No Speeches, No Platitudes: What to Say After Suicide Loss with Shelby Forsythia
Words matter. After suicide loss, the things people say—or do not say—can either soften the loneliness or deepen the pain. Grievers are often met with platitudes, awkward silence, spiritual bypassing,...
30 Jul 57min
Grief in Everyday Life: When Child Loss Shows Up in Ordinary Moments
Leave me a voicemail here: 🎙 Leave me a message Long-term grief after child loss does not only show up on birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, or the obviously hard days. Sometimes grief appears in th...
20 Jul 36min
When You Don’t Trust Yourself Anymore: Guilt and Motherhood After Child Loss
After child loss by suicide, many grieving mothers do not only miss their child — they also stop trusting themselves. In this episode of Down the Rabbit Hole, Melissa explores one of the most under-ta...
6 Jul 34min
Legacy After Child Loss by Suicide: What Alex Taught Me About Carrying Love Forward
After child loss by suicide, legacy can become a bridge from survival into connection, meaning, and carrying love forward. In this episode of Down the Rabbit Hole, Melissa reads her chapter from Becau...
30 Jun 46min
I Survived, But I Don’t Know Who I Am: Identity After the Loss of a Child by Suicide
What happens when you survive the earliest years of grief, but no longer recognize yourself? In this episode of Down the Rabbit Hole, Melissa explores the identity crisis many grieving mothers face af...
22 Jun 21min
Grief on Screen: What TV and Movies Reveal About Child Loss and Long-Term Grief
🎙 Leave me a message: Share a question, your story, or your person’s name for a future episode → theleftoverpieces.com/voicemail Email me at: melissa@theleftoverpieces.com Sometimes fictional grief s...
19 Jun 35min
Identifying a Potential New Risk Factor for Youth Suicide | A Conversation with Paul D. Tieger
In this brief but so important Bonus "Mini-sode", Melissa sits down with internationally recognized personality expert and author Paul D. Tieger to discuss groundbreaking new research exploring a poss...
27 Mai 23min
20 Years After Suicide Loss: Tracy Oeser on Grief, Healing & Survival to Service
In this deeply honest conversation about suicide loss and long-term grief, Melissa sits down with Tracy Oeser, MSPsy — suicide loss survivor, grief educator, bereavement coach, and founder of Journey ...
25 Mai 1h 10min
