Don't Send Flowers

Don’t Send Flowers: An open and honest conversation on how we ALL deal with painful life experiences, feel our way through them, and hopefully make it out better people than we were before. Each interview will explore a vast array of life changing moments. We’ll discuss how they coped, adjusted, grieved and ultimately what steps they took to move through the experience to find their way. My hope is that through openly sharing our stories we no longer feel isolated in grief and have a greater understanding of how to show up for each other in our times of need.

There Are No Words, But I'm Here For You

As we enter the 1st day of Suicide Prevention Awareness Week please listen to Karlyn Nelson's story. Karlyn is a widow from suicide, a single mother, breast cancer survivor, business owner and incredible woman. Please listen and share her important story.

09-09
42:43

Breakdown to Break Through

In this episode you meet Abby Rivera who lost her husband to an unexpected heart attack 4.5 years ago. We learn how she had to breakdown in order to break through. 

09-02
44:21

I'll Never Be The Same Person

In this LIVE episode I have the honor of interviewing Alia Kuraishi. Alia and I connected through a mutual friend Danielle (episode 4) after she lost her beautiful daughter Amani at only 28 days old. 

08-26
58:56

Stop the Pattern

In this episode I interview Courtney Culp. She shares her cycles of emotional abuse and how she has found herself through it all. 

08-19
26:17

The Gender Milestone

In this episode I share how it feels to talk gender of our rainbow baby. 

08-12
18:56

The Road to Family

This episode is special. I get to interview my friend Suzie Nutting who not only helped me tremendously through my grieving process but she's been through A LOT herself. In this episode, we discuss the road of adoption and infertility and what lengths we take to create our families. 

08-05
41:24

This is Where I'm At

In this episode you get to meet Jackie Reynolds, a talented actress and singer living in NYC. We talk about what it feels like to continue on "normally" after losing her brother Jeremy tp an Opioid overdose.

07-29
48:18

Sometimes It's Plan Z

I am thrilled to interview Tricia Russo in this episode. Tricia is a filmmaker, wife and mother and living with metastatic breast cancer. You can find Tricia on Instagram: @triciarusso  You can find her documentary on Instagram: @lovealwaysmomthemovie 

07-22
01:04:38

Mother's Love

In this episode I get to interview a college friend of mine I haven't spoken to in over 14 years. We reconnect and get to talk about the loss of her mom and how she dealt with that in the midst of a huge life change.

07-15
49:50

Rainbow After the Storm

In this interview I get to talk to Emily Lindsey. Emily and I connected on social media after both losing our sons. And the beautiful thing about this episode is her rainbow baby Luna is cooing the entire time!  You can find Emily on Instagram: @happilylindsey

07-08
54:31

Starting Over

In this episode I interview Jessica Lee. Jessica shares what life has looked like after her suicide attempt. You can find her book about her life on Amazon called "The Messenger.  

07-01
18:47

Blue Sky

In this episode I interview Anna Gillcrist who is an actor, writer, and stand up comedian!  Anna and I talk about her experiences of learning about loss and death at a very young age and how that not only shaped her but how she's taken steps to live a happy life. 

06-25
50:38

Beautiful Sadness

This interview is near and dear to me because I get to interview one of my soul mate friends, Kim Kelty. Kim shares her growth journey with us after losing her mom, her job and going through a divorce all within a year.  You can also thank Kim because SHE was the one who helped me create this podcast! She's a podcast creating guru so now you know where to go!  You can find Kim on Instagram: @kimrkelty

06-17
53:42

Simply Show Up

In this episode I get to interview my dear friend, Lisa Prova. Our relationship formed out of nowhere but at the perfect time for both of us. And along the way we have had a ton of crazy synchronicities.  You can find Lisa on Instagram @lisaprova 

06-10
39:41

The Shared Family Experience

In this episode I interview Danielle Gruen Sheppard about the unexpected and tragic loss of her brother. We talk about the layered experience of her own loss and how she had to parent her children through the loss of their uncle. Danielle is a part-time professor at a local university in Southern California. She specializes in career development and also works with individuals with disabilities. She is a wife and a mother of 2 beautiful children.

06-03
47:03

Living Well With Anxiety

Amy Molk is a mom, wife and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Beanstalk which is a virtual parent-tot classes taught live and streamed on demand. Amy has experienced, struggled, managed, and beaten anxiety her whole life. Amy shares her story and incredibly helpful ways she lives with anxiety every day.   Apps discussed: Calm and Pacifica. 

05-27
36:24

It's Not Just a F*cking Dog

In this episode I interview Vanessa Schmidt. She shares her experience of losing her dog Jamba. We talk about what that meant to her, how she's grieved, and how she fought her way back from the bottom after losing her best friend.   

05-20
43:21

We ALL Experience Pain

In this first episode I share why I started Don't Send Flowers.  After the stillbirth of our son I found that people experience all kinds of pain but we don't often talk about it. After the flowers have died and the meals have stopped coming, we still have to keep living.  The goal of this podcast is to share the human experience of pain, talk about how we've felt our way through the experience and hopefully how we've come out better and more whole on the other side. 

05-13
15:09

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