What About Grief?
Host Larry Holm entered the world of grief when his wife Sarah passed away from cancer in 2021. As he continues to navigate the landscape of his own grief, he wants to discuss this topic with others who are traveling the unmapped highway that can be so lonely, confusing and frustrating. Through conversations with fellow grievers and experts in the field, Larry explores how to try and work through and move forward while dealing with the ramifications of life without your loved one.
Episodes
In this episode Larry speaks with Tim Scanlan, who lost his wife Holly back in 2012 to appendiceal cancer. Tim shares his raw and unfiltered emotions of life without Holly...from navigating single parenting, dealing with loneliness and when he discovered his grief actually began. Plus the discussion leads to the question every widower gets asked...when do you think you might begin dating again? Lastly, Tim describes why he began...
Is it possible to grieve the loss of someone while they're still living? For example, someone you're estranged from or maybe a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia.
The answer is "yes" and in this episode Larry speaks with Dr. Stacey Pinatelli, about this specific form of grief, called Ambiguous Loss that's more widespread than you might think.
New York Times bestselling author, Ann Hood, joins Larry on this episode of What About Grief? She shares how grief and joy can actually share space in our aching hearts and have also been interwoven through her life following the death of her 5-year old daughter, Grace, in 2002 and the wise advice that helped her return to writing again.
Comfort: A Journey Through Grief by Ann Hood
As an announcer on ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network, Taylor McGregor is the consummate TV sports professional. But today, Taylor joins Larry on this heartfelt episode of What About Grief? She speaks about the loss of her father Keli when she was a teenager in high school and how that experience and grief has shaped her life going forward.
How does anyone even begin to process loss on a massive scale following a natural disaster? On this months episode of the What About Grief? podcast, Larry speaks with Megan Katerjian, whose Altadena home burned down to the ground in the recent wildfires that devastated so many communities in the Los Angeles area. Megan shares her harrowing story of those frightening days and how she, her family and the local community are coping i...
We’re kicking off a third season of What About Grief? podcast with Larry’s guest, NBC Sports and Golf Channel host, Cara Banks. She shares how she and her parents coped with the chaos and grief following the tragic death of her brother, Myles, on a family ski trip in 2009. Cara talks openly about the chaos in the early days of his disappearance, her emotions once his body had been found and her own grief journey following the loss ...
Why has mourning a loss motivated so many of our guests into some kind of action? Larry started this podcast as a way to honor his late wife, Sarah, and help others try to understand and cope with grief. Today he speaks with Kate Seamons about her grief journey following the death of her husband, Ben, and how it propelled her to create Rainy Day Boxes - a way to help others suffering from a loss or other difficult life experience...
Widowed at 33, Larry's guest, Dana Frost, understands that sometimes in grief, joy has to be forced. Through her own journey following the loss of her husband, Brad, she created a resource known as The Forced Joy Project, a grief community offering support for anyone struggling in the darkness with help looking for, and finding glimmers of joy. The good news is Dana does believe that yes, grief and joy can coexist.
The bonds we share with our dearest animal companions are very special and today, Larry has a fascinating conversation with pet expert, journalist, radio host and animal behavior consultant, Steve Dale, about those incredible bonds, end of life for our pets and how to cope with and grieve their loss.
Hard to believe it has been a full year since the launch of this podcast, which started as a way for Larry to try to help others, and himself, begin to understand grief. Along with his producer Marcia Anderson, they cue up just some of the great advice, perspectives, fearlessness and vulnerability their guests brought to each episode, never failing to surprise and move us over the past 12-months.
The loss of a child at any age is devastating and the emotional pain that goes along with it stays with you forever. But how do you move forward with that pain and grief?
How do you try and comprehend that the thoughts and feelings you are experiencing are not original to you only...but rather shared by others.
Larry's guest this month, Jenna Rogers, introduces us to Faith's Lodge in Wisconsin which is the firs...
Regret and guilt are inevitably a part of life, but if you're grieving there are important differences to understand in order to better be able to cope. Larry's guest, Litsa Williams, has explored this very subject as Program Director at WhatsYourGrief.com
and co-author of a new book called What's Your Grief? Lists To Help You Through Any Loss . She's here to help us understand how best to navigate this ...
Mourning a loss is one thing for an adult and something uniquely challenging for a child. What's the best way you can help a small child or teenager process their grief? The answer can be very different in each case and today Larry focuses on understanding how grief affects kids with help from guests Tamara Ellis Smith, author of the beautiful children's book Grief Is An Elephant, and Dr. Julie Kaplow, a childhood trau...
Kim Witczak never set out to become a drug safety advocate, but in 2003, life as she knew it came crashing down around her when her husband, Woody, took his own life. But Kim met her grief head on and started a journey searching for answers and a way to help others while honoring Woody. Today Kim shares with Larry how her search for the truth gave her grief a purpose that ultimately makes a difference for all of us.
What's the difference between being alone and experiencing loneliness? How do you cope with loneliness or with those around you? How prevalent is loneliness in our society? Today, Larry has a heartfelt conversation about this most challenging part of his own grief journey with two experts who have both studied loneliness extensively. Dr. Louise Hawkley & Dr. Wendy Lichtenthal will share their wisdom, insight and practi...
How does an NFL legend face the most heartbreaking loss of his life?
Former Buffalo Bills Hall-of-Fame quarterback, Jim Kelly, joins Larry today and shares how he dealt with the loss of his 8-year old son, Hunter, to a terminal illness, has overcome multiple bouts with cancer and how his faith has shaped the way he gets through everything life has thrown at him.
How do your memories, both good and bad, impact your grief? Larry's guest today has devoted her career to studying how memories affect our experience of loss. Dr. Mary Lamia, is a clinical psychologist, professor and author, most recently of the book, Grief Isn't Something To Get Over and she will share her understanding of how our emotions and the persistence of memory are keys to understanding and adapting to death, ...
Here come The Holidays. Parties, feasts, get-togethers, celebrations and more...the coming weeks are typically crammed with activities that can exhaust any person, but for someone who is grieving the approaching tidal wave of festivities presents a particular set of challenges.
Today, Larry opens up and shares his own holiday ups and downs as a recent widower and he'll also get some helpful advice on navigating the holid...
Zach Hoffpauir was an exuberant, gifted athlete, playing football and baseball with passion and intensity...described by those around him as always working to make everyone around him better.
He loved life, and lived it in a big way, until darkness fell when he died at age 26.
Today Larry connects with Doug Hoffpauir, Zach's father, in a conversation threaded with honesty, hope and even some humor, as he shines some li...
How does a 15-year old golf prodigy get through the heart-breaking loss of her mother to breast cancer? Today, Larry’s guest is former LPGA star player and now Golf Channel analyst, Morgan Pressel, who shares some of the lessons learned since her mother passed away twenty years ago, at the very start of her golfing career.
In this episode, she takes a look back at one of the most challenging periods in her life, her grief over...
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