Members of the Dead Dads Club - Reflecting on 20 Years of Grief | Guest - Caroline Degnan

Grief after losing a parent doesn't follow a timeline, and it definitely doesn't come with a manual.

Caroline Degnan is a licensed professional counselor in the Pittsburgh area specializing in grief and bereavement, and she lost her own father at eighteen, the exact same age I lost mine. This conversation is a reflection on what that loss taught us both, and how Caroline turned hers into the career and calling she has today.

We get into:

• What it means to lose a parent at eighteen and rebuild a life around it
• Why the five stages of grief aren't actually meant for the grieving
• What intentional grief looks like in practice, and how to build it
• Grief camps for kids who've lost a parent or sibling

• Staying connected to someone after death through signs and memory

If you've been carrying grief quietly because you don't know how to talk about it, this conversation might be the permission you didn't know you needed.

RESOURCES

📖 Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynn Jackson

📖 The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

📩 Connect with Caroline: caroline.iamasiam@gmail.com

🌐 I Am As I Am Counseling: https://www.iamasiamcounseling.com/counselors

🌐 Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us

🌐 Experience Camps: https://experiencecamps.org

🌐 Hospice Nurse Julie: https://www.hospicenursejulie.com

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