A podcast for everyone touched by grief - which, as our hosts figure, is all the humans.
Hosted by Rebecca and Andrea, a therapist and a social scientist whose friendship deepened when they were connected by each having lost their father. Through the shared bond of being in “the club no one wants to be in,” they explored death, connection, mortality, and life. As they watched grief be bottled up around them they decided to bring grief to light and continue to explore all the ways that we, all the humans, experience it. They hope to inspire honest dialogue, create connections, and obliterate the loneliness that can come from the societal pressure to hold it alone.
We hope you’ll join the conversation.
A podcast for everyone touched by grief - which, as our hosts figure, is all the humans.
Hosted by Rebecca and Andrea, a therapist and a social scientist whose friendship deepened when they were connected by each having lost their father. Through the shared bond of being in “the club no one wants to be in,” they explored death, connection, mortality, and life. As they watched grief be bottled up around them they decided to bring grief to light and continue to explore all the ways that we, all the humans, experience it. They hope to inspire honest dialogue, create connections, and obliterate the loneliness that can come from the societal pressure to hold it alone.
We hope you’ll join the conversation.
In this heartfelt conversation, Andrea and Rebecca talk with husband and wife director team Jason and Blue Gerber. Together they explore the intricate relationship between grief, art, and storytelling. The directors discuss their personal experiences with grief as well as the process of creating a documentary about artist Chelli Look, and the transformative power of forgiveness. The episode weaves through themes of healing, the impact of nature, and the importance of reflection, culminating in a deeper understanding of how art can serve as a medium for processing complex emotions. The documentary and the conversation explore the cyclical nature of grief and the hope that can emerge from it.
Connect with Jason and Blue
Online https://www.jasonandblue.com/
Instagram @jasonandblue
And watch Dusk Dawn https://www.dawnduskfilm.com/
Chapters
00:00
Heartfelt Connections: Morning Reflections
02:53
Introducing the Creative Duo: Jason and Blue
05:53
Navigating Grief: Personal Stories and Reflections
11:56
The Journey of Filmmaking: Discovering Shelley's Story
17:43
Forgiveness and Healing: A Deeper Dive into the Narrative
26:20
The Journey of Forgiveness
29:45
Understanding the Complexity of Forgiveness
32:26
The Role of Grief in Healing
36:20
The Filmmaking Experience: Listening and Processing
38:57
Shelley's Growth and Transformation in Italy
44:48
The Unexpected Twist in Filmmaking
45:24
The Intimacy of Storytelling
46:37
Finding Truth Through Grief
48:15
The Healing Power of Florence
50:04
Returning to Joy and Creation
51:58
The Journey of Self-Discovery
54:03
The Significance of Dawn and Dusk
57:59
Hope and Healing in Grief
59:20
Sharing the Film with the World
01:00:07
Personal Reflections on Grief
Keywords
grief, storytelling, documentary, forgiveness, healing, art, filmmaking, personal stories, emotional journey, relationships
In this episode, Andrea and Rebecca interview Hannah Rumsey and explore the profound (and often unacknowledged) pain associated with the loss of a friend. Hannah shares how her experiences of being unmet and unseen in her grief taught her the importance of acknowledgment in the healing process. As Hannah moved through her grief, she decided to act on the absence she found when looking for support, creating a one woman play, a podcast, and now launching a community for support in friend loss. Hannah is committed to those suffering the disenfranchised grief of friend loss through her beautiful creation of Friends Missing Friends.
Takeaways
It's really hard to move through certain phases of grief if you're not witnessed.
Feeling stuck is common in unseen and unmet grief.
Acknowledgment is a key element of supporting grief.
Emotional disconnection in grief can lead to deeper pain.
Deep healing requires both acknowledgment and connection.
Connect:
Online: https://www.friendsmissingfriends.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendsmissingfriends
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friendsmissingfriends
Meet Up with Friends Missing Friends https://www.meetup.com/friends-missing-friends/
Chapters
00:00 Heartfelt Reflections on Grief and Connection
00:52 The Healing Power of Storytelling
In this conversation, Andrea & Rebecca interview Tony Stewart, about his memoir Carrying the Tiger. Together they explore the complexities of grief, caregiving, and the emotional journey of living with a loved one's illness. They speak candidly about denial, the impact of missed moments, and the significance of support systems. This episode highlights the importance of acknowledging the caregiver's experience and the intertwining of love and grief that accompany them on the journey.
Connect with Tony
On Instagram @tonystewartny
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61570889459153
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonystewart/
and Online https://www.tonystewartauthor.com/books
Keywords
grief, healing, family dynamics, nature, vulnerability, community, emotional complexity, cancer, personal stories, support, grief, caregiving, cancer journey, memoir, emotional support, love, loss, healing, relationships, personal growth
How do we make space for grief amidst the holiday season expectations of love and joy? Andrea and Rebecca explore this topic with Brianna Rose (creator of the Hack Your Nervous System deck) who shares insights on the nervous system, emotional regulation, and the importance of honoring what we're experiencing. The discussion includes practical tools and exercises for both adults and children to learn to be with our grief and explore practices that foster emotional resilience.
Takeaways
Keywords
grief, healing, nervous system, emotional regulation, holidays, connection, Brianna Rose, mindfulness, self-care, mental health
Order Brianna's Nervous System Decks:
https://hackyournervoussystem.org/collections/all
Find Brianna on Instagram:
@ hackyournervoussystem
For our two-year anniversary, Andrea chose this episode to re-release. This conversation on how trauma, resilience, and healing shape us resonates with Andrea's practices during Día de Muertos. We hope your heart finds some note of sweetness for your grief in this rebroadcast.
Original show notes:
In this episode, Andrea and Rebecca welcome Dr. Ramona Beltrán to talk about ancestral grief and the ways that we carry the trauma - and the love and strength - of those who came before us. Dr. Beltrán reminds us to invite complexity, be open to shifting in the ways we see ourselves and others, and to continue to evolve in our understanding of self, our ancestors, and one another.
For our two-year anniversary, we are re-releasing episodes that speak to our grief. Today's re-release is chosen by Rebecca. It's our conversation with poet, Andrea Gibson.
Original episode description:
In this episode Andrea and Rebecca welcome poet and spoken word artist, Andrea Gibson to talk about love, mortality, embracing the chaos and when fear turned into grief, which became awe. Andrea shares their "stage 4 wisdom" and the three wind through hyperbaric chambers and the cosmos with laughter, insights, and of course, poetry.
You can find Andrea Gibson's work at
www.andreagibson.org
on Instagram @andreagibson
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AndreaGibsonPoetry/
More About Andrea:
Andrea Gibson is one of the most celebrated and influential spoken word artists of our time. Best known for their live performances, Gibson has changed the landscape of what it means to attend a “poetry show.” Gibson’s poems center around LGBTQ issues, spirituality, feminism, mental health and the dismantling of oppressive social systems. Andrea is the author of seven books, most recently “You Better Be Lightning.”
In this deeply moving episode, Andrea and Rebecca speak with Lindsay Stanton whose husband passed away but whose love story continues beyond the physical world. Before his death, the two shared a powerful agreement: to stay connected, no matter what.
What followed was nothing short of extraordinary. From unmistakable signs to quiet moments of guidance, Lindsay shares how her husband remains an active part of her life.
We explore:
Find Lindsay
On Instagram @thehealinggriefguide
On Facebook @lindsay.w.stanton
And her book: The Enduring and Everlasting https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2J8PJ4S
In this episode of All the Grief, we talk with author Margie Zable Fisher about The Cabernet Club, a novel her mother (Rona S. Zable) started, and one Margie made a promise to complete after her death. Guided by her mother's spirit, Margie shares the story of how finishing the book became a way to honor her mother’s voice, navigate grief, and bring this shared creative project into the world.
Book available wherever you get your books.
Find Margie
On Instagram @margiezablefisher
Rebecca and Andrea welcome therapist and poet, Moudi Sbeity to the podcast. Moudi shares how he lived outside of his peers - and even his family as a boy growing up with a severe stutter, in a country locked in external and internal wars, and his eventual move to the United States. Though always searching for stability and a place to call home, it is through poetry that he has written his story in his own voice - and has found home within himself.
A touching, poetic, and memorable episode.
Find Moudi
On Instagram @moudi.sbeity
Subscribe to Moudi's Substack www.moudisbeity.substack.com
In this episode Rebecca and Andrea talk with licensed clinical social worker, Kristy Howlett. Kristy shares the wisdom gained after over two decades of working with children as a play therapist.
She offers us - any of us with kids in our lives, not only caregivers - encouragement on how to talk about grief with children and how we can best meet them where they are.
Find out more about Kristy:
https://www.kristyhowlettlcsw.com/
Resources:
Sesame Street clip: Sesame Street - "Goodbye, Mr. Hooper" Excerpts
Books:
The 10th Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
The Hare Shaped Hole by John Dougherty and Thomas Doeherty
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld
Rebecca and Andrea invite the mystic and poet, Wendy Havlir to All the Grief to talk about the complexities of life's choices and the courage, excitement, and grief that come with following your path. For the past seven years Wendy has been walking with grief as she left a career, a marriage, and the place she called home - but ultimately found herself.
Find Wendy
On Instagram @theschoolofwildandholy
On Facebook www.facebook.com/wendyhavlircherry/
Online: www.shegathersbeauty.com
Her Book can be purchased on Amazon: https://a.co/d/i79ATDh
Or Woman Craft Publishing: https://womancraftpublishing.com/product/the-mistress-of-longing/
Rebecca and Andrea watched Good Grief, written, produced, directed by, and starring the incredible Dan Levy. It’s a film about an artist grieving the loss of his famous writer husband. As his grief unfolds he takes his two best friends on a trip to Paris, where much is revealed about loss, relationships, and their friendships.
Watch now on Netflix.
Rebecca and Andrea chat with Diandra Ford-Wing about her first book, Red Bird, a memoir detailing the tragic losses of her beloved aunt and her mother in less than a year and a half. The stunning and mysterious death of her aunt, and the heartbreak it created for her mother, caused Diandra to set her grief aside as she worked to lay her aunt to rest on the other side of the world. Her mother's subsequent loss sent Diandra searching for answers and signs from her mother.
Find Diandra:
On Intsagram @diandrafordwing
Online: www.booksbydiandra.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandrafordwing
Rebecca and Andrea talk with Carolyn Flyer who was succeeding as “Corporate Carolyn” before she knew world shattering grief was told by not one, but two, psychics that she would be of service to others in grief as a psychic medium herself.
When her baby girl, Delaney, was born still everything changed. Now she helps others connect to love ones across the veil.
Find Carolyn
Online at: https://www.carolynflyer.com/
In Instagram: @cflyerintuitive
On YouTube: https://youtube.com/@carolynflyer7054?si=l1DBMRSXm7EEqusT
In this episode, Andrea and Rebecca are joined by author Kristina Amelong who shares about her new memoir, What My Bother Knew, a fascinating story about Kristina's younger brother, Jay, and his prediction of his own tragic death. Kristina shares her eye-opening journey, recounting how searching for answers to Jay's death became an integral part of her healing from abuse to her spiritual awakening.
Book available now wherever you get your books.
Find Kristina:
https://www.kristinaamelong.com/
on Instagram @optimalhealthnetwork
www.facebook.com/kristina.amelong
In this episode, we chat with Cera Marquez, creator of CC Oddities by Cera. Cera channels her grief into art using ethically sourced bugs, bones, and natural elements—pieces that speak to both the fragility and resilience of life. With a deep respect for the cycles of life and death, Cera reminds us how even in endings, there is profound beauty to be found.
Find Cera
In Instagram @ccodditiesbycera
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ccodditiesbycera
On her Website shopccodditiesbycera.com
Jonathan Niziol, model, athlete, trainer, and speaker joins Andrea and Rebecca for a conversation about how addiction was a distraction from grief. He shares how a series of losses put him on a self-destructive path until forgiveness, acceptance, and sharing his truth set him free.
Find Jonathan
https://www.jonathanniziolofficial.com/
On Instagram @jonathanniziol
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Niziol-Official/
TikTok @jonathanniziol
YouTube www.youtube.com/@jonathanniziol
Rebecca and Andrea talk with Aurena Green and Brianna Rose, sisters and co-creators of the incredible and beautiful card Deck - Planet Grief.
Both trauma therapists, yoga instructors, and fellow grievers. They lost their bright, vibrant, vivacious mom after an 8-month battle with uterine carcinosarcoma.
Her loss catalyzed an achingly profound and transformational grief journey for both of them. leading them on a path of unity, deeper connection, and creation.
Planet Grief was released this year and this conversation explores all that the loss and creation has brought forth for them.
Find Planet Grief on:
https://www.instagram.com/planet.grief/
Get your own Planet Grief Card Deck
https://hackyournervoussystem.org/products/planetgrief
In this heartfelt episode, we’re joined by Matt Jacobson, the Co-Founder and CEO of LifeBooks, a powerful platform that helps families preserve the stories, voices, and legacies of loved ones who have died. Matt shares how the loss of his own father sparked a deep desire to create something lasting—something that would allow future generations to truly know the people they’ve lost. From that grief, LifeBooks was born. We explore how creating a LifeBook can be both a healing ritual and a meaningful legacy project. Whether you're navigating loss or supporting someone who is, this conversation offers a beautiful, tangible way to honor memory, connection, and love across generations.
Learn more about LifeBooks...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifebooks.io
Website: https://lifebooks.io/
This beautiful conversation with Darnell Lamont Walker continues in Part II.
Darnell shares more about the life of a writer for children's TV and the importance of exploring death even with young audiences. He also shares his (many) other creative endeavors, his love of travel, and reminds that thinking of our death...actually makes us happier, today.
Find Darnell
online https://darnellwalker.com
On InstaGram @hello.darnell
On FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/writeous/
On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/darnellwalker/