Ghosted

When Kelley lost her dad, Jay, to cancer, she didn’t just lose her favorite person—she gained a new way of seeing the world.

In this episode of Ghosted, Kelley shares what it was like to love someone through cancer, the anticipatory grief that began long before goodbye, and how helping her dad through chemotherapy gave her unexpected confidence as she prepares to become a mom herself.

Now expecting twin boys, Kelley believes her dad had a hand in sending them to her. She opens up about the signs that remind her he’s still with her, especially 444, the angel number of protection, and how spirituality became a source of comfort after his death.

We also talk about using social media to speak openly about grief, why vulnerability helps other people feel less alone, and the greatest lesson her dad left behind: take care of one another.

This conversation is full of laughter, tears, hope, and the kind of love that doesn’t end when someone dies. It’s a beautiful reminder that while grief changes us, so does the love we carry forward.

This week on Ghosted, Vanesa Scott joins me to share the story of losing her mom to suicide while raising her two young daughters.

We talk about what it’s like to navigate the unimaginable loss of a parent while trying to show up for your own children, finding meaningful ways to keep her mom’s memory alive, and the unique grief that comes with suicide loss. Vanesa opens up about the stigma surrounding suicide, how conversations around mental health were often avoided in her Filipino family, and why she’s committed to helping change that by encouraging more open, honest conversations.

Like Ghosted, Vanesa began sharing her story online in the hope that speaking openly about grief and mental health could help someone else feel less alone. She encourages anyone who is struggling to reach out for help, and reminds those who have lost someone to suicide that they are not to blame.

This episode is about breaking cycles of silence, honoring the people we love, and finding the courage to have the conversations that matter most.

After losing her dad to glioblastoma eight years ago, Amber found herself searching for a way to channel her grief into something meaningful. What started as a simple Google search on how to start a nonprofit eventually grew into a research organization dedicated to advancing glioblastoma awareness, support, and funding.

In this episode, Amber shares the profound impact her father’s death had on her life and how that loss shaped the work she’s doing today. We talk about the realities of grief years later, the challenges and rewards of building something in a loved one’s honor, and what it means to support families facing the same diagnosis that changed her own family forever.

This is a conversation about love, loss, resilience, and the powerful ways we can transform pain into purpose.

This week on Ghosted, Jenna (@itsme.JennaD) joins me to talk about losing her dad, Dominic DeNapoli, to stomach cancer eight years ago.

If you've ever looked around and wondered why everyone else still gets to call their parent, this conversation is for you.

Jenna shares what it's been like navigating adulthood without her dad from relationships and shifting family dynamics to planning a wedding knowing he won't be there. We talk about jealousy, comparison, mental health, and the complicated feelings that come with watching other people experience milestones with parents who are still alive.

As a nurse, Jenna also opens up about the fact that she has yet to work on the floor where her dad died, and what it means to carry grief into the profession that now defines her life.

Most of all, this is a conversation about family, love, and finding ways to honor the people we miss while continuing to move forward. Jenna has built a powerful online community by sharing her grief journey, and her honesty makes this episode feel like sitting down with a friend who truly gets it. Because sometimes grief isn't about letting go, it's about learning how to carry someone with you into every chapter that follows.

This week on Ghosted, I sit down with Devon to talk about losing her mom, Grace, suddenly when she was just 13 years old.

Devon shares what it was like to lose not only a parent, but her best friend. She was her mom’s shadow, and in an instant, everything changed. We talk about the years that followed, the ways her dad had to step into roles neither of them expected, and how grief can affect every member of a family differently.

Recently, a visit with a medium helped Devon uncover something she hadn’t fully recognized before: the anger she had been carrying since her mom died. Together, we explore what it means to process loss years later and how grief continues to evolve as we grow.

It’s a heartfelt, honest, and lighthearted conversation about love, loss, family, and learning to carry grief through every stage of life.

Neva Coleman was only a few months old when her father was killed on 9/11.

In this episode of Ghosted, we talk about what it means to grow up with a loss you can't remember but can never escape. While many people say grief gets easier with time, Neva shares how her grief has almost worked in reverse, becoming more complicated as she's gotten older and learned more about the father she never had the chance to know.

We talk about the unique challenges of grieving someone lost on 9/11, a tragedy that feels both deeply personal and publicly owned. From working in the World Trade Center to navigating the assumptions, politics, and strange behaviors that surround the day, Neva offers a perspective few people get to hear.

We also dive into sobriety, identity, and the versions of ourselves we leave behind. Because for Neva, being ghosted wasn't just about losing her dad, it was also about grieving former versions of herself as she got sober and continues to grow into the person she's becoming.

It's thoughtful, funny, honest, and a conversation about grief in all its forms.

This week on Ghosted, I’m joined by Betsy for a conversation about grief, healing, and learning to hold two truths at once.

After losing her dad to suicide and navigating the chaos of loving someone struggling with alcoholism, Betsy shares how she built Grief, Sweat & Tears into a movement and community for grievers everywhere. We talk about radical acceptance, honoring complicated relationships, carrying grief into major life moments like her wedding, and how she’s found herself in the happiest season of her life while still deeply grieving her dad.

This episode is honest, nuanced, heartbreaking, hopeful and such a special conversation about what it means to love, lose, and keep living.

This week on Ghosted, Jessica shares an incredibly honest conversation about grief, mental health, and what it means to keep going after unimaginable loss.

Within the last six years, Jessica lost her mom, dad, and brother. In this episode, she opens up about each loss, the anxiety and emotional weight that followed, and the ugly parts of grief that people don’t talk about enough. She also vulnerably shares her experience spending time in a mental health facility and how grief can impact every part of your life.

This conversation is raw, transparent, heartbreaking, and hopeful all at once. It’s a reminder that struggling does not make you broken, and even in the darkest moments, there is still a way through.

More than anything, this episode beautifully honors Jessica’s family while shining a light on mental health and the reality of living with grief.

In this episode of Ghosted, we go beyond the surface. Cary opens up about losing his brother to suicide and how that loss changed the way he views mental health, relationships, and the conversations we avoid having. Together, we talk about grief, vulnerability, the pressure to say “I’m fine,” and why honest connection matters more than ever.

This conversation is raw, emotional, and a reminder that healing starts when we stop keeping everything at surface level.

Riki lost her dad at eleven. At the time, all she wanted was to feel normal again.

In this episode, we talk about what it’s like to grow up with grief and how that experience evolves as you do. What felt confusing and isolating as kids shows up differently in adulthood, in friendships, relationships, and the way we process emotions.

We get honest about the tragedy of losing our dads young, the pressure to “be okay,” and the things people say (and shouldn’t say) when someone is grieving.

Riki also shares how she turned her pain into purpose through After Hours Club, creating spaces where mental health feels accessible, real, and even… cool.

This is a conversation about loss, but also about growth, connection, and what it means to rebuild something beautiful from it.