The start of every great friendship begins with… grief group?
Having both experienced parental loss in their early twenties, hosts Emely and Max share their personal experiences with confronting grief as young adults. Challenging the notion that time heals all wounds, the pair offer listeners advice on how to navigate life after loss, as well as shed light on how you can show up and support a grieving friend. There is laughing, there is crying, but mostly there are brutally honest conversations about what happens when life throws you a curveball.
In this mini bonus episode, Max lets us in on how he navigated his wedding day without both his parents by his side. As a follow up to Episode 7 which spoke about the anxieties young grievers may face in celebrating milestones without a loved one, Max shares the emotions he felt leading up to the big day and reveals what him and his wife did to honor his parents throughout the ceremony. We hope that this update brings comfort and reassurance to anyone currently planning a wedding while also juggling the mixed emotions that may come up during even the happiest of times.
26 Apr 2026
Episode 9: Giving Condolences and Supporting Others
In a role reversal, hosts Emely and Max discuss how they feel about offering condolences and supporting others facing challenges similar to the ones that resulted in the death of their loved ones. Admissions of guilt and awkwardness show how even for experienced grievers, the pressure to seemingly have it figured out can feel intense. This conversation serves as a reminder that just because you have experienced loss, it doesn't mean you are expected to be an expert on all things death. We are constantly learning to cope with the many ways in which grief shape shifts over time, and it's perfectly okay to stumble.
27 Mar 2026
Episode 8: New Year, Same Shit
After a brief hiatus, hosts Emely and Max catch up on recent life events. Those include a new loss, another milestone missed, lessons learned from the aches of growing pains, discussions of secondary losses, and hopes for future healing.
6 Dec 2025
Episode 7: Till Death Do Us Part
Imagine if the happiest day of your life is also one of the saddest. Well, if you are a young griever, you’ve probably already experienced some version of this duality. Whether it be a birthday, graduation, engagement, or any significant milestone, holding polar opposite feelings at the same time is no easy task. In this episode, hosts Emely and Max discuss how attending weddings has stirred up a mix of complicated emotions and fears, and share how they plan on dealing with those when planning a celebration of their own.
5 Oct 2025
Episode 6: Was That You?
Everyone has an opinion on signs. Some of us may find solace in the passing of a bird, the flicker of a light, or the odd placement of a dime. Others may chalk it up to mere coincidence. Hosts Emely and Max voice their opinions on signs from the beyond, dissecting how their opposing viewpoints may actually be echoes of the same feelings.
17 Aug 2025
Episode 5: Friendships That Fizzle
There’s no way to soften the blow—friendships are harder to maintain once you’ve lost a loved one. When the going gets tough and people stop showing up, relationships change. Hosts Emely and Max share how they navigated this shift in the aftermath of losing their parents, and how the shrinking of friendship circles accelerates as a young griever.
14 Jun 2025
Episode 4: Mother’s and Father’s Day
Hosts Emely and Max discuss the complex emotions surrounding Mother's and Father's Day and share how their coping mechanisms have evolved over the years.
25 Apr 2025
Episode 3: If We Don’t Laugh, We’ll Cry
After a horrible experience at the doctor’s office, hosts Emely and Max unload their feelings about uncomfortable situations young grievers face. They bond over ridiculous assumptions made, unfair expectations held, and the sadness felt in the absence of their deceased loved ones. Get ready for a cathartic release that will hopefully make you laugh in 3, 2, 1…
10 Feb 2025
Episode 2: Coping with Grief
Every person’s journey with grief is different, yet many of the ways in which we process our grief can be similar. In this episode, hosts Emely and Max share how they struggled to cope with loss as young adults, navigating a new life without parental guidance. While many mistakes were made, many lessons were also learned and are shared in this episode as a beacon of hope for those that find themselves facing similar situations.
22 Dec 2024
Episode 1: Happy Holidays?
In this inaugural episode, hosts Emely and Max talk about the range of emotions grievers face during the holiday season. They swap horror stories of celebrations gone wrong from years past, learnings from mistakes previously made, provide tips on how to best support someone struggling during this time of year, and remind grievers themselves that you don’t always have to grin and bear it.
21 Dec 2024
Episode 0: Introduction
In this introduction, hosts Emely and Max share who they are, how they met, their feelings about joining a grief group, and how it impacted their journeys, eventually leading them to create this very podcast.
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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
9 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 8 / 100
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YouTube
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Engagement
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