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.

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Holding the Light

Mark Jose: Holiday Grief

November 15, 2022 • Monica and Colby Charette • Season 1 • Episode 13

The holidays are especially challenging for grieving families. Colby and I were honored to talk with Mark Jose, a professional grief counselor, longtime Hospice volunteer, and grief support group facilitator. In this episode, Mark helps shatter the myths of holiday grief, shares suggestions for surviving, as well as the greatest lesson he has learned about just how strong and powerful grief really is. We hope something you hear helps you, or the grieving heart of someone you love.

Grief support groups are available in many local communities through Hospice Volunteers. For local families in central Maine, visit Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area.

The 2022 Light the Night Blue Christmas Ceremony in Oakland, ME mentioned in this podcast, will be held Dec. 21st (Winter Solstice) at 6 pm. FMI visit the ShineOnCass Blue Christmas website page .

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Holding the Light is an original, monthly podcast created and hosted by Monica and Colby Charette, edited and produced by Monica Charette, with support from Julia Vigue and Sophia Speeckaert. EMAIL US (shineoncass@gmail.com) with questions, comments, or a request to join us as a guest. We also welcome you to visit us at ShineOnCass (www.shineoncass.org) where our family continues to Shine the Light of Cassidy.

Our podcast’s theme music is As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings) written and sung by Cindy Bullens, from the album Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth produced by Blue Lobster Records (1999). Available on CD or download at www.cidnybullens.com. Mention Holding the Light Podcast and receive a signed copy!

If you appreciate our grief podcast and would like the opportunity to support what we are doing to give space for families to share their grief stories, you can make a listener's gift. Your kind support will help fund the host site, editing, and production. You can Venmo @shineoncass noting Holding The Light Podcast, or Email us at holdingthelightpodcast@gmail.com.

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