How To Deal With Grief and Trauma
You can't go through life without experiencing loss and trauma the question is how do we deal and live with the grief and pain? Join Nathalie Himmelrich, grief expert and author, talking to people who have experienced grief and trauma first-hand. If you want to be inspired by others who traveled through their grief and trauma, found that healing is possible, and came out the other end knowing they can survive and thrive in life after loss. For more info: www.nathaliehimmelrich.com
Episodes
177 episodes
169 The Many Faces of Trauma | Betrayal Trauma: When Trust Becomes Unsafe
Betrayal trauma can be uniquely disorienting because it not only breaks trust—it can disrupt your sense of reality and self-trust. In this episode, we explore betrayal trauma as a nervous system injury that often leads to hypervigilance, rumina...
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Season 16
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Episode 169
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15:08
168 The Many Faces of Trauma | Intergenerational Trauma: What Gets Carried Forward
Intergenerational trauma is what happens when the impact of trauma is passed down through families and communities—through nervous system patterns, emotional rules, family roles, and the stories we inherit about safety, trust, and worth. In thi...
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Season 16
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Episode 168
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14:01
167 The Many Faces of Trauma | Developmental Trauma: A Brief Map (Building on Earlier Episodes)
Developmental trauma often forms through chronic, repeated stress during childhood—especially when safety, support, and repair are inconsistent. In this episode, you’ll get a clear, non-overwhelming map of what developmental trauma is, why it a...
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Season 16
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Episode 167
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14:56
166 The Many Faces of Trauma | The Wound in the Bond: Attachment & Relational Trauma
Attachment and relational trauma can be hard to name because it often doesn’t come from one dramatic event—it forms through patterns over time: inconsistency, emotional absence, unpredictable caregiving, chronic criticism, or rupture without re...
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Season 16
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Episode 166
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17:46
165 The Many Faces of Trauma | Before Words: Understanding Preverbal Trauma
Preverbal trauma can be hard to name because it often isn’t stored as a clear story. In this episode, we explore how early experiences, which occur before language development, can shape the nervous system through implicit memory and felt sense...
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Season 16
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Episode 165
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17:08
164 The Many Faces of Trauma | Small t, Big T and the Missing Middle
“Small t” and “big T” are common trauma terms meant to validate, but they can also trigger comparison, minimisation, or shame. In this episode, you’ll learn what these labels usually mean, why they sometimes backfire, and how to replace ranking...
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Season 16
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Episode 164
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14:11
163 The Many Faces of Trauma | When the Body Learns Danger: What Trauma Is (and Isn’t)
Trauma isn’t only about what happened—it’s about what happened inside your nervous system when an experience was too much, too fast, too soon, or too long, without enough support, choice, or protection. In this episode, we clarify...
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Season 16
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Episode 163
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16:36
162 The Many Faces of Trauma | The Trauma Map: How This Series Works
Welcome to the first episode of my new series “The Many Faces of Trauma.” In this opening episode, I share why I’m creating this series and how I’ll guide you through different trauma types in a way that’s clear, gentle, and not overw...
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Season 16
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Episode 162
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17:52
Season 16 & 17 - Trailer: News About the Upcoming Show
Welcome again to the How to Deal With Grief and Trauma Podcast Season 16.HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to supp...
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Season 16
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161 Collective Grief and Trauma | When Disaster Strikes: Understanding Collective Grief and Trauma After Sudden Tragedy
In this episode, Nathalie explores the emotional, psychological, and communal impact of the tragic event that took place on January 1st at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana. Together, we examine what happens in the immediate afterm...
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Season 16
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Episode 161
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33:17
160 Shavaun Scott | Revisiting Loss and Trauma 20 Years After A Revenge Suicide
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTP...
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Season 15
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Episode 160
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41:57
159 Mary-Catherine McDonald | The Joy Reset: How Trauma Steals Joy and How To Win It Back
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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Season 15
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Episode 159
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48:52
158 Mary-Frances O’Connor | The Grieving Body
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich. Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTP...
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Season 15
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Episode 158
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46:53
157 PAIL Mini Series | Carrying Hope Alongside Grief & Sustaining Support Beyond the Early Weeks
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and with it comes a deeply meaningful PAIL Mini Series here on How to Deal With Grief and Trauma.In this seventh and last episode of the PAIL Mini Series, we ex...
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Season 15
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Episode 157
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12:56
156 PAIL Mini Series: Episode with Katherine Lazar on a Mission to Help You Find Light in the Darkness after Loss REPLAY
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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Season 15
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Episode 156
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41:58
155 PAIL Mini Series | Permission to Grieve in Your Own Way & Supporting Partners and Extended Family
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and with it comes a deeply meaningful PAIL Mini Series here on How to Deal With Grief and Trauma.Grief is not one-size-fits-all.In this sixth episode, we ex...
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Season 15
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Episode 155
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13:47
154 PAIL Mini Series: Episode with Rachelle Spencer | Being Proud on Who You’ve Become REPLAY
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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Season 15
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Episode 154
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41:02
153 PAIL Mini Series | Love, Longing, and Continuing Bonds & Respecting Boundaries and Emotional Needs
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and with it comes a deeply meaningful PAIL Mini Series here on How to Deal With Grief and Trauma.Love doesn’t end when a baby dies — it transforms.In thi...
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Season 15
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Episode 153
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15:09
152 PAIL Mini Series: Episode with Amy Watson | Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy After Loss REPLAY
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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Season 15
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Episode 152
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40:35
151 PAIL Mini Series | The Body Remembers & Honoring Important Dates
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and with it comes a deeply meaningful PAIL Mini Series here on How to Deal With Grief and Trauma.In this fourth episode, we explore two central themes:<...
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Season 15
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Episode 151
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14:28
150 PAIL Mini Series: Episode with Betsy Winter | Somatic Insights For Child Loss and Uncovering Developmental Trauma REPLAY
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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43:57
149 PAIL Mini Series | Navigating the Waves of Grief & Practical Support Matters
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, and with it comes a deeply meaningful PAIL Mini Series here on How to Deal With Grief and Trauma.In this third solo episode, we explore two central themes:<...
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Season 14
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Episode 149
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14:52
148 PAIL Mini Series: Episode with Jessica Zucker | Saying it Loudly: I Had a Miscarriage REPLAY
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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Season 14
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Episode 148
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45:40
147 PAIL Mini Series | The Loneliness of Loss & What to Say (and What Not to Say)
In this second solo episode of the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month Mini Series, we explore two central themes:the loneliness that follows pregnancy and infant loss, and how language can eithe...
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Season 14
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Episode 147
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16:06
146 PAIL Mini Series: Episode with Jennifer Beatty-Kwan | Infant Loss & Pregnancy After Loss as a Medical Doctor REPLAY
HOW TO DEAL WITH GRIEF AND TRAUMA is completely self-funded, produced, and edited by me, Nathalie Himmelrich.Consider making a small donation to support the Podcast: bit.ly/SupportGTPod...
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Season 14
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Episode 146
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43:29