The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations

Suicide loss changes everything. The Leftover Pieces® Podcast explores life after suicide through honest conversations with survivors, experts, and grieving parents learning to live forward after unimaginable loss. Parents, partners, siblings, and friends share what it means to keep living when the world has been forever changed.

Hosted by Melissa Bottorff-Arey, whose 21-year-old son Alex died by suicide in 2016, the show blends intimate conversations with survivors, healers, and mental health professionals with short solo reflections you can actually use. Together we explore child loss, trauma and nervous-system care, anniversaries and seasons, stigma, faith and meaning, legacy, and the everyday practices that help make life livable again.

At its heart, this podcast is about learning to live forward after loss. We never move on from the people we love, but we can learn to carry the grief differently. This road can feel incredibly lonely—but you are not alone here.

For supporters, educators, and professionals, these conversations also offer insight into the realities of suicide grief and what genuine, non-fixing support can look like.

If you’d like to share your story or expertise, you can request to be a guest through Melissa’s website.

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Content Note
This podcast speaks candidly about grief and suicide loss and may feel activating for some listeners. We avoid graphic descriptions and discussion of suicide methods. Please care for yourself as needed. Melissa is not a doctor or licensed therapist, and nothing shared here should be considered medical or mental-health advice.

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Episoder(330)

You Don’t Have to Hold It All: Letting Your Heart Lead the Way

A daily December series offering tender, truthful support for surviving the holidays after suicide loss — with grief, grace, and gentle company. Get THE Leftover Pieces APP & don't miss anything! 👉 ...

5 Des 20255min

Soft Landings Only: Creating Gentle Space in a Heavy Month

4 Des 20255min

Grief & Grace in December: Allowing Yourself to Feel What’s Real

3 Des 20254min

Letting Go of the “Shoulds”: Releasing Holiday Pressure After Suicide Loss

2 Des 20256min

Surviving December After Suicide Loss: When the Holidays Arrive Before You’re Ready

Surviving December After Suicide Loss: When the Holidays Arrive Before You’re Ready... A daily December series offering tender, truthful support for surviving the holidays after suicide loss — with gr...

1 Des 20255min

Your Mind Won’t Let You Move Forward: The Power of Subconscious Healing after Suicide Loss

Today I’m joined by Emily Dziedzic, a subconscious change practitioner who helps high-achieving women break free from anxiety, fear, and emotional overwhelm using fast, root-level rewiring. And this w...

30 Nov 202547min

Grief After Suicide: Month Wrap-Up & What Comes Next

Get THE Leftover Pieces APP & don't miss anything! CLICK HERE TODAY -- You’ve spent a month practicing gentler ways to carry what can’t be undone—and that practice is portable. Journal prompt: “My ta...

31 Okt 20256min

Wrap Pt 2: Becoming on Purpose + Weaving the Light

Get THE Leftover Pieces APP & don't miss anything! CLICK HERE TODAY -- Identity trickled back in micro-acts, and then we stitched everything together with thresholds, pacing, and touchstones. Journal...

30 Okt 20255min