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

Listen in as I read a Letter to the Grieving Mom Leaving the Hospital with Empty Arms by Nuriman Faris. I pray it brings you comfort, hope and gives you space to honor your unique journey as a mother.  A special series called Letters to a Grieving Mom. Read the Letter : www.themorning.com/blog/letter-to-the-grieving-mom-leaving-the-hospital-with-empty-arms For our best and most helpful resources f...

Listen in as I read a Letter to the Grieving Mom When Everyone Else Has Moved On by Courtney Welch. I pray it brings you comfort, hope and gives you space to honor your unique journey as a mother.  A special series called Letters to a Grieving Mom. Read the Letter : www.themorning.com/blog/letter-to-the-grieving-mom-when-everyone-else-has-moved-on For our best and most helpful resources for naviga...

Listen in as I read Letter to the Grieving Mom Whose Baby Died Today by Stephanie Bertran Williams. I pray it brings you comfort, hope and gives you space to honor your unique journey as a mother.  A special series called Letters to a Grieving Mom. Read the Letter :  www.themorning.com/blog/letter-to-the-grieving-mom-whose-baby-died-today For our best and most helpful resources for navigating Moth...

Listen in as I read Letter to the Grieving Mom Who Just Received the Diagnosis by Melody Joseph. I pray it brings you comfort, hope and gives you space to honor your unique journey as a mother.  A special series called Letters to a Grieving Mom. Read the Letter :  www.themorning.com/blog/letter-to-the-grieving-mom-who-just-received-the-diagnosis For our best and most helpful resources for navigati...

Listen in as I read Letter to the Grieving Mom Who is Having a Miscarriage by Dottie Soderstrom. I pray it brings you comfort, hope and gives you space to honor your unique journey as a mother.  A special series called Letters to a Grieving Mom. Read the Letter : www.themorning.com/blog/letter-to-the-grieving-mom-who-is-having-a-miscarriage For our best and most helpful resources for navigating Mo...

Listen in as I read a Letter to the Grieving Mom Whose House is Quiet & Empty by Avery Swaringen. I pray it brings you comfort, hope and gives you space to honor your unique journey as a mother.  A special series called Letters to a Grieving Mom. Read the Letter:   www.themorning.com/blog/letter-to-the-grieving-mom-whose-house-is-quiet-empty For our best and most helpful resources for navigating M...

A special episode in honor of your motherhood. This entire month we are giving space for your unique story of motherhood, providing a little extra support and hope as you head into Mother's Day – a day that can be full of many complex emotions, often very painful. But more important than our resources and articles on the blog and special episodes here on the podcast, mostly, I want you to know, we...

As we approach Mother's Day, maybe you are wondering will anyone recognize my motherhood? Will anyone remember? Will anyone see me as a mother?  Today I am talking about what it looks like to prepare for Mother's Day as a bereaved mother. I am sharing my best advice about how to tangibly prepare for this day, and the days leading up to it, as well as simple ideas for how you, as a bereaved mother,...

In this episode I have the privilege of interviewing Danielle Anderson – a birth & bereavement doula, speaker, teacher, a wellness coach and a mom who has experienced tragic loss. For the last 10 years, Danielle has been on a journey of healing and restoration, and has learned the importance of whole health - spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical – and during our time together she shares incr...

Join me in listening to Mary Margaret Powitz as she reads a letter she wrote to you as we anticipate Mother's Day. In this bonus episode Mary says these words:  " your motherhood, no matter how it looks, is worth celebrating... However long you had with your child, they still lived, and you still loved them, and you are still a mother. Whether anyone else claims it to be true. And that means, Moth...

200 EPISODES. What a special and incredible milestone and I'm so grateful you are here to celebrate that milestone with me. Whether this is your first time listening or you have listened to all 200+ episodes – I am so grateful you are here. Grateful that you have invited me into this journey. Honored to walk alongside you as you find joy in your mourning.  The Joyful Mourning Podcast exists to rem...

Listen in to hear an honest and very practical, tangibly helpful conversation about navigating many different aspects of a life-limiting diagnosis and life after loss with KC Tregoning. During our time together KC shares about her son Alan and what it was like to receive a life-limiting diagnosis for him – how she navigated the medical system, what she learned about how to best naviagate a very ra...

Listen in to hear an honest conversation about infertility, loss, and lament from MaryEsther Caldwell. During our time together MaryEsther shares honestly about what it was like to navigate infertility, and then to experience a miraculous pregnancy only to unexpectedly lose her daughter Magnolia Jubilee at 22 weeks. We talk about the challenges of grief and what surprised her and what she wished o...

"When God doesn't give a miracle..." Monica Harris joins me for this episode to share her motherhood journey and her experience receiving a life-limiting diagnosis for her son Vance as well as the news that she and her husband were carriers for a genetic condition that could result in a similar diagnosis in future children. At the time of our recording Monica was 37 weeks pregnant with a daughter...

In this episode I have the joy of hearing from Lauren Hendricks, a precious mama who shares her motherhood journey with me and her experience with two first trimester losses. Lauren shares what she wished others understood about a first trimester loss and we both get really honest about the most challenging aspect of this journey, the envy, jealousy and anger that can often follow loss; especially...

In this episode Mary Holloman joins me to talk about her motherhood and grief journey. She shares about her experience with consecutive first trimester losses, what surprised her about grief and the very practical ways she navigated the grief of that season. Then we spend time talking about pregnancy after loss where we discuss questions like:  Making the decision to try to grow your family after...

In this episode I have the honor of interviewing Natalie DiCicco about her motherhood and grief journey. She shares about her experience with a first trimester loss, a baby she named Ezekiel, as well as a second trimester loss, her daughter Naomi Hope. During our time together Natalie shares honestly and candidly about her experience navigating grief – what surprised her and what practical advice...

In this episode Meg Walker, The Morning's Content Editor and Community Manager, and myself are answering a handful of your questions about  pregnancy after baby loss. Questions like: When is the right time to try to conceive again? How do I practically get through a pregnancy after loss How do I honor and remember the baby I lost? Will I love my new baby as much as I long for my baby in heaven? I...

A very, very helpful and hopeful resource for navigating life after loss is a book called, What Grieving People Wish You Knew (about what really helps and what really hurts) by Nancy Guthrie. Over the last month we have been reading this book together in The Morning Book Club and while the book is written with those who love a grieving person as the intended audience – this book is incredibly help...

In today's episode I am sharing with you what I have learned about managing grief in a healthy way – the importance of finding healthy ways to cope, finding expressions of grief that are helpful to you, why taking good care of yourself is helpful in this process and simple ways to mother your baby. I share a new-to-me simple strategy for managing intense grief waves as well as my favorite coping m...

In this episode I am sharing with you what I want every grieving mom to know about grief after the loss of a baby. If we were sitting down for coffee and I could share with you what I have learned in the nearly 15 years since losing my infant son about grief and navigating this journey of life after loss, these are the things I would tell you. I pray they offer you hope. I pray they remind you tha...

Today's episode is all about the end of a year and the beginning of a new one. I'm sharing with you 3 things to know as you enter a New Year and a few practical tips for each.  The New Year can catch a grieving mom by surprise in it's heaviness and I hope these thoughts I'm going to share with you bring you hope and give a few practical tips for navigating the days ahead. For an extra bit of encou...

Welcome to part 4 of our 4 part Holiday series – a discussion about finding hope when the holidays hurt. Kristin Hernandez, author of the Advent Journal, Hope When the Holidays Hurt, is joining me for this series.  In the first part of this episode Kristin talks about God's love for you and knowing that grasping that love can feel very, very difficult for a grieving mom Kristin shares what helped...

Welcome to part 3 of our 4 part Holiday series – a discussion about finding hope when the holidays hurt and our first ever virtual book club. Kristin Hernandez, author of Hope When the Holidays Hurt, is joining me for this series and our book club discussions. Whether you are following along in the Advent Journal or not, I wanted to remind you that the hope shared in this series and episode is val...

Welcome to Part 2 of our 4 part Holiday series – a discussion about finding hope when the holidays hurt and our first ever virtual book club. Kristin Hernandez, author of Hope When the Holidays Hurt, is joining me for this series and our book club discussions. Whether you are following along in the Advent Journal ( you can order here ) or not, I wanted to remind you that the hope shared in this se...