In this episode, Gabri talks directly to the people who want to support someone grieving but do not know what to say. She breaks down why grief is uncomfortable to witness, why so many people default to “fixing” it, and what actually feels supportive when you are the one in loss.

This is not a list of “perfect phrases.” It is a guide for how to show up when you feel awkward, scared of triggering someone, or tempted to make it better fast. Gabri unpacks the difference between empathy and sympathy, why sympathy often serves the supporter’s comfort, and how empathy looks like presence, patience, and practical care. She also shares what check-ins matter most, especially around hard dates like anniversaries, birthdays, and the moments after the funeral when everyone else moves on.

If you are supporting a friend after a death and you are terrified of saying the wrong thing, start here.

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In this episode, Gabri sits down with listener Melissa, whose world flipped in a matter of weeks. Melissa’s mom was diagnosed just after New Year’s of 2025 and transitioned by March, and Gabri names what so many people feel when loss moves faster than your mind can process it: your brain still cannot accept what happened, and that does not mean you are broken. It means you are human.

Melissa opens up about what it is like to carry grief when there was barely time to prepare, how it can change the way you show up, and why hearing other people talk about grief can make you feel less alone in it. If you have ever felt behind your own life after loss, this conversation puts language to that shock and helps normalize the confusion, the numbness, and the reality that your heart may understand before your brain does.

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In this episode, Gabri sits down with grief therapist Danielle DesRosier to talk about something no one prepares you for: grief in January — when the holidays are over, everyone is chasing a “fresh start,” and you’re still carrying loss. If New Year’s makes you feel lonelier, more anxious, or like you’re “behind” in your healing, you’re not alone — and you’re not doing grief wrong. 

They break down why the start of a new year can feel so heavy after a death, how to deal with the pressure of resolutions when your nervous system is just trying to survive, and what it looks like to move forward without “moving on.” This conversation is practical and honest — built for anyone who’s entering a new year without their mom, dad, partner, sibling, or best friend. 

You’ll also hear concrete ways to get through January: planning your days, being honest about what you can handle, limiting social media triggers, and choosing small, realistic supports that help you stay grounded.

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In this episode, Gabri gets real about why the New Year can feel brutal when you’re grieving, especially when the whole world is screaming “fresh start,” “new goals,” and “new you.” She talks about the pressure to perform healing, the weird loneliness that can hit when everyone’s celebrating, and the quiet fear many people don’t say out loud: “What if I forget them?”

This episode goes deeper than motivation. It’s about surviving the emotional landmines of stepping into a new year after loss, when it can feel like you’re walking further away from the last time you had them. Gabri also shares practical ways to take care of yourself in small, realistic steps (including a simple nightly reflection/journaling practice), because moving forward doesn’t mean moving on.

If you’re entering a new year without your mom, dad, partner, sibling, or best friend, this one is for you.

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The holidays are “supposed” to feel warm, safe, and familiar — but when you’re grieving, they can feel ten times heavier. In this episode, Gabri sits down with grief and trauma therapist Gina Moffa to break down what’s actually happening inside of you during the holiday season: why memories hit harder, why joy feels complicated, and why even simple moments can feel overwhelming.

Together, they talk through practical ways to care for yourself during the holidays, including how to check in with what you need in real time, how to handle traditions (keep them, change them, or skip them), and how to find “micro comforts” when grief shows up unexpectedly. They also get into the reality that grief is messy and non-linear — and why “moving on” doesn’t mean letting go.

Gina Moffa is a NYC-based grief therapist and the author of Moving On Doesn’t Mean Letting Go.

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In this episode, Gabri talks about why the holidays hit different after a loss—and why it’s not just the first holiday, but every one that follows.

She shares what it felt like to face the first Christmas without her mom, how grief can turn familiar traditions into something heavy, and why the season can feel both nostalgic and painful at the same time.

Gabri walks through how holiday grief can shift year to year—from “shock and survival” in year one, to the ache of realizing “it’s already Christmas again” without them, to slowly learning how to rebuild something honest and sustainable.

She also talks about the complicated guilt of enjoying yourself again and the difference between moving forward vs. moving on.

This episode is also a reminder that “progress doesn’t apply to grief”—you can have one holiday that feels lighter, and the next year it can wreck you again, and that doesn’t mean you’re going backward.

Gabri offers permission to let the season evolve: it’s okay to skip traditions, change them, and bring them back later.

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What do you do when your grief doesn’t look the way you thought it would?

In this episode, Gabri unpacks a rarely discussed emotional paradox: the way grief can make you feel completely numb and, at the same time, too empathetic to function. She shares how losing her mom rewired her ability to process emotion — from not crying at the funeral, to breaking down over things that had nothing to do with her loss.

We talk about:

- What emotional shutdown looks like after deep loss

- How grief can make you hyper-aware of everyone else’s pain

- The guilt of not grieving "correctly"

- Why your emotional responses might surprise you

- And how to start giving yourself grace for the ways grief shows up in your body and brain

This isn’t about finding the silver lining — it’s about naming the weird middle ground of feeling everything and nothing at the same time.

If you’ve ever felt like you weren’t grieving the “right” way, this one’s for you.

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🎙️ My Mom Died — hosted by Gabri Segui

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Before my mom died, I used to care about all the wrong things. How productive I was. How fast I was moving. How far I was getting.

After she passed, none of that felt important anymore.

This episode is about the invisible shift that happens when you lose someone: how grief doesn’t just change how you feel, but how you see.

Your time. Your relationships. Your priorities. Your sense of identity.

Things you used to chase don’t matter.

And things you used to miss; a quiet moment, a smile, a memory suddenly become everything.

In this conversation, we’re not talking about silver linings.

We’re talking about what it means to stop seeing life as something to conquer…

And start seeing it as something to hold.

Whether you’ve lost someone recently or years ago, this shift will feel familiar, and if you’re in it right now, I hope this helps you feel less alone.

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In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri talks about an emotion that doesn’t get nearly enough attention in grief conversations: guilt.

Guilt for how it happened.

Guilt for not doing more.

Guilt for feeling angry.

Guilt for laughing again.

She opens up about the complex ways guilt showed up after her mom passed — how it crept in quietly, how it clashed with her healing, and how it made her second-guess her entire grieving process. This isn’t the kind of grief people post about. But it’s real. And Gabri is naming it.

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In this episode of My Mom Died, Gabri opens up about how grief doesn’t just affect your emotions; it changes your relationships too.

After the loss of her mom, Gabri noticed how friends stopped checking in, family didn’t know how to respond, and how grief slowly created distance between her and the people around her. She shares honestly about the loneliness, the tension, and the unexpected isolation that followed,  not because people were cruel, but because they simply didn’t know how to show up.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who has felt alone in their grief or watched relationships quietly shift after a major loss.

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