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The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations
Suicide loss changes everything. The Leftover Pieces® Podcast explores life after suicide through honest conversations with survivors, experts, and grieving parents learning to live forward after unimaginable loss. Parents, partners, siblings, and friends share what it means to keep living when the world has been forever changed.
Hosted by Melissa Bottorff-Arey, whose 21-year-old son Alex died by suicide in 2016, the show blends intimate conversations with survivors, healers, and mental health professionals with short solo reflections you can actually use. Together we explore child loss, trauma and nervous-system care, anniversaries and seasons, stigma, faith and meaning, legacy, and the everyday practices that help make life livable again.
At its heart, this podcast is about learning to live forward after loss. We never move on from the people we love, but we can learn to carry the grief differently. This road can feel incredibly lonely—but you are not alone here.
For supporters, educators, and professionals, these conversations also offer insight into the realities of suicide grief and what genuine, non-fixing support can look like.
If you’d like to share your story or expertise, you can request to be a guest through Melissa’s website.
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Content Note
This podcast speaks candidly about grief and suicide loss and may feel activating for some listeners. We avoid graphic descriptions and discussion of suicide methods. Please care for yourself as needed. Melissa is not a doctor or licensed therapist, and nothing shared here should be considered medical or mental-health advice.
The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations
How To Avoid a Psychic Scam or Medium Scam; Two Inches Off the Ground Podcast
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Today I am redirecting you to an amazing episode of my friend J India's podcast "Two Inches Off the Ground" The title of the episode is
How To Avoid a Psychic Scam or Medium Scam ( AND this week she is doing a follow up you won't want to miss that will be out on Tuesday April 4! She talks about honing our own psychic connection abilities)
LISTEN HERE on Apple
or
HERE on her podcast site
Interested? yep, I thought so!! And she specifically gives my podcast and you all 0 my listeners a shout out in this episode as she and I have talked about how many of us look for a medium and psychic or spiritual connection to our loved ones in spirit after loss. AND again, this week she is doing a follow up you won't want to miss - Out on Tuesday April 4!!
After a much-needed break, I WILL BE BACK PUITTING OUT MY REGULAR EPISODES NEXT WEEK -- and there are some great episodes coming up!!
LISTEN HERE on Apple
or
HERE on her podcast site
Here's a bit about the "Two Inches Off the Ground "podcast: "This podcast is metaphysical self-help for daily problems. Enlightenment is just like the everyday experience but two inches off the ground, says Zen master D.T. Suzuki. Learn how to live your life two inches off the ground by discovering metaphysical solutions. Topics discussed in this podcast include: spiritual self-care, the paranormal, law of attraction, ascension, collective consciousness, heart-based practices, chakras, spiritual healing, Starseed and multidimensional beings, light language, Ayurveda, quantum physics, metaphysical topics, soul levels, authenticity, positive change, and more!"
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My WEBSITE "The Leftover Pieces; Rebuilding You" support central - MY HUB - and that means my different SUPPORT GROUP Options are available. Go DIRECTLY to my SUPPORT page here where you will find ALL of the ways to conn
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💜 The Leftover Pieces is support for life after suicide loss. Click links below
🎙 Leave me a message: Share a question, your story, or your person’s name for a future episode → theleftoverpieces.com/voicemail
🔗 Stay connected: Join my email community for weekly support, resources, and honest conversations.
🛠 Start here: Explore website for suicide loss resources for early grief, family support, and next steps.
🤝 For moms: One-on-one grief coaching for mothers navigating life after child loss.
📞 Need support right now? If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text 988 (U.S. & Canada), or text HOME to 741741.