Braving the Bridge

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What if the life you imagined is gone, but there's still a whole world waiting for you? Two months after losing her husband, Ken, Heather found herself sitting alone in her living room, overwhelmed by grief and wondering how she was supposed to move forward. She knew she would miss him for the…

What happens when your mind is constantly preparing for the worst, and then some of the worst things actually happen? This week on Braving the Bridge, Heather sits down with her longtime best friend, Kristie, for an honest, heartfelt, and sometimes hilarious conversation about living with anxiety w…

What happens when two people lose the same person, but lose completely different relationships? This week, Heather sits down with her 22-year-old daughter, Olivia, for a conversation about grief, growing up, family, faith, mental health, boundaries, flying, and trying to build a future after losing…

Sometimes the moment that changes your life isn’t a tragedy.  Sometimes it arrives as an opportunity you never expected and asks you to completely rethink the life you thought you had planned. In this episode of Braving the Bridge, Heather sits down with her sister and best friend, Sarah, to talk a…

What happens to you after the thing happens? When life changes in an instant, it doesn’t just change your circumstances. It changes you. In this episode of Braving the Bridge, Heather talks about the strange experience of getting to know yourself again after loss.  The parts of the person you used …

Grief is something almost all of us will experience, yet somehow, we still don't really know how to talk about it. In the first episode of Braving the Bridge, I share why I created this podcast and what life has looked like since the unexpected death of my husband, Ken.  The unbearable first d…

Where the Bridge Begins Every transition has a beginning although it doesn’t always feel like one when you’re standing in the middle of it. In the very first episode of Braving the Bridge, Heather shares the story behind the podcast, what inspired its creation, and what you can expect in the conver…