Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss
Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss is a podcast for grieving parents, siblings, family and friends navigating life after the loss of a child.
Co-hosted by bereaved mother and her son Monica and Colby Charette, this podcast offers honest conversations about child loss, grief, and healing. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and reflections, we explore what it means to carry and witness grief, find connection, and live with love after unimaginable loss. Whether you are a grieving parent, sibling, family member or supporting someone through child loss and seeking to better understand grief, this podcast provides comfort, validation, and hope.
Topics include:
· living with child loss
· grief after losing a child
· supporting bereaved families
· navigating relationships and family grief
· finding meaning and legacy after loss
We are here to say their name with you. You are not alone. Together, we are Holding the Light.
Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss
Linda Hartkopf: Grieving a Child Lost to Addiction
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Join us this week as we talk with Linda Hartkopf, who shares her very personal story
about losing her 25-year-old son Dylan to the disease of addiction. Linda bravely recounts when her son's substance abuse began, their fight for Dylan's recovery, and how she has turned her grief into helping others.
Linda talks about her volunteer work with Operation Hope in Waterville, Maine, where she serves as an "angel" to help families find resources. She is also involved with the national organization The Partnership to End Addiction, where as an advocate, she connects with other parents, teaches important communication skills, and helps provide emotional support.
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Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.
Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!
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