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noraflom
- Feb 6, 2022
- 1 min
S2 Episode 14 Reflections
What a journey this has been. Over the last two seasons, we took a deep dive into our grief, and shared it in all its rawness and...
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noraflom
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 13 Part 3 of Ana's family's story
What do we learn from grief, and what do we wish people knew. Loss to suicide is devastating, and we don't always know how to take care...
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noraflom
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 12: The conversation continues
Grieving is individual and personal. Even in one family, each person has a unique relationship with the person who has died, and so each...
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noraflom
- Jan 22, 2022
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 11 Ana's story
Suicide is a cruel assassin that leaves behind countless questions. Ana Plante was 15 when she lost her battle to mental illness. Many...
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noraflom
- Jan 16, 2022
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 10: Part 3 of Erik's friends and family
Grief is a long-term condition. In this episode, Keelia, JP, Laurel, and Jillian talk about what the last three years have been like for...
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noraflom
- Jan 2, 2022
- 1 min
Erik videos...
It's been four years since Erik died. January 3. On this day, I like to watch the last video I have of him. This is Erik accompanying the...
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noraflom
- Jan 2, 2022
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 9: Part 2 of conversations with Erik's loved ones.
Grief impacts all of us, and grieving the loss of a cousin or friend is difficult. In this episode, we hear how some of Erik's friends...
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noraflom
- Jan 2, 2022
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 8: Stories from others who love and lost Erik
Suicide does not just affect immediate family. Every loss to suicide impacts the lives of extended family, friends, co-workers,...
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noraflom
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 7: Our culture sucks at grief
Maybe it’s a United States thing. Maybe it’s a Midwest thing. Maybe it’s just us. But, our culture does not do well with grief. In this...
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toniplante
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
Season 2 Episode 6: What's our relationship with grief?
“You grudge the healing of your grief.” (Pearl, translated by JRR Tolkien) Nora here. I came across this line from a medieval poem a few...
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toniplante
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
S2 Episode 5: Voices of Dads, part 2
We continue our conversation with Matt and Andy. In this episode, we talk about how our grief has changed over time. We also talk about...
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toniplante
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
S2 Episode 4: Voices of Dads, part 1
We are grateful to welcome two very important people to our conversation. Pastor Matt Flom (left,) husband to podcast co host Nora Flom,...
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toniplante
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
S2 Episode 3: How do we handle crises now?
Traumatic loss changes you. It changes everyone around you. And it changes everyone differently. Everything we experience now is filtered...
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toniplante
- Dec 1, 2021
- 1 min
Season 2, Episode 2: Spoiler alert! Year 2 Sucks, Too...
We’ve made it through the first year. We’ve gotten through all of the firsts--the first holidays, the first birthdays, the first...
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noraflom
- Apr 11, 2021
- 1 min
Season 2, Episode 1: What is happening?
We start season 2 with a little research. Did you know that suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-34? We...
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noraflom
- Mar 21, 2021
- 1 min
Episode 15: What have we forgotten?
In this last episode of the series "Getting through the first year," we talk about things we have neglected to talk about, and about the...
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noraflom
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Episode 14: What's happening to my body?
What is grief doing to my body? In the wake of suicide loss, every single part of our being is affected. We mourn the intense loss of our...
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noraflom
- Feb 28, 2021
- 1 min
Episode 13: Where does my help come from?
The first year is grueling, but there are things that make it less so. Help can come in the any form. Of course, the people that know us...
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noraflom
- Feb 21, 2021
- 1 min
Episode 12: How do I keep my head above water?
Grief--any grief--feels like waves crashing all around. Grief because of loss to suicide is complex grief. Make no mistake. Survivors of...
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noraflom
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
Episode 11: Where is God in all this?
We are people of faith, and while that helps us cope with our loss, it in no way makes the loss easy. In this episode, we talk about our...
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