Life With Grief Podcast | Grief Support Podcast 193. Navigating Brother Loss and Chronic Illness with Dr. Heather Taylor
In this episode of Life With Grief I sit down with Dr. Heather Taylor, a Licensed Psychologist and Grief Educator, for an honest and deeply human conversation about grief, sibling loss, and living with chronic illness.
Dr. Heather shares her personal story of losing her younger brother and navigating the often-overlooked experience of sibling grief. She opens up about her own struggles to find effective grief therapy, and how those gaps ultimately led her to pursue a career in psychology so she could offer the kind of grief-informed care she once needed herself.
We also talk about:
✨ Her diagnosis of postpartum cardiomyopathy.
✨ What it’s like to live with heart failure.
✨ An unexpected genetic discovery that deeply impacted her health and her family.
✨ The emotional, physical, and psychological layers of grief when it’s intertwined with chronic illness.
Throughout the episode she shares practical coping strategies for grief, including her STAY acronym, a grounding framework designed to help you stay present with grief rather than pushing it away or trying to “fix” it.
If you’re grieving a sibling, living with chronic illness, or searching for more compassionate and nuanced approaches to grief support, this conversation offers validation, insight, and gentle guidance for integrating grief into everyday life.
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