Michelle Burkhardt

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8,255 appearances 49 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 14 Aug

Michelle Burkhardt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 49 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 23.

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Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life · Silence Comforts Grief · 14 Aug 2026 podcast

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As as a person who has lost a child, actually more than one, um voice-verified

People don't know what to say when you lose a child. voice-verified

Uh they don't know what to say at funerals, period, unless you've actually gone through a lot of loss yourself. voice-verified

You realize there's no words to say. voice-verified

Uh I notice this on social media all the time when somebody announces the death of a loved one, especially a child, especially a baby. voice-verified

Um, you know, everybody tries to give these, you know, pithy statements um with their words. voice-verified

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uh they have no idea what they're doing or what they're saying, but they're trying to use words where words can't do anything. voice-verified

So you'll notice me have the same exact response and it's double parentheses and in in between the word hugs. voice-verified

That's it. voice-verified

That's all you can do. voice-verified

You can tell when you go to the funeral of someone who has lost a child. voice-verified

You can actually tell who has lost a child by how they interact with the parents. voice-verified

Um, they're the ones that are giving longer hugs and that are listening. voice-verified

Um and not they're they're saying the child's name over and over and over again, but they're not trying to give pithy statements that they think voice-verified

think will comfort that person because they know words don't comfort. voice-verified

Silence will eventually comfort, but words don't comfort in those moments. voice-verified

Sometimes in the in the stillness and in the quiet, um, you can sort through things. voice-verified

You can get to a place where you can voice-verified

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