Survived to Thrive Podcast
A podcast designed for survivors of suicide loss. This podcast explores the unique grief experiences that accompany a loved ones death due to suicide, shares insights on how your brain processes this kind of loss, and offers worthwhile and valuable tips you can start today to gain a more joyful and fulfilling life even though your loved one died.
Episodes
115 episodes
Episode 115: When Grief Needs More Than Time
The painful journey of grief after losing someone to suicide rarely follows a simple timeline. When is "giving it time" not enough? When should you consider reaching out for professional help?That question sits at the heart of this deep...
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Episode 115
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114: Asking Why: The Search for Answers After Suicide Loss
Why did they do it? This question haunts every survivor of suicide loss, creating a continuous loop of painful speculation that can keep us trapped in grief. In episode 114 of the Survived to Thrive podcast, Amy Miller explores the complex rela...
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Episode 114
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Episode 113: Anxiety After Loss: Understanding the Why and Healing The How
That racing heart at 3 AM. The constant checking on loved ones. The spiral of "what-ifs." If anxiety has become your unwelcome companion since losing someone to suicide, you're facing one of grief's most challenging but least discussed symptoms...
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Episode 113
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Episode 112: How to find friends that support you and get it!
Friendship becomes a complicated landscape to navigate after losing someone to suicide. That steady ground of connection we once took for granted suddenly shifts beneath our feet as we discover who can truly handle the weight of our grief and w...
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Episode 112
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Episode 111: When grief meets financial insecurity!
Financial insecurity often accompanies suicide loss, creating additional stress during an already devastating time. While grief alone is overwhelming, money problems can add confusion, fear, guilt, and anger as survivors navigate the aftermath....
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Episode 111
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Episode 110: When Divorce Is On The Horizon
Suicide loss fundamentally changes who we are, and sometimes these changes lead couples down divergent paths that can end in divorce. The aftermath of suicide often exposes existing fractures in relationships or creates new challenges as each p...
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Episode 110
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Episode 109: When Work Feels Like Too Much: Returning to Work After Suicide Loss
The jarring disconnect between your shattered world and the normal workplace environment can feel impossible to navigate after losing someone to suicide. Whether you're returning after a few days of bereavement leave or struggling months later,...
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Episode 109
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Episode 108: When Grief Works Against You
Grief serves as a natural healing mechanism after losing someone to suicide, but certain thought patterns and behaviors can transform it from a healing tool into an obstacle that keeps us stuck.• Grief is love with nowhere to go - an ex...
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Episode 108
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Episode 107: Why Grief Makes You Sweat The Small Stuff And How To Overcome It.
Grief physically changes your brain, magnifying minor frustrations and triggering disproportionate emotional responses to life's small annoyances. Understanding the neuroscience behind these reactions can help survivors of suicide loss develop ...
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Episode 106: The Power of Planning For The Future.
We explore the healing power of making future plans after suicide loss, demonstrating how looking forward can create purpose and stability while honoring our grief journey. Planning isn't about forgetting our loved ones but choosing to live ful...
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Episode 106
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Episode 105: How to deal with not getting any closure.
Closure after suicide loss—it's what so many of us desperately seek,yet what if closure isn't something we're meant to have? What if it's not even real?In this deeply compassionate exploration of grief after suicide loss, Amy challenges...
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Episode 105
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Episode 104: Can I love my life again?
In this episode we explores the possibility of loving life again after suicide loss, challenging the painful lie that grief tells survivors about never finding happiness after such devastating loss.• Healing doesn't mean "moving on" fro...
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Episode 104
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Episode 103: The Company You Keep In Grief.
Join us for a heartfelt exploration of how the people in our lives shape our grief and healing journey. In today’s episode, we discuss the often-overlooked influence of our relationships on how we process loss, particularly when it comes to the...
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Episode 103
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Episode 102: Breaking Free from Victim Mentality After Suicide Loss
Grief is an overwhelming journey, especially after the loss of a loved one to suicide. In this episode of the Survived to Thrive Podcast, Amy Miller explores the profound complexities surrounding grief and the often misunderstood concept of vic...
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Episode 102
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Episode 101: Reconnecting After Being Disconnected In Grief
This episode highlights the journey of reconnecting with oneself and others after a profound loss, urging survivors to challenge isolation through mindset shifts and action. Listeners learn the importance of empathy, practical steps for engagem...
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Episode 100: Navigating Peoples Reactions While Grieving Suicide Loss
Navigating the reactions of others while grieving can be challenging and painful, but it also offers an opportunity for growth and understanding. This episode delves into how to maintain emotional peace, set healthy boundaries, and reclaim the ...
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Episode 100
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Episode 99: Overcoming Over Drinking and Reclaiming Your Power
This episode focuses on the challenges and implications of over-drinking as a coping mechanism for those grieving a suicide loss. Here we provide actionable steps to help reclaim personal power and shift from unhealthy patterns towards healing....
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Episode 99
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Episode 98: Embracing Change: A Guide for Survivors
This episode explores the theme of change as a vital part of the healing journey for survivors of suicide loss. We discuss the importance of acknowledging current feelings, making small shifts, setting intentions, building supportive networks, ...
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Episode 98
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Episode 97: Forward Motion! Goal setting and dreaming after loss.
Setting goals and dreaming again after a devastating loss can be daunting, but it is also a pathway to rediscovering joy and purpose. We explore the importance of small goals, celebrating progress, and envisioning a future while honoring those ...
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Episode 97
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Episode 96: How to have a "BETTER" New Year!
This episode emphasizes how to navigate the new year while dealing with grief, especially after losing a loved one to suicide. We discuss five meaningful goals to help survivors prioritize their emotional well-being, honor their loved ones, fos...
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Episode 96
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Episode 95: What we carry, what we let go!
In this episode, we explore the complexities of grief following a loved one's suicide, focusing on what burdens we carry unnecessarily and understanding our responsibilities in the grieving process. We aim to provide clarity, compassion, and ho...
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Episode 95
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Episode 94: 7 Lessons Learned in the Last 7 Years
Grief can feel like a full-body renovation, tearing down the structures we thought were permanent. Seven years since losing my sister to suicide, I'm sharing a personal journey through the chaos of grief and the transformative power it holds. A...
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Episode 93: Happier Holidays THIS year.
Losing a loved one to suicide is a heartache that's especially poignant during the holiday season. Join me, Amy Miller, as I open up about my own journey through grief after the loss of my sister around Thanksgiving. Together, we'll explore the...
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Episode 92: Marriage in Grief
Unlock the keys to strengthening your marriage through grief on this episode of the Survived to Thrive Podcast. Grieving after a suicide can shatter communication, leaving couples feeling isolated and misunderstood. But what if you could turn t...
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Episode 92
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Episode 91: Bouncing back after the storm.
After experiencing the heart-wrenching suicide loss of a beloved family member, I found myself adrift in an emotional storm, much like those hurricanes that recently battered Florida and North Carolina. This episode of the Survive to Thrive Pod...
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