The Mourning Crew

The Mourning Crew

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The Mourning Crew episodes

  • When You Go Through A Breakup

    Kathy and Mads are holding down the fort for another episode, where they discuss all the similarities between breakups/relationships and loss of a loved one. Kathy opens up about a past relationship and how her grief journey impacted her feelings surrounding the breakup. Mads talks about all the collateral grief involved with a breakup like losing your partner's family and friends. They also tap into attachment styles and how grief has impacted their style. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources / Maui Support

    56 min
  • When You Feel Seen on the Screen (Continued)

    Kathy and Mads host a bonus episode, diving into grief on the screen, part two. Beware: spoiler Alerts ahead! These two discuss how grief is portrayed in Succession, and specifically in Connor's Wedding episode. They also talk Summer I Turned Pretty, with a special fun fact from Mads, and Shrinking, a new Apple TV favorite centered around a widower and his daughter. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources

    59 min
  • When You Lose A Sibling
    Another special guest joins the Crew, Mads' longtime friend Blake! Blake lost his older sister very suddenly to a brain aneurysm a couple years ago and he opens up about how he's handled grieving. He talks about how crucial therapy has been for him, what made him decide to speak at her funeral, and why he went to work the next day after getting the news. He discusses "masking" his grief especially as the man of his family and how his perspective on life as a whole altered. Trigger warning: mention of suicide. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources
    1 hr 2 min
  • When Kathy's Second Favorite Dad Joins The Crew

    This week we have a special Father's Day episode featuring Kathy's "bonus dad", Gary. Gary is Kathy's childhood friend's dad who served as a male role model, especially during her most formative years. Gary opens up about the loss of his own father, identifying grief similarities within Kathy, and describes Kathy's teenage years alongside her journey. He tells us his secret ways of getting "the message to Kathy" and recounts the famous Father Daughter dance at her quinceañera! Kathy also shares one of the hardest moments in her grief journey so far. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources

    54 min
  • When You Redefine Peace After Loss
    Inspired by one of the Crew's favorite Taylor Swift songs, "Peace," Kathy, Kelsey, and Mads discuss what it means to find peace in your everyday life after enduring a loss. They talk about the different era markers in their life, the impact of varying grief processing milestones, and how they each personally define what peace means to them right now. Also in this episode- Mads has big news about opening up to a close family member about the podcast and Kelsey talks about how she approached her mom's second birthday since she passed. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources
    1 hr 5 min
  • When Dying is Expensive
    After a Spring Break of their own, the Crew is back with an episode devoted to finances. Kathy, Kelsey, and Mads talk about the different costs associated with loss, including immediate expenses like funerals, burials, memorials as well as long-lasting impact. Kathy opens up about how her family's financial state changed after the loss of her dad, while Kelsey describes the behind the scenes finances involved with funeral planning. Mads talks about her experience with families in different financial situations and wanting to honor loved ones in the ways that will be the most meaningful.
    1 hr 6 min
  • When the Anticipatory Grief Comes Knocking
    Building on last week's topic, the Crew discusses anticipatory grief - how common it is even though it's hard to talk about, the anxiety that comes with it, and how it can be heightened after already going through a big loss. They share their best tips for how to reframe and cope with it, how modern technology like Find My Friends can both help and hurt those anxieties, and how your "sad-o-meter" changes after you've endured loss. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources
    53 min
  • When You're Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop

    Pop, Fizz, Clink! The Mourning Crew celebrates one year! Kathy, Kelsey, and Mads take a moment to thank both the listeners & each other for an incredible year. In this episode, the Crew talks about what it's like when life feels "too good". They explain how the "waiting for the other shoe to drop" feeling creeps in and what it takes to get rid of it. They also discuss how mental health can be connected to this feeling, specifically through depression & anxiety. As the veteran griever, Kathy shares some of the "armor" she's learned from her grief journey to help get her out of those negative thoughts.

    Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources

    1 hr 1 min
  • When Kelsey's Sister Joins The Crew

    In this week's episode, Kelsey's younger sister Kylie joins the Mourning Crew! Kathy and Mads take the reins asking questions and we hear about the differences between the sisters, how their parents helped "mastermind" them being close growing up and how their relationship changed after losing their mom. Kylie shares how she endured her graduation one day after her mom passed, her biggest takeaways and tips having gone through this, and her perspective to some of the same moments Kelsey has discussed. Kylie also reveals her initial reaction to Kelsey telling her she was starting a podcast with two girls she never met. Kylie's Instagram: @kylierothhouse.Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: [email protected] / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources.

    1 hr 5 min
  • When It Makes You Rethink Health

    Kathy and Kelsey tackle the topic of health and how watching a parent battle a terminal illness (both physically & mentally) changed how they both think about health. In this ep, they talk about the importance of their own health, how they view the health of others, and things they do or don't do for themselves. They talk about experiences in hospitals, how they want to remember their parents healthy, and what actions they've started to take. (We missed Mads and can't wait to have her back next week!) TW: Cancer

    1 hr 8 min

About The Mourning Crew

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Three millennial gals normalize talking about grief. Having each experienced a big loss, we know life isn’t always a tragic place with the sad movie music playing in the background. We can cry, but…