๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐: ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ & ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐
When a child diesโat any ageโlife does not return to what it was. Identity shifts. Meaning fractures. The future no longer looks the same.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ. Hosted by Dr. Sharon Spanoโa developmental coach, systems thinker, and parent whose life was changed by the death of her own son Michaelโthis podcast explores what unfolds after the unthinkable.
Children die in many ways, often surrounded by silence, stigma, guilt, or misunderstanding. While every loss is unique, this space begins from a simple truth: no parentโs grief is more or less legitimate because of how a child died.
Beyond the Loss makes an intentional distinction between the urgency of early grief and the deeper work of integration that unfolds over time. While both are real and necessary, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ดโso that parents further along can offer orientation and possibility to those who are just beginning to imagine life beyond the immediacy of loss.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ณ๐ถ๐
๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. It is a space for honest conversation about life, identity, and meaning after lossโwithout comparison, judgment, or explanation.
Drawing on adult human development, systems thinking, and lived experience, each episode offers language, reflection, and orientation for navigating the long after.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ is centered on the experience of parents, while holding the wider family system in view. As this podcast unfolds, it will also explore how the death of a child reverberates through siblings, grandparents, extended family, and close relationshipsโhonoring those voices within a systemic understanding of parental loss.
Whether you are grieving personally or walking alongside others professionally,
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
Episodes
16 episodes
Episode 15 Why We Blame Ourselves: Navigating the "What-Ifs" of Parental Child Loss
In this episode of Beyond the Loss, I step into one of the most isolating and heavy territories of The Hidden Aftermath: the silent erosion of guilt, shame, and self-blame. While the words are often used interchangeably, they carry vastly diffe...
Episode 14 When Caregiving Ends: What to Do with Love That Has Nowhere to Go
What happens when the role that gave your love a daily place to go suddenly ends? Because for many parents, caregiving was not only something you didโit was exactly how you expressed love throughout the course of your daily life.In t...
Episode 13 The Body Remembers: Navigating the Hidden Aftermath of Child Loss
What if grief doesnโt begin as a thought? What if it stays in our body? What happens when our body remembers what loss has asked us to carry?The Hidden Aftermath. In this special bridge episode, I step into the deeply invisible, unsp...
Episode 12 Prenatal Child Loss & Grieving the Invisible Future with Dr. Tom Dutta
In this episode of Beyond the Loss, I welcome Dr. Thomas A. Duttaโan executive leader, author, and host of the Quiet Warrior Showโfor a deeply moving and vulnerable milestone: his first time speaking openly on a ...
Episode 11 Grieving the Future: What Never Got to Happen After Child Loss
In this episode of Beyond the Loss, I dive deep into an invisible layer of parental grief: the aching loss of an unlived future. When a child dies, we don't just miss past memories; we grieve forward into the years that never came - the ...
Episode 10: If I Feel Joy Again, Am I Leaving My Child Behind?
What if the first moment of joy after the loss of your child doesnโt feel like reliefโฆ but betrayal?In this episode of Beyond the Loss,I dive deep into one of the most unexpected and painful hurdles of the grief journey:...
Episode 9: Life After Child Loss: How Grief Changes Shape Over Time | Beyond the Loss
In this episode, I begin a new series called *Life After Child Loss* by exploring the difference between grief and mourning, and how both may shape the long journey after the death of a son or daughter.For many grieving parents, the ear...
Episode 8: How Child Loss Changes the Entire Family System | Beyond the Loss
When a child dies, grief does not impact only one person โ it reshapes the entire family system.In this deeply compassionate episode, I explores how child loss changes family dynamics, emotional roles, communication patterns, and the wa...
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Episode 7: Why Your Grief After Losing a Child Doesn't Need Explaining
In this episode of Beyond the Loss: Life and Identity After a Child Dies, I explore something that often happens in the aftermath of profound lossโthe way grief becomes labeled, interpreted, or explained through language that may not full...
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Episode 6: Finding Answers to the Hardest Questions in Grief | Beyond the Loss
What happens when the questions after child loss never fully fade?In this weekโs episode of Beyond the Loss: Life & Identity After a Child Dies, I explore the emotional weight of living without clear answers and the quiet se...
Episode 5: How Child Loss Changes a Parent Forever | Beyond the Loss
In this episode of Beyond the Loss: Life and Identity After a Child Dies, I explore the often unspoken experience of moving through familiar relationships and environments while quietly feeling changed within them.Over time, man...
Episode 4: Why People Judge Your Grief (And How to Ignore It) | Beyond the Loss
When a child dies, we expect grief.What we donโt often recognizeโฆ is how grief itself becomes judged.In this episode of Beyond the Loss: Life and Identity After a Child Dies, I explore what I call the moralizatio...
Episode 3: Why Grief Gets Harder When the Support Stops | Beyond the Loss
Most people assume the hardest part of losing a child is the beginning.But many parents will tell youโitโs what comes after.In this episode, I want to sit with you in what I call the long afterโthat quiet space where the support...
Episode 2: Losing a Child: Who Am I Now? (Identity Crisis) | Beyond the Loss
In this episode, I want to begin where many parents find themselvesโoften without language.When a child dies, we tend to talk about grief. But what is less often named is something more fundamental.Identity.
Episode 1: Why We Created This Space for Grieving Parents | Beyond the Loss
This episode marks the beginning of a different kind of conversation about griefโone that does not center on the immediacy of loss, but on what unfolds over time.In Beyond the Loss: Life and Identity After a Child Dies, we explore the q...
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Episode 0: Start Here: A Gentle Guide to Your Grief Journey | Beyond the Loss
Early grief is visible.The long after is quieter.Thereโs a kind of listening that isnโt about gathering informationโฆ but about allowing something to meet you, at your own pace.This opening episode of Beyond the Lo...
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