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TRIGGER WARNING: Unaliving, su*cide, and drug overdose are discussed heavily in this episode. Please listen at your discretion.
After the casseroles stop and the world moves on, grief can feel like being dropped in a forest without a map. In this deeply honest episode, host Angela Dunn-Cartledge sits down with grief counselor and child-loss survivor Harold Polus to talk identity, judgment, community, and the slow, real work of healing. Harold shares the seven-month spiral that led him to prayer, the moment hope returned, and the three pillars—spiritual, emotional, physical—that guide his work with clients today. Together, Angela and Harold unpack powerful metaphors (waves, forests, backpacks) that make grief feel navigable, and they offer compassionate permission to heal at your pace. You can’t “get back to normal,” but you can bui ...