The Days That Follow

Grief is a universal experience. But how we move through it and create meaning from our losses, is completely unique. While loss is an inevitable part of life, what we do in The Days That Follow, in the short and the long term, can help us make sense of the pain and guide us through our new normal. Presented by Jana Firestone, therapist, author of "Embracing Change" and the host/executive producer of The Curious Life Podcast, with a blend of her personal and professional experience, and the stories of others to bring hope and light into the darkness.

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Chris Walker

This episode contains an honest discussion about mental health and a brief mention of suicide. Chris Walker is the creator and executive producer of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Hard Quiz and Tomorrow Tonight. As an acclaimed and well-respected leader in his field, you would never know that bubbling away underneath the surface was an enormous grief that has been present within him for more than thirty years. On Christmas Eve, when Chris was nine years old, he lost his beloved older brother...

Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Lotte Bowser

Lotte Bowser is an inspiring bright light, a writer, an advocate and a young woman who has experienced deep pain and trauma, through the loss of her partner Ben. Lotte lost Ben slowly and suddenly. How does a young person, so full of life and vitality lose their life in such an unfair and unjust way, in circumstances that add to the layers of grief and disconnection to those who loved him. Lotte has been through an inconceivable loss, in a time when the whole world was locked away and her closes...

Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Mikhailla Fitzgerald

This episode comes with a content warning, as it includes an open discussion about baby loss. The death of a child is such a sensitive topic and one that elicits fear and distress in us all. It’s an experience and an area of discussion that so many of us would prefer to avoid. But it’s for those reasons that we need to have these conversations, because child loss is something that is very real for so many, and we can all learn something about ourselves through these discussions. We can understan...

Mar 23, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4

Good Mourning Podcast - Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn

When you lose a parent suddenly and unexpectedly, you immediately gain access to a terrible, unenviable club filled with other grieving young people who have lost a parent too soon. There’s an instant understanding and knowing, that only those who have been through it can truly relate to. Sally Douglas and Imogen Carn are part of that awful club and we connected immediately. Sal and Im met after the sudden deaths of their mothers just a few short years ago and became firm friends. That meeting s...

Mar 12, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Briony Benjamin

Welcome to the very first episode of The Days That Follow . This podcast has been a long time coming, 20 years in fact. And to kick us off, we have the beautiful Briony Benjamin , who generously shares her experience of the many layers of grief that accompanied her cancer diagnosis five years ago. We get down to the details in this illuminating chat about the lived experience of a health crisis and the impact on our loved ones around us. Briony shares her thoughts on what helped and what didn’t,...

Feb 28, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 1

A little bit about the "why"...

Welcome to The Days That Follow , a grief recovery podcast. Hosted by me, Jana Firestone. I am a therapist with many years' experience working in grief and trauma, as well as having a deep and personal understanding of grief from my own life and losses. I shared some of that in my book "Embracing Change" and overwhelmingly, there seemed to be significant interest in diving deeper into grief and making the space for the hardest conversations. As the host and Executive Producer of The Curious Life...

Sep 19, 2022•2 min

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