Tendrils of Grief

Maria Price accompanies Susan to today's episode. Maria is a teacher, a wife, and a mom. She is also the author of Love You Still , a memoir that chronicles Julia's unexpected stillbirth at term, and the beginnings of the grief journey, complete with depression, a crisis of faith, and an unplanned pregnancy that followed. As Maria learns how to navigate life without her daughter and its impacts on...

Heidi Dunstan is a certified grief educator and best-selling author. Her passion to help others, learn more about grief, and how to support others who are grieving came after losing her husband unexpectedly almost three years ago. Her experience with friends and loved ones saying the wrong thing or completely disappearing gave her first-hand knowledge that many people have never learned how to gri...

Susan welcomes Ria Ray, who is an artist, a creator, and a spiritual teacher. Her life took a defining turn when she was in her late twenties and a horrible accident took the life of her immediate family. Her need to make sense of this tragedy propelled her to look within and try to make sense of the world and understand the meaning of life. Walking through her grief, she found a determination to...

Susan welcomes Dr. Elizabeth Collins to today's episode. She is the owner and director of The East West Company, an integrative wellness practice specializing in burnout recovery coaching, functional medicine, acupuncture, and more. She uses her combined backgrounds in both Eastern and biomedicines, along with her training in hypnosis to approach healing from a perspective that seeks to fully inte...

Susan is accompanied by Leigh White , who is a Transformational Coach and Energy Healer based in Sydney Australia. Leigh has over two decades of experience in management and mentoring in the creative, publishing, entertainment, and community sectors, but her life was changed completely the day she received the news about the death of her brother who had committed suicide. She didn't know what to d...

Susan is accompanied to today's episode by Kori Clausen, author of the book Paddle Out: Death Is Life-Changing . Kori does not consider herself a writer but instead claims that her husband Clint, who passed away, was the one writing it through her. Kori shares today about her grief journey and how she found peace in being present, allowing herself to feel, lowering the mean voices in her head, and...

Reverend Anne Presuel, a recurrent guest on the podcast, joins Susan in today's episode. Both Reverend Anne and Susan are connected in their spiritual paths, a relationship that started as a coaching-client relationship to experiencing loss and turning that around into a spiritual friendship.   Key Takeaways: Reverend Anne shares her grief story and how her life pivoted unexpectedly as a result of...

In today's episode, Susan is joined by Myree Morsi , a soul guide and transformational therapist who since 1999 has supported people who are navigating their awakening, healing, soul alignment, and spiritual journeys. After successfully healing her own PTSD from childhood abuse, Myree is dedicated to helping others heal their trauma, claim their spiritual gifts, elevate as soulful leaders, stabili...

Dan and Nancy lost their daughter in a car crash and had to make the tough decision to take her off life support. Today, they help grievers get unstuck in their grief and help them with better coping mechanisms that refine the definition of what it is to be in grief. Learn about Dan and Nancy's story on this week's episode.    Key Takeaways: A little bit about Dan and Nancy's grief story with losi...

Michelle Clare is a Certified Medium, Angel Intuitive, Spiritual Coach, and Energy Healer. Michelle is in a unique position. She has survived three near-death experiences and each time she came out of this state, they've been profound. In this episode, she describes what these experiences are like, how she helps her clients reach her loved ones, and so much more!   Key Takeaways: Michelle shares a...

Michelle Chalfant is the Founder of The Adult Chair, Therapist, and a Holistic Life Coach. Michelle is also a podcast host, which dives into topics like psychology, getting unstuck, and how to work through your grief. Michelle's work has deeply helped Susan on her grief journey and in this week's episode, Michelle talks about learning how to work with your emotions (something we were never taught...

Frank King is a Suicide Prevention and Postvention Public Speaker and Trainer. He is also a Corporate Comedian and was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years. Frank shares his battle with depression and suicidal thoughts on this week's episode, and why it's so important to seek help when you seem to be spiralling down.    Key Takeaways: A little bit about Frank and how he got into suicide prev...

Kristyn Lohoff lost her father when she was just seven years old. Growing up without a father and seeing her friends go on "dad trips" always made her jealous, so when her husband passed, she felt such sadness in seeing her four daughters grow up without a dad as well. With the loss of seven family members in her life within a short timeframe, people around her didn't know how to support her in he...

Join Susan on this solo episode as she talks about a grief situation that came up recently in her life. One of her friend's daughters, who is college-aged, is still struggling with the death of her father 7 years later. She is stuck in a phrase that she can't seem to get out of. How do we support the young adults and children in our lives who have experienced something very painful and traumatic?...

Janie Dalrymple has been a nurse for over 17 years including hospital-based bedside care, home health, and the outpatient clinical setting. She has a strong neurology background and was a Clinic Coordinator for an ALS Clinic for several years. After the unexpected death of her husband and mother at a young age, Janie felt the need to advocate for others finding it difficult to navigate the healthc...

David Richman is an Entrepreneur, Author, Public Speaker, Athlete and Philanthropist. David might not have lived to see 40. Overweight, a heavy smoker, in a destructive marriage trying to protect two kids, prone to extremes, he was not a happy man, but really wanted to be. After his sister became diagnosed with terminal cancer, that was the wake-up call David needed to live a more authentic life....

Jill Johnson-Young is the Co-Founder and Clinical Therapist at Central Counseling Services, where she and her team provide the highest quality care for individuals and families seeking assistance with life's challenges. Jill's areas of expertise include grief and loss, children's grief, dementia support for families, adoption related issues, LGBT issues, and so much more. Jill has lost two spouses...

Ashley Jackson discovered that her husband had developed a rare form of cancer, with only a 35% chance of survival, this event has forever changed Ashley's purpose in life. Not only was Ashley planning her wedding, but she also found herself being a caregiver to her future husband at the young age of 31 years old. Life threw Ashley into a hurricane, and with three years in, Ashley shares what her...

Helen Morris is a Certified Body Code Practitioner issued by The InsideOUT Institute, a world renowned organization that creates breakthroughs in the lives of its members through innovative energy healing and transformational leadership coaching. After Helen lost her only child, she had to rediscover herself and her purpose again. It was a painful process and today she shares her grief story and w...

Dr. Joshua Black is a Grief Researcher, Speaker, Consultant and the Host of the Grief Dreams Podcast. As one of the world's leading academic experts in grief dreams, which can be dreams of the deceased, Dr. Black has directed his efforts on raising awareness about this fascinating  phenomenon and how the brain continues to connect unconsciously with our loved ones. Find out more about what grief d...

Sarah Davis is a Podcast Producer and the host of Breathing Wind, a podcast about parent loss, change, and healing. Sarah is also a Writer and Learning Experience Designer. Sarah shares her grief journey on this week's podcast and why it's so painful when you have to re-find your community and your friends again. She also shares tips on how to overcome your own grief on this week's show.    Key Ta...

Payton Lynch was inspired to write her book, Rise From the Ashes, by her husband's story as a 9/11 surviving child. Payton is also currently going through her own struggles and grief as she is faced with the possibility of never being able to have children naturally. In this week's episode, Payton shares lessons she's learned from her husband about grief, surviving grief, her own journey with grie...

Ducky shares her grief story about her husband, Colin, of 15 years passing away suddenly from complications of a heart attack in 2019. Ducky shares what it was like dealing with his in-laws at the time of the funeral, what it's like being a young widow at 36 years old, and how she experiences all the emotions during the last two years in this week's episode.    Key Takeaways: It doesn't matter if...

Cris Duvall is a retired Dental Hygienist and has transformed her grief story into helping people discover what they want out of life. Cris is no stranger to loss, having lost two of her brothers as well as her father early on in life. However, when her husband passed away suddenly, and she had to take him off of life support, she made a conscious choice not to let her grief consume her. She share...

Tony Lynch is the Founder of the Memories of Us nonprofit, a supportive place for men in grief. Men are traditionally shown over and over in society that they can not be vulnerable. This negatively affects our communities. After experiencing devastating loss, Tony was on the brink of suicide. It took a spiritual awakening for him to get out of it. Tony shares what he was going through mentally whe...