My Mom Died

It's normal to feel like grief made you stop caring. But what if it made you care more about everything instead? In this episode, Gabri explores the tension between grief awareness and grief anxiety, what the salience network in your brain actually does after experiencing death, and why oversensitivity after loss is not grief done wrong. Whether you are navigating the loss of a parent or wondering...

After losing someone, grief doesn't just change how you mourn. It changes how you see everything. In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri Segui talks about what happens when death stops being an idea and becomes a reality you carry into every relationship, every milestone, every ordinary moment. She reads a poem she wrote about grieving futures that haven't happened yet, talks about the anxiety of l...

Nobody talks about what happens to your surviving parent after you lose one. In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri Segui finally opens up about watching her dad grieve her mom, prompted by a text he sent asking why she never talks about his grief. She shares the story of how her parents met at 14, were together 40 years, and what it has been like to watch her dad go from the goofy Arthur-watching...

My Mom Died is trying something new. In this episode, Gabri Segui reads real Reddit "Am I The A-Hole" posts about grief and delivers her honest verdicts on each one. From a teenager who refuses to stop making dead mom jokes, to a woman who got pregnant by a stranger while grieving her mother, to a friend who named her baby after someone's deceased daughter without asking, these stories are wild, m...

Grief changes a lot of things. Including how you fall in love. In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri Segui opens up about falling in love for the first time since losing her mom and what grief is making her notice about romance, dating, and what she actually needs from a partner now. She talks about losing the ability to be casual in relationships, why presence and consistency matter more than gra...

Grief changes you whether you want it to or not. In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri Segui gets honest about every way losing her mom at 25 changed her: how she thinks about time, who she keeps in her life, the fear of getting close to people again, and why for a long time grief just made her cold. She also talks about the shift, the moment she decided to let grief soften her instead of harden h...

Most people think grief starts when someone dies. In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri Segui talks about anticipatory grief, the grief that begins before the loss happens, and why the world often refuses to validate it. She covers what it looks like to grieve someone who is still alive, the emotional whiplash of hope and heartbreak coexisting, the specific weight of caregiver grief, and three pra...

RSVP for the Grief Circle support group on May 19th here: https://luma.com/wm2iizzu Nobody tells you that losing someone comes with a full-blown identity crisis. In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri Segui breaks down what grief actually does to your sense of self: why you stop recognizing yourself in the mirror, what it means to lose the person who witnessed every version of you, and why the part...

It's Mother's Day and if you lost your mom, this episode is for you. Gabri Segui talks about how to get through Mother's Day without your mom, the grief that never makes it to social media, and three real ways to survive the day. No toxic positivity. Just honest conversation about what motherless daughters actually feel on Mother's Day. 💜 Stay Connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mymomd...

My Mom Died is back for Season 2, and in this first episode, Gabri Segui breaks down why the show exists, how grief became one of the most searched and underserved topics on the internet, and what the community is building together this season. If you have ever typed "my mom died" or "grief support" into a search bar at the worst moment of your life, this episode is for you. Learn how to join the...

Not everyone grieving on Mother's Day lost their mom to death. Some people are grieving the mom they needed and never had. A relationship that never recovered. A love they spent years trying to earn. In this diary entry, Gabri talks about the grief that has no funeral attached to it. The kind that feels invisible on Mother's Day because everyone around you assumes the day is supposed to feel warm....

They are not her mom. But they showed up anyway. In this diary entry, Gabri takes a walk through West Hollywood and talks about the mother figures who have stepped in since losing her mom. Her aunt Amy, her mom's older sister and godmother, who checks in and knows exactly what Jennifer would have said. Her sister-in-law Kelly, a first-time mom this Mother's Day. Her best friend Lyrica, raising twi...

There is an unspoken rule that if you lost your mom, Mother's Day is supposed to hurt. And if it doesn't, something must be wrong with you. In this diary entry, Gabri talks about the guilt of having a good day when you were supposed to be falling apart. Grief doesn't show up on a schedule. It doesn't hit harder just because the calendar says it should. And not being sad on Mother's Day doesn't mea...

In this diary entry, Gabri calls her dad to ask how her mom actually felt about Mother's Day. What he describes is someone who didn't care about the gifts or the plans. She just loved being together. She loved the role. She stood up without hesitation when the priest asked the moms to rise at church. Gabri also talks about the contrast: how easy the day used to feel, and how heavy it is now. Not b...

Last year, Gabri opened Instagram, picked a photo of her mom, started typing, and then just sat there staring at her phone. Worried people were thinking, "Okay, we get it, your mom is dead." In this diary entry, she talks about the specific guilt of posting about grief on a day that's supposed to be happy, why staying quiet doesn't feel right either, and why if your Mother's Day post is heavier th...

You wake up and for a few seconds it's just a normal Sunday. And then you remember it isn't. In this diary entry, Gabri talks about the specific cruelty of Mother's Day mornings. You open Instagram before you're even fully awake and it hits you all at once. She also shares what Mother's Day used to look like, the homemade cards her mom kept forever, the year she flew home to surprise her, and why...

You're happy for them. You genuinely are. And at the same time, you wish your reality looked like theirs. It's a weird feeling to sit with, and most people never say it out loud because it feels wrong. In this diary entry, Gabri talks about the strange mix of grief and jealousy that shows up on Mother's Day. Not the kind of jealousy that wants to take something away from someone. The kind that jus...

In this diary entry, Gabri talks about the part nobody mentions: it's not the gifts or the brunches she misses. It's the ease of being able to call her without thinking twice. The normalcy that you don't notice until it's gone. And if your mom is still here, this one's for you too. 16 days out. A new diary entry every day until Mother's Day. 💜 Stay Connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m...

People don't say the wrong thing on Mother's Day because they don't care. They say it because grief makes people panic and they reach for something that sounds comforting. It usually goes sideways. In this diary entry, Gabri walks through the phrases that land wrong, why they land wrong, and what actually helps. Spoiler: it's not a perfect sentence. It's just checking in. 17 days out. A new diary...

Someone's getting breakfast in bed. Someone's visiting a grave. Someone's pretending the day doesn't exist. Someone just lost their mom. Someone's becoming a mom for the first time. In this diary entry, Gabri talks about the collision of completely different realities that all happen on the same day. The people the ads never show. The grief of not just losing a mom but losing the version of yourse...

In this second diary entry, Gabri talks about the specific grief of losing a parent before you had the means to really show up for them. The adult money. The nice gift. The thing you always told yourself you would do later. And then later never came. 19 days out. A new diary entry every day until Mother's Day. 💜 Stay Connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mymomdiedpodcast/ TikTok: https:/...

21 days until Mother's Day. And honestly? For me, it's just kind of become another day. In this first diary entry, Gabri walks through what it actually feels like to approach Mother's Day four years after losing her mom. The emails are coming. The ads are coming. And the person we want to celebrate is not here to be celebrated. If you want to follow along every day, join the mailing list. Link in...

Four years ago today, Gabri lost her mom, Jennifer. In this episode, she is not bringing a guest, a framework, or a list of tips. She is sitting down and telling you exactly what four years of grief actually looks and feels like from the inside. Gabri walks through the four stages she has lived: year one, she survived, year two she unraveled, year three she rebuilt, and year four she carries. She...

In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri is joined by her best friend, Kelli Martin, for a full reaction episode. Kelli lost her dad, Scotty, at just 11 years old and is 12 years into her grief journey, making her the perfect co-pilot for this one. A few weeks ago, Gabri asked her community to share the most unhinged things people ever said to them while grieving. The comments came pouring in. In thi...

In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri speaks directly to people in the earliest stage of grief, the hours and days right after a loss when everything feels surreal, time is distorted, and the body goes into shock. She describes what early grief can feel like, including numbness, brain fog, waves of emotion, and the fear that this intensity will last forever. Gabri keeps it practical. She explains...