**Content Warning:** This episode includes explicit discussions of alcohol abuse, binge drinking, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised, especially for those who may find these topics distressing.

In this heartfelt episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast, host Julie Craig welcomes Colleen Clifford, commercial fisherwoman, author, and former binge drinker, to discuss grief, alcohol misuse, shame, and the journey toward healing. Colleen's book, Life Beyond the Binge: A Commercial Fisherwoman's Journey Home, shares lessons from a life shaped by difficult experiences, profound loss, and the courage to begin again.

After losing her husband, Scott, to alcohol-related suicide, Colleen had to navigate a complicated grieving process while also examining her own relationship with alcohol. Through honest reflection, she discovered how unresolved shame had influenced many of her choices and how binge drinking had become a way to cope with pain she had carried for decades.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

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Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.

In this week's highlight episode, host Julie Craig has put together a series of vignettes from last week's episode with Steven Ferrara.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefbeliever/

✨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348612280

✨ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoodGriefBeliever

New Episodes Every Other Sunday

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.

In this tender episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast, host Julie Craig welcomes Steven Ferrara, author of Grief to Gratitude, for an honest conversation about losing the people he loved most and discovering a new way to understand grief, loss, faith, and life after death.

Steven shares the heartbreaking story of his son Christopher, who died suddenly in a car accident at just 23 years old. His unexpected death shattered Steven and his family and began a long journey through grief after losing a child. Rather than hiding from the pain, Steven learned to express his emotions through running, crying, screaming, journaling, and talking with people he trusted.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefbeliever/

✨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348612280

✨ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoodGriefBeliever

New Episodes Every Two Weeks

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.

In this week's highlight episode, host Julie Craig has put together a series of vignettes from last week's episode with Dr. Alan Cohen.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: @/goodgriefbeliever

✨ Facebook: Good Grief Believer

New Episodes Every Other Sunday

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.

In this heartfelt episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast, host Julie Craig welcomes renowned pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Alan R. Cohen, along with medical students Hannah Duarte and Sarah Heath, for a meaningful conversation about grief, compassionate healthcare, hope, and the healing power of human connection.

Dr. Cohen, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and author of Comfort Always: Healing in the Age of Technology, draws on more than four decades of experience caring for children and families facing some of life's most frightening moments. His message is simple but profound: technology can treat disease, but humanity heals the patient.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefbeliever/

✨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348612280

✨ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoodGriefBeliever

New Episodes Every Two Weeks

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com

In this week's highlight episode, host Julie Craig has put together a series of vignettes from last week's episode with Kelly Edmonson.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefbeliever/

✨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348612280

✨ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoodGriefBeliever

New Episodes Every Other Sunday

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.

What happens when the person who spent 25 years helping families through medical crises suddenly finds herself walking through the unimaginable?

In this episode of Good Grief Believer, Julie Craig welcomes Kelly Edmondson, trauma ICU nurse, nurse executive, certified grief counselor, and founder of Timely Presence.

Kelly shares the devastating story of losing her 28-year-old son, Darius, unexpectedly to a seizure while she and her husband were away. Although she had spent decades caring for grieving families, nothing could prepare her for becoming a grieving mother herself.

Together, Julie and Kelly explore the difference between shock and grief, why grief often begins long after everyone else has returned to normal life, and how the silence that follows loss can be one of the hardest parts of the journey.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefbeliever/

✨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348612280

✨ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoodGriefBeliever

New Episodes Every Two Weeks

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.

In this week's highlight episode, host Julie Craig has put together a series of vignettes from last week's episode with Dr. Clay Brigance.

Good Grief Believer is a podcast, where I hope you’ll discover the power of belonging to a group, that not only comprehends the depth of your grief, but where you’ll find comfort in our collective wisdom.

Each week I’ll interview groups or individuals who have discovered what it means to grieve well, and how to help others along their own healing journey.

Follow Good Grief Believer on Social Media:

✨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodgriefbeliever/

✨ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348612280

✨ Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GoodGriefBeliever

New Episodes Every Other Sunday

Thank you for listening to this week's episode of the Good Grief Believer podcast. I believe we grieve better when we share our experiences with others. And I am always eager to hear from other people about their unique grief journey. Please contact me if you would be willing to share your perspective with me as a guest on the Good Grief Believer podcast by emailing me at goodgriefbeliever@gmail.com.