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Life After Child Loss is a personal and deep podcast with focus on, not only my journey, but the journey of other parents all over the world who have lost children of various causes and reasons. It's the grief many don't understand and other's aren't willing to talk about. An in depth, uncensored talk about parent's trying to live a life after they lose their child. Walk with me as I take you on my journey of twists, turns, highs and lows of fighting from merely existing to living, but also ...
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Does the thought of having to live in a world without your child cripple you? Do you lay awake at night with the ”what if’s” and the ”why’s” constantly playing in your mind, wondering if you’ll ever feel peace again? Does everything seem hard, even the little things? Do you just want someone to understand how you feel? I see you friend. In this podcast you will find the hope you’re looking for, the healing you’re longing for, and the key to living again after losing your child, all through t ...
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Are you facing something new in your life? A new job? Moving to a new house? Or simply just making new memories? Experiencing new things in your life without your child can be so hard. It can be difficult to wade through all the emotions that come with it. Here are 3 things you can do to help you face whatever “new” you’re getting ready to experien…
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Grief can be so heavy and overwhelming. It can be hard to see our way through it, especially in the early days. And grief also takes a toll on us mentally to where we just can’t do or think about doing anything complicated. So how do we make it through an emotion that’s so heavy with a mental capacity to not doing anything complicated? No worries f…
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Have you been struggling with the state of the world right now? Have you been wrestling with the uncertainty of the future? How is it all going to work out when it seems impossible right now? Well friends, this episode is for you! God has shown me something that I’m so excited to share with you. Something that I believe will give you peace even in …
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A few years back I had a fresh revelation of a very familiar story in the Bible. This story reminds us how Jesus meets us in the hardest moments and offers us something incredible in return. He doesn’t leave us alone in this messy life, but is so close to us. If you're looking for hope and a reminder of Jesus' constant presence in your life, this e…
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There’s a verse that has been such a big part of my grief journey. I have felt the promise that this verse gives us over and over again. However, recently I heard a different take on this verse that blew me away. I couldn’t wait to share it with you. In this episode, we dive into the closeness of the Father in our grief, and I bring you 4 ways you …
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Feeling peace in the middle of your grief can seem impossible. However, when we look in the Bible it’s full of promises of peace that we can claim over our grief and pain and sadness. I’ve experienced this peace in my own grief journey, the peace that doesn’t make sense. In today’s episode, I share a time that I felt this peace. And then we’ll go i…
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The journey of rediscovering who you are after losing your child is such a process. And it can seem overwhelming. In today’s episode, I break down how to start this journey into two phases with steps that you can start taking today in the process of rediscovering the new you after child loss. This is such a process, friend. It won’t happen overnigh…
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We all know how powerful God’s word is, especially in helping us make it through our grief journey. But why? Why is it so powerful? In this episode, I go into 4 reasons why God’s word has so much power and how you can use it to help you make it through hard situations that come up in your life and in your grief journey. 🔗Links Mentioned in Episode:…
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Grief affects us in so many different ways - emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually. Our entire being is affected. I believe there are certain things we need to prioritize in our healing journey. Today I’m bringing you 4 things to prioritize. While these aren’t the only 4 things, I wanted to bring these to you today as I think they are some…
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Our child’s heaven anniversary is the hardest day of the year. The day our babies left this earth and went to heaven is a no good, awful day. So how are you supposed to make it through? I recently went through my Sam’s heaven anniversary and I made it through the day. So I wanted to make this episode to share with you what I did to give you some id…
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Fear is one of the emotions I have really struggled with after losing Sam. If you struggle with fear as well, you know how crippling it can be. But God has not left us to deal with this emotion on our own! He’s equipped us with things we can do, weapons we can use, against our fears. In this episode, I go into what causes our fear (and no, it’s not…
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Throughout my own grief journey, I’ve received advice that just didn’t fit after losing Sam. This type of grief that we’re having to walk through, the grief of losing a child, is just not right. It shouldn’t be this way. And so the “typical” advice that we might receive just doesn’t apply to us as grieving moms. In this episode I bring you 4 pieces…
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Summer is here! Summer is a great time to make memories with your family. And as we all know, memories are so precious. Memories are things we can hold on to for years and years to come. However, most of the time memories won’t just happen - we have to be intentional in planning for them! I don’t want you to get to the end of your summer and realiz…
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Feeling joy after losing your child can seem impossible. How in the world are we going to be able to feel joy and happiness after walking through such deep grief? I feel you friend. I was there wondering that same exact thing after losing Sam. But I’m here on the other side looking back to you saying that you CAN feel joy and happiness again! And h…
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We all know we should be spending time every day with Jesus. It’s how we find our strength to get through the days, especially after losing our child. I believe the key in making this a routine, a part of your every day life, is to keep it simple! So in this episode I’m sharing my easy 3 step quiet time routine that I strive to do every morning. I …
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Y’all know how big a fan I am of walking! Walking outside in nature has played (and continues to play) such a huge part of my healing journey. But why? Why would walking outside help with healing your heart? I’m here to tell you! Here are 3 ways that walking outside in nature, in God’s creation, is a great thing to do in your grief journey. 🔗Links …
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Sometimes you just have a plain old bad day. Either you wake up missing your child or a wave of grief knocks you down and you find it hard to come back from it. What do you do? It can be hard to feel like you can turn the day around when it starts going south. Almost like you’ve fallen in a pit of quicksand that’s pulling you down and you don’t see…
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If you were to ask me... Courtney, what is the one thing that helped you get through after losing Sam? What would I say? What is the one thing that helped me survive? Well my friend, in today's episode, I tell you. And I also will let you know how you can use this same thing in your grief journey to help you make it too. ✨Free Resources: Find Your …
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When we’re walking through our grief journey anything we can do to help bring some peace to our lives is helpful! So today I wanted to bring you 3 simple ways you can make your home a place of peace. These things are NOT hard at all! And most of them will cost you nothing! I pray that as you listen to this episode it will give you some ideas that y…
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There are a few things that have been critical in me being able to make it after losing my child. One of those things, without a doubt, is my lifesaver verse. So what is a “lifesaver verse”? And how can you find yours? In this episode I go all into what this is and how I’ve used it in my own grief journey to help keep me from drowning in my grief. …
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Stepping out in faith and doing something that God has called you to do can be so scary. What if it wasn’t God telling you to take that step? How is it going to work out? How will I know what my next step is supposed to be? The fear of not knowing can hold you back from doing what you feel God is telling you to do. This recently happened to me. I h…
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Meditation. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear that word? Is it how God defines meditation - or is it how the world defines it? This short episode is actually a clip I pulled out of another episode. After pulling it out I realized I wanted to share it with y’all! So in this little baby episode we dive into what meditation is, what Go…
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Valentine's Day is next week. And when I think about love, I can't go without talking about the greatest love I've ever experienced... The love of God in my grief. After I lost Sam, the depth of my pain and sadness was so very deep, but God met me with love that was equally as deep. So this episode is dedicated to him, the one who has been there fo…
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Grief affects every part of us - emotionally, mentally, and physically. Anyone who has walked through deep grief will know the effect of grief mentally and even on our physical body. So how do we start healing after grief? Today I wanted to talk through 5 things we can do to bring healing mentally and physically so we can better process our thought…
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In my grief journey after losing Sam, there have been many times that I’ve experienced joy and sadness all at the same time. But an important lesson I’ve learned is, feeling joy again IS POSSIBLE! I know it doesn’t seem like you will ever feel anything but sadness (especially if you’re early in your grief journey), but I want to encourage you that …
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Is your daily quiet time getting a little stale? Are you tired of doing the same thing day after day and are looking for a way to freshen it up, make you excited to spend time with Jesus again? We’ve all been there! But no worries - I’ve got you friend! In this episode I bring you 4 things that you can do to help bring a new excitement to your quie…
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Community is so important in this grief journey. Losing a child can make you feel so alone. But I'm here to tell you that you do NOT have to walk this road alone! There are so many options for you when it comes to having a support system in your life. Today I'm going to dive into 3 different places you can look for a community to walk alongside you…
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Everything changes after you lose your child. Your purpose and passions in life is no exception. It can be hard feeling purpose or passion for anything after walking through such deep grief. And you’re right. In the beginning it’s all we can do to survive. However, there will come a point in your grief journey that you’ll feel the pull to find a ne…
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I know I’ve mentioned so many times that there’s not a right way to grieve. But is there a wrong way? My initial reaction would be no, there isn’t a wrong way. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized there is a wrong way - a way that doesn’t bring lasting peace and comfort. So today I wanted to share what that is and then give you some…
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Jesus' birth brought us many things, but there is one gift that his birth brought us that is the greatest gift we could have as grieving parents. Today I want to talk about everything that Jesus' birth brought us - all based off of Isaiah 9:6. And then I want to add one important gift that he gave us. One that is the greatest gift we can have on ou…
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Social media. It’s the thing that takes up so much of our time, but we all know we should turn it off. So why is it so hard to stop the scroll? That’s what I go into in this episode. Plus I go through steps you can take to help reduce (or stop) your social media use and begin tasting the freedom that being away from your phone will bring. 📄Show Not…
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After your child goes to heaven, there will come a time when you want to do something in their memory. Something to honor them. And there are so many different things you can do! I wanted to bring you 5 ways that you can honor your child that you’ve lost. You can use these 5 ideas to spark your own ideas of what you can do. Everyone’s journey is so…
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The holidays are upon us. After losing a child everything about the holidays can seem hard. But today I wanted to touch on one specific part of this holiday season - holiday parties. Getting together with family and friends while you’re processing your grief can seem so overwhelming and impossible. So I wanted to bring you some tips you can use to …
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All holidays are hard after losing a child, and Thanksgiving is no exception. It’s just another reminder that our child isn’t here. So today, I want to help us get through the day by taking you through one of my favorite “Thanksgiving” verses in scripture - Psalm 107. I walk through this portion of scripture verse by verse and relate it to this gri…
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Gratitude and grief. They just don’t seem like they go together. How can we have thankfulness after we’ve lost our child? It seems impossible. While it’s not impossible, it also isn’t easy. It really takes concentrated effort to have gratitude in the middle of your grief. So why even try? What’s the big deal about gratitude? In this episode I tell …
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Distractions. Normally they are not a good thing. We hear all the time: Stay focused on your goals! Don’t get distracted! But during your grief journey (especially in the early days), distractions are a very good thing. When we sit for too long the grief and pain threaten to consume our mind, so we need to have some distractions ready to go for tho…
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We all know how important sleep is, but sleep is one of the things that is so hard to do after losing your child. There were so many nights that I would just lay awake, my mind refusing to stop long enough for me to go to sleep. There were 2 things I did specifically that helped me be able to fall asleep in those early days, weeks, and months after…
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One thing that became crystal clear after we lost our son Sam is that I was done wasting time on things that didn’t matter. Because you never know how long you have on this Earth, I didn’t want to waste a moment on things that weren’t a priority. But how do you know what’s a priority and what’s not? In this episode I bring you through 4 steps to he…
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After you lose a child, it wears you down emotionally, mentally, and physically. It feels as if we’ve just gone through battle. It’s important to be able to find some kind of rest after the dust of your loss settles. But I know that rest seems impossible while you’re starting to walk this grief journey. So I wanted to share with you 5 different way…
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Are you struggling with a mental battle? Do you feel overwhelmed by the thoughts that won’t go away? Is this mental battle stealing your peace and your joy? Are you ready to win victory over this battle once and for all?!!! That’s exactly what this episode is about. I’ve recently been struggling with something mentally and the Holy Spirit helped me…
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Welcome to the second part of our Walk With Us series! Today we go into what to DO for someone who has just lost their child. It can be so hard knowing what to do for someone walking through such deep grief and sadness. Can you even do anything that will make a difference? So I went back in my journey to when we lost Sam and thought about all the t…
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Today I’m bringing you the first of a two-part series that I have called Walk With Us. If you have someone in your life who has lost a child, these episodes are for you to help guide you in what to say and what not to say from a mama who has lost her child too. These episodes are dedicated to all my family and friends who weren’t scared to get down…
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Your child’s heaven anniversary is the hardest 24 hours of the year. How are you supposed to get through the day that took your baby? It can be so hard making it through that day, but I’m here with 6 things that have helped me get through Sam’s heaven anniversary in the past. I pray that this episode will help give you some ideas on how you can mak…
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