Host Dave Roberts introduces the Teaching Journeys podcast and interviews retired nurse and grief advocate Linda Henderson, who describes how her 37-year nursing career and the deaths of her mother and 27-year-old pregnant daughter Andrea shaped her path. Andrea and a coworker were killed instantly in a crash caused by a transport truck driver texting, and Henderson recounts her early, debilitating grief, a pivotal moment three months later when she considered ending her life, and her decision to “chip away” at grief. She discusses the trauma of a highly publicized case and court trial, the struggle to maintain contact with Andrea’s son Tristan and ultimately gaining access, and her book The Road of Love and Hope. Henderson explains her AAA Framework—Acknowledgement, Action, Appreciation—emphasizing small steps, community support, counseling, and ...