Mourning Call

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal have a conversation with Melissa Herriott founder and owner of M.Herriott Designs, a Charlotte-based firm that specializing in custom artwork and home design. Melissa, a long time friend of Crystal, shares her experience with grief around a change within her self identify. As well as personal grief losses that she experienced in the midst of the 2020 pande...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal have a conversation with Ally Hunt, Digital Storyteller, Fat Activist and Podcast host of 'The Fab Fatties'. Ally shares her journey and experience with grief. The grief of losing someone, losing someone who is still alive and losing yourself, through trauma and mental health. Follow along as the group discusses Ally's loss of her father, who she had estra...

*Note: at 39:50 Crystal references Jayne Mattingly, advocate and author. You can learn more about Jayne by visiting her website Jaynemattingly.com And purchasing her book 'This Is Body Grief: Making Peace with the Loss That Comes with Living in a Body' by Jayne Mattingly at This is body grief by jaynemattingly ------ In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal are joined by Kyle Freemam, a grief coa...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal have a conversation with Andrew Barclay and Amy Liebaert from Cadence. Cadenceco.com Cadence is a tech company that supports businesses and individuals in offering holistic estate planning tools and estate settlement tools, as well as grief support. With a vision to revolutionize the way the world manages death. Andrew and Amy share how they found Cadence...

TW: Pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and infant loss. In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal have a conversation with Kaela O'Donnell, Executive Director and Clinical Director of KinderMourn. Kaela was also the Grief Counselor for Alyce's daughter, Amelia. Kaela shares the work that KinderMourn does, from the age range of children they work with to their adult programs, like the 'Empty Arms' progra...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal have a conversation with Juli Cher, founding owner of Khali Yoga Center, a founding board member of the Big Love Yoga Barn and a Death Doula. Juli shares her journey of becoming a Death Doula, speficially highlighting that wasn't aware of what a Death Doula was in the beginning when the term first popped appeared in her mind. Through out the conversation,...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal have a conversation with Jena Kirkpatrick from Evermore. Jena speaks about her experience with grief; losing her son traumatically, her husband losing his job the day after and the financial burdens that began to pile up in their household. During the grieving journey, Jena realized how unfair and unsustainable the Bereavement process was. And when a frien...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal are joined by Bethany Anderson of Pranayama House. Bethany speaks about her experience with yoga and sound bowl healing as a way that allowed her to move through grief. When Bethany first began grieving the loss of a loved one, a relationship and sense of herself, she found Yoga allowed her to truly release the feelings that felt trapped within her. And as...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal are joined by a very special guest, Amelia, Alyce's daughter. Amelia speaks with Crystal and Alyce about the loss she has experienced, including the loss of her mimi, who is Alyce's mother. And what those losses felt like at that time in her life. Amelia shares when she first learned about her grandmothers sickness, she thought it was something like the fl...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal are joined by Penny Smith BSN,RN,CHPN , also known as, Hospice Nurse Penny HospiceNursePenny.com They discuss the difference between palliative care and hospice, the sacred process of ones life journey coming to an end, Penny's personal experience with different types of grief and anticipatory grief. Alyce and Crystal share moments where they related to Pe...

In this week's episode, Alyce and Crystal discuss the parallels of birth and death. In their conversation, Alyce shares how her experience with giving birth to her daughter and entering motherhood, shifted her life and preconceived expectations about this phase of life. And how this was similar to her experience with grief. For more like this episode, check out Not afraid of the dark , a blog writ...

In this week's episode, Alyce continues the conversation around community loss. She is joined with several members from the Yoga One community. In their conversation, they discuss how they were each impacted by Yoga One and the abrupt closing of its doors here in Charlotte. Stay tuned til the end to hear from two other Yoga One Community Members as well. If you seek to dive deeper into the Mournin...

In this week's episode, Crystal and Alyce continue the conversation around loss of identity and major life changes that push us to redefine ourselves. In their conversation, Alyce talks about how becoming a mom and her divorce were two major life changing events that redefined who she is and allowed her to shed her old self. If you seek to dive deeper into the Mourning Call community, email us, su...

In this week's episode, Kimber Rozier, former US Women's Rugby player and Crystal's sister, joins the conversation with the Crystal and Alyce. In their conversation, Kimber talks about retiring from rugby, loss of identity around shift in that community. To learn more about Kimber visit: https://eagles.rugby/news/womens-eagle-kimber-rozier-announces-her-retirement-from-international-rugby https://...

In this week's episode, Crystal and Alyce speak on experiences with grief revolving around the ending of a job, community, lifestyle and more, In their conversation, they dive into Alyce's grief experience when her home yoga studio, Yoga One, abruptly closed its doors here in Charlotte. If you seek to dive deeper into the Mourning Call community, email us, subscribe to our page, leave a review, an...

In this week's episode, Crystal and Alyce talk about anticipatory grief and their experiences with it. In their conversation, Crystal shares about the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 tool. You can learn more about this tool by visiting https://www.calm.com/blog/5-4-3-2-1-a-simple-exercise-to-calm-the-mind If you seek to dive deeper into the Mourning Call community, email us, subscribe to our page, leave a review, a...

In this week's episode, Crystal and Alyce discuss how they celebrate milestone dates for their loved ones. In their conversation, they talk about what is a milestone date, ways they've celebrated and honored their people and how everyone celebrates these dates differently. At the end of the episode, some member of the Mourning Call community submitted a voice note where they share how they celebra...

In this week's episode, Crystal and Alyce discuss how loss lifted the veil and shifted their idea of grief.  In their conversation, they talk about becoming aware of other types of grief, how their awareness and compassion strengthened, and more. If you seek to dive deeper into the Mourning Call community, email us, subscribe to our page, leave a review, and fill out our survey.  Mourning Call Lis...

In this week's episode, Crystal Rozier shares her experience of losing her father while she was abroad. She discusses the challenges of receiving the news and not being able to be with her family during that time. In this conversation, she emphasizes the importance of expressing and sharing grief, as well as finding support outside of family. Crystal and Alyce discuss the experience of grief and h...

On this week's episode, Alyce Cristina Vallejo, a Movement Artist and Embodiment Coach, shares her experience of losing her mother to pancreatic cancer. The conversation covers the decline and diagnosis, hospitalization and treatment, hospice care, and the final moments with her mother. Alyce shares the impact of the loss on her and her family, as well as the process of processing grief and moving...

In this episode, Alyce and Crystal discuss the aftermath and residual shock that comes with loss. They share their experiences of intense emotions and the desire to numb the pain. They explore societal expectations around grief and the importance of fully living and feeling. The conversation delves into the physical toll of shock and the different ways individuals grieve. They also discuss the sig...

On this episode, Alyce and Crystal discuss the different ways in which movement practices show up in grief. It begins with a discussion on physical movement and how it can be affected by grief. The conversation then delves into the emotional practice of yoga and the role it plays in processing grief. They share their personal experiences with physical movement and how it has supported them in thei...

In this episode, we explore different types of movement practices, including yoga and meditation as spiritual practices. Join your hosts, Alyce Cristina and Crystal Leigh, as we discuss experiences with physical and spiritual movements during the process of death and the parallels between birth and death.  Follow along with the converstion as we talk about receiving messages and signs from loved o...

Thanks for joining "Mourning Call" - our intention is that you found a nugget of hope, inspiration, connection or all of the above. If you seek to dive deeper with the Mourning Call community, email us, subscribe to our page, leave a review, and fill out our survey. We want to hear your stories and widen the conversation to support and empower our grief experiences, as we collectively become our t...