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EPISODE · Apr 24, 2026 · 46 MIN

Mother Loss & Mother Wounds

from The Wisdom of Grief Podcast · host Leslie Hunt Palumbo and Amy Scott Rooker

There are some relationships that shape us in ways we’re still discovering long after they’re gone. In this episode, we step into a deeply honest and expansive conversation about mother loss, mother wounds, and the complexity of grieving imperfect relationships.Together with author, fellow mother griever, and Substack writer Amy Scott Rooker, we explore how grief can become a powerful force for personal and spiritual transformation. We also open into experiences that often live just beyond language- signs and messages from the other side, and the use of plant medicine as a pathway to insight, connection, and healing.This is a conversation filled with depth, nuance, and moments that may feel strikingly familiar.Amy’s presence and perspective bring so much depth, honesty, and resonance to this conversation about healing traumatic loss and relationships. There is so much here to gently sit with, reflect on, and take with you on the alternative and spiritual front.You can find her Substack here: https://amyrooker.substack.com/You can pre-order Amy’s book here: https://amyrooker.substack.com/p/a-gift-for-you-the-opening-of-myThis space is always open for you. I welcome your reflections, your questions, and anything this conversation brings up for you—whether for me or for Amy. If there’s something you’d like to hear explored in a future episode, I’m listening, and here for all of it. ✨If you’d like to read more about my own experience with complicated mother loss, you can do that here: https://lesliepalumbo.substack.com/p/the-book Get full access to Wisdom of Grief at lesliepalumbo.substack.com/subscribe

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