THE PODCAST

After the Unthinkable

If you found your way here in the middle of a hard night, or a hard year, you're in the right place.

This podcast is honest conversation about surviving the things you think you cannot survive. Real tools for getting through a single day. Real stories from inside grief and trauma. And the fight to change the system for families like mine, and maybe like yours.

There's no pressure here and nothing you have to do. Start with whatever episode speaks to you. Listen while you drive, or walk, or lie awake. Come back when you need to.

New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Keep Going. You ARE stronger than you think.

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NOT SURE WHERE TO START?

Featured Episodes

A few to begin with, depending on what you need today.

The Day I Almost Didn't

For the day when you're not sure you can keep going. This one is honest about what it feels like to want to quit, and what "keep going" really means on the hardest days. If today is one of those days, start here.

The 2am Protocol

For the night you can't sleep. A real, step-by-step plan for the worst hour of the night: why 2am lies to you, what to do in the first five minutes, and how to get back to rest without believing anything your mind tells you in the dark.

The Good Minutes

About finding small moments of light even in the middle of grief. A softer, hopeful listen for when you need to be reminded that joy and pain can live side by side.

The Ones Nobody Counts

The children of violent crime victims are the most overlooked people in the whole system. This episode is the heart of the fight, for anyone who wants to understand what I'm working to change.

The Six Year Old Who Walked Through the Crowd

The true story of Ruby Bridges, and what her courage still asks of us. A story about the children who carry more than we realize, and why the very least we owe them is to actually look.

Five Things Worth Fighting For

The platform, in one place. Five concrete changes to how the justice system treats families left behind, and why every one of them is possible. If you want to know exactly what After the Unthinkable stands for, start here.

The Help Nobody Tells You About

The map nobody handed us. What to know about crime victim compensation, victim advocates, and your rights, so the next family doesn't have to learn it alone in the dark like we did.

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