Parentless Podcast

68, It Feels Like He's in the Room

Griever. Son. Fatherless. Motherless. Husband. Coach. Optimist. Counselor

David Pope hails from London. David's not afraid to share his tips as both a griever and a grief counselor. David is also not afraid to show us his most vulnerable self, which embodies his passion for others in their grief journeys.

David explores being Parentless as he discusses his mother and father and the impact they had on his life. He now uses his personal experiences and knowledge to help others, as a degree holding Counselor and a self described Coach.

David's Advice to his younger self:

"If you connect with the right counselor, then it can help unlock a lot of the stuck emotions. It's very common to get stuck with one particular emotion and just not be able to move on...if you trust them and you click, it paves the way to unlock the emotions."

Contact David:

Instagram: @healyourgrief
Website: https://healyourgrief.co.uk/
Email: [email protected]

This conversation was recorded in February 2022.

Grief Podcasts David Recommends:

Got Grief - @gotgriefpodcast @hollysumpton01 & @craighenry6
Grief is my Side Hustle - Meghan Riordan Jarvis, @griefismysidehustle
Dying to Know - Annie Grogan, @grogannie

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

Instagram: @grievingisbreathing
Website: www.grievingisbreathing.com

If you'd like to help donate to Tim Harris' project while becoming a part of the Parentless Podcast Patreon crew, visit here:

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

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Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

67, My Twin Flame

Jordyn Hakes, host of The Horny Housewife Podcast, shares her precious mom, Tami, with us. Tami passed away in her sleep when she was 57 and Jordyn was 30. Jordyn describes her mom as a Charismatic Christian and a Christian version of herself. Tami was a badass mom and loved listening to Kiss and Tom Petty.

Jordyn grew up in Texas, and now lives on the West coast. She speaks of the shift in the relationship with her mom when she became a mom herself, and all those times when she heard of other people losing a loved one, just how unfathomable the loss and experience is until you know. Sometimes you don't know until you know...

Jordyn flips the script a few times and asks about my parents. And I unintentionally gave Jordyn the chance to discuss what it's like when someone compares their grief to yours. All grief is unique and there is no comparison.

There are some things that you don't do until after your parent dies. Starting her podcast was one of those things for Jordyn. She doesn't think her mom would be ashamed of her work, however she doesn't feel like she would have started it if Tami were still around.

If you do not live close to your loved one and you want to see their grave, you may want to check out www.findagrave.com . If you find that your person does not have a picture of their grave stone listed, you can send a picture in to be added.


Podcast Spotlight:

The Horny Housewife is the couples locker room talk, take notes. Your host Jordyn Hakes is raw, unfiltered and a bit salacious, discussing all things sex, the realities of marriage, & answering YOUR burning questions while always protecting anonymity. From mismatched libidos, the male g-spot, backdoor entry, how-to’s for both men and women, no topic is off limits. Buckle up freaky fam I'm mentioning it all, tune in to learn how to be better in bed, more intentional in your relationships, and explore the unknown. Join me every Monday for some guaranteed laughs, no sugarcoating, sexy tips, story times and the occasional jaw dropping question.

Instagram: @_thehornyhousewifepodcast
Website: https://www.thehornyhousewifepodcast.com
Email: [email protected]

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

Instagram: @grievingisbreathing
Website: www.grievingisbreathing.com

If you'd like to help donate to Tim Harris' project while becoming a part of the Parentless Podcast Patreon crew, visit here:

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

66, They Called Her Mama Cass

Janet's mom died the day Janet graduated high school. If that doesn't set the tone for your life, followed directly by some shitty treatment by your remaining family which heavily impacts your future, I'm not sure what does.

Janet lives in Canada and is a "badass boss lady" just like her mama, Cass. She is proud to be a public servant. Janet has come a long way from the 18 year old girl whose life blew up in her face when her mother died. She now has her own family, and has used her experiences to better prepare for her children and their future.

Janet wanted to remember the 25th anniversary of her mother's death in June 2020. She created the Motherlove Project, where she shares written stories and pictures of other women who have lost their mothers. True to her life's design, she created a medium where others can write their own stories, just like Janet realized she could do with her own life.

"My mom's story is not mine. I get to write a different story."

Instagram: @janetgwilliamwright and @motherloveproject
Website: https://www.motherloveproject.com/
Email: [email protected]

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

Instagram: @grievingisbreathing
Website: www.grievingisbreathing.com

If you'd like to help donate to Tim Harris' project while becoming a part of the Parentless Podcast Patreon crew, visit here:

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

65, Thank God for Jesus Christ

Thank God for Jesus Christ. Those were Deborah Ann Mays' last words. Her daughter, Andrea Powell, will never forget hearing her mother speak those words. Andrea shares those memories with us, along with the everlasting impression that Deborah Ann left on the earth and those that knew her.

Andrea grew up being the only girl amongst her brothers, so the bond between mother and daughter was close. Andrea's parents never divorced, but eventually her father left their family after years of adversity. Andrea shares about Edward, also known as "Black Rambo" in the neighborhood. Andrea discusses life with her dad, along with the lessons she learned from him. And we can't forget the ever important saying from grandfather JP!

Andrea is a leader in her church, and enjoys using her spare time to hold a Prayer Boot Camp for those interested in increasing their praying habits. Andrea has also written a daily devotional and is the host of her own podcast, We Are Not So Different.

Podcast Spotlight

We Are Not So Different

"This podcast will draw and unite people from different walks of life by highlighting the similarities in the sum total of our life experiences as opposed to pointing out the glaring differences that often separate us."

Instagram: @wearenotsodifferent_
@mays2powell
Website: https://www.wearenotsodifferent.com/

Daily Devotions from the Heart of an Encourager by Andrea Powell is available here:

https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Devotions-Encourager-Andrea-Powell-ebook/dp/B087JFHSNH/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1AX4739CO6AUW&keywords=daily+devotional+andrea+powell&qid=1655169232&sprefix=daily+devotion+andrea+powell%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-2

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

Instagram: @grievingisbreathing
Website: www.grievingisbreathing.com

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

64, Grieving Is Breathing

If you've listened to more than one episode in the last several months, you have heard me talking about Tim and his great idea. You know. The one where he wants to raise enough money to help put at least one person through therapy for one year. That's right. We have arrived. It's time for you to meet Tim Harris. Generally I have a lot of words to insert here, but Tim tells it best as he shares about his beautiful mama, Darlene.

Tim's Recommendations:

Instagram: @girl.grief and @dosgriefsupport

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

Instagram: @grievingisbreathing
Website: www.grievingisbreathing.com

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

63, Patience Is a Virtue

Kyndra Crump often finds herself making jokes - she's more of the laugh instead of cry type. She comes to us from Atlanta. She has worked on building herself as a comedian and she hosts The Kyndra Crump Show. Kyndra is currently earning her PhD in Child Psychology.

Kyndra and her father, Trupiedo Crump, did not always have a smooth relationship, and Kyndra has not had a chance to grieve the loss of her father at this point, 4.5 years after his death. She had to learn to forgive him while he was alive, but is waiting for the grief to hit her, when/if that may occur.

Kyndra's advice: This is how I get through day to day: I stay prayed up, I do my yoga, I think of happy thoughts. Drink water, eat vegetables, get some sleep.

Kyndra's Recommendations:

The Bible
The Kyndra Crump Show

Instagram: @thekyndracrumpshow
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcfWwPo89i3frdSOsTV-jUQ

This show was recorded in January 2022 and released on 5.17.22 - Kyndra's birthday. Every year, she celebrates this day just six days after her late father's birthday.

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

62, Clemmie and the Octopus of Grief

December in Thailand. Christmas. Family and friends brought together for a holiday at the beach. The last Christmas before everything would change unexpectedly the next day.

Clemmie Clough, 31, recalls her mother saying, "remember to take the cushions inside," when they saw something strange happening with the sea. Clemmie was 13. She was swept away, along with her mother, sister, and others who were with them.

Clemmie shares where she is now in her grief journey. She also tells us about the present that everyone gets when their person leaves this earth. A present that must be cared for, or it can make your life a mess.

Clemmie's advice: It's really shit some days and some days it's less shit. It does get better. Keep talking to your friends because they're there to help you.

Podcast Spotlight:

How Is Today?

Hosted by Clemmie & Alby, the "How Is Today?" podcast shows you how to break the silence around grief, one curious question at a time.

Each episode, they're joined by an expert in their field with real grief experience, to help show us how to have a good conversation about grief (season 1 guests are Sir Andrew Strauss, Dr Leyla Hussein, Zak Williams, Nathalie Clough and Benj Pasek).

Hosted by Alby Shale and Clemmie Clough and recorded by Message Heard. Follow the show and keep up with the community on Twitter and Instagram, and listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

The above information can be found on the website, listed below.

website: https://www.howistoday.com/
Instagram: @how.is.today
Twitter: @how_is_today
linktr.ee/howistoday

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

61, Homicide Loss - LVM ADVNTGE

Don't let the LOSS take over your MIND, use it to your ADVNTGE.

Rebecca Benny was 17 and in high school the day she had to gather her friends and tell them her mom had been killed. She was closer to her father than her mother at the time, and she has been left with the task of figuring out her complicated relationship with her mother now as a motherless daughter. Besides gathering her friends that day to tell them the news, it wasn't typical of Rebecca to speak about her mother, Luz V Minda.

Today she's 24 and has started a podcast in order to voice her own story and to be a voice for others experiencing homicide grief. Join Rebecca in her very first episodes and travel with her on her literal journey from the dark to the light. Rebecca began sharing her story from a couch in a dark room. 13 episodes later, she has started to show her face and has just released her first True Survivor Series sharing other homicide loss survivor's stories.

Rebecca's Advice: That guilt should be on the person that committed the crime. Not us, because we didn't do anything wrong. It is important to keep their name going.

Don't stop talking about them.

Book Recommendation:

Healing Your Traumatized Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Someone You Love Dies a Sudden, Violent Death (Healing a Grieving Heart series) by Alan D Wolfelt

https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Traumatized-Heart-Practical/dp/1879651327

Podcast Spotlight:

LVM Podcast - LMV ADVNTGE

Join Rebecca Benny as she shares her journey of losing her mother to homicide. As we live in a world where people would rather listen to true crime stories, survivors are the only ones that are able to share the life their loved ones lived. Rebecca not only talks about her grief, but also provides a safe place for other survivors to talk about their grief. Let’s Raise Homicide Awareness Together.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtMsEZTsPyPU6Q3FTT3yBCQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lvmadvntge/

Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/lvmadvntge

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lvmadvntge/


If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

60, One Nine Three

Danielle Remigio has not only shown up for herself, but her younger sister and a larger extended family. She hasn't only shown up once, twice, but three times, and each of these times she has written and given her person's eulogy. Danielle is one of many, but shouldered a lot of the loss in her family over the last several years, and presenting the eulogies was just a portion of how she supported her family.

Danielle discusses the lives and the loss of her parents, Amy and Louis, along with the fluidity of her relationship with her sister, and how her own loss has shaped her life today.

Both Amy and Louis gave to their community throughout their lives, and Danielle and her family found meaningful ways to give back to the community in their honor.

Danielle created a tool to help others with their own grief, and she had the honor of presenting this as a TEDx speaker. Search for Cleaning up the Grief Process on YouTube because you don't want to miss Danielle's amazing presentation!

Instagram: @dl_remigio
Website: https://www.danielleremigio.com/

Podcast Spotlight:

Amplify Ambition with Kristen Edwards

Grief, Gratitude, and the Grey in Between by Kendra Renaldi


If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

https://www.patreon.com/parentlesspodcast

Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @parentlesspodcast
Voicemail: 623.396.6069
You are not alone.

59, They Called Her Winnie

Mershon Niesner lost her mother when she was 8 years old. Her mom, Winnifred, was 34. Mershon and her father made a go of it living on their own. It was 1954 and you didn't hardly see a single father raising a daughter. But Mershon's dad made it work for the both of them.

Coming to us at a young 76 years old, Mershon has the honor of being the person with the most grief experience in the history of Parentless Podcast. Mershon explains that she has dealt with many types of loss, one of those being divorce, which was the toughest type of loss for her to navigate.

On Mershon's 75th birthday, she published a book to help other grievers figure out what is next after mother loss. The following is found in the description of the book found on Amazon: "Mershon interviewed over fifty daughters giving readers a broad perspective on mother loss. Stories and advice comes from daughters of teen and young adult loss, loss through homicide, abandonment, and Alzheimer’s.

Mershon writes from her heart as she shares over seventy years of mother loss experience. Readers come away with a sense of camaraderie, insight into how to move forward, and compassion for the experiences of others. Niesner also supports readers as a Certified Life Coach by posing valuable coaching questions at the end of each step."

Follow this link to get the book:
https://www.amazon.com/Moms-Gone-Now-What-Daughters/dp/0974307610/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mom%27s+gone%2C+now+what&qid=1645094034&sr=8-1

Mershon's father, Leon, passed away when he was 92. Merson shares what it was like to be raised by a single father, and the sacrifices that he made for her over the years. They had more of a partnership and worked together to make their home run. Mershon is now working on her second book, which is based in Nebraska and focuses on the time period when her father's grandparent's were alive.

Mershon writes in her blog at least weekly, and it covers all aspects of life, not just mother loss. Visit her Mershon to at her blog listed below.

Mershon's Advice: "Move forward doesn't mean forget."

Book recommendations:

When Bad Things Happen to Good People:
https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Happen-Good-People/dp/1400034728

How To Be Your Own Best Friend
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=how+to+be+your+own+best+friend&i=stripbooks&crid=1EI7VL3465SWS&sprefix=how+to+be+your+own+best%2Cstripbooks%2C118&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_23

Instagram: @mershonniesner
Website: https://www.mershonniesner.com/
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.motherloss.blog

If you'd like to donate to Tim Harris' project of providing free therapy to at least one person for one year, please visit www.grievingisbreathing.com/donate

This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoenix, AZ.

Additional production and music by Ian Releford.

Music by Colen Lococo and The Revolving Birds.

Like what you hear? Helped by what you heard? Have something to share?

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