In this episode, host Liene talks about closure and the misconceptions surrounding it. She explores why we believe we need closure to move on and why that's not necessarily true. Liene discusses the importance of understanding that closure does...

In this podcast episode, Liene addresses the question of how grieving can eventually stop. She explains that while grief never completely goes away, it eventually becomes less dominant in our lives. In the early stages of grief, our brains have...

Join me this week as I speak with Colin, a remarkable individual who has shown incredible resilience in the face of unimaginable loss. Despite the heart-wrenching experience of losing his two teenage children, Colin remains unwavering in his be...

What do you think about yourself? Do you think of yourself as being capable and strong? Do you think of yourself as capable of creating the life you want? Or do you think of yourself as something less? Where are you limiting how yo...

Becoming the boss of your mind is magical. Learning to feel your emotions is life-changing. But there are days when you need to pause and meet yourself where you are with all the love, self-compassion, and zero judgmen...

In the same way, as we fuel our bodies with food, we fuel our lives with the thoughts we are thinking. A glucose monitor helps to see how certain foods affect you.  How do we create similar awareness about how our thou...

Looking back at the death of our child, we often feel guilt and regret. We think we could have done better.We could have done something else. Blaming ourselves seems the right thing to do. But how ...

Experience of loss comes with the loss of our identity or the sense of who we are. But the place never stays empty for long. So you replace it with a new identity. Does this new identity is something you want?I...

Today I want to talk about retraumatization. I'll talk about what it is and how to deal with it. We can't necessarily control when and if we will experience retraumatization events, but if we learn to recognize what is...

In my last episode, I said:- it's time to thrive this year and - grief and thriving are not mutually exclusive. I stand by what I said, and today I'll show you how to take your first three steps towards thriving. ...

We can't control what this year will bring us, but we can control the reality we create without thinking. Today I want to share with you a story my son told. I love how unique and adaptable children are. So much to learn from them....

This week I'm talking to my husband, Eriks.  Talking about losing our son is not easy, but talking helps. Talking helps to process emotions. 

Is it ok to want more from your life, or should you settle with what you have now and count your blessings? Wanting more doesn't mean you didn't love your child. Wanting more doesn't mean you don't love the things you ...

Holidays bring up a lot of emotion. We do feel more fragile and more vulnerable. We feel more of everything. Everything is heightened, and we have to deal not only with ourselves but also with other people. I’ve talked in previous e...

You know what you want, but keep doing the same as always. Sounds familiar? What keeps happening is - we slide back into autopilot and disconnect from ourselves and the things we truly want. How to disrupt the autopilot?Ask...

My oldest living son turned 7 - the age at which my son died. So naturally, reaching this milestone brought up a lot of worries and anxiety.  Listen to the episode to find out how to live with it. 

As we are approaching another holiday season, I wanted to share my thoughts on handling holidays better. Listen to the episode and find out the two most important questions to ask yourself to decide how to handle the holidays. ...

Last week I talked about not wanting to feel it anymore, and I introduced two things you can do to help with your feelings - meditation and journaling. Today I'm sharing what I have learned from this practice. 

How often do you find yourself thinking - I just can't feel it anymore. It being, pain, sadness, stress. Unfortunately, there is no shortcut to escaping your feelings,  but there is a way to deal with them in a wa...

If you ever wonder what's the point of getting better, listen to this episode where I talk about what's involved in getting better and the price of choosing to do the opposite. 

There are always things we want to change in our lives. Right after the loss, we want to feel better. We want to enjoy things again, and we have difficulty believing it's possible. Change is possible, but it doesn't ha...

This week I'm talking to Annika. Annika is no stranger to loss.  She has lived through every form of pregnancy loss and also lost one of her twin boys at birth. Join in on our conversation on loss, joy and strength. You might ...

So many of you are in pain and want help with your pain. I want to help with what you're going through in any way I can. Today, I'm sharing some pieces that I think can help you keep going and will give you some though...

Why is it important to talk about the inner critic? First, having a strong inner critic makes your grief experience even harder by constantly having to question whether you are doing it right. Second, constant questioning leaves no...

Every year there are certain calendar events. Some of these calendar and life events make us miss our children even more than usual. This is the time of the start of the new school year,  and it triggers so many of us.