Breaking the Silence: Conversations on Grief, Addiction and Healing Season 2

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Welcome to Season 2 Pull up a chair and exhale. Breaking the Silence is a podcast about grief, addiction, healing, resilience, and the human experience. Hosted by Angelique Strang, these conversations explore the questions that keep us stuck, the lessons hidden inside our hardest moments, and the perspectives that help us move forward. Whether you're navigating loss, supporting someone you love, rebuilding after trauma, or simply searching for meaning, you're welcome here. Some questions create cages. Better questions create doors. 988.org Linktr.ee/angeliquestrang

  1. Oct 26

    🎙️ BREAKING THE SILENCE | SEASON 2, EPISODE 6

    Some Questions Create Cages. Better Questions Create Doors. Growing Through Grief: A Family Day of Hope | Special guest: Tiffani Knoop, MSW, LSW What happens when grief touches a family and the support they need isn't readily available? This week on Breaking the Silence, I'm welcoming a very special guest: my daughter, Tiffani Knoop, MSW, LSW, Co-Founder and Vice President of SOUL Inc. Tiffani is a licensed social worker and former foster parent with more than a decade of experience supporting children and families. Tiffani and Jennifer Bradley, President of SOUL Inc., are building a nonprofit to expand access to grief-informed education, peer support, outreach, and healing-centered programs throughout Indiana. Their work with SOUL Services informs this mission, but today our focus is SOUL Inc., the people behind it, and what comes next. We'll talk about the people and purpose behind SOUL, its first fundraiser, and how donors, sponsors, and community partners can help make this launch possible. I'm also honored to serve on SOUL Inc.'s Board of Directors, and you can contact me for more information or introductions. Growing Through Grief: A Family Day of Hope | Saturday, November 7 | Noon–3 PM | COhatch Noblesville, Indiana. Admission is free; tickets are not required. Website: https://www.soulservices.org Donate: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/annual-gala-6027 Event details: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../family-day-of-hope... No one should have to navigate grief alone.

    🎙️ BREAKING THE SILENCE | SEASON 2, EPISODE 6

  2. Oct 21

    Season 2 Episode 5

    Welcome to Season 2 of Breaking the Silence: Some questions create cages. Better questions create doors. What happens when we become curious about the stories we carry, the beliefs we inherit, and the questions we rarely stop to ask? This week, I'm welcoming Jeff R. Ellison, host of The Story of Us: From Cosmic Dawn to the Depths of Being, to the Kitchen Table! Jeff is a podcast host, healthcare CEO, storyteller, and passionate advocate for meaningful human connection. Through conversations exploring philosophy, spirituality, psychology, history, and science, Jeff invites us to examine what it means to be human and how our stories shape the way we experience the world. Together, we'll explore curiosity, connection, identity, and the power of asking better questions. Because sometimes the question we change is the very thing that changes everything. ❤️ Pull up a chair. The porch light is always on! Connect with Jeff Ellison 🌐 Website: https://thestoryofusproject.com 🎙️ Podcast: The Story of Us: From Cosmic Dawn to the Depths of Being

    Season 2 Episode 5

  3. Oct 1

    Breaking the Silence W/Denise Nussbaum

    Welcome to Season 2 of Breaking the Silence: Some questions create cages. Better questions create doors.Denise Nussbaum is an author and storyteller whose work explores identity, grief, resilience, and what it means to find yourself again after devastating loss. Her debut novel, The Ashes Know Her Name, reflects themes of loss and transformation, while her connection to Lahaina and Aloha Ranch has deepened her work around healing, community, and what remains after everything changes.Websites: DeniseNussbaum.com; AlohaRanchLahaina.orgInstagram: @neeseynussbaumFacebook: Denise Nussbaum, AuthorSubstack: @denisenussbaumTikTok: @neeseynussYouTube: @AshestoAloha

    Breaking the Silence W/Denise Nussbaum

  4. Sep 16

    Season 2 Episode 3 Joseph Okoroji

    Joseph Okoroji is the author of A Mark in the Sand, a personal trainer and Muay Thai coach whose work explores identity, resilience, personal responsibility and the psychological cost of growth. Born and raised in London before moving to the United States, his experiences with reinvention and uncertainty shaped his interest in how the qualities that help us survive can eventually become the qualities that hold us back. Through his writing and conversations, Joseph challenges people to examine not only who they need to become, but what they may finally be ready to leave behind. A Mark in the Sandhttps://a.co/d/041Az5KX https://www.instagram.com/itrainium_red

    Season 2 Episode 3 Joseph Okoroji

  5. Aug 27

    S2E2 Cathy Bass

    Join me for a conversation with Cathy Smith Bass Welcome to Season 2 of Breaking the Silence: Some questions create cages. Better questions create doors.Now, as she embraces the wisdom of middle age, Catherine has set her sights on helping other women who have faced loss find their way to abundance. Drawing from her own journey through grief, she’s passionate about sharing the healing skills she has cultivated. With Catherine, it’s not just about taxes. It’s about transforming lives.Catherine Bass, EA, CTRS Email: Cathy@CatheineBass.com

    S2E2 Cathy Bass

  6. Jun 18

    SEASON 2 PREMIERE - Tribute to JAMES

    June 18 marks another anniversary in my journey as a mother, a survivor, and a human being learning to live after profound loss.In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of my son James.Not just the details of how he died, but the lessons he continues to teach me.For a long time, I lived inside questions that had no answers.What if?Why?Could I have done more?Could I have saved him?Those questions became cages.This episode explores the truth about love and control, the reality of addiction and pain, and the lessons it took a lifetime and two funerals to fully understand:Carrying someone is not the same thing as loving them.Guest applicationhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfN9yfm-wru69iTlUvGO8Im8xXuk8fvkaO4_FQxHfq1X9YbIg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=112792830403090931601#fedoras4james will get you to his pagehttps://linktr.ee/Angeliquestrang

  7. Jan 14

    Episode 21 Courtney Weidner

    Courtney Weidner is a Connection Catalyst and the founder of ALIVE, a global Village of people on purpose. She brings together humans who share a common core, creating spaces where people are fully self-expressed, share their gifts, and grow alongside others who are evolving exponentially. ALIVE is a community where meaningful connection turns into friendship, friendship into collaboration, and shared experiences into global impact. ALIVE isn’t about finding belonging — it’s a deep knowing: you belong here. https://www.skool.com/alive/about?ref=f4e8889557ce4059b173975cd26cfab4

    Episode 21 Courtney Weidner

  8. Jan 11

    Episode 20 Matt Melvin

    When Matthew Melvin started working at a car dealership in South Burlington, Vermont, he never thought that one mistake would lead to a life-changing stint in prison.Feeling he wasn’t being paid his full commissions on car sales, he made an impulsive decision to get what he felt he was owed. He hatched a badly-thought out plot to steal a car, sell it as his own and keep the profits.However, a basic reference and background check quickly revealed that the vehicle’s title was not in his name, but still belonged to the dealership. He was arrested andsentenced to prison. While Matthew has taken responsibility for his poor life choices, hebelieves he has been treated unfairly due to his sexual orientation,religious and political affiliations, and his adult diagnosis ofautism. While he and his lawyer argued that his punishment would bebest served in a mental health facility, Matt was unfortunatelysentenced to 18 months in prison to be served in general population.Terrified and alone, Matthew began his prison term with the best of intentions—to keep his head down and serve his time as uneventfully as possible. But being a gay, Christian, Trump supporter brought him unwanted and negative attention. He was bullied by cellmates, targeted by gangs and even raped in one facility. The months he was imprisoned felt like decades and there were times he doubted he would make it out alive. Bullied Behind Bars chronicles Matthew Melvin’s life feeling like anoutcast, enduring a lonely and friendless childhood, and beingpunished for a crime that began with the honorable goal of him just trying to make a living. Website https://bulliedbehindbars.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/matthew.melvin.5621 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bulliedbehindbars

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Welcome to Season 2 Pull up a chair and exhale. Breaking the Silence is a podcast about grief, addiction, healing, resilience, and the human experience. Hosted by Angelique Strang, these conversations explore the questions that keep us stuck, the lessons hidden inside our hardest moments, and the perspectives that help us move forward. Whether you're navigating loss, supporting someone you love, rebuilding after trauma, or simply searching for meaning, you're welcome here. Some questions create cages. Better questions create doors. 988.org Linktr.ee/angeliquestrang

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