Sharon L. Spano, PhD

𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘀: 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 & 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝘀 is a education podcast hosted by Sharon L. Spano, PhD. It has 2 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

When a child dies—at any age—life does not return to what it was. Identity shifts. Meaning fractures. The future no longer looks the same.𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. Hosted by Dr. Sharon Spano—a developmental coach, systems thinker, and parent whose life was changed by the death of her own son Michael—this podcast explores what unfolds after the unthinkable.Children die in many ways, often surrounded by silence, stigma, guilt, or misunderstanding. While every loss is unique, this space begins from a simple truth: no parent’s grief is more or less legitimate because of how a child died.Beyond the Loss makes an intentional distinction between the urgency of early grief and the deeper work of integration that unfolds over time. While both are real and necessary, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀

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