Grief Circle with Sammy

In this episode, I speak about how an "adventure" that I recently took gave me a lot of perspective on how we as grieving kids and adults should act in a world where we don't know people's backgrounds. Listen to hear my point of view on how to look at the world from the perspective of a grieving child.

This episode I had the pleasure of meeting with Lyla P. Lyla is a junior in HS and she suddenly lost her mother at 12 years old. Lyla was only in 6th grade and she shares with us her experiences as a young girl who lost her mother too soon. Listen to hear how Lyla has taken on young-adulthood and all the tips she has for children who have lost a loved one too early.

In this episode, I met with Chloé Richards who is currently a student at NYU pursuing a Masters in Journalism. I was introduced to Chloé as she is writing a paper on childhood grief. I was honored to be interviewed for her paper and then we got to speak a little. Chloé lost her dad at 10 and therefore her story is very relevant to the show. Listen to here how her paper and her life story intersect and have taught her great life lessons.

In this episode, I got to speak with middle school guidance counselor, Allison Holtman. I had the pleasure of asking her about how grief fits itself into a kid's life, especially in a school environment. As you can imagine, it is very difficult for a grieving child to go back to school after losing a parent or loved one. Ms. Holtman was able to provide significant insight on what this timeline and emotional rollercoaster looks like for a kid in school during such a tough time in their life.

In this episode there is no special guest, however, I go through the process of summarizing what brought me to make this podcast. My journey to this podcast is one of self-realization (or a series of them). The episode continues with me giving my thoughts on how grief is special to children in its own weird way, while I am no psychologist (by any means), I still do have opinions on how grief shows itself in us kids. Take a listen!

In this episode of Grief Circle with Sammy, I interviewed Dr. Elena Lister who is a childhood and adult psychiatrist specializing in grief. I got to here about her perspective on grief as well as how she gets to help children going through the grief process after they have lost someone. Dr. Lister provides great advice so listen along to hear about tips on how to handle grief in your life.

On this episode of Grief Circle with Sammy, I interviewed a senior at my school named Dylan. When she was in 8th grade she got the devastating news that her friend named Laurel Griggs had died due to a sudden asthma attack. Dealing with the death of a parent is hard, but imagine dealing with the death of a friend your age at only 13 years old, The moral of the story is that its not easy. Laurel was an incredibly talented girl with a bright future ahead of her, read more about her at the link below

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_Griggs

In this episode, I come to you all solo with no guest and speak about how grief shapes my perspective of the world and allows me to be a better global citizen because of it. I may sound a little overly philosophical and harsh, however, please know that it comes from a place of great understanding of how many who are like me deal with grief.

Today I met with Emma, a girl who lost her dad to brain cancer at only 13 years old. Emma and I know each other as our moms are in a widows group together - however - this was our first time actually meeting! Tune in to see how the two of us have dealt with things as little as Instagram posts to learning how to drive a car without our dads.

In this episode, I spoke to my close friend Zach who also lost a parent to cancer when he was young. Listen to this episode to learn more about the teen grieving experience and how both Zach and I handled having a parent with cancer in our lives. Also, if you would like to be featured on the podcast, drop your name and email or phone number in the suggestion box and I am happy to reach out to hear your story!