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Normal Was Her Gift to Them with Anthony Marcario: Grief Series Ep.10

2026-09-1248:56

Send us Fan Mail Anthony Marcario was three years old when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer — and she spent the next two decades making sure he never noticed. In this episode, Anthony (husband of my dear friend Christine, and a high school educator of over 12 years) shares what it was like growing up with a parent who was sick for nearly his entire childhood, and how she turned every Friday treatment, every hospital stay, and every hard day into something that just looked like ordi...

You Never Move On, You Move Forward with Justine King: Grief Series Ep.9

2026-08-2945:01

Send us Fan Mail I met Justine at a boxing gym, and it didn't take long to realize she's one of the most genuine, heart-of-gold people I've ever known. She's spent seven years opening her home to strangers walking through the unimaginable — the loss of a child. In this episode, Justine shares the story of her son Josh, who she and her husband Bob lost on Easter Sunday, 2017 — the day after what she calls one of her best birthdays ever. She talks about the moment everything changed, the years ...

I Didn't Get to Feel It, I Was It: Grief Series Ep.8

2026-08-2205:28

Send us Fan Mail This week, I step away from the guest chair and get honest about my own grief — mid-eclipse season, mid-edit, mid-life. Fresh off the conversation with Dr. Craig Farney about the difference between feeling sad and being sad, I found myself living the answer in real time. A physical health scare pulled her straight back into an old fear, grief showed up uninvited at her desk, and she made the choice to let it move through her instead of pushing past it. In this Shower Sprinkle...

Permission To Feel with Dr Craig Farney: Grief Series Ep.7

2026-08-1554:08

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Grief Series, I sit down with Dr. Craig Farney — who I jokingly call "the feelings doctor" — for a conversation about the connection between our emotions and our physical health. Dr. Farney has personally helped me work through my own grief, and in this episode he breaks down why so many of us were never taught how to feel our feelings in the first place, and what that costs us physically and emotionally when we don't. What we cover: Dr. Farney's approa...

Grief Didn't Get the Last Word with Glenn Gum: Grief Series Ep.6

2026-08-0815:36

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I'm sitting down with someone I don't usually get to interview — my grandfather, Glenn Gum. He was married to my grandmother, Sheila, for 69 years before she passed. We recorded this conversation at Table Rock Lake, where our family has vacationed together for over 50 years — so this isn't a studio interview. It's just us, talking the way we always have. My Grandpa agreed to share this because he wants it to help someone else walking through the same thing. H...

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