Welcome to River’s Fog- a podcast dedicated to navigating and clearing the hazy fog of grief by sharing inspirational, raw, beautiful, and sometimes humorous stories. Brought to you by: What Matter’s Most? Evansville, Inc. We’re the co-founders and hosts, Jim and Andrea, who simply want to create ripples in the water in your community so its a place you can live well and die well, because you can grieve well- all the losses. Support us and learn more at: https://instabio.cc/lantzdreams. Cont ...
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Holy cow its been a year since we dropped our last episode after dropping an episode almost weekly for a year after our hosted nonprofit organization, What Matters Most Evansville was founded in early 2020. Founder, Andrea, took what was thought to be a few week hiatus from the nonprofit and this podcast which turned into months and felt it in her …
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Reaching across the globe with Jaimie and The JD Sheth Foundation
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Jaimie speaks to reaching across, not down to support people in the community and across the globe. She shares her journey quitting her high paying physical therapist job in California to becoming the founder and CEO of a nonprofit, The JD Sheth Foundation. After visiting her mother's homeland in India she was inspired to help allocate resources an…
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Prison to Business Owner with John Byers
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John Byers was sentenced to prison in his 20s for essentially the rest of his life for drug conspiracy after dropping out of college to sell cocaine. He had never drank or done drugs, yet was the first federal trail in Indiana in 1998. He speaks to his journey that "your desire to grow must be larger than your obstacles" and “keep working and never…
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"Don't Waste this Pain" with Fei Wu
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Fei Wu joins us from the Boston area and shares her own grief journey (and inspiration) from being an immigrant from Beijing, China at 17 years old, the death of her father, racism, and starting her own business. She is now the creator of Feisworld Media with a mission to help small businesses and creative entrepreneurs as a YouTuber, Podcaster, co…
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Chuck and Ashley Share Love and Loss from their Miscarriages
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Chuck and Ashley Elliott speak to “I’m grieving because I loved”. They are a married couple who get raw about their journey coping with several miscarriages. We laugh, tear and acknowledge heartaches, anger and their own unique frustrations yet also get to hear amazing growth and great relationship and communication skills while coping with their g…
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Michele Gates's Courageous & Transformational Grief Work From Suicide, 40 years later
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Michele Gates is a courageous woman and now author of an interactive children's book for kids coping with a difficult change or loss in their life. She shares with us her story of loosing her mother to suicide at the age of 5 and how her healing and growth transformation didn't happen until she did the grief work in her 40s which has created not on…
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Ami Lloyd: life coach and life long learner
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Former respiratory therapist and Mary Kay saleswoman turned life coach. She speaks to her journey, ambiguous grief, the importance of acknowledging your grief and taking actionable steps to become your true self. To learn more about her work be sure to check out: https://amilloyd.com/wordpress/about-ami/ Contact info if you or someone you know shou…
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"I'm not dead, and that's weird" with Adam Hayden
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Adam Hayden is a philosopher, writer, advocate, and organizer for the brain tumor community. We met through LinkedIn when I reached out after listened to him speaking at the End Well Project Conference. He shares being diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2016 in his early 30s while just becoming a new father. He has outlived over 90% of people with th…
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Casey McCoy transforms himself from foreclosure to buying a house in Belize
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Casey McCoy is a man who values relationships, with everything he encounters from people, knowledge, food and his environment. Casey has continued making ripples in the water after various types of grief losses, striving for personal growth and development as he himself continues to shrink, yet grow at the same time, literally and figuratively. His…
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Leadership Everyone's CEO, Lynn, Speaks to the Beauty of Accidental Leadership and the Unexpected Who Show Up to Support Grief
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Lynn Miller Pease has a passion for diversity, servant leadership, and the collaborative process. She shares with us how various life transitions, times of grief and accidental leadership lead her to the current position as the Chief Executive Officer of Leadership Everyone, Inc., based out of Evansville, Indiana. She develops servant leaders to tr…
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Realtor Aaron Luttrull wants clients to grieve well no matter where they live
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Aaron is a native to the Evansville, IN area who originally thought he wanted to be a pharmacist. Little did he know he was going to be mixing up other chemicals on a regular basis in the form of clients grief journeys as their now realtor! Aaron has accepted this being part of the role to do a good job and continues to learning something every day…
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Skateboarder's passion for videography healed parts of his own grief journey; show guest and Owner of Thomas Bernardin Films
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Thomas Bernardin is an Evansville native and the Owner of Thomas Bernardin Films. He shares his story of how skateboarding in high school evolved into his growing passion for film and starting his own business- capturing other people’s passions and stories on film. He shares how leaning into his talent helped him cope with and heal through the grie…
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Layne Miller finds solace in playing the keys
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Layne Miller is a local to the Evansville, IN area although he was adopted from Mexico as an infant. He shares how leaning into his passion for music got him through various parts of his life. He continues to play the piano, write songs and cover some of his favorites - from Frank Sinatra to Elvis and the great big bands, swing and easy listening. …
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Professional Grief Solutions; supporting those in high-loss work environments
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Tara and Sabrina share their story from sharing a burger to now having started a business together, Professional Grief Solutions, LLC. It focuses on such a big need during the pandemic- supporting healthcare workers in high-loss environments. Tara shares openly her raw experience struggling with grief and not wanting to live after her 5 month old s…
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Focusing on Baby Steps- How Grief and Trauma Led Amy to Becoming a Health & Wellness Coach
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Amy Lutzel, BA, CHWC, ACSM-CPT is the Wellness Director at Ivy Tech in Evansville, IN. She shares with us her transformational growth journey going from bottling up years of trauma and mental health challenges to becoming a certified health and wellness coach. She continues on her healing and grief journey as she encourages others to reach out, con…
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Andrea interviewed Jill in the summer of 2020 and finally has converted the file to a useable audio to share her great works in creating Death and Donuts! We thought it would be a great way to kick off the new year to share their new virtual meeting times and encourage donuts with new year resolutions. So grab a cup of coffee and able a donut as yo…
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Reba Riley speaks raw truth from loosing to growing yourself by sitting with grief
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Reba Riley is a spreader of hope, healing, courage, random acts of kindness & laughter. She is the author of best seller: Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome. This book is filled with humor as she decides to experience 30 religions before she turned 30. She is also a blogger, speaker, artist, healer, wine lover and loves to dance despite being terrible …
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Share Your Grief Story Project and more
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We don't have a guest today, but rather Andrea is sharing more about a project and letters we have already received! ***Disclaimer: This episode is for adults only. People have provided a gift by sharing their grief journeys around the holidays including life after having an affair, being a nurse during the pandemic and living with a functional alc…
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Healing Through Breathwork with Nicole Casteel
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Nicole Casteel is a Sound Healer, Vocal Alchemist, and Intuitive Coach. She taps into, creates, and grows space for healing. She shares with us how she came into the sound healing world after being super classically trained in vocalist performance and Opera. This includes discussing the death of her own identity as she searched to find her truth wh…
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Physician's Grief Journey from Burntout to Badass &
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Dr Errin Wiseman is not your average physician, however she is supporting more female medical providers to tap into something that should be the norm. Her sassy style is the perfect natural medicine of Physician meets Life Coach, Podcaster, in addition to Burnout Expert & Badass Mother. Join us as she shares her grief story of being a high achiever…
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How to Manage Tech Use & Find Balance with Mindfulness
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Diving into a quick educational guide on practicing mindfulness with our technology and devices. It’s normal to keep ourselves distracted to avoid thinking and feeling uncomfortable things, especially related to grief. However, this only causes more damage down the road and prevents us from connecting with the here and now, others, and ourselves. T…
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Grateful, Grace-filled Grieving with Andrea Grace Phillips, focused on supporting parents with a child battling or whom has died from the disease of addiction
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Andrea Grace Phillips encourages us to experience Grateful, Grace-filled Grieving. Thanksgiving has different meanings to people, especially if you or a loved one have ever struggled with addiction. She is a Certified Coach, Speaker, Writer, and an Advocate for those with a child battling the disease of addiction. The grief of loosing a child to ad…
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Follow Zac's lead to find your flow and fan others' flame
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Zac Parsons is part entrepreneur, teacher and "Chaos Pilot" all rolled into one beautiful flow of energy making ripples in the water as helps navigate change and articulate meaning. His training and experience includes a Masters in organizational psychology, teaching as a college professor, involvement with numerous groups and trainings, and lead o…
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Journaling through Grief with Barbara Stahura
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Barbara Stahura shares going from the corporate world to becoming a published author and freelance writer. However, her writing and work took on a new role after her husband suffered from a traumatic brain injury. Barbara recalls the roller coaster of grief and emotions and shines a light on how journaling not only kept her sane, during this challe…
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Going from SNL to helping more Americans reclaim their death with Kimberly C Paul
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WMM?E co-founder, Andrea, was moved and motivated when meeting Kimberly C Paul last year! She now has the pleasure of sharing KCP's story of going from the set of Saturday Night Live and CBS daytime to telling a very different kind of story. She encourages the country to come together regardless of who we voted for and to start conversations of how…
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Artist shares journey healing through her passion - now is a momma by day and slinging paint at night!
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Chelsea England describes herself as a color junky. She is a local artist who shares her journey of how she re-engaged with her talent and joy for painting by making a radical change in her life to follow her passion and start her own business. Painting served as a catalyst for healing during challenging times exploring new paths and disappointment…
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Dr BJ Miller speaks to grief with curiosity
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Our first RIVER'S FOG podcast ever and we couldn't be more excited to interview Dr BJ Miller! He is a nationally recognized speaker and author of “A Beginner’s Guide to the End.” He has recently started Mettle Health- focused on supporting a person’s ability to cope well with difficulties or to face a demanding situation in a spirited and resilient…
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