Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss
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 • 42 episodes
Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss
Latest Episodes
Chris Wilson: A Father's Grief
This episode is dedicated to the fathers who grieve quietly but love loudly. We’re asking what it means to lose a child from a father’s perspective. Chris Wilson is here to bravely share with us the heartbreak of losing his oldest son Andrew in...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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34:28
Monica Charette: 11 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Child Loss
Oct. 11, 2025 marks the 11th Year since Cassidy died. In this special episode of Holding the Light, I’m here to share 11 things I wish someone had told me about child loss—the truth no one prepares you for, but every grieving parent deserves to...
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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16:56
Aiden Deans: Self-Reflection After Sibling Loss
We’re honored to sit down with Aiden Deans, who at just 12 years old, lost his older brother Austin to an accidental drug overdose. Ten years later, he wants to talk about his experience, both then and now — the grief, sometimes anger, the stig...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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42:37
Jennifer Oldham: Holding On, Letting Go (Keeping Kindness for Hallie)
Jennifer Oldham lived through a moment no parent ever imagines—when an ordinary day turned tragic, in the blink of an eye. A sudden storm. A fallen tree. And the heartbreaking loss of her daughter, Hallie.In the quiet, in the pain, and i...
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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36:47
Janice Deans: Life Beyond Loss From Overdose
Austin Ashmore's spirit continues to impact the world, long after his life was tragically cut short by an accidental drug overdose. This podcast is the story of a mother’s plea to have others remember her son for how he lived, not how he died. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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37:58