The Mary Mac Show | Grieving After a Loved One's Death

#fentanyl #death #fentanylpoisoning In Episode 201, I speak with Diane Urban, founder of the Association of People Against Lethal Drugs (APALD), about her son Jordan's death at age 25 to fentanyl poisoning. Diane turned her pain into a powerful organization to help others and spread awareness of this deadly drug. They hold rallies in every state to engage the public, bereaved families and especial...

#fentanyl #death #fentanylpoisoning In Episode 200, I speak with Andi Sommerfeld Lee, Vice President of the Fentanyl Awareness Coalition, about her daughter Amanda's death at age 28 to fentanyl poisoning. Andi speaks candidly about Amanda's addiction and how it devastated her family over many years. It completely consumed Andi as she tried to save her daughter's life. Affectionately called "Mana",...

#fentanyl #death #fentanylpoisoning In Episode 199, I speak with Steve Filson, Secretary of Victims of Illicit Drugs (VOID) about his daughter Jessica's death at 29 to fentanyl poisoning. Steve is an Air Force Veteran as well as spending 31 years as a former San Bernardino County Sheriff and in the Police Department in Southern California, including eleven years in the Homicide Squad and five year...

#fentanyl #fentanylpoisoning #fentanyldeath In Episode 198, I speak with Laura Woody, administrator of Lost Voices of Fentanyl and Founder of Grandparents Raising Grandchildren While Grieving The Loss Of A Child, about her son Jimmy's death at 29 to fentanyl poisoning. We discuss the challenges grandparents face when their children leave children behind. When grandparents need to raise another gen...

#fentanyl #fentanylpoisoning #fentanyldeath In Episode 197, I speak with Ed Kobilis, President of the Fentanyl Awareness Coalition, whose son Eddie was 20 when he died by fentanyl poisoning from only one lethal pill. Visit the Fentanyl Awareness Coalition and get involved - https://www.the-fac.org Their facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/theFACoalition Read my corresponding blog here - https...

#fentanyl #poisoning #death In Episode 196, I speak with April Babcock, who founded Lost Voices of Fentanyl after the death of her son, Austen at age 25. We speak candidly about how our government is failing us and how this illegal, illicit, counterfeit drug should be considered a weapon of mass destruction. Their 3rd Annual Rally will be on Saturday, September 23rd on the lawn in front of the Was...

#fentanyl #poisoning #death In Episode 195, I speak with Jim Rauh, who founded Families Against Fentanyl after the death of his son, Thomas at the age of 37. We speak candidly about how this illegal, illicit drug should be considered a weapon of mass destruction. Visit Families Against Fentanyl - https://www.familiesagainstfentanyl.org - where Jim and his staff are committed to working with famili...

#fentanyl #death #onepillcankill In Episode 194, I speak with Amy Neville, who founded the Alexander Neville Foundation after the fentanyl death of her son at the age of 14. Visit the Alexander Neville Foundation where Amy is committed to assisting families who also endured the tragic death of a loved one by fentanyl. And their facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/ANFHELP Learn more about Fent...

#fentanyl #poisoning #death In Episode 193, I share my second conversation with Michael J. Gray, Founder of The Fentanyl Awareness Coalition and the Actus Foundation, who discusses his plan to significantly decrease fentanyl deaths in children starting at age 12 and offers his paradigm shift to fight this epidemic. Last year over 110,000 children, teens, and adults died from fentanyl poisonings fr...

#fentanyl #death #onepillcankill In Episode 192, I speak with Michael J. Gray, Founder of The Fentanyl Awareness Coalition and the Actus Foundation, who discusses the death of his daughter, Amanda to fentanyl poisoning. Next week will will continue our conversation about his advocacy work to educate our young people about this dangerous and deadly drug. Please visit the following sites to learn mo...

#fentanyl #death #onepillcankill In Episode 191, I speak with Jaime Puerta, Co-Founder of VOID (Victims of Illicit Drugs), who discusses the death of his son, Daniel to fentanyl poisoning by what he thought was an oxycodone pill and had only taken one-half of it. Yet it killed him. We also speak about Jaime's advocacy work and the documentary by Dominic Tierno and Christine Wood entitled " Dead On...

In Episode 190, I speak about the dangers of fentanyl which can take a loved one's life with one dose. The days of experimenting with drugs is over. Learn how to teach your children, grandchildren and other loved ones before it's too late. Read my corresponding blog here . Watch our corresponding video on youtube - hope you'll subscribe, like and comment. Please share this episode with EVERYONE in...

#fentanyl #death #onepillcankill In Episode 189, we begin our Death By Fentanyl Podcast Series featuring Stephanie Hellstern whose 16 year-old son, Kyle, died of fentanyl poisoning by the use of just one lethal pill. Stephanie has become an advocate in this area so other families do not have to go through the sorrow and pain she had felt from losing her son. She is the Founder, Director, CEO at No...

#fentanyl #death #onepillcankill We begin our latest series on the deadly affects of taking this illegal drug which can kill when using it only ONE TIME . Whether it's laced in cocaine, heroin, a joint or as a pill, ALL CAN BE LETHAL . Young people, looking for comfort from the pressures of life, purchase from dealers who will give them something that will get them high and numb their pain. Instea...

In Episode 188, I speak with Marc Hoover of Batavia, Ohio and host of the "Catch My Killer" podcast, as he shares his father's life and death with us, his struggle with cigarettes and horrors of his service in the Vietnam War. Please visit Marc's podcast - Catch My Killer - where he speaks with families who struggle with the unsolved murders of their loved ones as well as missing person cases. Rea...

In Episode 187, I speak with Janae Watterson of Enumclaw, Washington who shares her mother's death in a car accident when she was 17 and a passenger in the car. She speaks about how it affected her intensely for decades and what she did on her road to recovery. Please visit Janae's salon named in honor of her mother - Salon Kathleen . Read my corresponding blog here . Watch our corresponding video...

In Episode 186, I share my new Journal Collection to help you heal, vent, release your anger, frustration, anxiety in anticipation of or the death of a significant loved one in your life. It's so important not to allow all your emotions to remain harbored inside only to manifest themselves into physical and mental symptoms. Anticipating the death of a loved one or after someone has died can be one...

In Episode 185, I speak with Misti Graham of Nashville, Tennessee, who shares with us her father's stroke when she was 16 and his death of a massive heart attack when she was 19. Additional Notes: To learn more about my guest, Misti Graham, Life Coach at InspHERation Coaching simply write her at misti @ inspheration.com Please visit my corresponding blog for links to help you.  I appreciate y...

In Episode 184, I speak with Podcast Maven Line Brunet of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, who shares with us her father's throat cancer diagnosis when she was 18 and his three-year battle before his death. Additional Notes: To learn more about our guest, Line Brunet, Podcast Maven, Consultant, who offers to answer questions about podcasting, visit her website at www. IAmLineBrunet.com Please vi...

In Episode 183, I continue speaking with Dory of Indianapolis, IN, a pediatric social worker, who shares with us the terminal diagnosis her father received and his nine-month battle with glioblastoma, an inoperable brain tumor. Additional Notes: Please visit my corresponding blog for links to help you.  I appreciate your subscribing and rating my podcast on Apple, Spotify, etc. You can also w...

In Episode 182, I had the pleasure of speaking with Dory of Indianapolis, IN, a pediatric social worker, who shares with us the terminal diagnosis her father received and his nine-month battle with glioblastoma, an inoperable brain tumor. Additional Notes: Please visit my corresponding blog for links to help you.  I appreciate your subscribing and rating my podcast on Apple, Spotify, etc. You...

In Episode 181, we continue our Bereaved Mothers Podcast Series featuring Raina of Southern California whose son Josiah had been diagnosed with cancer at 20 yet succumbed to a motorcycle accident at age 29. Watch the interview at our YouTube Channel - The Mary Mac Show. Please subscribe, rate and share with others who might be hurting and in need of this knowledge. Additional Notes: Please visit m...

In Episode 180, we continue our Bereaved Mothers Podcast Series featuring Lisa of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada whose daughter Katie was 17 when she was killed in a car accident in 2015. Watch the interview at our YouTube Channel - The Mary Mac Show. Please subscribe, rate and share with others who might be hurting and in need of this knowledge. Additional Notes: Please visit my corresponding blog...

In Episode 179, we continue our Bereaved Mothers Podcast Series featuring CarolAnn of Franklin, Wisconsin whose son Luka was diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor at 7 and died at age 11 in 2018. Watch the interview at our YouTube Channel - The Mary Mac Show. Please subscribe, rate and share with others who might be hurting and in need of this knowledge. Additional Notes: Please visit my corresp...

In Episode 178, we continue our Bereaved Mothers Podcast Series featuring Lisa of New Berlin, Wisconsin who experienced the loss of her daughter Ari Harper who died in her arms just shy of 10 hours. Watch the interview at our YouTube Channel - The Mary Mac Show. Please subscribe, rate and share with others who might be hurting and in need of this knowledge. Additional Notes: Please visit my corres...