Meeting Grief at the Holidays

About this episode

Joslyn Roadstrom shares her experiences with grief five years after the loss of her son, Israel, and offers insights on navigating grief during the holidays.

Updated audio as of 12/10/2025. On this episode we hear from death and grief doula, Joslyn Roadstrom, who shares with us the many ways she meets her grief five years after her son, Israel, died in the hospital just a couple of months shy of his second birthday. You can find and follow Joslyn on Instagram at sacredroaddoula. She posts helpful videos and offers one on one grief support. https://www.instagram.com/sacredroaddoula/?hl=en Support the show

People in this episode

Host: National Home Funeral Alliance

Guest: Joslyn Roadstrom

Topics covered

• grief
• holidays
• death
• support
• doula

Keywords

• grief support
• death doula
• holidays
• loss
• parenting after loss

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