Holding the Light
Child loss, universally, has been called the single, most devastating experience a family can face. It is a very personal journey, with no handbook for survival. Sharing our stories of love and loss offers validation, hope, and healing. Join Monica and Colby Charette in a very unique, mother-and-son podcast, as they share their personal grief journey, and those of others, with intimate interviews each episode that offer powerful experiences, candid advice for friends, retrospective lessons learned, insight and encouragement, and everything in-between. If you have experienced child loss, or care about someone who has, we invite you to hold the light with us, and keep coming back for inspiration and hope.
Podcasting since 2022 • 34 episodes
Holding the Light
Latest Episodes
Sarah Kilch Gaffney: Grief Doesn't Take a Holiday
The holidays are here, and for those grieving the loss of someone they love, it can be so challenging. Our guest not only understands this as a grief support facilitator, but also as a widow, who lost her husband in her 20s, while raising their...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 33
•
39:31
Samantha Banerjee: My PUSH for Preventing Stillborn Babies
In 2013 Samantha Banerjee was pregnant with her first child, she lovingly named, Alana. Nearing the end of a textbook pregnancy and just days away from meeting her baby girl, the unthinkable happened. Alana died from stillbirth. And thus began ...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 32
•
52:15
Monica Charette: 10 Things I Have Learned About Grief In 10 Years
October 11, 2024 marks 10 long years since Cassidy died. She would be 27 this year. I never thought I’d still be here, but here I am. Not only have I survived, but I have learned to live again, just differently. I’m living WITH my grief. This e...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 31
•
25:08
Vicki Roy: My Brother Was More Than a Victim of a Mass Shooting
**This conversation includes references to violence, including experiences of a mass shooting, traumatic grief, and other details unsuitable for young children. This recording is prohibited from being copied or reproduced without permission.***...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 30
•
46:30
Sandy Fisher: If I Knew Then What I Know Now (Loss By Suicide)
There is something to be said about a mother’s intuition. Sandy Fisher knew something was wrong the day her 18-year-old son, Scott Junior, died by suicide. He had just entered college. Now, after 18 years of grieving his loss, and even an attem...
•
Season 3
•
Episode 29
•
44:01