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S5E11 Josh Grief Has Layers: What Comes After the Loss?

S5E11 Josh Grief Has Layers: What Comes After the Loss?

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You can love someone deeply and still be powerless to save them.Josh spent years serving his country.Then he found himself facing a battle he couldn't solve with training, discipline or determination.His wife and best friend, Corey, was struggling with alcohol.What began with increasing alcohol use eventually became serious physical complications, hospitalizations, mobility loss and a year-and-a-half journey in which Josh became not only a husband and father—but a caregiver.He tried to help.He tried to reason.He tried setting boundaries.He sometimes wrestled with resentment, guilt, helplessness and questions about whether he could have done something differently.All while serving in the military and raising their young daughter, Carmen.Eventually, Corey's health deteriorated significantly.After a cardiac arrest at home, Josh performed CPR before emergency responders arrived. Corey was later placed on life support, leaving Josh and her parents with an impossible decision.She died April 7, 2022.Days later, Carmen turned five.Then, only two months after losing his wife, Josh lost his father.In this deeply honest episode of the Solo Dad Podcast, Josh and Matt talk about grief that begins before death, caregiver exhaustion, addiction-related loss, parenting through trauma, asking for help and what happens when the person you desperately wanted to save could not be saved.But this conversation isn't only about what Josh lost.It's also about what he decided to build afterward.Today, Josh is retired from the military and studying to become an educator. He volunteers in schools, mentors children and has discovered that one of the most meaningful ways he can carry his experiences forward is by serving others.As Josh explains:“You're gonna go through some pain in your life. It's about what you do after.”In this episode, you'll hear:What it's like watching alcohol slowly change someone you loveThe resentment, guilt and helplessness caregivers can experienceWhy Josh eventually had to ask Corey's family for helpHow the military supported his family through Corey's declining healthBecoming a caregiver while also remaining DadPerforming CPR on his wife during her final medical emergencyLosing his father only months after losing his wifeParenting a five-year-old through the death of her motherWhy children need age-appropriate honesty about griefThe importance of reassurance and emotional safetyHow therapy helped Josh and Carmen communicate their feelingsWhy asking for help isn't weaknessThe role physical movement can play in reconnecting with yourselfWhy grief can reveal entirely new layers years laterHow Josh found renewed purpose through education and mentoring childrenTHE CLIMB CONNECTIONC — CourageJosh eventually had to admit:“I was helpless.”That meant having difficult conversations, asking his in-laws for help, confronting Corey's declining health and later allowing himself to seek support for his own grief.Courage wasn't fixing everything.Sometimes courage was admitting he couldn't.L — LearningJosh learned that grief doesn't reveal everything at once.His description is powerful:Grief is like an onion.Something that didn't emerge two years ago might surface today.Learning means remaining curious about those emotions instead of assuming something is wrong because grief has returned.I — IntegrationJosh isn't trying to erase Corey from his life.He talks honestly with Carmen about her mother, what happened and why he shares their family's story.The goal isn't forgetting.It's carrying what happened while continuing to live.M — MovementAfter several years when physical health wasn't his priority, Josh is intentionally reconnecting with movement and his body.Walking.Hiking.Traveling with Carmen.Simply getting active again.Not punishment.Not running away from grief.Taking care of himself so he can remain present for his daughter.B — Building / BelongingThis may be the strongest CLIMB connection in the episode.Josh spent more than 20 years serving in the military.Today, that instinct to serve has evolved.He's studying to become an educator and volunteering in schools—not simply teaching academics, but becoming another trusted adult in children's lives.The thing he couldn't do for Corey—save her—isn't stopping him from helping someone else.He's building something from what remains.EPISODE LINKS🎧 Listen to the episode: 🌐 Solo Dad Life: https://solodad.life👥 Solo Dad Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CRX3z8vtD/❤️ Solo Parenting Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1EfpiStRZg/🏔️ Learn about CLIMB: https://solodad.life/services/Ready for more than just listening? Explore the CLIMB framework and support options at https://solodad.life/
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