Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast
Episodes
Ten Years of Running
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years. That's how long I stayed away from Rochester, the place where I grew up, where my parents died, where my grandparents finished raising me a...
The Dark House Within: Rebuilding Your Identity After It Fractures
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm talking with Liam J. Wakefield, a psychotherapist, counseling lecturer, and former British Army soldier who's built his entire practice...
When We Start Laughing, We Start Healing
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm sitting down with Erica Richmond, a writer, grief guide, and founder of Open Sky Stories. Erica lost her ex-husband to suicide when the...
I'm Sick of Grief Taking So Much Away From Me
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm sitting down with Sylvia Wolfer, a grief-informed practitioner who has experienced loss on a level that's hard to wrap your head around...
Caring for the Parent Who Never Cared
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I'm sitting down with Arnold, a former corporate executive turned brain fitness coach, to talk about what it means to grow up in a home whe...
What Happens When You Lose the People Who Made You?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I’m sitting down with journalist, author, and former CNN Senior Copy Editor John DeDakis to talk about the kind of loss that rearranges e...
Next Level Grief: Turning Pain into Purpose with Alan Lazaros
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast, I sit down with Alan Lazaros, CEO of Next Level University, a global top 100 podcast dedic...
A Surfers Mindset: The Surfer’s Mindset: A Lesson for Life and Grief with Angie Hawkins
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can surfing teach us about grief, resilience, and learning to live in the present? In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast, I ...
Learning to Grieve After Losing a Mom | Lisa’s Story
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you lose your mom at just 18 years old, before you’ve even had the chance to figure out who you are? In this episode of Unparented...
A Father’s Story of Love and Loss | Sean Foster on Grief
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when your children lose their mom before they’re old enough to remember her? In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast...
Grief Is Love With Nowhere to Go | Zulma “The Swearing Therapist” Williams
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you lose both parents as an adult, one unexpectedly and one during a pandemic? In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Po...
Losing Both Parents Before 30 | Becka’s Story of Grief, Identity, and Resilience
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Becka lost both of her parents before turning 30. In this conversation, she shares how grief reshaped her sense of identity, the isolation of feeling ...
How We Grieve | Therapist Lydia Lomahan on Loss, Trauma, and Healing
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grief is not one-size-fits-all. Therapist Lydia Lomahan joins me to talk about why grief is an extension of love, how cultural scripts around loss can...
Adoption, Loss, and Searching for Identity | John’s Story of Losing a Parent
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John was adopted at birth, and after losing his adoptive dad, he found himself navigating two stories at once: grief and identity. In this episode, we...
Parenting After Losing a Parent | Grief, Childhood Trauma, and Raising My Kids Differently
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you grow up without parents and then become one yourself? In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast, I share how lo...
Losing My Parents Young | Grief, Loneliness, and Finding a Way Forward
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When I lost my dad at 15 and my mom at 26, grief became the story I couldn’t escape. In this first episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcas...