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Survived to Thrive Podcast

Amy Miller

122 episodes

2 weeks ago

We explore how the word should adds shame to suicide grief and offer simple reframes that invite compassion, especially during the holidays. We share three harmful shoulds, teach a four-step should detox, and close with guided statements to ground the body and heart. • holiday stress intensifying suicide grief • why should thoughts punish rather than guide • three common shoulds that harm survivors • compassionate reframes that reduce self-blame • how thoughts shape feelings and behavior • f...

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We explore how the word should adds shame to suicide grief and offer simple reframes that invite compassion, especially during the holidays. We share three harmful shoulds, teach a four-step should detox, and close with guided statements to ground the body and heart. • holiday stress intensifying suicide grief • why should thoughts punish rather than guide • three common shoulds that harm survivors • compassionate reframes that reduce self-blame • how thoughts shape feelings and behavior • f...

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Episodes (20/122)

Survived to Thrive Podcast

Episode 122: Dropping Should From Your Grief Vocabulary

We explore how the word should adds shame to suicide grief and offer simple reframes that invite compassion, especially during the holidays. We share three harmful shoulds, teach a four-step should detox, and close with guided statements to ground the body and heart. • holiday stress intensifying suicide grief • why should thoughts punish rather than guide • three common shoulds that harm survivors • compassionate reframes that reduce self-blame • how thoughts shape feelings and behavior • f...

2 weeks ago

21 minutes

Survived to Thrive Podcast

Episode 121: Finding Peace After Suicide Loss

We redefine peace after suicide loss as a daily practice that lives alongside grief, not a finish line or proof you are over it. We share trauma-informed tools, clean vs dirty pain, and five practical steps to make room for safety, meaning, and a future you still deserve. • peace as practice rather than destination • grief brain lies and unhelpful beliefs • nervous system regulation for safety • guilt, shame, and dirty pain re-frames • allowing grief waves without panic • creating meaning in...

1 month ago

24 minutes

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Episode 120: When you don't feel like doing ANYTHING!

We explore why grief after suicide loss can erase motivation and how to honor that reality without shame. We reframe “doing nothing” as healing, then map tiny actions, five-minute care, and honest limits that support your nervous system and your life. • what the grieving brain is doing when motivation vanishes • how the “I don’t want to” loop fuels heaviness and inaction • allowing feelings to reduce resistance and pressure • choosing the next smallest step instead of the whole task • loweri...

1 month ago

22 minutes

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Episode 119: When Other Relationships Struggle After Losing A Loved One.

We explore how suicide loss reshapes marriages, families, friendships, and the relationship with self, and we share practical tools to repair or release ties with clarity and compassion. We offer boundary scripts, ways to communicate needs, and five steps to rebuild trust without bitterness. • grief creating a before and after that shifts every relationship • different grieving styles in partners and how to reconnect • emotional responsibility to reduce resentment • family conflict, blame cy...

2 months ago

22 minutes

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Episode 118: When more tragedy strikes, dealing with the triggers.

We explore why public tragedy reactivates suicide grief and how to respond with steadiness, compassion, and choice. We share practical tools to set media boundaries, ground the body, reclaim agency, and honor our loved ones with purpose. • why headlines mirror the original loss • triggers as signals that guide healing • naming emotions to create space • limiting media to protect the nervous system • simple grounding that restores safety • channeling pain into acts of meaning • anchoring to y...

2 months ago

25 minutes

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Episode 117: When It's Time To Shift After Suicide Loss.

Survivors of suicide loss often experience an inner nudge suggesting it's time to shift and move forward with life, bringing feelings of guilt, fear, and confusion about what this transition should look like. • Recognizing that grief has no timeline, but eventually leads to the sixth stage where we seek meaning • Understanding that moving forward doesn't mean we've stopped grieving or forgotten our loved ones • Questioning painful thoughts like "if I move forward, it means I didn't lov...

3 months ago

15 minutes

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Episode 116: When Overwhelm Feels Too Heavy

Overwhelm after suicide loss feels uniquely crushing, but there are practical ways to navigate these heavy feelings without trying to do everything at once. We explore why overwhelm feels different after suicide loss and share a step-by-step approach to break free from the paralysis it creates. • Overwhelm comes from our thoughts about circumstances, not the circumstances themselves • Four reasons suicide grief creates intense overwhelm: unanswered questions, emotional complexity, energy dep...

4 months ago

15 minutes

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Episode 115: When Grief Needs More Than Time

The painful journey of grief after losing someone to suicide rarely follows a simple timeline. When is "giving it time" not enough? When should you consider reaching out for professional help? That question sits at the heart of this deeply personal episode where we explore the critical difference between grief that heals and grief that harms. While there's no "normal" way to grieve a suicide loss, there are warning signs that your grief has transformed into something that requires more than ...

5 months ago

29 minutes

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Episode 114: Asking Why: The Search for Answers After Suicide Loss

Why did they do it? This question haunts every survivor of suicide loss, creating a continuous loop of painful speculation that can keep us trapped in grief. In episode 114 of the Survived to Thrive podcast, Amy Miller explores the complex relationship suicide loss survivors have with the question "why" and how it can either deepen our suffering or guide us toward healing. Our brains desperately seek resolution after trauma, treating unanswered questions like energy-draining open browser tab...

6 months ago

13 minutes

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Episode 113: Anxiety After Loss: Understanding the Why and Healing The How

That racing heart at 3 AM. The constant checking on loved ones. The spiral of "what-ifs." If anxiety has become your unwelcome companion since losing someone to suicide, you're facing one of grief's most challenging but least discussed symptoms. Anxiety after suicide loss isn't a sign of weakness or failure—it's your brain's natural response to having your sense of safety shattered. When someone dies by suicide, our minds desperately try to restore order by scanning constantly for danger, ev...

6 months ago

27 minutes

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Episode 112: How to find friends that support you and get it!

Friendship becomes a complicated landscape to navigate after losing someone to suicide. That steady ground of connection we once took for granted suddenly shifts beneath our feet as we discover who can truly handle the weight of our grief and who cannot. What's particularly jarring is how the people we expected would be our rocks often disappear, while unlikely sources of support emerge from unexpected corners of our lives. Grief performs a strange alchemy on our relationships. It transforms...

7 months ago

20 minutes

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Episode 111: When grief meets financial insecurity!

Financial insecurity often accompanies suicide loss, creating additional stress during an already devastating time. While grief alone is overwhelming, money problems can add confusion, fear, guilt, and anger as survivors navigate the aftermath. • Survivors frequently face unexpected financial challenges after suicide loss • The deceased may have been the primary breadwinner or left behind financial disorganization • Shame often prevents survivors from addressing financial concerns openly • F...

7 months ago

21 minutes

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Episode 110: When Divorce Is On The Horizon

Suicide loss fundamentally changes who we are, and sometimes these changes lead couples down divergent paths that can end in divorce. The aftermath of suicide often exposes existing fractures in relationships or creates new challenges as each partner processes grief differently. • Double grief occurs when navigating both suicide loss and the end of a marriage • Common struggles include blame, different grieving styles, emotional shutdown, and resentment • Grief acts as a portal that exposes ...

8 months ago

19 minutes

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Episode 109: When Work Feels Like Too Much: Returning to Work After Suicide Loss

The jarring disconnect between your shattered world and the normal workplace environment can feel impossible to navigate after losing someone to suicide. Whether you're returning after a few days of bereavement leave or struggling months later, this episode walks through the complex reality of grief in professional settings and offers practical guidance. Grief fog isn't just emotional—it's your brain's protective response to overwhelming loss. When you can't concentrate on spreadsheets or cl...

9 months ago

14 minutes

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Episode 108: When Grief Works Against You

Grief serves as a natural healing mechanism after losing someone to suicide, but certain thought patterns and behaviors can transform it from a healing tool into an obstacle that keeps us stuck. • Grief is love with nowhere to go - an extension of our deep connection with the person we lost • Our brains physically rewire in response to loss as they try to understand our new reality • Signs grief is working against you include persistent guilt, avoiding memories, emotional stagnation, and ina...

9 months ago

21 minutes

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Episode 107: Why Grief Makes You Sweat The Small Stuff And How To Overcome It.

Grief physically changes your brain, magnifying minor frustrations and triggering disproportionate emotional responses to life's small annoyances. Understanding the neuroscience behind these reactions can help survivors of suicide loss develop practical strategies to regain perspective when everyday stressors feel overwhelming. • Grief impacts three key brain areas: the prefrontal cortex, limbic system, and default mode network • Minor inconveniences like losing keys or spilling drinks can t...

9 months ago

26 minutes

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Episode 106: The Power of Planning For The Future.

We explore the healing power of making future plans after suicide loss, demonstrating how looking forward can create purpose and stability while honoring our grief journey. Planning isn't about forgetting our loved ones but choosing to live fully despite loss, integrating our grief into a meaningful future. • Grief after suicide loss often leaves survivors feeling stuck in survival mode, resistant to planning ahead • Moving forward doesn't mean moving on—it means integrating grief while stil...

9 months ago

21 minutes

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Episode 105: How to deal with not getting any closure.

Closure after suicide loss—it's what so many of us desperately seek,yet what if closure isn't something we're meant to have? What if it's not even real? In this deeply compassionate exploration of grief after suicide loss, Amy challenges the common belief that we need answers and understanding before we can heal. She reveals how the pursuit of closure can actually keep us stuck in our grief, preventing us from moving forward. The painful reality of suicide is that it often comes suddenly, un...

9 months ago

13 minutes

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Episode 104: Can I love my life again?

In this episode we explores the possibility of loving life again after suicide loss, challenging the painful lie that grief tells survivors about never finding happiness after such devastating loss. • Healing doesn't mean "moving on" from your loved one but carrying them with you as you create a meaningful life • Feeling joy isn't betraying the person you lost - loving your life doesn't mean you love them any less • Breaking free from victim mentality gives you power to choose how you move f...

10 months ago

15 minutes

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Episode 103: The Company You Keep In Grief.

Join us for a heartfelt exploration of how the people in our lives shape our grief and healing journey. In today’s episode, we discuss the often-overlooked influence of our relationships on how we process loss, particularly when it comes to the complex emotions surrounding the suicide of a loved one. Host Amy Miller sheds light on emotional differentiation and its importance in navigating grief without being overwhelmed by others' emotions. In this episode we take a deep dive into...

10 months ago

18 minutes