Giving Grief Grace, a Grief Podcast for the Sandwich Generation
Loss changes everything. But it doesn't have to have the last word. Giving Grief Grace is a podcast dedicated to those in the throes of caregiving and loss with honest, compassionate conversations about grief, healing, and what it means to keep living after loss. Hosted by Lisa Hartung, a speaker, HR professional, and fellow griever, each episode creates space for the stories we don't always know how to tell.
From disenfranchised and hidden grief, to grieving while parenting, to the ways men experience loss differently, to the unexpected power of creativity and legacy, this show covers grief in all its forms. Featuring expert guests, real stories, and practical tools you can use right now.
If you've lost someone you love or are in the throes of caregiving, you belong here.
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Giving Grief Grace, a Grief Podcast for the Sandwich Generation
Episode 46 - When Grief Becomes a Calling: How Kelly Edmondson Turned Loss Into Light with Timely Presence
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What do you do with your grief when you've spent 25 years as a nurse helping families through their hardest moments and then overnight, you become the family in need? That's the journey Kelly Edmondson found herself on three years ago when she lost her oldest son, Darius, to epilepsy in his sleep. Kelly shares how that loss became the catalyst for Timely Presence, a year-long grief support service built on the belief that grief outlasts sympathy, and so should the support.
Drawing on her nursing background in trauma, ICU, and the ER, her certification in grief counseling, and the lived experience of losing a child, Kelly walks us through what meaningful support looks like in the months that follow a loss, including the gifts that do what words simply cannot. Wind chimes on birthdays, preserved roses on Mother's Day, and engraved memory boxes arriving right after the service. Kelly also shares the story of a crystal sun catcher that turned one bereaved mother's darkest day into one full of color and light.
We dig into grief in the workplace: what colleagues get wrong, what they can do better, and why showing up doesn't require a script. Kelly also opens up about anticipatory grief, disenfranchised grief, and what she discovered when she crossed from the clinical side of loss to the deeply personal side.
This is an episode about presence, celebrating a loved one's legacy, and letting the family know: I still remember. You are not alone.
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