When Grief Comes Home

By: Erin Leigh Nelson Colleen Montague LMFT and Brad Quillen
  • Summary

  • When Grief Comes Home is a podcast that supports parents who are grieving while raising children living through the loss of a parent or sibling. From how to talk to your child about the death to healing practices for resiliency, this podcast addresses challenges parents face after a significant death and ways to process, honor, and integrate the loss over time. Listeners will feel understood and better equipped to process and express their own grief as they support their child.

    The When Grief Comes Home podcast goes along with the book of the same name. The book can be ordered at https://www.amazon.com/When-Grief-Comes-Home-Supporting/dp/1540904717

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Episodes
  • Grieving through the Holidays
    Nov 18 2024

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    Welcome to the When Grief Comes Home podcast. We're glad you're here. This podcast supports parents who are grieving a spouse, partner, or child while helping their children who are living through the loss of a parent or sibling. With personal grief stories and professional guidance, we offer parents practical tips for supporting their child who is grieving while caring for their own grief.

    In this episode, we explore how the holidays can increase the weight of our grief. How can you honor each person's unique way of grieving while communicating about individual needs surrounding the holidays? Practical adjustments, such as minimizing decorations and rethinking gift-giving, are suggested to help families through the holidays.

    We discover how parents can model healthy mourning for their children during the holidays and share ways to remember their loved ones.

    Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and leave us a review. The more stars, reviews, and downloads the show receives, the more parents and families in grief can find support.

    Pre-order the book When Grief Comes Home https://a.co/d/ijaiP5L

    For more information on Jessica’s House or for additional resources, please go to jessicashouse.org

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    39 mins
  • Honoring Your Grief through Ceremonies and Funerals
    Nov 5 2024

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    Welcome to the When Grief Comes Home podcast. We're glad you're here. This podcast supports parents who are grieving a spouse, partner, or child while helping their children who are living through the loss of a parent or sibling. With personal grief stories and professional guidance, we offer parents practical tips for supporting their child who is grieving while caring for their own grief.

    This episode explores funerals, the grieving process, and how to allow space for mourning during the funeral planning process. By honoring the unique needs of grievers, we look for meaningful ways to remember your loved one.

    This episode shares practical tips and activities for involving children in funerals. We discuss how to prepare your child for what they will see and hear at a funeral and how to help children acknowledge the finality of death. Discover how comfort items, quiet spaces, and personalized elements can provide solace and honor your loved one's unique attributes.

    Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and leave us a review. The more stars, reviews, and downloads the show receives, the more parents and families in grief can find support.

    Pre-order the book When Grief Comes Home https://a.co/d/ijaiP5L

    For more information on Jessica’s House or for additional resources, please go to jessicashouse.org

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    41 mins
  • Grieving through the Changing Season
    Oct 22 2024

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    Welcome to the When Grief Comes Home podcast. We're glad you're here. This podcast supports parents who are grieving a spouse, partner, or child while helping their children who are living through the loss of a parent or sibling. With personal grief stories and professional guidance, we offer parents practical tips for supporting their child who is grieving while caring for their own grief.

    In this episode, we explore grief during the changing seasons of fall and the power of listening to your body in grief. We discuss the necessity of noticing fragility and giving yourself permission to cancel plans at the last minute if needed.

    As Halloween and the winter holidays approach, we explore the changes grieving families face. We touch on matching children's enthusiasm during the holidays while expressing how you miss the person who died.

    Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and leave us a review. The more stars, reviews, and downloads the show receives, the more parents and families in grief can find support.

    Order the book When Grief Comes Home https://a.co/d/ijaiP5L

    For more information on Jessica’s House or for additional resources, please go to jessicashouse.org

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    34 mins

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