Episode 15: People That Remind You of Your Parents
About this episode: I talk about my Uncle Gene who passed away on 1/6/15, discuss what kinds of people remind you of your parents and how to stay connected. About this show: I [...]
Who is Jacqui Saldana? Learn about Baby Boy Bakery
My cousin posted this video yesterday of a woman named Jacqui Saldana, who got a surprise call to go up on stage with Ellen at her show. I learned this woman had lost her 3 [...]
Episode 12: How to Communicate with Deceased Parents
About this episode: Today we’re talking about ways you can communicate with your deceased parents during the holidays. About this show: I lost both parents to cancer at 22 and 27. Let’s talk [...]
Losing Your Parents Episode 11: Missing Your Parents During the Holidays
About this episode: Today we're talking about missing your parents during the holidays, how to change holiday patterns, how to find a therapist, how to get a present from your parents and starting [...]
Losing Your Parents Episode 4: What is Chosen Family?
About this episode: We'll start the conversation around chosen family: mother figures, father figures, "siblings" and other important people in our lives. I'll also be talking about Cheryl Strayed's book, Wild. I lost [...]
Losing Your Parents Episode 10: Grief Eating & Weight Gain
About this episode: We'll be talking about Lady Gaga, Howard Stern, performance expression to move through grief, eating to deal with grief and the yo-yo weight gain/loss that comes along with using food [...]
Lady Gaga Talks About Healing Her Sexual Assault Through Creative Performance
In an interview with Howard Stern, Lady Gaga reveals she was raped as a teen by an older music producer and what her extreme (throw up) art performance at SXSW really meant to her.
Losing Your Parents Episode 9: The Guilt We Carry
In this episode: Today we'll hear from a few people who have written to Lisa about losing their parents and discuss methods to move through guilt you carry along after a parent has [...]
Losing Your Parents Episode 8: Love, Rejection & Thanksgiving
In this episode: This week we talk about love, rejection and the upcoming holiday, thanksgiving. We'll discuss the idea of releasing expectations and we'll hear from Naz, a caller, follower and new friend [...]
Losing Your Parents Episode 3: What the Hell, Feelings?
In this episode: We all have em, but a lot of us ignore them. I’m gonna talk about FEELINGS and strategies for just noticing the fact that you have them, a LOT of [...]
Last year this time, we were driving to Nashville.
This time last year we had driven to Nashville for the first time. Before we arrived, we had made a pit-stop in a Walmart parking lot so Catherine could have a work meeting and I, [...]
Losing Your Parents Episode 7: What do I do on Thanksgiving?
About this episode: This week I'll be talking about thanksgiving and advice on how to work with it, not against it. I lost both parents to cancer at 22 and 27. Let's talk [...]