Grief Loss and Life with Chris Workman

What if nothing is wrong with you? What if you're simply grieving? After my son Nate died, I spent months believing I was falling apart. I couldn't remember why I walked into a grocery store. I questioned my memory. I felt guilty the first time I laughed. I watched people slowly disappear from my life. I kept wondering why I couldn't "get back to normal." Looking back, I wasn't broken. I wasn't we...

Have you ever heard someone say... "Time heals all wounds." "Everything happens for a reason." "At least they're no longer suffering." "You just need closure." After losing my son, I realized many of the things people say about grief aren't comforting—they're simply myths that can make grieving people feel even more alone. In this episode of Grief Loss & Life , I'm sharing 10 grief myths I don...

A few years after my son Nate died, something happened that changed the way I think about grief, love, and the possibility that our loved ones may still be closer than we realize. In this episode, I’m sharing some of the most personal stories I’ve never fully explained. The red notebook I almost threw away. A grieving parent who somehow knew about a young man in the hospital. My three-year-old gra...

There are some thoughts grieving parents have that never make it onto sympathy cards. The jealousy. The anger. The exhaustion. The guilt. The moments when you're tired of being strong and wish more than anything that your child was simply here. In this episode, I talk openly about the uncomfortable thoughts many grieving parents experience but rarely say out loud. Not because we're bad people. Not...

After a major loss, many grieving people experience a second heartbreak nobody warns them about: People disappear. Friends stop calling. Family gets uncomfortable. Support fades. Suddenly you're grieving both the person you lost and the relationships that changed afterward. In this episode of Grief Loss & Life, Chris Workman explores the loneliness that often follows grief, why people pull awa...