Episode 184 - Grief and Photography

Oct 30, 2019

As I prepare for an annual photography gig I have in the next few weeks I am reminded of just how similar putting the pieces back together after losing someone is just like putting together a photo shoot.

The event I'm photographing is an annual event I've done for 4 or 5 years now and even though it's different each...

Episode 183 - Compartmentalizing Grief

Oct 23, 2019

I have been asked how I try to move forward as quickly after a loss.

I have learned ho to compartmentalize things in my life. to put things into categories and not let them interact with other. But in theis episode of the podcast I come face to face with the fact that doesn't always work.

Announcement: I have a new...

Episode 182 - Grief and Songwriting - A Conversation with Rachel Leycroft

Oct 16, 2019

Sometimes when we lose a friend we are driven to write a song about them.

Rachel Leycroft began piano lessons at seven years old and found her voice through songwriting at thirteen. Her lyrics became her diary for expression and healing, rarely shared with anyone outside of her notebook pages & piano keys.

Sixteen years...

Episode 181 - A Guitar and Grief

Oct 9, 2019

I have mentioned that I am also a photographer who mostly takes pictures of jazz musicians. One of the questions I am often asked is whether or not I play and instrument mysels. I simply say no.

This is not entirely true...

When I as in 5th grade, about 7 months before my dad died, he bought me a guitar and would take...

Episode 180 - Marking Time In Grief

Oct 2, 2019

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains.”

–Anne Frank

This week marks the one year anniversary of my mothers death and as I have tried to figure out what I'm going to do on October 2 I am reminded of a question that comes up often in grief forums I belong to:

How do you mark the time...