A Father's Love: Healing Through Heartache: Recent Episodes
Jamesons Joy
Join Chris and Dan; two fathers who are trying to turn the tragic loss of their sons into something positive. Chris and Dan share their raw emotions of losing their sons, and how they work to survive each day and continue being a husband and a father through their grief. Chris and Dan want to help people understand what grief is like, and help others understand how they should interact with people who are grieving.
Chris and Dan revisit an old topic, the things people say. This episode would be a good listen for those who walk alongside grieving people as well as those on the grief journey.
Chris and Dan return from the summer. Chris discusses his busy summer with career and personal moves, and how his grief connected. Dan discusses some growth in his faith that happened over the summer.
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Chris and Dan are joined by Doug Eisele. Doug shares his story of how he took the loss of two children, Katrina and Logan, but found purpose through his foundations he started in their honor.
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Christopher Jon joins Chris and Dan to discuss the loss of his daughter Sophia. This story hit close to home for both Chris and Dan due to many similarities in their stories. Christopher has many great points for grieving parents to take the next step while grieving the loss of a child.
Chris and Dan are honored to give Christian Paddock the floor. Christian discusses the death of his daughter Hazel, but also the strength she showed throughout her life and the hope she gives others through organ donation. To learn more about how you can become an organ donor, visit https://www.organdonor.gov/ and https://www.donatelife.net/.
Chris and Dan are honored to welcome their first international guest. Chris Garvey joins the show from Courtice, Ontario, Canada to share the story of his son Blake's death.
Chris and Dan are honored to have Roger Alloco join them. Roger shares his story about his son, Dalton Kenneth Alloco. In a world that seems to have forgotten Dalton, Roger wants people to know his name, to say his name, and to know that Dalton Kenneth Alloco mattered.
What a special time for Chris and Dan as they welcome back four of their former guests all together. Join Dan McCreary, Dennis Jordan, Rob Rosenblatt and Patrick Lynch as they all share more about their grief process and what they've learned. With six different perspectives and stories, this episode has something for everyone to hear.
Chris and Dan discuss the holidays. What is hard about them? What traditions have they started? And what will they be doing to continue helping have Mason and Jameson a part of them?
Chris's son Ryan joins his father and Dan for this week's episode. Ryan discusses grief from his view as a teenager who has a lot of other things going on. This is a powerful episode from a perspective we should all be aware of.
Chris and Dan discuss how their emotions and reactions are magnified since losing Mason and Jameson. This episode is perfectly timed as sickness has hit both their homes recently.
Chris and Dan are joined by Jameson's brother Rhys. Rhys shares his memories and thoughts on his brother going to Heaven and how his parents have moved forward with him.
Chris and Dan discuss what each year brought in their grief and how each year was different. They also discuss how they want to heal, but there are obstacles in the way when interacting with others.
Chris and Dan return from the summer break to kick off Season 3. They review the stories of how Mason and Jameson passed onto Heaven, as well as how the summer continued their story and their steps forward in their grief.
Chris and Dan wrap up Season 2 as they discuss the highlights and big points on their grief journey,
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In tonight's episode of "A Father's Love: Healing Through Heartache," Chris and Dan welcome back Dennis Jordan. And this time Dennis is joined by his wife Debbie. Dennis and Debbie lost their 6 year old son Ryan 37 years ago.
In what is probably our most powerful episode ever, Dennis and Debbie provide the wisdom and hope that we all need.
This is Part II of our discussion that began last week.
Chris and Dan are thrilled to welcome back Dennis Jordan, joined this time by his beautiful wife Debbie. Dennis shared the story of their loss of their 6 year old son Ryan earlier this season. Dennis and Debbie are 37 years into their grief journey and have so much wisdom for those who are grieving. This is Part 1 of 2 episodes where they continue to share amazing information as well as big plans they have.
Chris and Dan are joined by Elliott. Elliott's story is a very poignant one that emphasizes one of the main initiatives of Jameson's Joy: DADS MATTER! Elliott shares his story of how the father figure in his life changed him, and his grief now that this father figure has moved on to Heaven.
Chris and Dan discuss their mental health and how what they focus on has changed after losing their sons Mason and Jameson.
Chris and Dan discuss their return to work, how their mental health was through that process, and what their colleagues did to help them reacclimate.
Chris and Dan continue their series in which they discuss their mental health and how it has changed since Mason and Jameson passed.
Chris and Dan begin a series on mental health. As always, they are open, real and raw about their mental health.
Chris and Dan discuss their faith in God and how a tragedy such as child loss can test that faith.
Today is an emotional issue as Chris interviews Dan at the 3rd anniversary of Jameson's trip to Heaven and how the journey of grief has progressed.
Chris and Dan discuss a different view of grief after Chris experienced another loss of a family member.
Rob Rosenblatt joins us for a second time. Rob has big news to share, and with that news comes a wide range of emotions.
Chris and Dan revisit words: words people use that help, words people use that hurt, words that hurt because they're unexpressed, and how this has changed from when Mason and Jameson first went to Heaven.
Chris and Dan are joined by Dennis Jordan. Dennis shares his story of the loss of his son Ryan over 30 years ago. Being so far down the road of grief, Dennis has a lot of wisdom to help others come out the other side.
Chris and Dan share some really big news for their podcast. They also discuss the beginnings of their journey of grief and their mission as they move forward.
Chris and Dan talk about the mental health of grief and how to safeguard against the daily opportunities to get in a bad mental state.
Chris and Dan discuss the holidays, and the difficulties that come with trying to celebrate while missing a key part of the celebration.
Daniel McCreary joins Chris and Dan and discusses the loss of his son. Daniel makes many very helpful points about dealing with grief.
Chris and Dan discuss a mindset shift. Instead of the usual, "Why me?" question that so many ask, the question is changed to, "Why not me?"
Chris and Dan are joined by Rob Rosenblatt as he discusses his twins. Oliver Jameson survived birth, and Princess Aurora was a miracle baby who gave a great fight.
Chris and Dan discuss how the pain of losing Mason and Jameson has changed in over time.
Chris and Dan are honored to have Joseph Gatlin share his story of losing his baby boy Everett and how he has worked to help other grieving dads through their grief.
Chris and Dan discuss little things people do over time, putting deposits in the bank, that help them get through difficult times.
Chris and Dan talk about alone time, whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, and how the grief road can be a lonely journey.
Chris and Dan kick off their second season discussing their grief and trying to help others who are grieving or walking alongside someone who is grieving.
Chris and Dan wrap up season 1 with more information on ADEM and the volvulus that took Mason and Jameson, including the symptoms that you can look for. Chris and Dan also share the biggest things they want their listeners to hear from season 1.
Chris and Dan welcome Kerry Holt to the show. Kerry was hesitant to listen to the podcast since his grief is so raw, but he decided to listen and then realized that he wanted to share his story of his beautiful daughter Caroline. Kerry helped Chris and Dan a lot with the stories he shared about his process of grieving and the impact he is making on others.
Chris and Dan are joined by a fellow grieving father Patrick. Patrick lost his son in 2017 and has really struggled. He responded to this podcast directly, and we wanted to give him a chance to share his story.
Chris and Dan discuss what it means when they say, "I'm ok." For a grieving person, it means something completely different than a normal person.
Chris and Dan discuss Miles For Mason and Jameson's Joy. What drove them to create the foundations? How does this help them recover? How can others join their teams or start their own? Foundations provide a great outlet to cope with grief.
Chris and Dan discuss the daily impact of losing Mason and Jameson. What things are just plain hard for them?
Chris and Dan discuss what seems like a simple question, "How are you?" They discuss how they are mentally after losing Mason and Jameson.
Chris and Dan are joined by Rachel Frasier. Rachel discusses losing her husband John and how she is managing her grief journey.
Chris and Dan continue discussing the services for Mason and Jameson, including some of the heartbreaking decisions they had to make.
Chris and Dan discuss the time between losing their sons Mason and Jameson and the service. This is part 1 of a 2 part episode. They caution you for the raw reality and mental health discussions in this episode.
Chris and Dan continue discussing the day they lost their sons, and how their family and friends stepped up to help them in the lowest point of their lives.
In part 1 of a two part episode, Chris and Dan discuss that day; the day Mason and Jameson passed. In this emotionally raw episode, the grieving fathers describe the events and emotions of that terrible day. But hear how their families and communities rallied to help them in their time of need.
Chris and Dan introduce you to Mason and Jameson, share the stories of the sudden and unexpected passing of their sons, and how they have each tried to find positives by serving the community through foundations created in their boys' honor.