All the Grief
All the Grief
Rebecca Luttrell & Andrea Giron Mathern
A  podcast for everyone touched by grief - which, as our hosts figure, is all the humans. Hosted by Rebecca and Andrea, a therapist and a social scientist whose friendship deepened when they were connected by each having lost their father. Through the shared bond of being in “the club no one wants to be in,” they explored death, connection, mortality, and life. As they watched grief be bottled up around them they decided to bring grief to light and continue to explore all the ways that we, all the humans, experience it. They hope to inspire honest dialogue, create connections, and obliterate the loneliness that can come from the societal pressure to hold it alone. We hope you’ll join the conversation.
The War At Home: Becky Ellis Daughter of a WWII Vet
In this episode Andrea and Rebecca chat with Becky Ellis, author of Little Avalanches, a memoir about her childhood as the daughter of a decorated World War II Combat Sergeant. Becky shares the fear, unpredictability, and chaos of a war fought at home. She also shares her journey to understand her father and her persistence to get his story and understand how his time in the war forever altered his life - and hers. It is a story of trauma, survival, understanding, and love.Find Beckywww.becky...
Jan 13, 2025
54 min
Loss as a Teenager: The Lasting Impact with Author Lindsay Bomstein
In this episode Andrea + Rebecca chat with author, life coach, and facilitator Lindsay Bomstein. As a teen Lindsay's father was killed suddenly in a head-on collision with a truck. Her life has been shaped in the shadow of this loss and she joins All the Grief to chat about grief, love, legacy, and humor. Find Lindsay online:www.sitandsmile.com On Instagram:@lboms Buy Lindsay's book All I Feel is Love:https://www.amazon.com/All-Feel-Love-Lindsay-Bomstein/dp/1662953313
Dec 30, 2024
1 hr 6 min
A Daughter's Terminal Diagnosis, A Mother's Love
In this episode Andrea and Rebecca talk to Jessica Fein author of Breath Taking a beautiful memoir about family, a terminal illness, death, and life. It is a touching conversation about navigating the medical system, a degenerative disease, and an ending no one wants. But it is also a beautiful conversation about a family coming together, a little girl who at her heart is just a charming wonderful little girl, and the experiences and memories that will bind us all. Find JessicaOn Instag...
Dec 16, 2024
1 hr 2 min
Moving Our Grief: Understanding Grief in Our Bodies
Rebecca and Andrea interview Hannah Kinderlehrer founder and teacher Trainer of Awaken The Dance, and a holistic coach through Rise in Thrive coaching. Together we explore how grief manifests in our body and the power we have to honor and move it. Not move it out - just move with it, move through it. Hannah shares stories, insights, and movement tips for integrating dance or movement as you care for yourself in grief. https://www.riseandthrive.care/Resources:https://anniemurphypaul.com/books/...
Dec 2, 2024
1 hr 8 min
Pet Loss: A Legacy of Love
In this episode Andrea & Rebecca chat with Christine Passo about the significance of pet loss. Christine is a life coach, host of the podcast Unconscious Evolution, and proud fur mom. She shares with us the devastation after the loss of her sweet Maya Ray and how this loss has helped her to hold her heart open for all grief. If you have a pet, have lost a pet, or know people who have experienced this type of loss, this is a beautiful and insightful episode. Find Christine:www.christinepas...
Nov 22, 2024
59 min
Sal & Im from Good Mourning Podcast Celebrate our 1 Year!
In this episode Andrea & Rebecca chat with the Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn (Sal & Im) co-founders of Good Mourning a podcast, online community, and the title of their first book! The four talk about their grief origins, the power of finding someone who gets you in grief, and their collective mission to support grievers so no one has to feel so alone.It's hard to believe its been a year and these two were on Andrea & Rebecca's wishlist for interview guests, it was a dream come tr...
Nov 4, 2024
1 hr 1 min
Early Onset Alzheimer's: A poet's journey through grief
In this episode Andrea & Rebecca talk with poet and author Reese Zahner whose debut poetry album "Moving With" under the pen name, Cleo Childs explores her raw experiences of losing her mother. Reese joins us to talk about her mother's diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's at just 66 and Reese only 21. A touching and informative episode about the impacts of an early onset Alzheimers diagnosis on a daughter.Find Reese's album and other writings at:https://cleochilds.com/
Oct 21, 2024
59 min
Grieve Leave with Rebecca Feinglos
In this episode Andrea and Rebecca interview Rebecca Feinglos. In December 2021, Rebecca quit her job to take a sabbatical year to grieve after the sudden death of her father. It became so much more as she faced the grief of her father's death and the grief she had buried after her mother's passing when she was just 13. She documented her thoughts on her blog and social media - it was her "Grieve Leave." Through sharing knowledge, advice and tangible resources, and creating a space for others...
Oct 4, 2024
59 min
Chat with the Author: Annie Sklaver Orenstein, Always a Sibling
Andrea and Rebecca interview author, Annie Sklaver Orenstein about her recently released her book Always a Sibling, published by Hachette Go. After her brother was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan, Annie was heartbroken. Standing in the grief section of her local bookstore, she searched for guides on how to work through her grief as a mourning sibling—and found nothing. More than 4 million American adults each year will lose a sibling, yet there isn't a modern r...
Sep 20, 2024
1 hr
Grief on the Screen: Banshees of Inisherin
On this episode Andrea and Rebecca take another look at grief on the screen by watching and discussing The Banshees of Inisherin. The film, starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson was released in 2022 and follows two lifelong friends who find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their friendship. SPOILER ALERT of course, but this episode can be listened to before or after seeing this incredible film. Oh, and did we mention there is a miniature donkey? Becasue there is.
Sep 5, 2024
1 hr 4 min
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