203 Episodes

  1. My Carefully Cultivated Life: Rebuilding After Suicide Loss

    Published: 8/14/2022

  2. Six Years Later; My Family Sits Down to Reflect

    Published: 8/11/2022

  3. Season 3 Recap; Meaningful Conversations Revisited

    Published: 7/25/2022

  4. Relationships After Suicide Loss; Is Implicit Bias Involved?

    Published: 7/17/2022

  5. What to Say; What Not to Say (TO Suicide Loss Grievers or AS a Griever in Response)

    Published: 6/26/2022

  6. Secret's from Wonderland; Story Time for Grievers

    Published: 6/12/2022

  7. When You are in Such Very Different Places; Marriage After Loss of a Child to Suicide

    Published: 6/5/2022

  8. Are We Too Sensitive?; Why the Empathetic Become Changemakers

    Published: 5/29/2022

  9. Accepting She Died by Suicide; Erin's Yoga is Healing Grief & Trauma

    Published: 5/22/2022

  10. Grief Waves Years After Loss; Different or the Same?

    Published: 5/15/2022

  11. Dan Maigler - From Tale to Tail; A Mission in Paws for Patrick

    Published: 5/8/2022

  12. Caro's Mum Died by Suicide; Being the Change to Help Others

    Published: 4/29/2022

  13. Lynn Brooks-Lewis's Story; "I Choose to Live" after the Suicide Loss of her Son

    Published: 4/24/2022

  14. Finding Clarity After Suicide Loss; Is it Even Possible?

    Published: 4/19/2022

  15. My Best Friend died by Suicide; His Lasting Impact

    Published: 4/10/2022

  16. Suicide Can Happen in Any Family; A Mother's Humble Realization

    Published: 3/28/2022

  17. How Long Does Grieving Take; Is Something Wrong with Me?

    Published: 3/21/2022

  18. Seven Years After Suicide Loss; A Widow & Her New Hopes

    Published: 3/13/2022

  19. Funerals during a Pandemic; Plus Tools, Signs and Healing from Trauma

    Published: 2/27/2022

  20. Trauma Induced Creativity; Why Helping Helps Us

    Published: 2/20/2022

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This podcast focuses on surviving life after a suicide loss, an experience that can be devastating and leave you feeling lost as you try to pick up the pieces of your shattered heart. The host, Melissa Bottorff-Arey, lost her 21-year-old son, Alex, to suicide on August 7, 2016, and brings (& often shares) her insights from her personal journey. In each episode, Melissa engages in honest and challenging conversations with other survivors of loss, healers, and mental health experts. She also produces shorter solo episodes where she reflects on her own thoughts and experiences thus far. The podcast covers a wide range of relevant topics and addresses difficult questions. Melissa explores all aspects of grief, including trauma, hope, healing, self-care, legacy, and stigma. She believes that we learn to live alongside our grief rather than get ing over it. Actual change comes through authentic, meaningful connections and mindful choices. For supporters or educators, these conversations provide valuable insights and shine a light on suicide and grief genuinely and unapologetically. Listeners who are grieving a suicide loss can find comfort in the community and hope for a better tomorrow. Melissa aims to help others, like herself, transition from merely surviving to discovering a life filled with meaning and, potentially, even happiness amid the leftover pieces around you.[Please NOTE: This podcast is for only relational, informational, and entertainment purposes. It candidly and openly discusses sensitive and sometimes activating topics. There will be no in-depth or graphic descriptions of the method, but merely the possible mention of suicide, murder, rape, and the like. Be guided and care for yourself accordingly. Also, Melissa is not a doctor or licensed therapist, and nothing on this podcast should be taken in place of, or as, medical/mental health advice or recommendations.]