Tag: grief
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How to Process Grief as a Special Needs Mom: with Jen Potter (Part 2)
Eps. 39 Date: February 17, 2026 How to Process Grief as a Special Needs Mom: Lament, Sibling Dynamics & Trusting God in Ongoing Medical Trauma with Special Guest Jen Potter (Part 2) Summary: In Part 2 of Carrie’s conversation with Jen Potter, the focus turns to grief, sibling dynamics, and learning to trust God in…
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Acceptance: Learning to Live, Grieve, and Thrive in a Life You Didn’t Expect
Eps. 30 Date: November 11, 2025 Title: Acceptance: Learning to Live, Grieve, and Thrive in a Life You Didn’t Expect Summary: In this episode, Carrie Holt closes her grief-cycle series by exploring acceptance, a stage often misunderstood in the journey of raising a child with disabilities or receiving an unexpected diagnosis. Carrie explains what acceptance…
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When Grief Needs Words: Learning the Practice of Lament
Eps. 29 Date: 11/4/25 Title: When Grief Needs Words: Learning the Practice of Lament Summary: In this episode, Carrie Holt continues her grief-cycle series by exploring lament—the biblical practice of bringing our raw, honest emotions to God. Through Scripture, personal stories, and reflections from resources like Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, she explains why lament becomes…
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When The Grieving Cycle Includes Anger: How to Respond with Curiosity, Connection, and Coming to God
Eps. 28 Date: 10/21/25 Title: When The Grieving Cycle Includes Anger: How to Respond with Curiosity, Connection, and Coming to God Summary: In this episode, Carrie M Holt explores one of the most misunderstood emotions in the grief cycle: anger. Whether it’s anger at a diagnosis, inaccessible systems, unfair treatment, or even at God Himself,…
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The “Shoulds” That Sink Us: Untangling Guilt in Grief
Eps. 27 Date: 10/14/25 Title: The “Shoulds” That Sink Us: Untangling Guilt in Grief Summary: In this episode, Carrie M. Holt discusses the complex emotions of guilt that often accompany the grieving process. She unpacks the difference between conviction (from the Holy Spirit) and accusation (from the enemy), and how the “shoulds” we carry pull us…
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From Diagnosis to Heaven With Breena Holt on Grief, Guilt, and God’s Faithfulness
Eps. 23 Date: September 9, 2025 Title: “From Diagnosis to Heaven: Breena Holt on Grief, Guilt, and God’s Faithfulness” Summary: In part two of this conversation, Carrie M Holt continues her conversation with Breena Holt as she shares the heartbreaking diagnosis of Batten Disease for her son Ezekiel—and the faith and hope that carried her…
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Living Between Grace and Glory with Breena Holt on Fear, Anxiety, and God’s Goodness in Suffering
Eps. 22 Date: 9/2/25 Title: 🌿 Living Between Grace and Glory with Breena Holt on Fear, Anxiety, and God’s Goodness in Suffering Summary: In this vulnerable conversation, Carrie sits down with guest Breena Holt to share her family’s journey of raising and ultimately losing her son, Ezekiel, who battled Batten Disease. Breena honestly shares about…
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Finding Hope in the Unexpected Grief with Paula Romang
Eps. 16 Date: July 8, 2025 Title: Finding Hope In The Unexpected Grief with Paula Romang Summary: In this episode, Carrie M Holt interviews Paula Romang, who shares her journey of motherhood, particularly the challenges and joys of infertility, premature twins, and a son with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. Paula discusses her initial expectations, the reality of…
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When this Unexpected Life Involves Grief
Eps. 4 Date: March 18, 2025 Title: When This Unexpected Life Involves Grief Summary: Grief and the grieving cycle is an ongoing part of our journey as special needs parents. Passionately sharing about how we need to expect grief to be a part of this unexpected journey, Carrie explains four types of grief we encounter…
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So you didn’t know you were grieving?
Riding the roller-coaster of grief Our son’s diagnosis came in 2006 while I was twenty weeks pregnant and expecting a perfectly healthy baby. On “D-Day” or diagnosis day, our world was shattered, and I began to grieve. This grief came not at the permanent loss of a person, but the loss of a dream of…