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Coming Back: Conversations on life after loss

May 30, 2018

On an ordinary Monday morning, Debbie Augenthaler's husband, Jim, died suddenly in her arms. On that day, she not only lost her husband, best friend, and life partner, but her dream of having children him, their future plans, their home, and their circle of still-married friends. This week Debbie and I are talking about...


May 24, 2018

After "unhitching" herself from her high-conflict marriage, Sunny Joy McMillan ran... FAR. After three years of running, she was hit with massive grief for her ex-husband and the life she no longer lived. We're talking about the losses we create ourselves (like chosen breakups, moves, and job changes) and how you...


May 16, 2018

Coming Back turns 1! I'm celebrating my first year as a podcaster and inviting you to my exclusive, hour-long Facebook LIVE party on Wednesday, 5/16 in The Grief Growers' Garden.

Join me live on Facebook Wednesday, 5/16 at 7:30pm Central in The Grief Growers' Garden: 


May 9, 2018

Julia Samuel was fed up with people mentally and emotionally attacking themselves in midst of their grief. So she wrote Grief Works, a book that not only normalizes grief, but reminds us that we all grieve differently. This week, we're talking about the uniqueness of English grief, the reality of feeling grief as...


May 2, 2018

An everyday activity turned into a nightmare for Megan Devine who watched her partner, Matt, drown during one of their usual "quick dips" in the river. Her community, Refuge In Grief, and new book, It’s OK That You’re Not OK: Meeting Grief & Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand, are powerful beacons for...