147: Carrying the Grief of Losing a Child

Healthy Births, Happy Babies

Guest: Megan Hillukka is a bereaved mother, with 6 children, 5 who are still here. Through her experience of the death of her daughter Aria, she helps parents carry their grief instead of suffering with grief, and to truly learn how to walk side by side with both grief and joy.

In this episode, we will cover:

• Megan's own story of losing her child, Aria, was like for her and how she learned to cope with the sadness, depression, anger, PTSD and fear that she experienced because of it
• What the common experiences are of grieving process, for mothers, for fathers, for siblings
• What the most important thing a friend or family member can do for a grieving parent that makes the biggest difference

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• link to her website: www.meganhillukka.com
• FB group for support for bereaved mothers: www.facebook.com/groups/cultivatedfamily
• Megan's Mini-Program to help parents who have experienced child loss: www.stoptalkingstartfeeling.com

About Megan Hillukka:

Megan Hillukka is a bereaved mother, with 6 children, 5 who are still here. Megan encourages and supports grieving mothers that though the worst thing has happened to them, their life is not over. She also experienced PTSD from finding her daughter Aria when she died, and has done the work to find healing in her brain and her life. From this, Megan wants everyone to know that PTSD is not a life sentence, and that healing is possible.

Through her experience of the death of her daughter Aria, Megan has learned tools and ways of shifting grief so that it can become just a little bit lighter, and easier to live with. Because Megan has done the deep work of grief, made space for her grief and time for her grief, she now has room for joy, laughter, hope, and so much fun in her life. She will never forget her daughter Aria and they talk about her often as a family. She helps her clients carry their grief instead of suffering with grief, and to truly learn how to walk side by side with both grief and joy.