This week on Ghosted, I’m joined by Sarah, who lost her mom to pancreatic cancer two years ago.

What started as a light and funny conversation turned into a really honest one about the complicated layers of grief. Sarah shares what it’s like to not only miss her mom, but to grieve the moments her mom will never get to experience like getting to be a grandmother.

We talk about the strange reality of returning to work after loss, and how workplace culture often expects people to move on long before they’re ready. After struggling to talk about her grief in professional spaces, Sarah started sharing online and eventually built a company dedicated to helping businesses better support employees navigating grief.

We also talk about the small ways our parents still show up for us. For Sarah, it’s coins that remind her of her mom. For m ...