Podcast
Unsilence Grief
Hosted by Marie Alessi · EN
This podcast "Unsilence Grief" is dedicated to creating a safe space to talk about adversity - and how we heal through it.
I want to offer a platform for my mission of Bringing Lightness into Grief!
We need to normalise talking about such a heavy topic, and find language that is nurturing and supportive.
Let's Unsilence Grief!
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Chris Workman on Laugh. Cry. Scream.
5d ago00:30:38Tap to summarizeChris Workman is a registered nurse, grief educator, author, speaker, and podcast host who helps people navigate life after profound loss. Her own life was forever changed by the death of her younger son and later by estrangement from her older son — experiences that inspired her mission to create honest conversations about grief, resilience, identity, and rebuilding a meaningful life.She is the host of the Laugh Cry Scream Podcast, where she explores the many faces of loss, including child loss, suicide loss, catastrophic illness, caregiving, widowhood, estrangement, and the unexpected ways grief reshapes our lives. Through interviews, storytelling, and practical conversations, Chris creates space for people to discuss the realities of loss that are often overlooked or misunderstood.Known for her direct, compassionate, and occasionally humorous approach, Chris believes people deserve honest conversations about grief — not clichés, judgment, or pressure to simply “move on.”Here's how to connect with Chris:Website: https://www.griefandhealingwithchris.comTiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisworkman1YouTube: https://youtube.com/@laughcryscreamPodcast: laughcryscream.transistor.fmFacebook:Grief & Healing with Chris: https://www.facebook.com/griefhealingwithchrisGrief, Loss & Life: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1640442856575091Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/laughcryscreamGroup: https://www.facebook.com/groups/laughcryscreampodcast#childloss #grief #suicideideation #estrangement
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Unsilence Grief with Zander Sprague on Sibling Survivors
3w ago00:35:46Tap to summarizeZander Sprague is an award-winning public speaker, author, and Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC). His mission is to help millions of people make the EPIC choices that create an EPIC life. Drawing on his decades of work experience with companies of all sizes, his education, and events in his own life, Zander guides people to achieve EPIC. With his talks, books, and courses, he helps people fulfill their potential and achieve their dreams.Zander has a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Palo Alto University, and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in History and Psychology from Pitzer College. He is a member of the National Speakers Association, American Counseling Association, and California Association for Licensed ProfessionalClinical Counselors.The author of three books, Zander is often a featured guest expert on podcasts and other broadcasts.His internationally acclaimed books include:• EPIC Begins With 1 Step Forward: Plan, Achieve, and Enjoy the Journey• Making Lemonade: Choosing A Positive Pathway After Losing Your Sibling• Why Don’t They Cry?: Understanding Your Living Child’s GriefHis transformative training programs include:• EPIC Jumpstart• 30 Days to a Positive PathwayTM• EPIC ExcellenceHere's how you can connect with Zander:Website: https://zandersprague.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/epic_beginsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@epicbeginsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ZanderSprague#siblingloss #siblingsurvivors #grief #griefsupport
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Jodie Atkinson - Have You Met My Grief?
4w ago00:40:10Tap to summarizeJodie Atkinson has a range of expertise. She is a Certified Advanced Grief Recovery Specialist®, Speaker, Author, and Entertainer. Her first book, "Have You Met My Grief?", not only serves as a written work but has also been adapted into a multi-award-winning Cabaret show that premiered at the 2023 Adelaide Cabaret Fringe Festival and was part of the 2024, 2025 and 2026 Adelaide Fringe Festival program.Since 1991, Jodie has made Adelaide her home. She is the mother of 2 adult sons and was overjoyed to become a grandmother in 2023. Following a profound personal loss, Jodie became acutely aware of her own lack of preparedness to handle grief. She felt this was largely due to society's reluctance to openly discuss the topic of grief. Driven by a deep passion to help others dealing with grief, Jodie wrote her book on the subject. She also pursued certification in the very program, that helped her navigate her own loss, The Grief Recovery Method®, all with the intention of helping others.Jodie actively engages in writing and presenting to offer support to those struggling with grief, as well as their families, friends and colleagues. She regularly participates in speaking engagements for various community groups, creates and facilitates programs and workshops tailored for both individuals and groups, addressing a wide spectrum of losses.With her wealth of knowledge and personal experience, Jodie uses a range of platforms to create a safe space where the emotions, thoughts, and behaviours accompanying loss and change are normalised. She is incredibly passionate about promoting awareness that healing and recovery from significant loss are the foundation to reclaiming a life of purpose, passion and connection.Here's how to connect with Jodie:LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodie-atkinson-503664baBook: https://jodie-atkinson.com.au/product/book-have-you-met-my-griefFB page: https://www.facebook.com/JodieAtkinsonGriefRecoverySpecialistFB author page: https://www.facebook.com/jodieatkinsonauthor#widowhood #grief #healing #cabaret #author #humour
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Sally Anderson on The Alchemy of Becoming (part 3)
May 500:36:08Tap to summarizeIn Part III we bring it home: Transformation, transcendence, healing on an identity level, deep and irreversible. Who do you want to BECOME in your journey, when adversity has struck?If you missed part I & II, you can watch them here:Part 1: https://youtube.com/live/ZvrTZOkkJdEPart 2: https://youtube.com/live/wSaFXNjdeOgAbout Sally Anderson:Strategic Counsel to Exceptional Leaders & Visionaries | Founder: sallyandersoninternational.com | Founder: scandalcoach.com | Pioneer of Cancel Culture Leadership Development | Global Keynote Speaker | Author of 3 BooksHere is how you can JOIN US in YOUR BECOMING, including all details of the 90 day container, The Alchemy of Becoming:https://tinyurl.com/alchemy-of-becomingMany advisors guide clients to transcend limitations and achieve unprecedented growth, but none have survived the unfathomable, done the unexpected, and dare to go to the places Sally Anderson is willing to go as the only documented visionary at the "Forefront of sustainable human & organisational transformation — ending the oscillation between empowerment and disempowerment at the identity level”Sally has traversed the full spectrum of human devastation and alchemised every single experience into mastery. She has faced the extremity of the human condition and not only survived, she emerged forged — carrying an authority that cannot be credentialed, replicated, or arrived at any other way. What she has built from that devastation is the kind of counsel that changes the trajectory of a leader's entire existence.With 37+ years working with CEOs, politicians, celebrities, elite athletes and global influencers, her proprietary methodology — Equanimity & Co-Creative Leadership Mastery — delivers what conventional leadership development cannot: sustainable transformation at the deepest level of human identity and power, with incomparable impact from first engagement.Here's how to connect with Sally Anderson:Websites:https://www.sallyandersoninternational.comhttps://scandalcoach.comBeyond BRAVE Book, now available:https://www.kmdbooks.com/product-page/beyond-brave-the-art-of-living-courageously#trauma #transcendence #severetrauma #healing #traumahealing #love
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Sally Anderson on Love after Severe Trauma, Part II
Apr 2800:35:18Tap to summarizeIn Part II we focus on Love & connection. The healing it takes to love after severe trauma - expect a few #goosebumps and deep emotions...If you missed part I, you can watch it here: https://youtube.com/live/ZvrTZOkkJdEAbout Sally Anderson:Strategic Counsel to Exceptional Leaders & Visionaries | Founder: sallyandersoninternational.com | Founder: scandalcoach.com | Pioneer of Cancel Culture Leadership Development | Global Keynote Speaker | Author of 3 BooksMany advisors guide clients to transcend limitations and achieve unprecedented growth, but none have survived the unfathomable, done the unexpected, and dare to go to the places Sally Anderson is willing to go as the only documented visionary at the "Forefront of sustainable human & organisational transformation — ending the oscillation between empowerment and disempowerment at the identity level”Sally has traversed the full spectrum of human devastation and alchemised every single experience into mastery. She has faced the extremity of the human condition and not only survived, she emerged forged — carrying an authority that cannot be credentialed, replicated, or arrived at any other way. What she has built from that devastation is the kind of counsel that changes the trajectory of a leader's entire existence.With 37+ years working with CEOs, politicians, celebrities, elite athletes and global influencers, her proprietary methodology — Equanimity & Co-Creative Leadership Mastery — delivers what conventional leadership development cannot: sustainable transformation at the deepest level of human identity and power, with incomparable impact from first engagement.Here's how to connect with Sally Anderson:Websites:https://www.sallyandersoninternational.comhttps://scandalcoach.comBeyond BRAVE Book, now available:https://www.kmdbooks.com/product-page/beyond-brave-the-art-of-living-courageously#trauma #transcendence #severetrauma #traumahealing #healing #love
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Sally Anderson, Beyond Brave *Warning: deep trauma and extreme v*olence
Apr 2100:36:35Tap to summarize* Disclaimer - please read before watching: Today’s interview includes deeply confronting content, including descriptions of extreme violence and trauma. It’s shared not for shock value, but in the spirit of truth-telling, and in service of breaking the silence that so often surrounds these experiences.In Sally’s words, the world was not prepared to hold her truth.If at any point you feel overwhelmed, please honour yourself and step away, pause, or come back when you feel ready. This is a conversation about courage, about what it means to face what we would rather turn away from, and ultimately, about the possibility of rebuilding a life of meaning and impact, even after enduring hours of the rawest, unimaginable attack.What you are about to hear demonstrates that even from hell itself, transcendence is possible.About Sally Anderson:Many advisors guide clients to transcend limitations and achieve unprecedented growth, but none have survived the unfathomable, done the unexpected, and dare to go to the places Sally Anderson is willing to go as the only documented visionary at the "Forefront of sustainable human & organisational transformation — ending the oscillation between empowerment and disempowerment at the identity level”Sally has traversed the full spectrum of human devastation and alchemised every single experience into mastery. She has faced the extremity of the human condition and not only survived, she emerged forged — carrying an authority that cannot be credentialed, replicated, or arrived at any other way. What she has built from that devastation is the kind of counsel that changes the trajectory of a leader's entire existence.With 37+ years working with CEOs, politicians, celebrities, elite athletes and global influencers, her proprietary methodology — Equanimity & Co-Creative Leadership Mastery — delivers what conventional leadership development cannot: sustainable transformation at the deepest level of human identity and power, with incomparable impact from first engagement.Strategic Counsel to Exceptional Leaders & Visionaries | Founder: sallyandersoninternational.com | Founder: scandalcoach.com | Pioneer of Cancel Culture Leadership Development | Global Keynote Speaker | Author of 3 BooksWebsites:https://www.sallyandersoninternational.comhttps://scandalcoach.comBeyond BRAVE Book:https://www.kmdbooks.com/product-page/beyond-brave-the-art-of-living-courageously#traumahealing #griefjourney #widowhood #transcendence
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Phil Cohen and his Inner Garden for Grievers
Apr 1400:36:10Tap to summarizePhil Cohen is a grief coach, speaker, and creator known online as “The Grief Guy.” After losing his 14-year-old son, Perry, in a tragic accident at sea, Phil dedicated his life to helping others navigate the unbearable pain of loss. His signature workshop, The Inner Garden, blends science, metaphor, and simple practices to help people heal with purpose and hope. Phil’s message is honest, real, and deeply human: that grief isn’t something to get over, it’s something to grow through.To connect with Phil or to inquire about The Inner Garden workshop, visit philcohen.com, or follow him on social media.Website: https://www.philcohen.comInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/philthegriefguyTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@philthegriefguyYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GriefGuyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegriefguy#childloss #spirituality #resilience #healing #grief #innergarden
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Kelly Edmondson with her gift to the world, The Timely Presence
Apr 600:33:53Tap to summarizeKelly Edmondson is a nurse, bereaved mother, and grief counselor who is redefining what compassionate support looks like after loss. As the founder of Timely Presence, a year-long grief support service, she helps grieving families feel remembered through meaningful, heirloom-quality gifts intentionally delivered on emotionally significant days.Drawing from her clinical background in trauma nursing and her personal journey through loss, Kelly brings a rare blend of emotional intelligence, professional experience, and lived understanding to the grief space. Her work centers on presence, remembrance, and the belief that no one should navigate the first year after loss alone.Here's how you can connect with Kelly and The Timely Presence:LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-edmondsonFB: https://www.facebook.com/TimelyPresenceIG Kelly: https://www.instagram.com/the.kellyedmondsonIG Biz: https://www.instagram.com/thetimelypresenceWebsite: https://thetimelypresence.com#childloss #epilepsy #thetimelypresence #griefsupport #love
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Chanoa Inez with her Mission to Dream On
Mar 3000:32:14Tap to summarizeChanoa Inez is the author of Dream On: How to create the new life of your dreams after upheaval or loss. She's also the creator of MAGNETIZE YOUR PERSONAL BRAND™, a program that combines personal transformation and personal branding to help students connect deeper to their truth to attract better opportunities.Here's how you can connect with Chanoa:website: https://www.chanoainez.combook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCYF7DJ4LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chanoa#loss #widowhood #healing
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Ally Artis on Childhood Grief and her book "You're Everywhere"
Mar 2300:35:08Tap to summarizeAlly Artis is a passionate advocate for grief support and early intervention, dedicated to helping young people navigate loss through connection and community. After experiencing significant personal loss at a young age, Ally has spent over nine years volunteering with Feel the Magic.She is also the author of You’re Everywhere, a children’s book created to help young readers understand and express grief. Through her work, Ally is committed to turning pain into purpose and creating safe spaces where no child has to feel alone in their grief.Get her Book: https://allyartisauthor.etsy.comFeel the Magic: https://www.feelthemagic.org.au#grief #griefsupport #grievingchildren #childgrief #feelthemagic
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