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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 how to take care of yourself while grieving during the holidays. We highlight communication within families and provide tips on how to help children express their mixed emotions of joy and sadness during the holidays. We offer practical suggestions such as asking for help with tasks while finding meaningful ways to remember loved ones.

As the year draws to a close, families in grief face emotional complexities. Some may feel a sense of relief at leaving a painful year behind, while others may struggle with moving forward. We explore various ways to remember loved ones from family ceremonies to new traditions. You will discover how ceremonies like candle lighting can provide a sense of connection and solace.

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.

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Candle ceremony:
1. We light this candle in your memory. We will never forget the times we laughed or disagreed, the fun times, or the memories we made. We carry you with us, always.

2. We light this candle for the emptiness we feel without you. The pain of missing you reminds us of the depth of our love for you. We wish you were here with us, and we remember you.

3. We light this candle for hope. We remind ourselves that feelings are not forever. When living without you feels like too much, may we trust we will feel hopeful again.

4. We light this candle for love. We remember our love for you and yours for us. May the love you brought to this world shine in us for each other.

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

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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 how to be present to the emotions of grief and allow our community to support us. As we mourn during the early days, we create space for emotional processing and expression. We discuss how to accept help and the natural tendency to push grief away, emphasizing that it’s never too late to seek healing through personal rituals or community ceremonies.

Parents will learn ways to help their children express overwhelming emotions and discover how they can be pillars of stability as they reflect and mirror their grief processes. This episode is a compassionate guide toward finding long-term support, balancing personal and family needs, and ensuring that mourning can open you to deeper connections and emotional resilience.

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

Send us a message here

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

Send us a message here

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

Send us a message here

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

Send us a message here

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.

What happens when you are faced with the unimaginable loss of a partner or child? In this episode of "When Grief Comes Home," we explore the intense feelings of early grief and discuss the importance of listening to your body's needs. We offer solace and understanding for those in early grief, reassuring them that these physical and emotional responses are a normal part of the healing process.

Join us as we discuss practical ideas for managing visitors and finding what helps you and your children the most during the early days. We offer space for parents to model emotions for children and to find ways to create routines for a sense of stability. By distinguishing between grief and mourning, we look at how expressing sorrow is essential for parents and children as they heal. This episode offers practical advice and compassionate support for grief, ensuring that no one feels alone in their pain.

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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Welcome to the first episode of 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 parenting while integrating their own grief.

We are launching this first episode with our host, Brad Quillen, who will be interviewing the founding Executive Director of Jessica's House, Erin Nelson. In this first segment, Erin shares her story of how she first entered the grief world when her husband and mom died when her children were young.

This first podcast introduces how Erin, Brad, and Colleen first met, how they became colleagues, and how Jessica’s House began.

Colleen and Erin introduce their new book When Grief Comes Home and talk about how long it takes to bring a book into the world.
Update: In this episode, Erin and Colleen reflect on how a book takes as long to be born into the world as a baby elephant. They mistakenly said that the gestational period for a mama elephant is three years, when it’s actually 18-22 months. They admit that they need to brush up on their animal facts and promise to stay in their lane of grief support.

Please subscribe to the When Grief Comes Home podcast and kindly leave us a review. The more stars, words, 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