The Bachelorette’s Michael Allio on Losing His Wife, Single Parenting, and Finding Love Again

About this episode

Michael Allio shares his journey of grief, single parenting, and finding love again after losing his wife.

Two years after losing his wife Laura to cancer, Michael Allio did something no one expected - he went on 'The Bachelorette' to start living again. He sits down with Carl to talk about going on reality TV as a grieving single dad, raising their son James, getting judged for daring to move forward, getting sober, and how he slowly found love again on his own terms. A beautiful conversation about grief, fatherhood, and the courage to begin again before you feel ready. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Carl

Guest: Michael Allio

Topics covered

• grief
• single parenting
• finding love
• reality TV
• sobriety
• fatherhood

Keywords

• grief
• single dad
• The Bachelorette
• sobriety
• fatherhood
• love again
• cancer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Bachelorette

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