The Joyful Mourning - A Podcast for Women Who Have Experienced Pregnancy or Infant Loss

Welcome to The Joyful Mourning Podcast Episode #34. In this week's episode I get the honor of spending some time with Jana Bishop. She is a wife and a mom, a photographer and business owner. Jana has walked through so much pain and loss and yet joy just radiates from her voice -- I dare you not to smile in this episode, her joy, even after heartbreak after heartbreak is simply contagious. Listen i...

This week's special guest was the first woman I ever knew who had experienced a loss similar to mine. Her daughter Grace had died just days before my son and she reached out to me almost immediately. While we had mutual friends we had never met in person and yet we would now be linked together forever - members of a club that no woman ever wants to be a part of. She became my first grieving mom fr...

Listen in as I talk with an old friend, Sarah Sandel, who is wise and tender and just profoundly gifted with her words. Sarah's view of God and love for God, even after such heartache is an example and encouragement to me today. Sarah shares her experience of 3 miscarriages and the loss of her 4 babies, she offers hope-filled validation for women who have experienced a 1st trimester miscarriage an...

Your mothering may look different than those around you or what you ever imagined it would be. But this day is for you too. Today I acknowledge you who are hurting this year. I see you. I have not forgotten. God has not forgotten. YOU are not forgotten. To the woman looking at yet another negative pregnancy test; I see you. To the woman holding only a memory of a heartbeat, I see you. To the woman...

Mother's Day is especially painful when your heart is longing for a baby. So on this week leading up to Mother's Day, a week that feels difficult, impossible even, I imagine you might be feeling like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 when he says: "in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." Maybe...

Mother's Day is especially painful when your heart is longing for a baby. So on this week leading up to Mother's Day, a week that feels difficult, impossible even, I imagine you might be feeling like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 when he says: "in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." Maybe...

Mother's Day is especially painful when your heart is longing for a baby. So on this week leading up to Mother's Day, a week that feels difficult, impossible even, I imagine you might be feeling like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 when he says: "in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." Maybe...

Mother's Day is especially painful when your heart is longing for a baby. So on this week leading up to Mother's Day, a week that feels difficult, impossible even, I imagine you might be feeling like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 when he says: "in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." Maybe...

Mother's Day is especially painful when your heart is longing for a baby. So on this week leading up to Mother's Day, a week that feels difficult, impossible even, I imagine you might be feeling like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 when he says: "in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." Maybe...

Mother's Day is especially painful when your heart is longing for a baby. So on this week leading up to Mother's Day, a week that feels difficult, impossible even, I imagine you might be feeling like the Psalmist in Psalm 77 when he says: "in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted. When I remember God, I moan; when I meditate, my spirit faints." Maybe...

Whether you are walking through infertility, miscarriage, infant loss or you are here because you love someone who is walking through that kind of grief -- the truth and wisdom shared in this episode will undoubtedly leave you changed. Listen in as my friend Gina Zeidler gives the most honest, tender and truth-filled interview. Gina is a wife, a mama, and an amazing photographer -- she is also a w...

You're listening to The Joyful Mourning Podcast Episode #30. Listen in as I talk with my new friend Jenna Dail. Jenna is the founder of The Color Blue & Hope, a non-profit organization that provides comfort and care resources for women on bed rest in the form of Boxes of Hope. She founded this organization after experiencing a significant period of bed rest while pregnant with her twin boys, fight...

You're listening to The Joyful Mourning Podcast Episode #29. In this week's episode I have the privilege of spending some time with Josefina Sanders. Josefina is a writer an artist who has used words and art to process through the grief of losing a baby. Josefina shares her story of miscarriage and the ways she found healing. Shes talks about the value of journaling through the grief and a few ver...

You're listening to The Joyful Mourning Podcast Episode 028. In this week's episode I get to spend some time chatting with Libby Marler, a wife, a mother and an experienced counselor who recently set out to specifically help families who have received difficult news such as fatal diagnosis'. Libby shares her own story of her daughter Meredith, what it was like to receive the news that Meredith had...

In this episode I get to spend some time with my friend Jess Connolly as she shares the story of her miscarriage. Listen in as Jess gives invaluable wisdom about loss and grief. She shares with us the most helpful advice she was given after her miscarriage, that came her mom; advice that I wish every woman could hear and allow to inform the way in which they grieve. We talk about the dichotomy of...

Episode 026. In this episode I talk with Ashlee Karasch, a wife and a mama, who has walked through multiple miscarriages. In this episode Ashlee shares her story of loss and how during that season of intense grief her faith was tested as she questioned everything she thought she believed. Ashlee shares honestly about how she found healing, what advice she would give to a grieving couple, and what...

In Episode 025 I have the privilege of talking with Justine Fulton, a mama who has had to do the unthinkable – plan a funeral for her 5 month old baby boy who tragically died of SIDS. Memorial or funeral services are not something we think about until the moment it becomes absolutely necessary and in that moment all the decisions that need to be made can be absolutely overwhelming. In this episode...

In Episode 024 I'll be sharing a little about my own experiences of pregnancy after loss as well as a few thoughts about how to deal with that fear that can so easily plague our hearts and minds. And at the end of today's episode I'll be doing a little Q&A session with real questions submitted by listeners like you about pregnancy after loss. I pray this episode is helpful and hopeful for you toda...

This episode is truly one of the most honest and tender interviews I've done and I am so grateful for the wisdom and hope shared in this episode. My special guest is Sharon McKeeman, a mother to 7 children, 4 here on earth and 3 in heaven. During our time together, Sharon talks about what it looked like and looks like still to fight for a healthy marriage while grieving, and how to do that when yo...

You're listening to The Joyful Mourning Podcast, episode #022. Today Meg Walker and I are talking about Postpartum Depression, specifically in women who have experienced the loss of a baby -- what the symptoms are, how to reach out for help and most importantly multiple reminders that there is no shame if you are experiencing this. You haven't done anything wrong. We share trusted resources that a...

In Episode 021 I get to talk to Meg Walker about the anxiety and fear and depression that can be so pervasive after experiencing the loss of a baby. Meg is a former guest on the show who has become a dear friend, you can hear more of her personal story of loss in her interview in Episode 010. In today's episode Meg and I share honestly about what fear and anxiety looked like in our own lives after...

Welcome to The Joyful Mourning Podcast, episode #20. In this episode I am going to take a look back at 2018 and share all the good that happened here last year. I am going to share with you what I am celebrating from 2018, all the great things that happened this past year, as well as a few of the challenges from last year. And lastly, the 3 specific hopes I have for us in 2019. Thank you for being...

Day 25 of 25 days of God's promises for women who have grieving, broken hearts this Christmas, for women who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss and need a reminder of God's goodness, a reminder of true Hope when hope feels impossible. Join me this Christmas season for a daily promise, a promise that we can trust, a promise that would bring our hearts great joy, a promise that will restore o...

Day 24 of 25 days of God's promises for women who have grieving, broken hearts this Christmas, for women who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss and need a reminder of God's goodness, a reminder of true Hope when hope feels impossible. Join me this Christmas season for a daily promise, a promise that we can trust, a promise that would bring our hearts great joy, a promise that will restore o...

Day 23 of 25 days of God's promises for women who have grieving, broken hearts this Christmas, for women who have experienced pregnancy or infant loss and need a reminder of God's goodness, a reminder of true Hope when hope feels impossible. Join me this Christmas season for a daily promise, a promise that we can trust, a promise that would bring our hearts great joy, a promise that will restore o...