Still Crying: Befriending Grief & Havin' Fun

Send us Fan Mail Last month the U.S. celebrated St. Patrick's Day as your host, Nat, sits down with local Librarian, Tara, to dive into some of their experiences in Ireland. The two reflect on their community of death-related events and love of the library. In this episode you'll hear our conversations about: The magic, traditions, history, and nature of Ireland Frameworks we have learne...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, Cry Babies, to Season Two! Your host Nat is joined by long-time cry baby (and boyfriend) Tucker to talk about loss and how we are perceiving grief in our lives today. In this episode you’ll hear conversation around: How grief orients you to a world of others and more empathy and bravery The uniqueness of each loss we experience What makes your grief valid and the pro...

Send us Fan Mail Join your host Nat in a conversation with Sky, the coordinator for a local group called Death and Grief Queer Meet-Up – a place that provides cozy spaces for queer and trans community to gather in mutual grief. In this episode, you’ll hear about Sky's personal experience with grief and death and how that lead to creating a community group that brought joy, purpose, and meanin...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back from the one-year hiatus of Still Crying! This episode we go over a few musing from the last year including Nat's raising-a-puppy journey, death meditations from an End of Life Practitioner course, the comfort show of Vampire Diaries, and more. Love Is All Around (cover) by the Bad Bad Hats Death Doula course (I am not endorsing this course, but sharing the one I...

Send us Fan Mail Join your host Nat in a conversation with Len Allen, (my dad!) as we talk about our family's losses including Len sharing about the loss of his brother, Freddy. In this episode, you’ll hear about multiple family deaths, and how having a strong support system can be a vital part in making it through. Len shares his experiences around family deaths and how he fills the 'mi...

Send us Fan Mail Another solo-episode where your host, Nat, talks about how to create that space for non-death losses and holding space to honor your own grief.  You'll hear more about her thoughts on Marie Kondo-ing hard emotions around loss and grief, some personal examples from her life, and how to make sure to valid your own experiences. Just because non-death related loss is more ambigio...

Send us Fan Mail Content Warning: Childhood Abuse Join me in a conversation with Candice Wells, the founder of ScreamWerk , a somatic breath work technique that helps people heal and release emotions. In this episode, you’ll hear about the duality of suffering and healing and what it’s like to hold space for both. Candice shares about her childhood abuse, what it was like to get sober, being a mom...

Send us Fan Mail Content Warning: Suicide Our guest is Aaron Howell – a Denver musician (MF Ruckus, White Fudge, Reptiles and Samurai, Monolith)  and creative (Nug Nation). He shares his stories of devastating losses in his life and how he is currently trying to survive one of the most difficult periods yet. We discuss grief recovery through divorce and how having system in place have saved his li...

Send us Fan Mail In this new solo segment, your host Nat explores the concept and language of "letting go". We find out how it's related to grief and how to integrate the concept of letting go so that it feels right for you. Nat shares what has been helpful to her in changing her mind in re-defining those words.

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by Nicole Yallum, an all around strong, radiant, badass who is a mother and business owner of Boundless Beings (think meditation meets Reiki-energy-healing meets talk-therapy). She shares with us her journey of motherhood and the invisible grief of miscarriage. We talk about her feeling seen in her loss, fears and honoring them, infertility, and intergenerational hea...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest is local photographer, Karen, who joins us to share about her physical disability of premature hearing loss. We chat about overcoming the denial of common every day aging, and myths + facts of hearing loss. Karen describes what it was like to be in her thirties at the time and have this rapid decline of hearing loss. We touch on the roadblocks to connection that can happ...

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by Cait Madry, founder and creative director of CLEARHEADED , a community for your sober-care routine. We discuss reframing how we think of loss during sobriety, or an alcohol-free lifestyle. Cait shares her experiences navigating friendships, the rebirth that happens with sobriety, how impactful of labels can be, and those moments of clarity. Find out more about CLE...

Send us Fan Mail Join the conversation with Canadian comedian, Graham Kay, telling stories and sharing his experience with having obsessive compulsive disorder. He shares about being a teenager with severe routines, being accused of being on drugs, and then being sent away to boarding school. We chat about the role basketball and hockey have played for him, how he emerged himself into comedy, and...

Send us Fan Mail Content Warning: Substance Overdose Join Nat with our guest Linsey to continue the conversation in this 2-part conversation on huge loss. We'll continue to talk about Linsey's loss of her younger brother, Nick, and how her whole life changed when he passed away. We discuss spirituality and intuition, how loss is deeply personal,  and what it feels like to keep a relation...

Send us Fan Mail Content Warning: Substance Overdose Join Nat with our guest Linsey to talk about profound loss in her life – losing her younger brother suddenly, in this Part 1 of 2 conversation. We talk about what a huge unexpected loss feels like, and how identify has to be rebuild after something so impactful. We go back to the importance of therapy and finding yourself again through all of it...

Send us Fan Mail Today we chat with Mikayla Ross, long time friend and Leo Queen, about what we've learned along the way. We discuss friend breakups and how they aren't always grieved. We pretend this is just a test for our Astro Podcast. We dive into the intimacy of humor and importance of the playfulness of comedy. The gold nugget takeaway for us is the vital role of practicing naming...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo-cast, your host Nat introduces the Still Crying vibe by reading a poem 'Heavy' by Mary Oliver. You'll hear about her grief journey, and how the importance of sharing what you're going through can create the space for authentic connections. It's okay if you're having a hard time, just keep hanging on! Resources Heavy by Mary Oliver Heartbr...

Send us Fan Mail Still Crying is a podcast about grief without the gloom, hosted by me, Nat. Each episode explores various ideas of grief, from major loss to everyday small grief moments, with personal stories and conversations with guests. Through a mix of vulnerability and levity, the podcast creates a safe and supportive space to process grief and normalize the conversation around it. Let'...