Totally Got Out Of Bed

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...

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...

Grieving is individual and personal. Even in one family, each person has a unique relationship with the person who has died, and so each...

Suicide is a cruel assassin that leaves behind countless questions. Ana Plante was 15 when she lost her battle to mental illness. Many...

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...

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...

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...

Suicide does not just affect immediate family. Every loss to suicide impacts the lives of extended family, friends, co-workers,...

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...

“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...

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...

We are grateful to welcome two very important people to our conversation. Pastor Matt Flom (left,) husband to podcast co host Nora Flom,...

Traumatic loss changes you. It changes everyone around you. And it changes everyone differently. Everything we experience now is filtered...

We’ve made it through the first year. We’ve gotten through all of the firsts--the first holidays, the first birthdays, the first...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Grief--any grief--feels like waves crashing all around. Grief because of loss to suicide is complex grief. Make no mistake. Survivors of...

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...