The Body Remembers: Navigating the Hidden Aftermath of Child Loss
What if grief doesn’t begin as a thought? What if it stays in our body? What happens when our body remembers exactly what loss has asked us to carry? Over the past season of Beyond the Loss, we have focused on the ways grief reaches far beyond the early days. We’ve...
Prenatal Child Loss & Grieving the Invisible Future with Dr. Tom Dutta
In this deeply moving episode of Beyond the Loss, Dr. Sharon Spano welcomes Dr. Tom Dutta for his first public conversation about the death of his son, Tommy, who passed away preterm over three decades ago. Together, they explore father grief, hidden shame, identity, family systems, and how buried loss can transform into compassion, service, and deeper purpose.
Grieving the Future: What Never Got to Happen After Child Loss
Sometimes grief is not only about what happened. It is also about the future that never arrived. In this episode of Beyond the Loss, Dr. Sharon reflects on the quiet grief of what never got to happen after the death of a child.
If I Feel Joy Again, Am I Leaving My Child Behind?
In this episode of Beyond the Loss, we dive into this complex emotional landscape. For many parents, joy after loss doesn’t show up as pure relief. It arrives tangled with loyalty, confusion, and fear—not because joy is wrong, but because navigating life after this...
Life After Child Loss: How Grief Changes Shape Over Time | Beyond the Loss
In this episode of Beyond the Loss: Life and Identity After a Child Dies, Dr. Sharon Spano explores how the death of a child affects not only the grieving parent, but the entire family system. This conversation offers a thoughtful lens for understanding grief, relationships, and the unseen patterns that emerge after profound loss.
How Child Loss Changes the Entire Family System | Beyond the Loss
In this episode of Beyond the Loss: Life and Identity After a Child Dies, Dr. Sharon Spano explores how the death of a child affects not only the grieving parent, but the entire family system. This conversation offers a thoughtful lens for understanding grief, relationships, and the unseen patterns that emerge after profound loss.
Why Your Grief After Losing a Child Doesn’t Need Explaining
In this episode of Beyond the Loss, Dr. Sharon Spano explores how grief after child loss is often labeled, interpreted, or explained too quickly—and why some experiences need space to unfold over time.
The Question Every Grieving Parent Asks
There comes a point in grief after child loss when many parents quietly realize something difficult: some questions may never fully resolve. Why did this happen? Why my child? Why did life unfold this way? And no matter how much time passes, those questions often...
When a Parent’s Identity Changes Forever
Grief after losing a child doesn’t just change how we feel. What we don’t often expect… is how deeply it changes where we belong. Not in obvious ways. But in quiet moments— in conversations that feel different… in relationships that begin to shift… and in the subtle...