
The Leftover Pieces; Suicide Loss Conversations
This podcast focuses on surviving life after a suicide loss, an experience that can be devastating and leave you feeling lost as you try to pick up the pieces of your shattered heart. The host, Melissa Bottorff-Arey, lost her 21-year-old son, Alex, to suicide on August 7, 2016, and brings (& often shares) her insights from her personal journey.
In each episode, Melissa engages in honest and challenging conversations with other survivors of loss, healers, and mental health experts. She also produces shorter solo episodes where she reflects on her own thoughts and experiences thus far. The podcast covers a wide range of relevant topics and addresses difficult questions. Melissa explores all aspects of grief, including trauma, hope, healing, self-care, legacy, and stigma. She believes that we learn to live alongside our grief rather than get ing over it. Actual change comes through authentic, meaningful connections and mindful choices.
For supporters or educators, these conversations provide valuable insights and shine a light on suicide and grief genuinely and unapologetically. Listeners who are grieving a suicide loss can find comfort in the community and hope for a better tomorrow. Melissa aims to help others, like herself, transition from merely surviving to discovering a life filled with meaning and, potentially, even happiness amid the leftover pieces around you.
[Please NOTE: This podcast is for only relational, informational, and entertainment purposes. It candidly and openly discusses sensitive and sometimes activating topics. There will be no in-depth or graphic descriptions of the method, but merely the possible mention of suicide, murder, rape, and the like. Be guided and care for yourself accordingly. Also, Melissa is not a doctor or licensed therapist, and nothing on this podcast should be taken in place of, or as, medical/mental health advice or recommendations.]
Episodes
The ZTC Foundation; In Memory of a Brother, and a Son

The Grief Seasons; Wintering & the Value in Hibernation

Dads Grief Matters; David James of The Peyton Heart Project

Suicide Loss Widow Michelle Collins; What it Looks Like to Inhabit Joy

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Lynn Lewis is Destined to Thrive; But Denial Isn't Always a Bad Thing
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Daily Nugget January 30; You Don't Have to Stay on Top od Everything
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Daily Nugget January 29; Keep it Simple
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Daily Nugget January 28; Watching the Wise
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January 27 Daily Nugget; The Three Areas of Training
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January 26 Daily Nugget; The Power of a Mantra
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January 25 Daily Nugget; The Only Prize
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January 24 Daily Nugget; Push for Deep Understanding
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January 23 Daily Nugget; The Truth About Money
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January 22 Daily Nugget; The Day in Review
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January 21 Daily Nugget; A Morning Ritual
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Sharing Our Story Matters; The How Muches, the Whens & the Whys
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January 20 Daily Nugget; Reignite Your Thoughts
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January 19 Daily Nugget; Wherever You Go, There Your Choice Is
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January 18 Daily Nugget; See the World Like a Poet & an Artist
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January 17 Daily Nugget; Reboot the Real Work
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January 16 Daily Nugget; Never Do Anything Out of Habit

January 15 Daily Nugget; Peace is in Staying the Course
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January 14 Daily Nugget; Cut the Strings That Pull Your Mind
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Finding New Years Hope; Why it Feels Like a Chupacabra
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