S4E22 - Prema Paxton — The Deep Love at the Bottom of Grief
Dying Your Way5 Nov 2025

S4E22 - Prema Paxton — The Deep Love at the Bottom of Grief

When Prema Paxton’s 20-year-old son Lance died from fentanyl poisoning, her world stopped. In this intimate conversation, Prema shares her family’s story, the memorial they created forLance, and how she now serves other grieving parents through Love in the Trenches (LITT).

She offers free online classes blending restorative yoga, meditation, and Yoga Nidra to help grief move through the body. Explore them at loveinthetrenches.org/litt-yoga.

Donations to support LITT’s programs can be made here: loveinthetrenches.org/donate.

Prema also leads Soham Retreats in Sweden—safe, nurturing spaces to rest and reconnect. Learn more at soham.se/grief-loss-love.

Highlights

  • Lance’s story and the fentanyl epidemic

  • Speaking truth to reduce stigma around overdose deaths

  • The deep love underneath unbearable pain

  • How yoga, breath, and stillness ease the body’s trauma

  • Creating a “sacred altar of the heart” for unconditional self-love

  • The healing power of community and shared presence

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Host: Claire O’Berry, Dying Your Way Podcast

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