Beautiful Tragedy

Carrie shares what it’s like for her to grieve during a pandemic and the challenges that have been presented. She hopes that by sharing her experience that others can understand why she can’t be the friend that she desires to be.

Carrie talks about admitting exhaustion and her struggles. She hopes that sharing her own
experience will help people feel less alone.

Carrie and Chrissy Holder talk about what it was like to be a friend to someone through child loss. Chrissy shares how she talked to her kids and how she walked alongside the Schmitt’s during their grief journey. They also talked about the book they are working on together about sibling loss.

In this episode, Natasha shares her experience with pregnancy after loss and cultural differences between the US and Trinidad & Tobago. She shares how her writing became therapy and how her experience as a therapist helped her to be able to help others. She shares her experience to help others feel less alone.

In this episode Carrie talks about how the phrase “moving on” can be a big trigger for bereaved parents. There are better terms that don’t feel as dismissive as being told to move on can be.

In this episode, Carrie talks about advice that she doesn’t always take for herself but knows the value in being gentle with yourself. The holidays are especially difficult for bereaved parents.

Carrie talks with Glen about what grief therapy looks like. The talk about going into the cave, doing the next right thing, learning how to grieve and talking about where you “should” be.

In this episode, Carrie interviews children’s therapist, Dr. Mary Ann Lingg. They discuss ways that children can show their grief and ways to help with anxiety. She shares books for both grieving and anxious children as well as grieving parents.

In this episode, Carrie shares her experience with how grief affected her brain after her son died. She shares ways that she works on her self care and how it is not always the outside stuff like coffee and massages. She shares info by Megan Devine, who is well known in the grief community.

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In this episode Carrie’s brother, Kevin, interviews Mike and Carrie as they discuss how they grieve differently. Mike talks about his experience as a father.