Grieving My Kids While They're Still Alive With Luke O'neill

About this episode

Luke O'Neill shares his profound journey of loss and struggle while navigating family court and the impact on his identity and mental health.

Send us Fan Mail Grieving My Kids While They're Still Alive — Luke O'Neill Some episodes change you. This is one of them. Luke O'Neill is one of my closest mates ..someone I've known for over 20 years. And for the first time, he sat down and told his story publicly. Four years ago Luke came home from work and his kids were gone. What followed was 3.5 years of family court, $180,000 in legal fees, ambiguous loss, identity collapse, and a fight to stay alive.. not for himself, but so his kids w...

People in this episode

Host: Travis Cochran

Guest: Luke O'Neill

Topics covered

• grief
• family court
• legal fees
• mental health
• parenting
• identity

Keywords

• grieving
• family court
• legal fees
• mental health
• parenting
• identity collapse
• ambiguous loss

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