The Art of Grieving a Sibling: Preston / Colin

The Broken Pack™: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss

Sibling Loss and The Art of Grieving
A conversation with surviving sibling, Preston Zeller, about losing his brother Colin to a fentanyl overdose. As part of his grief process, Preston created a documentary The Art of Grieving:Turn Grief Into Greatness, to understand his grief and sibling loss.

• He describes that the process of painting helped him to process his emotional response to sibling loss and how he is helping other
• Preston shares how surprising others' reactions to his documentary and project impacted him.
• Preston shares that there were few sibling loss resources for him when he searched at the time of Colin's death.

More about Preston, his work, and links to his documentary (which we highly recommend) can be found at:
Websites: https://zellerhausart.com/ & https://theartofgrievingfilm.com
Documentary: Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Tubi
Instagram: https://instagram.com/prestonzeller?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011320479188
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV2iSJTFFrh8uDhzt9uGFKA
Content warning: topics discussed in this episode do include substance use, addiction, and overdose.

• If you believe you are witnessing an overdose, call 911 or your country’s emergency number immediately even if you are administering Narcan.
• If you are in the US and need support for yourself or someone else with suicidal thoughts or other topics discussed in this episode, please call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) or Text your 5-digit ZIP Code to 435748 (HELP4U) or call a warmline. For more immediate crisis call 911, 988, or go to the nearest emergency room.
• In the USA an updated directory of warmlines by state can be found at https://warmline.org/warmdir.html
• A warmline directory for trained peer supports in

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Kapitel

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. About Preston and Learning to Grieve as a Man (00:01:16)

3. About Colin (00:02:32)

4. Losing Colin (00:05:10)

5. You Cannot Recover from Grief (00:08:54)

6. Preston's Two Vows and Loss of Purpose When Colin Died (00:12:03)

7. Discovery of Self After Losing Colin (00:14:14)

8. Context for Preston's Story of Loss (00:15:51)

9. Colin Pushing Him to Be better (00:26:02)

10. Grieving Secondary Losses (00:28:44)

11. Learning Colin Had Died (00:31:26)

12. Resilience in Grief (00:35:46)

13. Making The Art of Grief (00:39:34)

14. USing Painting to Take an Emotional Snapshot (00:45:50)

15. Surprising Responses From Family (00:49:11)

16. Coping Now (00:53:23)

17. Favorite Memories with Colin (00:56:29)

18. Outro (00:59:12)