death of child

Episode 43

In this episode, Dr. Sandra Marie interviews Rick Hayes, a psychic medium, and Dr. Chris Van Huysse, a yoga teacher and Reiki healer. They discuss their collaboration on the I Am Mom project, which aims to provide support and healing for mothers who have experienced the loss of a child. They also explore the importance of supporting grief and loss, the role of spirituality in navigating personal pain and fear, and how to best support individuals on their spiritual journeys. The conversation highlights the shift in spirituality and the need to elevate consciousness in order to create a better world.

Takeaways

• The I Am Mom project provides support and healing for mothers who have experienced the loss of a child.
• Supporting grief and loss is crucial, and it is important to create safe spaces for individuals to share their experiences.
• Spirituality can help navigate personal pain and fear, and it is important to listen to the small voices and callings that guide us.
• There has been a shift in spirituality, with more people becoming open-minded and seeking a deeper understanding of life.
• Elevating consciousness and focusing on positivity can create a better world.

Chapters

00:00
Introduction and Collaboration on I Am Mom Project

06:08
The Importance of Supporting Grief and Loss

19:34
Supporting the Spiritually Curious

27:04
Working with Juvenile Offenders

32:11
The Shift in Spirituality and Elevating Consciousness

39:29
Final Thoughts and Contact Information

Links
Rick Hayes
Website: https://lifesgift.com
Chris Van Huysse
email: cvanhuysse@nls.net

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Today's Q&A is a great reminder for all of us that we express our grief differently and in our own timing. However, when emotions run high, and the loss seems unbearable, as is often the case with child loss, more grief will often add to the pain and heartbreak within family dynamics.

We must remember that 75% of how we respond to life's challenges is learned by age three. By age fifteen, we've learned the remaining 25% of how to respond to life's challenges. These are impressionable ages, and the lessons in our youth are what we fall back on as adults.

So when life hands a family a devastating loss, everyone brings their unique perspective and feelings about the person the family, as a whole, is grieving. This is why family dynamics have the potential to create more togetherness or more grief and separation in the wake of devastating loss.

However, less would be taken so personally if we all took the time to understand our loved ones better and honored each individual where they're at in their grief experience.

RESOURCES:

• Do Grief Differently™️

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NEED HELP?

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 support via text message. Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a trained Crisis Counselor

If you are struggling with grief due to any of the 40+ losses, free resources are available HERE.

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Are you a special needs parent who finds yourself unsure about how to advocate for your child?

Do you struggle with grief, and feel unsure how to navigate loss?

Are you wondering how you can survive loss, and still retain joy, peace, or goodness in your life?

This week Steve and Katie interview Stephanie Weinberg as she shares her incredible journey through caring for her profoundly disabled daughter Abby, whose smile could light up the room in a split second.

Listen in as Stephanie shares her story of faith, struggle, hope, and how advocacy has become the legacy and calling that carries Stephanie forward today. Whether you have gifted, typical, neurodiverse, special needs, or outside the box learners, you will feel blessed by this beautiful story of hope. 

Stephanie is the President of AGSAA, Aicardi Goutieres Syndrome Advocacy Association, a special needs advocate, military veteran spouse, an elementary educator.

You will enjoy this peek into my precious friend's story of resilience, loss, grief, hope, and and faith. 
XOXO, 
Katie 

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What is grief?

Grief is the loss of hopes, dreams, and expectations.

Grief is anything we wish would be different, better, or more.

And, no one has to die for you to grieve.

Also, because there are more than 40+ losses, it’s a safe bet that you and every person you meet is or has experienced grief.

We are taught how to acquire things (or people). We’re not taught what to do when we lose them. Today’s episode is about the loss of hopes, dreams, and expectations, and how our individual beliefs play a role in how we respond to grief.

Today's episode is also about seeking the truth and the evidence of what we don’t fully understand, and how our findings can lead us to the most impactful life lessons.

Be open to receiving the message in today’s podcast and, I encourage you to explore, more deeply with self-love and compassion, whatever it brings up for you.

RESOURCES:

• Ep 76 Katie Carroll | The Best Things in Life Aren't Planned
• Ep 77 Bob Ginsberg | A Quest for Truth
• Ep 40 Dr. Chris Kerr | Death Is But a Dream: End-of-Life Experiences
• Ep 65 Sirry Berndsen | The Spirit World Walks Among Us
• Ep 75 Takeaways & Reflections | Grief Shared is Grief Diminished

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NEED HELP?

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
• Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7 support via text message. Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a trained Crisis Counselor

If you or anyone you know is struggling with grief due to any of the 40+ losses, there are free resources available HERE.

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This episode is sponsored by Do Grief Differently™️, my twelve-week, one-on-one, in-person/online program for grievers who have suffered any type of loss to feel better. Click here to learn new tools, grief education, and the only evidence-based method for moving beyond the pain of grief.

Would you like to join the mission of Grieving Voices in normalizing grief and supporting hurting hearts everywhere? Become a supporter of the show HERE.

Andrew and Brittany Dowdy sit down with Blair to discuss the tragic story of the death of their first born, Addison Phoenix after 21 days of life.  

Pressure breaks pipes or creates diamonds.  
Some studies show a divorce rate as high as 80% when a marriage experiences the death of a child.  Andrew and Brittany are committed to being in the 20% that makes it.

The Dowdy's have learned to celebrate the life of Phoenix in a multitude of ways:  a CrossFit Memorial WOD, pictures and books inside their home and many other ways both large and small, public and private.

This is a story of love, tragedy, dedication, recovery and healing, told within the context of a global pandemic and the recent birth of their second child, Nixon Hawk.