When Grief Comes Home

By: Erin Leigh Nelson Colleen Montague LMFT and Brad Quillen
  • Summary

  • When Grief Comes Home is a podcast that supports parents who are grieving while raising children living through the loss of a parent or sibling. From how to talk to your child about the death to healing practices for resiliency, this podcast addresses challenges parents face after a significant death and ways to process, honor, and integrate the loss over time. Listeners will feel understood and better equipped to process and express their own grief as they support their child.

    The When Grief Comes Home podcast goes along with the book of the same name. The book can be ordered at https://www.amazon.com/When-Grief-Comes-Home-Supporting/dp/1540904717

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Episodes
  • Holiday Grief
    Dec 17 2024

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    Welcome to the When Grief Comes Home podcast. We're glad you're here. This podcast supports parents who are grieving a spouse, partner, or child while helping their children who are living through the loss of a parent or sibling. With personal grief stories and professional guidance, we offer parents practical tips for supporting their child who is grieving while caring for their own grief.

    This episode explores how to take care of yourself while grieving during the holidays. We highlight communication within families and provide tips on how to help children express their mixed emotions of joy and sadness during the holidays. We offer practical suggestions such as asking for help with tasks while finding meaningful ways to remember loved ones.

    As the year draws to a close, families in grief face emotional complexities. Some may feel a sense of relief at leaving a painful year behind, while others may struggle with moving forward. We explore various ways to remember loved ones from family ceremonies to new traditions. You will discover how ceremonies like candle lighting can provide a sense of connection and solace.

    Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and leave us a review. The more stars, reviews, and downloads the show receives, the more parents and families in grief can find support.

    Pre-order the book When Grief Comes Home https://a.co/d/ijaiP5L

    For more information on Jessica’s House or for additional resources, please go to jessicashouse.org

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    30 mins
  • Opening to Grief
    Dec 3 2024

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    Welcome to the When Grief Comes Home podcast. We're glad you're here. This podcast supports parents who are grieving a spouse, partner, or child while helping their children who are living through the loss of a parent or sibling. With personal grief stories and professional guidance, we offer parents practical tips for supporting their child who is grieving while caring for their own grief.

    This episode explores how to be present to the emotions of grief and allow our community to support us. As we mourn during the early days, we create space for emotional processing and expression. We discuss how to accept help and the natural tendency to push grief away, emphasizing that it’s never too late to seek healing through personal rituals or community ceremonies.

    Parents will learn ways to help their children express overwhelming emotions and discover how they can be pillars of stability as they reflect and mirror their grief processes. This episode is a compassionate guide toward finding long-term support, balancing personal and family needs, and ensuring that mourning can open you to deeper connections and emotional resilience.

    Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and leave us a review. The more stars, reviews, and downloads the show receives, the more parents and families in grief can find support.

    Pre-order the book When Grief Comes Home https://a.co/d/ijaiP5L

    For more information on Jessica’s House or for additional resources, please go to jessicashouse.org

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    54 mins
  • Grieving through the Holidays
    Nov 18 2024

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    Welcome to the When Grief Comes Home podcast. We're glad you're here. This podcast supports parents who are grieving a spouse, partner, or child while helping their children who are living through the loss of a parent or sibling. With personal grief stories and professional guidance, we offer parents practical tips for supporting their child who is grieving while caring for their own grief.

    In this episode, we explore how the holidays can increase the weight of our grief. How can you honor each person's unique way of grieving while communicating about individual needs surrounding the holidays? Practical adjustments, such as minimizing decorations and rethinking gift-giving, are suggested to help families through the holidays.

    We discover how parents can model healthy mourning for their children during the holidays and share ways to remember their loved ones.

    Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and leave us a review. The more stars, reviews, and downloads the show receives, the more parents and families in grief can find support.

    Pre-order the book When Grief Comes Home https://a.co/d/ijaiP5L

    For more information on Jessica’s House or for additional resources, please go to jessicashouse.org

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    39 mins

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