Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss

By Monica and Colby Charette

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Holding the Light: Sharing Hope After Child Loss is a podcast for grieving parents, siblings, family and friends navigating life after the loss of a child.

Co-hosted by bereaved mother and her son Monica and Colby Charette, this podcast offers honest conversations about child loss, grief, and healing. Through personal stories, guest interviews, and reflections, we explore what it means to carry and witness grief, find connection, and live with love after unimaginable loss. Whether you are a grieving parent, sibling, family member or supporting someone through child loss and seeking to better understand grief, this podcast provides comfort, validation, and hope.


Topics include:

· living with child loss

· grief after losing a child

· supporting bereaved families

· navigating relationships and family grief

· finding meaning and legacy after loss


We are here to say their name with you. You are not alone. Together, we are Holding the Light.



Episode Date
Pattie Gallant Part 2: Painting Beauty with His Ashes
Jun 11, 2026
Pattie Gallant: Anticipatory Grief
May 11, 2026
Joyce Vigue-Morrissette: Caregivers Grieve Too
Apr 11, 2026
Jessica Ashe: When Grief Finds Its Voice
Mar 11, 2026
Holly Caron: Grief Has No Timeline
Feb 11, 2026
Zorimar Bentancourt: Murder Can't Silence A Mother's Love
Dec 11, 2025
Chris Wilson: A Father's Grief
Nov 11, 2025
Monica Charette: 11 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Child Loss
Oct 11, 2025
Aiden Deans: Self-Reflection After Sibling Loss
Sep 11, 2025
Jennifer Oldham: Holding On, Letting Go (Keeping Kindness for Hallie)
Jun 11, 2025
Janice Deans: Life Beyond Loss From Overdose
May 11, 2025
Lena Hann: Living Life More Fully After Child Loss
Apr 11, 2025
Darlene Sforza: Finding My Purpose Amidst Layered Grief
Mar 11, 2025
Margaret Reilich-Godino: Adolescent Sibling Loss
Feb 11, 2025
Sarah Kilch Gaffney: Grief Doesn't Take a Holiday
Dec 11, 2024
Samantha Banerjee: My PUSH for Preventing Stillborn Babies
Nov 11, 2024
Monica Charette: 10 Things I Have Learned About Grief In 10 Years
Oct 11, 2024
Vicki Roy: My Brother Was More Than a Victim of a Mass Shooting
Sep 11, 2024
Sandy Fisher: If I Knew Then What I Know Now (Loss By Suicide)
Jun 11, 2024
Rob Reider: The Sad Dads Club
May 11, 2024
Mary Alexandre: Balancing Grief with Joy
Apr 11, 2024
Julie Brown: Writing and My Grief Evolution
Mar 11, 2024
Susan Cloutier: Surviving the Loss of My Son and Husband
Feb 11, 2024
Debbie Reynolds: Living After the Loss of My Children
Dec 11, 2023
Annette McCoy: Coming to Terms with Suicide
Nov 11, 2023
Dawn Prime Watson: Surviving My Son's Suicide Without Blame
Oct 11, 2023
Cidny Bullens: As Long As You Love (A special interview with our podcast theme song singer-songwriter, and fellow parent of child loss)
Sep 11, 2023
Tom Howard: A Father's Reflection on Grief & Healing
Jun 11, 2023
Taryn Murray: Finding Personal Peace After Child Loss
May 11, 2023
Kirstie Martin: Grief & My Mental Well-Being
Apr 11, 2023
Charlie Hartman: Losing My Only Child
Mar 11, 2023
Lisa Reilich: Surrendering to My Grief
Feb 11, 2023
Deb Roberts: Mourning My Son With A Nation
Dec 15, 2022
Amber Poulin: Childhood Cancer & Grief
Dec 01, 2022
Mark Jose: Holiday Grief
Nov 15, 2022
Cathy Langlais (Amanda's & Chris's Mom from Episode 11): My Story
Nov 01, 2022
Amanda Garay: Losing My Brother to Suicide
Oct 15, 2022
Monica Charette: My Grief Season
Oct 01, 2022
Helen Beesley: Giving the Gift of Life
Sep 15, 2022
Holly MacKenzie: Surviving My Only Sibling
Sep 01, 2022
Stephanie Bartholomew: The Grief Secretary Part 2 (Long After the Funeral)
Aug 15, 2022
Stephanie Bartholomew: The Grief Secretary Part 1 (The First Days & Weeks)
Aug 01, 2022
Jeanine Deas: Still to Be Born
Jul 15, 2022
Ann Ryan: Learning to Live Again
Jul 01, 2022
Ed Gould: A Father's Loss
Jun 15, 2022
Emily Bessey: Finding Space for Grief and Gratitude After Losing a Second Child
Jun 01, 2022
Linda Hartkopf: Grieving a Child Lost to Addiction
May 15, 2022
Holding the Light Trailer: Our Story
May 15, 2022