The Grief Guardian Podcast

The fear doesn't end with the loss. Sometimes that's when it truly begins. After losing a child, many parents find themselves living with a constant fear that something terrible will happen again. Every missed phone call, every late arrival, every unanswered text can send your mind into places it never used to go. It's a part of grief that isn't talked about nearly enough. In this episode of  The...

When Spiritual Beliefs Get Shaken After Loss | The Grief Guardian Podcast | Episode 62 Losing someone you love doesn't just break your heart. It can shake everything you believed about life. After the death of a child, partner, parent, or loved one, many people begin asking questions they've never asked before. Why did this happen? Is there a purpose to this pain? Is anyone listening when I pray?...

The Grief Guardian Podcast | Episode 61 How Different Family Members Grieve the Same Child When a child dies, the grief doesn't stop with the parents. Grandparents lose a grandchild. Siblings lose a niece or nephew. Extended family members lose someone they loved and looked forward to watching grow. Yet these forms of grief are often overlooked. In this episode, I explore how different family memb...

Episode 60: The Mask We Wear: Pretending You're Okay for Everyone Else After the loss of a child or loved one, there is often an unspoken expectation that life should eventually return to normal. Friends stop asking how you're doing. Family members assume you're coping. Employers expect you to be back to your old self. Yet inside, the pain may still be as real as ever. In this episode of The Grief...

Episode 59: Sex, Connection, and Grief: What No One Tells You Grief changes many parts of our lives, but one area that is rarely talked about openly is how it affects intimacy, connection, and relationships. After the loss of a child or loved one, couples often find themselves struggling with changes in desire, physical affection, emotional closeness, and communication. One partner may crave conne...

Episode 58: Why Grief Shows Up in Your Body (Even When You Think You're Coping) Most people understand that grief affects our emotions. What often catches people by surprise is how deeply grief can affect the body. Sleep problems. Exhaustion. Brain fog. Gut issues. Anxiety. Shaking. A weakened immune system. High blood pressure. These are all common experiences for grieving people, yet they're rar...

Episode 57: When Strength Looks Different – Masculinity After Loss Losing a child breaks more than your heart. It breaks the identity many men were taught to build their lives around. From a young age, men are told to be strong, stay composed, and keep moving no matter what. But when a child dies, that script doesn’t just get tested, it collapses. What follows is confusion, silence, pressure to ho...

Episode 56: “Who Am I Now? Rebuilding Your Identity After Losing a Child” Losing a child doesn’t just break your heart — it shakes up everything you thought you knew about yourself. Your personality, your routines, your worldview, even the way you move through the day… it all shifts. And while everyone talks about “healing,” no one really prepares you for the moment you look in the mirror and bare...

Episode 55 dives into the kind of anger most parents grieving a child never admit out loud. Not irritation. Not frustration. The deep, unsettling rage that sits under the skin and shows up in the body, the mind, and the relationships around you. In this episode, we talk about: • Why anger becomes a constant companion after losing a child • How it shows up physically, mentally, and emotionally • Wh...

Episode 54 — Dealing With Triggers in Grief In this episode of The Grief Guardian Podcast, we dig into something every grieving parent knows too well:  triggers . The moments, sounds, places, or situations that yank you right back into the hardest days of your life. I share my own experience of losing Mia, the chaos that followed, and how even something as simple as walking through a broken doorwa...

Episode 53: “Can You Become Addicted to Grief?” In Episode 53 of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , Grant Cosgrove tackles a confronting question many people quietly struggle with: Is it possible to become addicted to grief? This episode breaks down why some people get stuck in a painful loop, why the sadness can start to feel familiar or even “safe,” and how to recognise when grief has turned into a s...

Episode 52 – One Year of The Grief Guardian Podcast One year. 52 episodes. Countless conversations that most people avoid. When this podcast started, it wasn’t about numbers or growth. It was about giving fathers a place where they didn’t have to pretend they were fine after losing a child. In this episode, I look back on what a year of speaking with grieving dads has revealed — the patterns, the...

Episode 51 – Losing a Friend | The Grief Guardian Podcast Losing a friend hits differently. It’s one of those losses people tend to play down, but the bond you had was real, and the grief that comes with it can run deep. In this episode, we talk about what friend-loss actually feels like, why it’s often overlooked, and how to navigate the waves that follow. You’ll hear about: • What makes friend g...

Episode 50 - The Grief Guardian Podcast 9 Tools for Surviving Grief as a Dad Grief hits fathers differently. Some of us shut down. Some keep busy. Some turn into the family’s rock while quietly falling apart inside. In this episode, I’m sharing  9 practical tools  that help dads survive the weight of losing a child. No fluff. No clichés. Just real support for men who are doing their best to keep g...

Episode 49 – How to Rebuild Physical and Emotional Intimacy After the Loss of a Child When a child dies, intimacy often breaks down in ways no one prepares you for. Touch can feel foreign. Closeness feels risky. And for many couples, recovery isn’t just emotional — it’s tied to real medical trauma. In this episode, I share our story of navigating intimacy after losing Mia. From Saroeun’s emergency...

Episode 48 – Environmental / Home-Loss Grief | The Grief Guardian Podcast In this episode, we dive into a type of grief most people never talk about: the sadness that comes from losing a home, land, or environment that once grounded you. Whether it’s a childhood home being sold, a neighbourhood that no longer feels familiar, or a natural space destroyed by fires or development, this kind of loss c...

Loss of Community or Belonging | The Grief Guardian Podcast (Episode 47) Description: What happens when you no longer feel like you belong anywhere? In this episode of The Grief Guardian Podcast, we talk about a type of grief that often goes unnoticed — the loss of community and belonging. Whether it comes from moving, changing life paths, or experiencing deep loss, this kind of disconnection can...

Episode 46 – The Hidden Grief of Financial Loss Most people don’t think of money problems as grief. But losing financial stability can feel like the ground disappearing beneath your feet. A job disappears. A business fails. Investments collapse. A divorce changes everything. Suddenly the future you were building is gone. In this episode of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , I talk about a type of grief...

Episode 45 – Existential Grief | The Grief Guardian Podcast Grief doesn’t just break your heart. Sometimes it breaks the way you see the entire world. In this episode of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , host Grant Cosgrove explores  existential grief  — the deep questioning that can happen after a major loss. It’s the moment when grief isn’t just about missing someone. It’s about wondering what the p...

Episode 044 – Cumulative Grief | When Loss Keeps Stacking Up Grief doesn’t always come from one single event. Sometimes it builds. One loss. Then another. Then another. In this episode of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , I talk about  Cumulative Grief  — the kind that happens when multiple losses pile up over time. It might be the death of a loved one, a relationship ending, financial pressure, healt...

Episode 43 – Masked GriefNot all grief looks like tears. In this episode of The Grief Guardian Podcast, I talk about something many people don’t even realise they’re carrying — Masked Grief. This is the kind of grief that hides behind busyness. Behind humour. Behind “I’m fine.”It’s the dad who throws himself into work. The mum who keeps everyone else together. The mate who cracks jokes at the fune...

Episode 42 – Grief in the Digital WorldGrief doesn’t just live in photo albums anymore. It lives in our phones. In this episode of The Grief Guardian Podcast, I explore what it means to grieve in a digital world — where text messages don’t fade, voice notes don’t age, and memories can resurface with a simple software update. What happens when a loved one’s messages reappear on a new phone? Do you...

Episode 41 – Medical & Health Diagnosis Grief A serious medical or health diagnosis can change life in an instant. Not through loss of life — but through the loss of the future you thought you were heading toward. In this episode of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , we talk about  medical and health diagnosis grief  — a form of grief many people experience but rarely name. Whether it’s a chronic c...

Identity Grief | Losing Who You Were & Rebuilding Who You Are | Episode 40 Grief doesn’t only come from losing someone. Sometimes it comes from losing  who you were . In this episode of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , we talk about  Identity Grief  — the quiet, often unspoken grief that shows up when life changes you in ways you never asked for. Identity grief can follow the loss of a child, a r...

Episode 39 – Traumatic Grief | When Loss and Trauma Collide Traumatic grief is different. It’s not just missing someone. It’s shock in the body, images that won’t leave, a nervous system stuck on high alert, and a world that no longer feels safe. In this episode of  The Grief Guardian Podcast , we talk openly about  traumatic grief  — what it is, why it feels so intense, and why trying to “be stro...