Motherless Mothers", among others. You can learn more about Hope on her website: http://hopeedelman.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how stories heal grief in this special episode for Mother’s Day. My guest Elizabeth Coplan is a playwright, educator and speaker who created the non-profit Grief Dialogues where she uses theatre as the artistic expression to open new conversations about dying, death, and grief. Today, on Mother’s Day, we will talk about the grief… Continue reading Ep. 246 Mother’s Day Grief Dialogues for Motherless Daughters with Elizabeth Coplan

Last year Troy Skinner read 52 books in 52 weeks.  Last week, this week, and next week the shows feature Troy’s reviews of each book.  Note:  There’s a book mentioned within the show that Troy didn’t provide the book title of author name.  That book is “Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman. The panel: Troy Skinner.  Faith Debate host and Pastor of Living Faith Ministries in Hagerstown, Maryland.

In the first episode of season 3, Nina and Hillary talk with Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters about grief, growth, and the way loss can shape our lives. 

I had such a great discussion with Brennan Wood and Jana DeCristofaro of The Dougy Center for this episode. The Dougy Center has programs for kids and families in Portland, Oregon, and they are also a national leader in the field of childhood bereavement. They also produce a popular, and long-running, grief podcast called Grief Out Loud, which listeners can find on their favorite podcast app. Some topics we discuss include: Brennan talks about feeling different from her peers after losing her mom at age 12; How attending The Dougy Center as a teen changed her life; Meeting Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters, when she was 19; The Dougy Center's programs for grieving kids and families in the Portland, Oregon, area; Their Pathways program for families facing an advanced serious illness; The Grief Out Loud podcast, which Jana hosts and produces; Being ok with holding 2 thoughts that seem to be conflicting; and What widowed parents should know or consider in the first 90 days. I hope you enjoy my discussion with Brennan Wood and Jana DeCristofaro of The Dougy Center.

At just 11 years old, one of my best friends, basically my sister, lost her mother to a brain tumor.  It flipped all of our worlds upside down and left Sarah and her little brother, motherless. Though she continued to have countless women in her life step up and support her, there is still nothing like the voice and advise of your mother.  It wasn't until Sarah became a mother herself, that she started to realize how much her own mother's passing had influenced her life. She became a motherless mother.  Listen to the story of how something so terrible turned into a lifelong journey of discovery, creativity and passion.  If any of you listening, are a motherless daughter or motherless mother, send me an email and I will connect you to Sarah. It is times like these that you need a village.    Show notes: Motherless Daughters by Hope Edleman Motherless Mothers by Hope Edleman   -Sarah's BLOG: Far Better Than Worse -Providence Mom's Blog- “Inside the Mind of a Motherless Mother” by Sarah Rizzo -Sarah's Birth Photography -Follow Sarah on Instagram: @sarahrizzophoto @farbetterthanworse ___________________________________________________ FOLLOW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mamasintrainingpod/ WRITE a Review: https://www.mamasintraining.com/reviews/new/ JOIN our Facebook Community: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/mamasintrainingpod  

"Soldier on" was Hope Edelman's coping method for the sudden death of her mother until seven years later, a broken engagement brought her mother's death roaring to the surface. Hope started writing her New York Times Bestseller Motherless Daughters as a way to comprehend her loss and connect with other motherless daughters. Today we're talking about how death makes us crave truth and clarity, why it's so important to "add the middle" to our stories, and what other cultures have to teach us about grief and loss. Also this week, I'm reminding you that permission to grieve is a practice and reading an excerpt from my new book Permission to Grieve. Hope Edelman's book, coaching, and Motherelss Daughter retreats: https://hopeedelman.com/ Purchase a copy of my latest book, Permission to Grieve! http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/permission-to-grieve Become a part of my insiders community! Support Coming Back on Patreon to unlock weekly grief journaling prompts, LIVE grief guidance calls with me, and fun podcast swag: https://www.patreon.com/shelbyforsythia Set sail on the 2020 Bereavement Cruise: http://comingbackcruise.com Apply for private grief guidance with me: http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/grief-guidance Subscribe to Coming Back: Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/2CMqhhE Spotify http://spoti.fi/2CMr16k Stitcher http://bit.ly/2m08eJr YouTube http://bit.ly/2m1JWil Google Podcasts https://tinyurl.com/y8elxq9t TuneIn http://bit.ly/2F469Fl Continue the conversation on grief and loss in my private Facebook group, The Grief Growers' Garden: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegriefgrowersgarden/ To ask a question or leave a comment for a future show, email shelby@shelbyforsythia.com. Because even through grief, we are growing. http://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

Kat's Facebook Group Kat on Instagram @katgriefcoach How is a woman's life after losing her mom? Is it always going to be a struggle? Will it ever be joyful again? Kat Bonner, Grief Coach shares her experiences and the stories of other Motherless Daughters to describe a "Life After Losing Mom." Need someone to talk to about your grief journey? Schedule a complimentary connection call at KatBonner.com

Jasmin is no stranger to loss: her mother died of ovarian cancer while Jasmin was in high school. A few years later, Jasmin’s brother, Rory, took his life. She shares deep wisdom from her journey towards healing for those that have been affected by suicide and loss and speaks on the invitations of grief. Jasmin is the founder of Fall Up, a community driven platform that brings people together to navigate the spectrum of grief.   You know, grief is about love and it's, it's such a taboo and when we can remember that when we hold grief, we, and we honor it with the reverence in the space that it deserves, we have more joy in life, not less,   INTRO   When I was in high school, the father of one of my friends shot and killed himself.  I remember the strangeness of the funeral.  My friend was crying, standing by the side of the casket in a suit that was too big on his small frame.  I wondered, how had they made his dad look so good in the casket after a gunshot wound to the chest?  I recall our collective discomfort.  We were a bunch of fifteen-year-olds, totally out of our depth.  What should I say?  What should I do?    Age hasn’t necessarily made that much of a difference.  It can be difficult to know how to support friends and coworkers after a suicide.    My guest today is Jasmin Jenkins.  Jasmin shares about losing loved ones to both cancer and suicide.  We talk about meaningful gestures, careless phrases, and what it looks like to journey towards healing.       Jasmin and I attended college together and I have loved seeing her life journey extend beyond those formative years.  She lives in sunny Los Angeles with her dog, Birdie.    - Jasmin Jenkins I love, having grown up in the Midwest where it's gray for probably it feels like seven months a year, I love the consistent sunshine and the proximity to the mountains and the beach. Nature is super important to me.   - Liesel Mertes Do you have to be particularly careful with the sunshine as you are a lovely redhead? Is there an element of danger that you feel?   - Jasmin Jenkins Yes, I wear, I wear lots of sunblock and have my fair share of hats to choose from on any given day.   In LA, Jasmin walks alongside men and women in their grief journey.  Jasmin partners with a women’s focused app called Quilt and she is building out her vision for empowering people through the spectrum of grief with a community project called Fall Up.   It is no coincidence that Jasmin’s work centers around grief.  Loss was a part of her story from an early age.  Jasmin’s mother went through her first bout with cancer when Jasmin was very young.    - Jasmin Jenkins  I think that it it just made I didn't feel anxious as a child, but I think I was I was just more attuned to, to, the temporary-ness of all of this from an early age.   - Jasmin Jenkins My mom had had a a bilateral mastectomy so she, I saw the scars on her body, and I knew that, you know, she that there was a gravity to her story. And as a child, I would go in and, you know, I would sneak into the bedroom and make sure that she was still breathing at night. So, I really, I don't think that I was particularly anxious, but I was definitely aware of the fact that she wasn't going to be with me forever. You know from it and I knew that from an early age.   Jasmin had always sensed a fragility around her mother, this sense that she would not be there forever. Then, when Jasmin was just 13, there was the hard, hard news:  her mother had advanced, stage 3C ovarian cancer.     - Jasmin Jenkins It was just, it was so, I felt I was so powerless. And I think when you're a child and you see your parents suffering and they're clearly in such good seeing my mom in such excruciating pain, was it really, it was painful. But I, I, I just kind of shut down emotionally because there was unfortunately nothing that I could directly do to alleviate her suffering. So, it was, it was a very difficult time and she was in and out of remission for a bit. So, you have, as anyone who's dealt with cancer knows, you have those pockets of remission and you feel like you can take an exhale for the first time and and then unfortunately, my mom circumstance, it ended up that that cancer had metastasized to her lungs, which is, you know, that's a very serious diagnosis and there really wasn't much that we could do once it had reached her lungs.   - Jasmin Jenkins  So yeah, it was just, it was a very painful time and as a teenager, you're already going through so much from an emotional standpoint. And then, you have your your parent’s mortality kind of facing you every day. It's was definitely challenging, and I wish that I'd been able to show up with more heart and love, but I did it in the time what I had the capacity to do.   Jasmin attended high school at Wheaton Academy, in a suburb to the west of Chicago.  She remembers a supportive community of friends, parents, and coaches that came alongside her in ways that were immensely meaningful.    - Jasmin Jenkins Cards. People wrote me so many cards and I'm a, I, anyone who knows me knows that I am a card writer. And they just, I saved all, I have all those cards in my storage unit. They're just, reading those cards and knowing that somebody's either a friend or a friend's family member sat down or they picked out a card and they sat down and they wrote from their heart to me. And sometimes, it was a card that was also to my dad and to my brother. But yeah, the cards meant a lot.   - Jasmin Jenkins  And then just those moments with the teacher, either before or after class, just that presented like, how are you doing? You know, knowing that there is a weightiness that I was carrying that some of my peers, many of my peers, weren't carrying at the time. So yeah, just those moments of pause that communicated that there was a compassion for what I was going through was incredibly meaningful.   MUSICAL TRANSITION   - Jasmin Jenkins And in terms of, I don't feel like I missed anything directly, but I know that it would have been, had like an adult female figure stepped in at the time and said, look, like, either I've been through this or I see you in this and I want to mentor you and just show up through you or for you rather through this consistently. I think that would have been really helpful. I don't look back and feel like, Oh I missed; I wish that X would have happened, but I think if there had been either a teacher, a specific teacher that would have said, like your mine for the next three years, I think that could have been really helpful. If schools had some sort of a structure like that in place for students whose parents were either terminally ill or had died, I think, you know, because a lot happens in the time after death of a parent.     - Liesel Mertes And what. What would you speak? I want to ask you more a little bit later on about some of the ways in which you, your, the work of this season of life has been shaped by the four imitations of grief. What so.   - Liesel Mertes As someone who is living in the years beyond without your mother, do you find like is she, how is she present or how are you aware of her absence?   - Jasmin Jenkins I think it's it's really been about honoring that person's absence because the absence never goes away. And I think it's being friendly with that absence and I remember a teacher/professor from Wheaton College; we'd connected over loss. He actually married his wife at the time knowing that she was going to die from cancer, and we connected over my mom having died from cancer as well. And he saw me in that and he's like, you know Jasmin, the thing that I want to remind you of is that your mom is in your DNA. And even though you don't see her, she's with you all the time. And. It was it's obviously like, you know. Our biological parents are part of our DNA, but it just struck me with such profundity and yeah   - Jasmin Jenkins I can't, I can't physically see my mom, but I do see and I connect with my mom and I feel the certain, there's certain things that I'm attuned to whether it's aesthetics or music and I I definitely feel her presence and have a friendliness with her. Like sometimes I'll get dressed and I'm like, Oh hello Mother. I think that's totally something that she would have worn you know and just, my mom was always so colorful and fun and vibrant and sometimes over that can you not wear that interview like you know what. When you're an adult you can decide how you want to dress. But I was so shy that I, as a child, that it was hard for me to understand why she would sometimes like wanted something she wanted to is just being true to herself that she dressed bright with color and texture. And so, I think it's yeah, it's just that friendliness and knowing that. I am my own mother. My mother mothered me with such love. I had an amazing mom and I'm so incredibly blessed to be able to say that because I know that there are plenty of women for whom that's not true.   - Jasmin Jenkins  But in terms of my life I here in L.A, I have a couple of very dear friends and we try to meet once a month for dinner and we've all lost our moms through various circumstances and we're all about the same age and have creative professions and callings and so, it's sometimes, our dinner conversation isn't even specifically about our moms but it's more what we would share with them were they here. So, we call ourselves Mother More and you know it's about finding them more in in the less you know the we're not. There's a book called Motherless Daughters and you know, we talked about that and we we really wanted to name ourselves and call ourselves something that is a tuning us to the expansion that comes when we create intentional space for for conversation that uplifts the soul yeah   - Liesel Mertes There's something I have appreciated from a distance here purposefulness and holding memory and holding space at night. I think there are things that you do each year, whether that is around her birthday or Mother's Day. Can you speak a little bit to those things that have been particularly helpful that you've just built into the rhythms of each year?   - Jasmin Jenkins Sure. So, I always, my mom's birthday is February 22nd and there's always a bittersweet-ness to, to that day. And with my long term ex-boyfriend, we would, he would usually buy me a cake and we would have some sort of a, you know, we would eat the cake and I would reflect on a memory of my mom and it just bringing a that celebration even though my mom isn't physically present. Getting a cake and bringing some lightness and levity to the moment and connecting with people that loved her and that she loved is definitely part of.   - Jasmin Jenkins My ritual around her birthday and then with the anniversary of her death, which is on July 16th. There isn't really something that I do consistently around that it's more than just holding space for it. And if I'm with my dad, being intentional about conversation or connection. And.   - Jasmin Jenkins Writing letters, I think is also a great way to just, you know, I do believe that my mom can, I believe that there is a connection that transcends the physical. Absolutely. But there's something also very important for healing about writing to our loved ones. So, I think that's an important. There's an invitation with our writing to connect and to support ourselves.   - Liesel Mertes We've talked some about your mother. There was also another loss within your young life. Please tell us about your brother, Rory. Some of some of your favorite aspects of your brother? A little bit about who he was?   - Jasmin Jenkins Sure. Rory, I mean, I can't say his name without smiling because he just he lit everyone up that he met, and he really brought so much joy into the lives of the people that he was connected to. So, Rory and I were just a year apart. I'm April 1st he was April 30th and we really grew up on each other's heels and it wasn't until mid-teenage years that we really, I mean, of course you have a bond of growing up as children together. But we really came to this place of like, Oh yeah, I'm so grateful for you. And I love you. You know, mid, mid teenage years and we just had so much fun together. He made me laugh so much; he was a wild and beautiful and dynamic soul and I I wish that he was still here. But unfortunately, he's not physically present on this earth any longer either.   - Liesel Mertes I, I imagine that for both of you that time, do you as you think about becoming closer in your teenage years, did that dovetail with, you know, well Mom, Mom is gone and we are like choosing each other differently or do you feel like that was more coincidental with its time horizon?   - Jasmin Jenkins I think it was more of a subtle kind of, OK let's get over our teenage angst and you know, my brother had a drum set in his room and he would play it super loudly just to annoy me my room. And you know, that kind of stuff like, let's get over whatever the metaphorical genocide is and just, yes, mom is no longer with us. Let's love each other as though she was still present. And yeah, I think her passing definitely united us and my, my brother had such an open and sensitive heart and he really, where I wasn't able to show up for my mom when she, I just with a heart and an open heart, he was really able to show up with her and he really, after she died, I think he really carried that openness and sensitivity with him and and really brought that out in me. So yeah, it was, I think definitely her death and then my brother when he enlisted in the army. I don't remember exactly how many years after her death, but that, having him in a war zone just brought us, so they brought us really close. And I think, you know, I would always await his phone calls and look forward to talking to him and hearing about how everything was going where he was, and he returned home from a war zone.   - Liesel Mertes Would you tell us a little bit about what led up to the your awareness of his death at what point in your life did that occur?   - Jasmin Jenkins Sure. So just to provide a little bit of context for, my brother had had mental health struggles for a lot of his life and he also struggled with addiction. And he I bet he'd always had this calling to, to serve and it from in the army I should say. He always felt this, patriotic, he had this really specific desire to be in a war zone and I think I think that he probably felt like being in an environment like that was more like home than being in the suburbs of Chicago because of how his mind felt.   - Jasmin Jenkins You know when you, so Rory, yeah. He he went to Iraq, was deployed and I know that he saw a lot there. And he you know he was, he was happiest as a soldier. And that was absolutely the intersection point of his passion and purpose. And I find great joy in knowing that he he really did what he wanted to do. From, yet from a purely purpose standpoint. But unfortunately, when in many circumstances, when you mix prolonged mental illness with addiction with PTSD, it's a, it's a very toxic combination. And you know, my brother did return from Iraq and, and things really felt very positive.   - Jasmin Jenkins But unfortunately, you know he just, from a purely factual and not emotional standpoint, he did end up taking his own life and it's, you know, there are people in my family that really believe that it was an accident and perhaps it was it seemed like everything was going really great for him. But at the end of the day it's, you know my brother ended his own life.   - Jasmin Jenkins And you know, it's, it's a thing that we grapple with and I think there's one of the teachers that I follow is named Tara Brock and she has a beautiful book about radical acceptance and the radical-ness of accepting what's completely unbearable and the things that we can't understand and the stories that we'll like, I'll never fully know what happened that night. But you know, the stages of grief:  denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance is the last one and, you know, I would give anything to have my brother here but that's not within my my power to make true.   - Jasmin Jenkins  But I can hopefully inspire others who are going through, you know navigating suicide and in their family systems to explore the freedom that comes from acceptance because there's often so much guilt that comes when, when a situation like this occurs and it's nothing that I did or that somebody else did or didn't do. It's really unfortunately completely out of our control.   - Liesel Mertes You, you talk about the stages of processing grief. Do you remember what, what was it like for you to initially receive that news?   - Jasmin Jenkins Very. It was completely devastating. You know, having had, as I said my brother had mental health struggles from an early age and, and very profound rejection struggles. So, there is a part of me that I was, you know, fight or flight for quite a while wondering like, am I going to get a phone call? And I certainly had scary phone calls with my brother in the E.R. et cetera. But this particular night, my long term ex-boyfriend and I were returning home from a Paul McCartney concert and my phone had died at the concert and I plugged my phone in the car and I had a couple of missed calls from a number that I didn't recognize and then I heard a voicemail that was from my brother's former fiancé, her sister called me: this is an emergency. So, I, of course, called her back and the first question that I asked, because she said that it was about Rory, and the first question I asked was:  is he alive? And just tell me that he's alive. You know, like tell me, I don't care if he's, you know, like just tell me that he's alive and when she said No, I just, I've never, it was this scream that I don't know. Maybe mom's let out when they're lifting up a car to save their child. It was, you know, fortunately Dave was driving and was able to, you know, deal with the fact that I was completely overtaken by emotion, but it was, it, I've never had anything like that come through me and then knowing that. I would then need it. Dave drove me to the hotel where my dad was staying. We were in New York at the time and I had to go and tell my dad that his son had died. So it was, there was a level of anguish that, I I can't articulate there are words for that anguish.   - Jasmin Jenkins And you know, to this day, that is the worst moment of my life is having to knock on my dad's hotel door and tell him. So it was truly, you know, one of those moments and I know that we're not alone in those moments but we feel so alone in those moments and I'm so grateful for for the people who showed up for me and who were there with me that night, because cancer is is a different sort of demon. You know, for, for those of us, even with the later onset cancer, like you know, you do have a little bit of time, you have some time to do at least mentally wrap your head around the fact that, OK we're walking, we are actually walking this person home. But with my brother, it was like completely, in complete shock as a suicide is.   - Jasmin Jenkins So yeah, it was completely, completely devastating. And I I don't think you ever get over those moments, but I do think that when we can bring a grace to the conversation and return to those stories, we can return to a piece of ourselves through remembering. As painful as sometimes that not remembering can be.   - Liesel Mertes What words would you give to someone who's coming alongside someone who has had someone they care about that has taken their own life?   - Jasmin Jenkins Show up and know that presence is so much more important than actual words. It's the, the, I don't remember what people said. I mean, you remember the stupid things of course that people said, which seemed to inevitably be plentiful in times of distress and anguish. But it's showing up with consistency, with presence and not knowing that there, there's nothing that you can say to alleviate the pain but the the physical presence of being in a holding space for grief communicates, it uplifts the soul in a way that you, over time, with that consistency of presence, you feel.   - Jasmin Jenkins  And so, you know, there's, there's so much shame in our culture around suicide and you know there's a shame that I think family members carry. There's a, there's a lot of shame. So it's just, you know, I think knowing that if you're endeavoring to support somebody who's navigating that, that there might not be an organic opportunity to speak into that but in time, through just showing up your, you might create that opening for the healing conversation that can really lead to deeper places of peace for those who are struggling to make sense of suicide.   - Liesel Mertes You referenced the plentiful dumb things that people can take away from is blunt saying and or dumb. What were some of the things that you think just don't ever see this term somebody?   - Jasmin Jenkins I know where to start? Yeah, I think, you know, there were a couple of people who said, well you know, it was his time and you know, when you lose your brother and he's 24, it's not his time. I'm sorry. Like, it's just, I think, you know, there's that ego like desire to provide solace with words but really stepping back into the humility of the soul and just going into physical presence. So yeah, it was his time or he's in a better place or you know, just these clichés that it's almost a reaction because there's no, you're, you're out of control in this situation and suicide and death brings up, you know, oh my gosh, the fact that we're all mortal being so it's like these, I think intentions to put a salve on the wound but really, it's like, no you just put like sandpaper in my wound and I'm gonna forgive you for that but please maybe learn to not say things like that you know. Right. Just. It was it wasn't his time.   - Jasmin Jenkins I mean maybe that's a reflection of my not fully accepting it, but I think that there are things that you can say like, you know, I'm here for you and I'm going to keep showing up for you. Can I bring you a meal? Or giving gifts that like planting a tree. Buying a star; you can buy a star. You know they're really thoughtful things that you can do for people who've lost a loved one or a loved one specifically to suicide that can bring those, those little windows of light into the soul of those who are suffering and can meet that impulse that people are displaying even when they say you know ill-intentioned things like that when I'm single. There are better ways. Yeah.   - Liesel Mertes One thing that I have loved in speaking about how to help is you have in your own reflection and now in your work really taking some of the things that have been important in your story and are giving it to other people. Tell us a little bit about the four invitations of grief and the work that you're doing with follow up.   - Jasmin Jenkins Thank you. Yeah. So. I in January I wrote an article for a publication that's based in California called The Fullest. And their mission is to bridge wellness and culture. And I had kind of received these insights around grief is such that we know, for those of us who are either, you know experienced a lot of grief or you're actively grieving, like it's such a taboo it's still a taboo word in our culture. And so, I really kind of, in knowing that, stepped back from that and said, well what's a way to kind of soften that word and create an entry point for those who are in that place and feeling like they're in the desert with their arms up? What do I do with this experience? How do I make meaning out of it? And so, I really believe that everyone's grief is as unique as a fingerprint. And so, they’re going, you know, going to need to create a journey for healing that is uniquely theirs. But the invitations are really about finding the layers for beauty and freedom.   - Jasmin Jenkins  And it's very simple. You know the invitation to find your sacred pause. So, when we have an unexpected death where we have a death, it's just, you know, there's so much that's happening that we have to attend to. But really returning to ourselves and sitting with ourselves and embracing the pause that arrives with death is, I think, the first, it's the first layer invitation that I've identified. And then the second invitation is about, you know, really feeling into your breath as your anchor in these tumultuous times of grief. We know that, you know, our emotions can be, they are like waves, you know, one day you're, you feel completely overwhelmed by sadness and then maybe it's anxiety or fear around when's the next phone call going to come or whatever. But really, you know, putting your hands on your heart and knowing that your breath you're always breathing but it's bringing that layer of awareness to your support with your breath.   - Jasmin Jenkins And then the third and fourth invitations that I have identified or are, the third is to feel so it's, so the mind often protects the heart more going through intense journeys of grief and our heart shuts down because we feel like, oh my gosh, you can't really feel through this but it's just taking like one pocket of feeling at a time and kind of, it's like a pocket in your pants, like, you know, putting your hand in there and seeing what's there and, and knowing that the feelings are, are just information, it's not something that's going to envelop you, it's information about the state of your heart and it's information about, OK if there's sadness here, is there something that I need to say, is there, how can I take care of myself in this sadness? Or third, you know, it's just, it's like creating, a bringing of friendliness to the information and knowing that every, no feeling is temporary. Every feeling comes with a purpose of bringing us into our heart and in turn, bringing us more into our lives. So, feeling. And then the last invitation, it is healing. And I put that as is the last one the invitation to heal.   Because, as I said before, every journey with grief is so different. So, I've taken a very, you know, my mom died 20 years ago. My brother died ten years ago, and I've committed to a lot of, I've done a lot of therapy, more traditional therapy and in some intensive therapy and then I've also explored very non-traditional and alternative methods of therapy that have served me incredibly well. So, it's, it's about really knowing that healing is. And I wrote this in the article, healing as a verb. You don't just say I want to heal from this and then you've, your healed. It's, it's bringing those rituals and, and frameworks into your everyday so that your soul can remain buoyant in those times of greater emotional tumult.   - Liesel Mertes Thank you for sharing that. I know that has been impactful both in your writings and also with some of the clients that you are beginning to share. So, I'm excited as that continues to grow for you.   - Jasmin Jenkins Thank you. Yeah. That's really the blueprint. Just as I'm working and guiding individuals, I, I take them through that container of the four invitations and then how are these, how can these invitations become uniquely yours? So, walking them through the pause, the breath, the feeling and the healing and, you know, really sending them on their way. Like, I do those sacred containers ideally give them some sort of, they do give them a an ability to navigate their, their situation in a way that they were not able to before we started co creating and healing together.   - Jasmin Jenkins And then in terms of, just from a very practical standpoint, and I've said this before and I think just, I would be remiss to not say, you know, grief is about love and it's, it's such a taboo and when we can remember that when we hold grief we, and we honor it with the reverence in the space that it deserves, we have more joy in life, not less, because we're attuned to the fact that this, it's such a gift to be here, to open our eyes, to be in our bodies. And the gift of grief is really a deeper capacity to love when we can feel through the layers that are true for our grief stories and a reminder of how deeply we have loved.   - Liesel Mertes You don't grieve unless you have loved deeply   - Jasmin Jenkins Yes.   Is that is the price you pay. No but yes, it is absolutely the reminder of that. And that's that's the beauty that is the beauty for sure.   MUSICAL TRANSITION   Here are three reflections from my conversation with Jasmin Presence is so important. As Jasmin said, in the aftermath of suicide, there is no way to take away the pain.  But showing up, being willing to hold space and be with someone that is grieving, that speaks volumes.  Avoid phrases like, “It was his time” or “He is in a better place”. This flattens the experience of a grieving person, reducing it to an easy cliché. Instead of trite phrases, consider some of the meaningful gestures that Jasmin mentioned:  send a card, plant a tree, visit the grave of the deceased. These are gestures that don’t cost much in time or money, but they convey intention and meaningful care.  Perhaps you know someone who is no longer in the acute stages of grief; these gestures still matter.  As a friend or coworker, you can show support by remembering birthdays of those that died or significant anniversaries with gestures like a cake or a kind word.  If you are in the midst of grief, consider the four invitations that Jasmin described: the invitation to find your sacred pause, to feel your breath, to feel your emotions, and, finally, to heal.  You can find more information on Jasmin, her work, and her writings in the show notes.   OUTRO   Here are some links to resources that Jasmin mentioned:   Fall up website The Four Invitations Article Instagram   Jasmin is the Founder of Fall Up, a community driven platform that brings people together to navigate the spectrum of grief. She believes that your grief is as unique as your fingerprint and that through exploring the invitations within your grief, there is greater presence and joy to be found in this one, precious life -- for all. 

Kat's Facebook Group Kat on Instagram @katgriefcoach How is a woman's life after losing her mom? Is it always going to be a struggle? Will it ever be joyful again? Kat Bonner, Grief Coach shares her experiences and the stories of other Motherless Daughters to describe a "Life After Losing Mom." Need someone to talk to about your grief journey? Schedule a complimentary connection call at KatBonner.com

Welcome to Life After Losing Mom With Kat Bonner. In this episode, we’re joined by Amanda Ingram. Amanda is the admin for The Motherless Mothers of New England and shares her grief journey and specifically how she’s managed her battle with postpartum depression without her mom. What To Listen For Amanda’s recollection of losing her mom to a staph infection at the age of 12. Amanda’s feelings of anxiety surrounding her mom’s premenopausal diagnoses and how this might be something in Amanda’s future. How Amanda views her mom as a “big fighter” (she fought cancer for three and a half years) and the light in the room. How Amanda dealt with the fact that her Dad didn’t take responsibility for her after her mom passed. Amanda’s experience of moving in with her grandmother and then losing her only three years after her mom. “Essentially I've lost two mothers.” Amanda’s struggle with perinatal depression. How motherless women have a significantly higher risk of developing mental health problems when starting a family. How to process the trauma that happened in the past. How motherless women tend to fall on a spectrum of wanting children or not wanting children depending on how they process their grief. Amanda’s experience with perinatal depression and how it made her feel like she was having an “out of body experience.” How Amanda got help from postpartum.net Grief’s cyclicality and how unprocessed grief can show back up in your life ...even when you’re pregnant. Amanda’s recommendation to read Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman. Tips for managing misdirected anger as a result of losing your mom. How one must talk about their grief in order to process it. Info on Amanda’s group Motherless Daughters of New England. Amanda is very open about her struggles with perinatal depression and coping with losing her mother and her grandmother at a very young age. Through the connection with others and opening up, she is managing her grief the best she can and hopes others can do the same. She wants to impart the message that you are not alone and that connecting with others is key to managing grief. Resources From This Episode: Postpartum.net Motherless Mothers of New England Facebook Group Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman Follow Kat: Visit The Website Subscribe to the Podcast Join The Life After Losing Mom Facebook Community Like On Facebook Follow On Instagram

Back before you could ask Google anything from, “What’s the best way to clean shower grout?” to “How do I grieve my parent?” when it came to answering these kinds of questions, we turned to bookstores and libraries to search for answers. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, even if you did go looking for information about grief, you’d be more likely to find a dense, clinical textbook than something that could help you understand what you were going through. Then in 1994, Hope Edelman published her groundbreaking book, Motherless Daughters. A book that spoke to thousands of women grieving their mothers. Brennan Wood, Executive Director of The Dougy Center, was one of those readers. Soon after the release of Motherless Daughters, Hope and Brennan met for the first time on the Leeza Gibbons daytime talk show. Twenty-five years later they’re together again for a conversation about being motherless daughters who grew up to be motherless mothers.  Learn more about Hope's writing and work. 

Last week Cyclone Idai swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, leaving behind a trail of destruction, killing hundreds and affecting an estimated 2.6 million people. We hear from Sacha Myers, part of Save the Children's Emergency Health Unit who's currently in Central Mozambique about the current situation there . Plus Daphne Lagrou, Sexual and Reproductive Health advisor for Médecins Sans Frontières tells us why there's a bigger impact on women and children when disasters like this strike.Author Tomi Adeyemi talks about the impact of her first novel Children Of Blood and Bone which was hailed as a landmark publication in the very white and very male world of fantasy fiction. Losing your mum is a very difficult experience. It's especially hard at this time of year when we're bombarded with all the advertising and marketing ahead of Mother's Day. Three women who attended a symposium called Motherless Daughters - which aims to get women to open up about their loss and the impact it's had on them - share their stories.Director Carol Morley on her new film ‘Out of Blue' – a crime thriller adapted from Martin Amis's novel Night Train. What drew her to this neo-noir mystery ? and how have her own experiences influenced her directing? . Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Beverley PurcellGuest: Carol Morley Guest: Tomi Adeyemi Guest: Sacha Myers Guest: Daphne Lagrou Reporter: Georgina Hewes

Meet the fabulous Starchild, long-term friend of host, Elizabeth. They discuss being motherless daughters, and sharing the bond of becoming motherless daughters at a very young age.

This is the 100th episode of the show and we wanted to look back at some of the more memorable ‘nobody told me’ lessons our guests have shared with us.  We’ve truly been honored to speak with each of our guests and they’ve given us so many wonderful anecdotes and pieces of advice that it’s tough to select highlights.  All of them have been open and honest and the stories they’ve related are ones we can all identify with.  In this episode, you’ll hear from: • Mitch Albom, bestselling author of “Tuesdays with Morrie”, who talks about passing on wisdom to the next generation • Hope Edelman, author of “Motherless Daughters”, who says that grieving the loss of a loved one is a lifelong process, but it doesn’t have to be a lifelong struggle • Dr. Guy Winch, whose TED talk “Why We All Need to Practice Emotional First Aid” is ranked as one of the top five inspiring TED talks of all times, and says that to recover from any emotional blow, you need to manage your recovery proactively • Kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart who explains why it’s your decisions, not your situation, that define you • Olympic gold medalist gymnast Nastia Liukin who talks about the importance of kindness • One of the world’s leading experts on happiness, Shawn Achor, who learned that success doesn’t equate to happiness • Todd Rose, a high school dropout turned Harvard researcher, who has studied countless people who have excelled by taking the road less traveled • Chris Voss, a former FBI International Hostage Negotiator, who talks about the importance of listening • Dr. Harriet Lerner, author of “Why Won’t You Apologize?”, who explains the importance of a heartfelt apology • Communication expert Carmine Gallo who says that we have more control over our mental state than we think we do, which means that we can choose how to respond to anything •  Chris Guillebeau, New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup, who says that there is always another way, even if you don’t see it at the time • Amy Morin, international bestselling author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, who says that building mental muscle is similar to building physical muscle: you have to work hard to become strong • Drew Dudley, a leadership expert who tells us that the biggest impact on the world had nothing to do with his plans • Astronaut Mike Mullane says that nobody told him he was better than he thought he was • Psychology professor and author of “Popular” Mitch Prinstein who says that the kind of popularity he seeked out so badly in adolescence ultimately wouldn’t matter • Psychologist and compulsive shopping expert Dr. April Benson who explains that you can never get enough of what you don’t really need • Mark Rufenacht, founder and president of Dogs4Diabetics, who says that it’s okay to be different • Legendary radio talk show host Ronn Owens who tells us that every struggle has an end Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michele Feyen is a woman on mission.  At the tender age of 16, she and her younger siblings lost their mother to a battle with cancer.  She not only took on the role of caregiver for her siblings, but she continued to work hard in school, earning a full ride to college. After 30+ years...

Kelly sits with Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters, and they dive into mother loss, what it takes to heal from grief, and the broader subject of how women untangle themselves from their family dynamics, aka daughterhood, to step out of their own way and into their deepening lives.

One of the toughest things that can be faced by a girl or a woman of any age is the loss of her mother.  Our guest, Hope Edelman, knows all about that.  In fact, she knows more about it than most of us.  Hope is an expert in the field of early mother loss and mother-daughter relationships.  She's written extensively on those topics and is the author of "Motherless Daughters" and "Motherless Mothers", among others. You can learn more about Hope on her website: http://hopeedelman.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamie-Lee Josselyn (@jljosselyn) and Kristen Martin (@kwistent) discuss Hope Edelman's 1994 book Motherless Daughters, which has remained successful in the more than 2 decades since its release. Jamie-Lee and Kristen, whose mothers died from suicide and cancer respectively, discuss the book's form, its longevity, how it enables readers to both connect through their own experience and learn about losses much different from their own, and other topics. For more on Hope Edelman, visit: http://hopeedelman.com/ or follow her on Twitter: @hope_edelman.

Jamie-Lee Josselyn (@jljosselyn) and Kristen Martin (@kwistent) discuss Hope Edelman's 1994 book Motherless Daughters, which has remained successful in the more than 2 decades since its release. Jamie-Lee and Kristen, whose mothers died from suicide and cancer respectively, discuss the book's form, its longevity, how it enables readers to both connect through their own experience and learn about losses much different from their own, and other topics. For more on Hope Edelman, visit: http://hopeedelman.com/ or follow her on Twitter: @hope_edelman.

Allison Durant s mother died on the heels of her high school graduation. For years before, Jane had been absent from Allison s life, mostly in hospitals, fighting a losing battle with lung cancer. Allison s teenage invincibility gave her the strength to brush her mother s death aside and throw herself wholeheartedly into her own hectic life. Soon enough Allison was married and had 3 kids. It wasn t until Allison s own children entered adolescence that she was able to stare her mother s death in the face and admit it was one of the defining moments of her life. Coming to terms with alcohol abuse and finding expression for her buried grief, led Allison to form a New Orleans chapter of a national organization called Motherless Daughters. Motherless Daughters has helped Allison deal with her mother s death, and is helping other women of all ages deal with theirs. When Allison agreed to sit down and talk with Arian about Motherless Daughters for Death the podcast, it coincided with the first time her mother s death was not the largest loss she was facing. This edition of Death the podcast traces a full circle. Of life and death.

 discusses the irreplaceable bond between mother and daughter that she has written about in her book, : The Legacy of Loss, and shares what life has taught her as a writer, a daughter, and most importantly as a mom. She also talks about her most recent book, , her journey to ultimate faith. About The Women's Eye Radio: with host Stacey Gualandi, is a show from , an Online Magazine which features news and interviews with women who want to make the world a better place. From newsmakers, changemakers, entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, cancer survivors, adventurers, and experts on leadership, stress and health, to kids helping kids, global grandmothers improving children's lives, and women who fight for equal rights,"It's the world as we see it." The Women's Eye Radio Show broadcasts on in Phoenix, live-streams on 1480KPHX.com, and is available as on-demand talk radio on iTunes and at . Learn more about The Women's Eye at