Trying Our Best: Parenting, Grief, and the Trauma We Carry

Trying Our Best: Parenting, Grief, and the Trauma We Carry

In this episode of Trauma Candy Salad, we sit with the kind of trauma that doesn’t always have a single moment — the kind that builds quietly through parenting, grief, and absence.


Kyle shares a submission from a single mother raising an autistic son through years of unpredictability, fear, shame, relief, and eventual healing. Ashley reads a story from a mom unpacking emotional neglect, absent parents, and the deep desire to do better for her own kids. Sammi shares a heartbreaking story about losing a sibling to suicide and the lasting weight of grief, love, and the words we wish we’d said.

This episode explores parenting trauma, emotional neglect, autism and behavioral health, suicide loss, and generational healing — with compassion, honesty, and care.

If any of the topics in this episode are heavy for you, help and support are available:

• 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (U.S.) — Call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org

• Crisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741

• NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) — nami.org

• Autism Society — autism-society.org

🍬 Candy Bowl: Chocolate-Covered Pretzels, Sour Patch Kids, and M&Ms

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As always, take what you need, leave what you don’t — and remember, no matter what you’re carrying, there’s always room for a little sweetness.

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