Emily’s Hope

Eight years after losing her son James to an overdose, Janet Ropp says she has found peace and forgiveness. She joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share what she has learned about grief and keeping her son’s memory close. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #GriefSupport

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of suicide. After losing her son to suicide, Ann Marie Farino spent years finding her way back to joy. She joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share what that journey looked like. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #GriefSupport

Parenting doesn't end at 18, and for many families that's when it gets hardest. Kim Muench joins Grieving Out Loud to talk about supporting an adult child through substance use disorder without enabling. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #SubstanceUseDisorder

Dr. Laura Berman spent 30 years helping others navigate heartbreak and loss. In 2021 she lost her 16-year-old son Sammy to fentanyl poisoning. This week, she shares her story & what she's learned about growing through grief. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #FentanylAwareness

Shaheed Morris was abandoned at birth and raised by his grandmother in public housing. Today he is a housing professional and advocate for grandfamilies across the country. He joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share his perspective. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #SUD

Simone Bowyer spent years surviving trauma, substance use disorder, an eating disorder, and depression before she found her way through. She joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share her story and what healing without shame can look like. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Before the viral TikTok videos with his landlord Elaine, Bryan Blackmon was homeless and battling substance use disorder. Elaine took a chance on him and changed the course of his life. He joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share that story. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Jason Granberg spent 25 years believing success and money would eventually be enough to make him stop. It never was. He joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share what finally changed and what recovery has looked like since. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #RecoveryIsPossible

Austin Rampt spent nearly two decades in substance use disorder, cycling through eight rehabs before ending up in Mexico living alongside the Sinaloa Cartel. He joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share his story of survival and recovery. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Stephanie Renner lost her son Jordan to suicide and turned her grief into a framework to help others move forward after loss. She joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share his story. Please note this episode contains discussion of suicide. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Weston Fundner was 15 when one moment of peer pressure cost him his life. His mother Anne joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share the message she believes every parent needs to hear. 🎧 Listen here: emilyshope.charity/episode/a… #GrievingOutLoud #FentanylAwareness

Katie Rizzo lost her firstborn son to substance use disorder in September 2024 and found herself writing poetry for the first time in her life. She joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share his story and her message for parents. 🎧 emilyshope.charity/episode/k… #GrievingOutLoud

Chris Farley hid his pain behind humor for years before dying from an overdose at 33. His brother Tom did the same thing. Tom joins us this week to talk about grief, his own recovery, and what he's learned about the cost of masking your pain. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Brenda Zane's son survived two fentanyl overdoses in three days. Out of that experience she built one of the top podcasts in the world for parents navigating a child's substance use disorder. She joins Angela this week to share their story. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

After Tyler Shamash survived an overdose, the ER did not test for fentanyl. He died the next day. His mother Juli turned that gap into Tyler's Law in California and is now fighting to make it federal. Hear her story on Grieving Out Loud. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Lorie Seeking Land carried a painful secret for years as a young girl before substance use disorder and a 10-year prison sentence changed everything. She joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share her story. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud #RecoveryIsPossible

Barb McAllister watched her son go in and out of nearly two dozen treatment centers before she tried a different approach. She joins Grieving Out Loud to talk about what that shift looked like and what it taught her about loving unconditionally. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Leslie Collins found recovery after years of struggling with substance use disorder. Then she watched her son fight the same battle and lost him to fentanyl at just 22. She joins Grieving Out Loud to share how she is honoring his memory. 🎧 Link in bio. #GrievingOutLoud

Emily's Hope is heading to @CADCA Mid-Year in Orlando this July, so we're revisiting a conversation with two young advocates who are changing the conversation around substance use prevention among youth. 🎧 Listen: emilyshope.charity/episode/a… #GrievingOutLoud #PreventionEducation

Jack Nathan died at 19 after taking a counterfeit pill laced with fentanyl. His father David joins Grieving Out Loud this week to share his story and carry his mission forward. 🎧 Listen here: emilyshope.charity/episode/d… #GrievingOutLoud #FentanylAwareness