Episodios

  • 201. When Grief Comes Home with Erin Leigh Nelson & Colleen E. Montague
    Aug 17 2025

    "You don't have to parent through grief alone."

    Erin Leigh Nelson & Colleen E. Montague want you to know that grieving as a parent doesn't mean you set your own grief aside. Although as parents, we often put our needs last, grief is one of those arenas where you can support yourself and your kids (and community) through the expressions of loss as they come.

    This conversation is around the work of Jessica's House, a peer support program for grieving children and families, as well as their new book, When Grief Comes Home: A Gentle Guide for Living Through Loss While Supporting Your Child.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • Buy the book or check out their podcast
    • Learn about Jessica's house in NorCal
    • Connect on social media
    • Become a Patron of the show
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    39 m
  • 200. Five Red Flags for Grief
    Aug 10 2025

    Wouldn’t it be lovely if you knew what you were doing wrong before you found yourself elbow deep in misery?

    Great news – this week, we’re naming the five biggest mistakes grievers make so not only can you prepare yourself for what’s to come, but you can support your friends who are grieving in a new and more healthy way, too.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • Become a Patron!
    • Connect with Mandy
    • Learn more about Restorative Grief
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    18 m
  • 199. Meeting The Needs of Grieving Kids with Eric Daddario
    Aug 3 2025

    "If you can become that one trusted adult, it could change everything."

    Former NCAA Division 1 hockey player Eric Daddario understands first hand the feeling of helplessness in the face of grief. After experiencing the tragic loss of his younger brother to a drug overdose, Eric dedicated his life to helping students and student-athletes navigate grief, anxiety, and the pressures of adolescence.

    Through his engaging presentations, he empowers young people to speak up, seek help, and make healthy life choices, fostering resilience and emotional well-being. If you have a teen in your life, this is the perfect episode for you.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • Learn more about Eric Daddario as a speaker
    • Order a copy of "One Trusted Adult"
    • Connect with Eric or Mandy on social media
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    49 m
  • 198. Grieving Has Layers!
    Jul 27 2025

    “This is the chance you have to stop performing your life and start embodying it.”

    Do you know where to begin when you’re grieving? Most of the time, we suspect we simply wait until it hurts too much, then allow ourselves (or don’t) to burst like a dam until the tears stop applying emotional pressure.

    This week, we’re going to talk through how to grieve with intention when we notice all those griefs we’ve disallowed ourselves from feeling over the years.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • Join The Restorative Grief Project
    • Become a Patron!
    • Connect on Instagram
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    11 m
  • 197. Held Together with Rebecca N. Thompson
    Jul 20 2025

    "I’m a little less than I would have been without my struggles, and also a little more. My children are not what make me whole. But they are part of what I needed to stop feeling broken."

    Learning to tell our story as a griever is an art form a transformation, and a necessary part of the healing process but often, it can feel unsafe to get started. In her new book Held Together: A Shared Memoir of Motherhood, Medicine, and Imperfect Love, author Rebecca N. Thompson explores the many ways that grief shows up in the world of parenting.

    Her own work as a family medicine and public health physician wasn’t exactly insulation against her own pregnancy complications and losses, but it did allow her to begin creating a container where others in similar situations could learn to tell their stories, too.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • Learn more about Rebecca
    • Order Held Together
    • Visit Restorative Grief on social media
    • Become a Patron!
    • Learn more about 1:1 coaching opportunities
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    44 m
  • 196. How Distress Tolerance Will Make You Happier
    Jul 13 2025

    "Happy, healthy, and independent people understand the power of sorrow."

    What if your shortcut to happiness has been with you since birth—but was silenced to keep others comfortable? This week, we're digging into distress tolerance—the skill that helps us hold sorrow without bypassing it. Many of us were raised in emotionally dismissive environments, and it’s time to unlearn that conditioning.

    You’ll learn why distress tolerance is vital for emotional health, how avoidance keeps us stuck, and what it means to re-parent your inner child with presence and compassion. Whether you're a parent or not, this episode will remind you that feeling your feelings is not weakness—it’s wisdom.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • MandyCapehart.com/coaching
    • Patreon.com/MandyCapehart
    • Connect with Mandy on Instagram
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    12 m
  • 195. Deep Listening Changes Everything with Emily Kasriel
    Jul 6 2025

    "When people feel listened to well, their window of tolerance is expanded."

    It's time to learn how to listen with intention, not just an outcome in mind. We're learning these skills from Emily Kasriel—former BBC journalist, executive coach, and author of Deep Listening: Transform Your Relationships with Family, Friends, and Foes.

    Listen while we discuss how grief often becomes the unnamed adversary in our lives and relationships and explore how Emily’s eight-step framework for Deep Listening can help us re-enter connection, not only with those we’ve lost or hurt, but with the hurting parts of ourselves.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • Official Book Page: HarperCollins – Deep Listening
    • Emily’s Website: www.emilykasriel.com
      • Connect on socials: Mandy or Emily
      • Join the Patreon!
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    49 m
  • 194. Avatars After Death
    Jun 29 2025

    "If you could preserve your loved one in a digital body, would you do it?"

    This week, we're confronting the uncomfortable reality of AI grief bots - programs and companies providing artificially generated versions of your loved ones after their death.

    This conversation could go on for days, so while this just scratches the surface of the topic, it's worthwhile to get your thoughts going about the ethical and emotional ramifications of this technology and the way we grieve.

    Links + Resources from this episode:

    • The Restorative Grief Project
    • Joshua Barbeau's experience
    • Join our Patreon
    • Connect on social media (@MandyCapehart)
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    11 m