Grief Is My Side Hustle

Father's Day Special Join Meghan in this special conversation with her long time high school friend, Lindsey Mead Russell, about losing her father-in-law and father within six weeks of each other. Lindsey talks poetry, writing and long months of tears as ways we actively grieve.

Join Meghan as she talks with Orange is the New Black Actress, Alysia Reiner (Fig) about losing her dad over a decade ago, growing in grief, maintaining a relationship with his memory for herself and her daughter and how she celebrates the anniversary of his death.  Alysia is so warm and generous with her thoughts and feelings on grief and self care, you will find yourself wanting to listen again.

 

https://www.alysiareiner.com

 

 

 

 

Join Meghan as she talks books with writer/editor and author of THE HOT ONE: A MEMOIR OF FRIENDSHIP SEX AND MURDER, Carolyn Murnick.  Carolyn discusses the gruesome death of her childhood best friend and how writing is a tool to process grief.

https://www.carolynmurnick.com/

You all are in for such an incredible treat. Poet Tetyana Denford joins Meghan's on Grief is My Side Hustle to discuss Tetyana's ethereal book of poetry "Conversation with Grief." Meghan fan girls big time as she and Tetyana discuss writing, walking in nature and connecting to others as a way to grieve. Join Meghan as she falls in love with this extraordinary poet and her beautiful words. 

 

https://www.instagram.com/tetyanawrites/?hl=en

 

 

Holidays can be so painful without your loved one.  Join Meghan as she talks with mother, advocate, writer and force of nature Carrie Schmitt about living through the sudden death of her 7 year old son, Jackson, from a rare form of cancer only a short time after his diagnosis.  This conversation is full of heart and courage as Carrie helps us think about learning to grieve while still parenting her younger son, what it means to own your story and how to keep writing it.

https://carrieschmitt.com

In this episode I talk with Liz Gleeson of "Shapes of Grief" Podcast. Liz is a therapist in Ireland who specializes in grief and loss. She is a truly compassionate and skilled interviewer who has brings extensive knowledge and curiosity to her interviews, helping us all to become better grief informed. 

What a delight to have Amanda Seyderhelm, therapist, writer and host of the podcast Helping Children Smile Again as my guest on the podcast.  Our conversation opens up some of the mysteries of navigating loss with children and what play therapy is all about.  Such a warm, thoughtful and smart therapist, Amanda talks generously about her life's work and why she finds it so rewarding.

For more information on Amanda and her books and podcast go to her website: www.amandaseyderhelm.com

Meghan talks with Crissi Kelly--Founder of AbScent, a Uk charity that supports people who have experienced smell loss. Chrissi reflects on her own health journey, creating the resources she wanted to see in the world and organization's growth due to COVID-19 to over 60K. Really excited for you to get to meet Chrissi!

The incredibly lovely Paul O'Kane lost his brother Mick 38 years ago when he was 15, and his brother was only 17. In this heartfelt conversation Paul discusses the loss he felt as a teen, and how he has carried into adulthood particularly as father. Both raised Irish Catholic, Paul and Meghan discuss afterlife and where they both shake out on heaven.

You can also take some time and read Paul in his own words:

https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/world-asthma-day--one-mans-story-of-loss-230529.html

This Mother's Day, join Meghan in conversation with Anne Malabre. Anne is writer, a poet, an educator in trauma awareness and nonviolent activism, as well as an advocate and survivor of gender violence. Anne talks to Meghan about the loss of her twin sons in premature birth, and multiple pregnancy loss and what it means to mother children over time.