CONTENT WARNING: Please note that this episode contains depictions and stories of siblings lost by suicide, homicide and/or domestic violence. We understand that some people may find these triggering, activating and/or disturbing.

There’s a lot to unpack in Nickky’s sibling loss journey. First she lost her big brother Glennn who committed suicide, then she lost her older sister Lisa in a car accident, and most recently her brother Alexander to a homicide. The most challenging thing for Nickky has been letting go of the guilt that has come with every loss. She felt so alone in her grief journey, that she decided to found Saitada, an organization that helps with grief and loss support to those that have lost their siblings, or their parents to either cancer, homicide or suicide.

In this week's episode, Nickky shares about her family dynamics before her brothers and sister passed, how she has moved forward in her grief journey, what made her found Saitada, what a grief doula is and how she decided to start getting educated to become one, and she also shares some advice to younger surviving siblings.

Episode sponsored by Saitada, an organization that provides support to those that have lost their siblings or parents to homicide, suicide and cancer. 

Season 3 is brought to you by SibsForever.org, a virtual platform to commemorate and honor your sibling relationship. Create your free profile and start building beautiful commemorative web pages that can include photo and video galleries featuring you and your sibling.

In this episode I’m covering:

• Intro [00:00:00]

• Family dynamics [00:02:08]

• Nickky and Glen’s story [00:06:58]

• What happened after “The Call” [00:14:50]

• Losing Lisa unexpectedly [00:24:58]

• Losing Alexander to homicide [00:33:44]

• No one wanted to take care of anything [00:53:18]

• The story of Saitada [00:58:09]

• Death doulas [01:05:57}

• Advice for Younger surviving Siblings[01:09:10]

For full episode show notes and transcript, click here

Connect with Nickky

Facebook | Nickky Neff

Facebook | Saitada

Instagram | @saitada_grief_loss_support

Instagram | @crzredhead

Connect with Maya 

Website | The Surviving Siblings 

Instagram | @survivingsiblingspodcast | @mayaroffler 

TikTok | @survivingsiblingspodcast

Facebook Group | The Surviving Siblings Podcast

YouTube | The Surviving Siblings Podcast 

Patreon | The Surviving Siblings Podcast

Twitter | @survivingsibpod

✨Get The Surviving Siblings Guide HERE✨