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The Widowed Parent Podcast

Apr 29, 2020

I had such a great discussion with Julie Lythcott-Haims for this episode. This is one of those episodes that is not grief-specific, it’s for all parents, and it’s also not specific to any age group of kids. Julie is the New York Times bestselling author of “How to Raise an Adult,” and she was kind enough to come...


Apr 22, 2020

I had the loveliest discussion with Elke Thompson for this episode. Elke is a widowed mom in Scotland – originally from Germany – and after her husband died, she couldn’t find any books to answer the many questions her then-three-year-old had about his dad’s death. She decided to write her own … but there were...


Apr 18, 2020

Thank you to Buffy Peters of Hamilton's Academy of Grief and Loss, at Hamilton's Funeral Home in Des Moines, Iowa, for speaking with me for this pandemic special episode.

We originally planned to talk about children and funerals during the pandemic, but it ended up being a broader discussion that will be useful to...


Apr 15, 2020

I had such a great discussion with Leslie Barber for this episode. Leslie is a widowed parent in Portland, Oregon, and is the founder of Grief Warrior. In this episode Leslie talks about losing her husband, Steve, when her daughter was almost 7, and about their experiences with grief since them.

Some topics we discuss...


Apr 8, 2020

I had such a great discussion with Michele Neff Hernandez for this episode. Michele is the founder and executive director of Soaring Spirits International, which runs Camp Widow in multiple locations each year, as well as many other programs for widowed people.

Soaring Spirits uses the broadest possible definition...