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Beyond the Loss: Real Talk about Life and Loss
by Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre
Join Aditi Loveridge and Danyelle Kaluski (co-founders of the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre) as they share real stories about parenting and healing through pregnancy and infant loss. Aditi and Danyelle allow space for the often-silenced truths around loss to be heard and offer an affirmative space for all people impacted by loss to share their stories, their triumphs and their healing. For immediate peer support across each stage of the journey text our national Pregnancy & Infant Loss Helpline at 1-888-910-1551 or chat on our website at www.pilsc.org
Episodes
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Growing in the Spaces Left Behind: A TFMR Story
This week, Aditi and Danyelle welcome Soraya and Zain to the podcast to discuss the loss of their son Amaanat. During his 20 week scan, they discovered that Amaanat had a non-fatal but significant brain anomaly, leading to their decision to terminate the pregnancy. Soraya and Zain talk candidly…
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Time Doesn't Heal Everything: The Work of Grief
This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down to debunk some of the most pernicious myths about the grieving process. Danyelle speaks about how her own lack of understanding and resources led her to repeating the same unhelpful steps for many years. Coping, Danyelle points out, is not enough. Time…
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Ten Years Out: Thoughts on Anniversaries/Milestones
This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down to discuss the milestones of our grief journey and how our relationship to those milestones changes over time. Milestones can bring up a sense of expectations that we behave a certain way, but the truth is that each milestone is different for everyone.…
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Race, Grief and Infertility: A Conversation with Dr. Loree Johnson
This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down with Dr. Loree Johnson to talk about the intersection of race, infertility and grief. We do not all experience the same system of care when we go through loss, and it's important to recognize when others are at the receiving end of systemic societal…
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Real Talk with Sarah Cormier and Gillian Hatto
This week, Danyelle sits down with Sarah Cormier and Gillian Hatto to talk about and demystify the perception around SIDS/SUDI/SUDC. SIDS is a difficult topic with a lot of baggage behind it. How do you find a community afterwards? How do you manage the community you come from, who often don't…
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When Adult Friendships End
Grief and trauma change us, and what is sometimes surprising is how it can also change or end our adult friendships. This week, Aditi and Danyelle share from their journeys about the loss of adult friendships in their lives, what they've learned, and what they wish they'd known. If you are...
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Real Talk with Roopa Khanna
Asking someone about whether or not they are planning to have children is not the same as asking about the weather. Sometimes 'small talk' covers big topics. This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down to talk with Roopa Khanna about her loss and experience with navigating interactions with people who...
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A Reading by Psychic Medium Erin Winters
Erin Winters is a psychic medium who works with spirits to provide guidance, meaningful messages, clarity, and gentle reassurance to her clients. This week she brings her skills to her reading with Aditi as they, along with Danyelle, try to find some guidance for the future of PILSC. Erin has…
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One Question, Many Answers
At the end of every episode of Beyond the Loss, Danyelle and Aditi pose the same question to their guest: if you could reach back and tell yourself something from the beginning of your loss journey, what would that be? Over the last two seasons, we've had many different and beautiful answers to...
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Real Talk About Grief Over the Holidays
This week's episode is a re-release of our December 2020 recording where Aditi and Danyelle discuss the difficulties around grieving over the holidays. The holidays can be a difficult, confusing, stressful time, even without having to navigate through the grief journey. We wish you a very gentle...
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Real Talk with Candace Stephenson
This week Aditi and Danyelle sit down with yoga teacher Candace Stephenson to talk about the similarities and differences between their grief journeys ten years after loss. The three discuss grief over the holidays, how loss changes over time, and the coping strategies that have worked for them.…
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Real Talk with Aaron Hoyland
Today Aditi and Danyelle sit down to talk to Aaron Hoyland about the non-birthing partner's perspective through the fertility journey. Together they discuss elements of traditional masculinity in relation to fertility as well as how fertility issues can obscure and overtake the relationship…
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Real Talk About Non-Birthing Partner Loss
When we talk about loss we often focus on the experiences of the birthing person. Sometimes the non-birthing partner is overlooked in the grief and loss that follows. This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down with Jason Dykstra, father to four children (three who are living) about his experience as…
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Real Talk About Rituals After Loss
Ritual and ceremony help define our lives. There are so many rituals for new babies - first month photos, baby showers - but none for when a pregnancy ends in a loss. This week, Aditi and Danyelle speak with Kelly Hurley, a Life-Cycle Funeral Celebrant, about her practice of providing space and...
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Real Talk about How Culture Impacts Grief
Even though loss connects us all, how we experience that loss is very different. A person's culture can dramatically change the number of supports and obstacles that appear on their journey through grief. This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down with guest Agnes Jensen to discuss the impact culture...
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Real Talk about Ending a Wanted Pregnancy
This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit down with their guest, Jena Colpitts, to have a candid conversation about terminating wanted pregnancies for medical reasons. In 2019, Jena and her husband went to their 20-week ultrasound, and it would change their life. After the loss of her first child, Isla…
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Real Talk With Jessie Mundell
This week, Adiit and Danyelle sit down to talk about our postpartum bodies, how we feel about them, and how we're taught to feel about them by the fitness industry with Jessie Mundell. Jessie is in the business of bodies, putting her expertise in prenatal and postnatal exercise to work supporting...
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Real Talk About Infertility
Content Warning: Mention of suicide 15:30 - 17:11 This week, Aditi and Danyelle are joined by Erin Keable to talk about her struggles of infertility and male factor infertility. Erin and her partner's journey to be parents is a long and ongoing one. For seven years they have made multiple…
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Real Talk With A Spiritual Medium
This week is a little bit different as Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) sit down to talk with Shauna Domalain. Since losing her son, Jack, and going through her own grief and healing journey, Shauna has used her spiritual gifts as a medium to assist parents in connecting with their lost…
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Real Talk with Rachel Whalen
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) welcome Rachel Whalen to the podcast. Rachel is a mother, writer, and advocate for the pregnancy and infant loss community. After enduring two miscarriages and the stillbirth of her daughter, Dorothy, she began to write about her experiences on her...
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Real Talk About the Movement Through Grief
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) warmly welcome Melo Garcia to the podcast. Melo is a grief specialist assisting those who have lost what can't be replaced. She created After Chloe, an online community that provides support, resources, and assistance through the difficult grief...
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Real Talk about Navigating Loss With A Living Child
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) sit down to discuss Danyelle's journey of navigating the loss of one child while parenting another. The loss of a child affects the whole family, often in different ways that change over time. Danyelle shares her experience, the lessons she's learned,...
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Real Talk About Signs
This week Danyelle and Aditi (www.pilsc.org)sit down to talk about the signs that come up during our journey through grief, signs that lead us to healing and to moving forward in our lives. If you have a story of how a sign helped you along the path, we would love to hear it. You can send those…
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Real talk with a Grandparent (Nanima)
This week is a little bit different. This week Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) sit down with Rekha Chugh who immigrated to Canada from India 40 years ago. Rekha has two living children as well as two angel babies. And one of those living daughters is Aditi. This week, Aditi and Danyelle sit…
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Real Talk About Navigating Assisted Fertility
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org)sit down to talk to guest Maggie McGee about her assisted fertility journey. Maggie reflects on coming to grips with the loss of the life she envisioned and how building a family comes in many ways and shapes, as well as at different times for…
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Real Talk about Termination For Medical Reasons (T.F.M.R)
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) sit down with certified bereavement and fertility doula, Hadeer El Hindawi, to discuss her own journey through loss. In December 2019, at Hadeer's 20 week ultrasound, her son was given a terminal diagnosis, Anencephaly. She had to make the…
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Real Talk With the Authors of "Don't Struggle in Silence--I am Resilient"
This week, Aditi and Danyelle www.pilsc.org welcome five authors of the upcoming book collaboration "Don't Struggle in Silence - I Am Resilient" to share their unique stories of pregnancy loss and their healing journeys. "Don't Struggle in Silence - I Am Resilient" releases May 2, 2021 and books...
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Real Talk About Toxic Positivity
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) sit down to discuss toxic positivity. Even if you haven't heard the term before you know exactly what it is. Toxic positivity is the mindset that you should always put a positive or optimistic view on your situation while dismissing your very real...
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Real Talk on Cultural Identity & Early Pregnancy Loss
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) welcome Rebecca Foshole-Luke to the podcast. Rebecca is a forensic social worker who works with parents/guardians providing advocacy, education, and support as they navigate the child welfare legal system. She hopes that by sharing her story and...
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Real Talk About Termination
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) welcome Cait Reynolds to the Beyond the Loss podcast. Cait (she/her) is a Political Science graduate and dog mom. She is passionate about social justice and policy reform for disenfranchised and overlooked groups, and is pursuing a career in law so…
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Real Talk About Pregnancy After Loss
March is Pregnancy After Loss Awareness Month and this episode Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) share their own experiences with pregnancy after loss. They talk about their expectations, their regrets, what they wish they knew and provide tips for anyone in the same place. For immediate peer...
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Real Talk About Life and Loss with Parijat Deshpande
This week, Aditi and Danyelle (www.pilsc.org) are proud to welcome Parijat Deshpande to the Beyond the Loss podcast. Parijat is a clinical therapist, an author, an advocate and high-risk pregnancy specialist. Her book Pregnancy Brain: A Mind-Body Approach to Stress Management During a High-Risk...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join Aditi Loveridge and Danyelle Kaluski (co-founders of the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre) as they share real stories about parenting and healing through pregnancy and infant loss. Aditi and Danyelle allow space for the often-silenced truths around loss to be heard and offer an affirmative space for all people impacted by loss to share their stories, their triumphs and their healing. For immediate peer support across each stage of the journey text our national Pregnancy & Infant Loss Helpline at 1-888-910-1551 or chat on our website at www.pilsc.org
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Join Aditi Loveridge and Danyelle Kaluski (co-founders of the Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Centre) as they share real stories about parenting and healing through pregnancy and infant loss. Aditi and Danyelle allow space for the often-silenced truths around loss to be heard and offer an...
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