Parentless Podcast Episode 76: "Grief Refuge: Soul Work"Guest: Reid Peterson, Founder of Grief Refuge In this heartfelt episode, we sit down with Reid Peterson, who has turned the profound loss of his father and stepfather into a pathway of sup

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Messages to Dad 2023

Jun 19th, 2023 7m 19s

BONUSLife Jacket Ep, Messages to Dad 2023 Thank you to everyone that participated in this project! This was NOT easy and I appreciate your willingness to share these messages.This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoeni

It's Just You and Me Now, Kid

Jun 5th, 2023 1h 6m

75, It's Just You and Me Now, KidBryna Talamantez is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist located in Texas. She has dealt with death and grief from a young age. Being that she was so young, she didn't realize that anything was out of the or

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Messages to Mom 2023

May 18th, 2023 13m 44s

BONUSLife Jacket Ep, Messages to Mom 2023 Thank you to everyone that participated in this project! This was NOT easy and I appreciate your willingness to share these messages.This is a Back Home Media production, recorded and produced in Phoeni

Pastor Russ

May 3rd, 2023 40m 48s

74, Pastor RussEmma's dad, Russell, a band-bus driving, blues harmonica playing farmer, died from a heart attack when she was 20. He was a young 46, very active, and his death was extremly unexpected. Emma and her family found out after his dea

Copenhagen Snuff

Apr 9th, 2023 33m 42s

73, Copenhagen SnuffValerie's dad died from an overdose when she was 14. Her parents were divorced and she had just been dropped off from a visit with her dad not long before she got the call, finding the police on the other end of the phone in

I Mother Myself

Mar 1st, 2023 1h 13m

72, I Mother MyselfMelissa is a licensed mental health counselor and is on a mission to help others. Melissa's mother, Julie, passed away in October 2010 from ocular melanoma, something which the family knew she had beaten previously, and they

Widows Aren't Invited Out on Saturday Nights

Feb 12th, 2023 1h 14m

71, Widows Aren't Invited Out on Saturday NightsSusan Kendal comes to us from Canada.She has experienced many deaths in her own family in a short amount of time. Susan's father suffered from heart disease for over 10 years. He was then diagnose

Just Tell Joe

Dec 2nd, 2022 57m 50s

70, Just Tell Joe Elizabeth "Liz" Entin shares about the loss of her father, Richard. She lost him later in his life several months after a stroke, but it was still a shock when he died. Liz's life did a complete 180 in some aspects, as she sta

I Did the Best I Could

Nov 16th, 2022 1h 9m

69, I Did the Best I Could As an only child who was born on her dad's 40th birthday, Dani spent 9 years with her best friend. Dani fondly recalls her dad, Bob, pulling her out of Kindergarten to watch track practice for the Indianapolis 500.

It Feels Like He's in the Room

Nov 6th, 2022 1h 16m

68, It Feels Like He's in the Room Griever. Son. Fatherless. Motherless. Husband. Coach. Optimist. CounselorDavid 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 t

My Twin Flame

Aug 27th, 2022 1h 7m

67, My Twin FlameJordyn 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 ver

They Called Her Mama Cass

Aug 15th, 2022 52m 13s

66, They Called Her Mama CassJanet'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 w

Thank God for Jesus Christ

Jun 14th, 2022 1h 2m

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 everla

Grieving Is Breathing

Jun 1st, 2022 1h 6m

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 thr

Patience Is a Virtue

May 18th, 2022 28m 4s

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

Clemmie and the Octopus of Grief

Apr 27th, 2022 58m 28s

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 m

Homicide Loss - LVM ADVNTGE

Apr 11th, 2022 56m 54s

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 tha

One Nine Three

Mar 5th, 2022 59m 20s

60, One Nine ThreeDanielle 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 eul

They Called Her Winnie

Feb 17th, 2022 1h

59, They Called Her WinnieMershon 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

Sharon

Feb 5th, 2022 41m 2s

58, SharonTracee Herbaugh is a freelance journalist, a wife, a mom, a griever, and an adult orphan. She grew up in small town Colorado and now comes to us from just outside Boston, Massachusetts.Tracee has a strong work ethic and an even strong

Chiquitita

Jan 25th, 2022 57m 43s

57, ChiquititaMonica Gomiz was 15 when her precious mom, Mary Angela, passed away. Her family was honest with her from the beginning about about the situation, which Monica is grateful for. When Monica was in college, she was looking for the p

My Art Is My Story

Dec 21st, 2021 1h 9m

56, My Art Is My Story Ashley Maclure, aka Ms. Mac to her art students, shares her story and the story of her mother, Carolyn. Carolyn came from a time when familial issues and many important topics were shoved under the rug, they weren't spoke

My Brother Bruce

Dec 18th, 2021 1h 28m

55, My Brother BruceBruce Coleman has experienced the loss of a parental figure three times in his 50 years. He himself is a husband, a father, brother, son, the list goes on. He also happens to be Steph's brother. Bruce and Steph discuss these

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Bruce, We Love You

Dec 18th, 2021 15m 32s

December 18, 2021Bruce Coleman, Stephanie's oldest brother, tells about the time he died in April 2021. Our father died of a heart attack right before he turned 50, and his mother had died much earlier, so Bruce was excited to wake up on his ow