After Life with Samina Bari

Welcome to the After Life Podcast with Samina Bari, where we talk about how to support someone who has recently lost their spouse. This podcast is a place for real talk, real stories, and real advice based on first-hand experiences from the people who supported me — through their own shock and mine — when I suddenly lost my husband in 2023. The loss of a spouse is the single-most, devastating occurrence in a person's life, and it's a reality none of us wants to confront — until it happens to us. Supporting someone who has lost their spouse often means confronting your own discomfort with death and grief, and realizing that someone else's grief isn't about you. If you're someone who's lost their spouse like I have, I hope this podcast resonates with you, too.

After Life with Samina Bari is a health podcast hosted by Samina Bari, with 7 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Samina Bari hosts After Life with Samina Bari, a health show with 7 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Overcoming Your Discomfort to Better Support a Grieving Spouse

  Dec 10, 202510 minS1

  <p >In the season finale of the After Life Podcast, host Samina Bari returns to reflect on the powerful conversations and lessons learned over the past five episodes. With honesty and gratitude, she shares how these raw, intimate discussions - rooted in her own journey of spousal loss - have opened doors for compassion, healing, and new understanding. Joined by lifelong friends, thought leaders, and grief advocates, Samina weaves their wisdom and stories into a tapestry of practical support and hope for anyone touched by loss.</p> <p >Through candid conversations about identity, navigating uncomfortable silences, supporting grieving children, and...

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  Episode #5

  The Grieving Parent's Dilemma: Children are Not Resilient

  Nov 26, 202538 minS1

  <p >In this episode of the After Life Podcast, Samina Bari sits down with Cara Belvin, founder and CEO of Empower, a nonprofit devoted to building community for children who've lost a parent. Cara opens up about her own experience of losing her mother at the age of nine, the "rules" she picked up about remaining silent, and how that isolation motivated her to help other children who have lost a parent. Together, Samina and Cara talk candidly about the myth about children's resilience, the weight placed on grieving families to "move on," and why empathy, support networks, and open...

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  Episode #4

  The Administrative Burden on the Grieving Spouse

  Nov 12, 202545 minS1

  <p >In this episode of the After Life Podcast, Samina Bari sits down with Jason Fang, founder of TerraFirma Wealth Partners, to explore the often unseen challenges that come after losing a loved one. Jason shares his personal story of losing his father at a young age and how that shaped his empathetic and hands-on approach to helping families navigate the overwhelming financial and administrative responsibilities that follow a death.</p> <p >Together, Samina and Jason discuss the realities of grief, the limitations of "planning ahead," and the practical—yet emotionally taxing—steps surviving spouses and families must take in the...

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  Episode #3

  Channeling Your Strengths to Provide Support

  Oct 29, 202538 minS1

  <p >In this episode of the After Life Podcast, Samina Bari is joined by Abby Reyes, a powerhouse communications executive and a longtime friend of both Samina and her late husband, Doug. Abby shares the extraordinary and tender role she played in supporting Samina during the immediate aftermath of Doug's sudden passing - including managing the countless details that weigh heavily on those left behind.</p> <p >Together, they explore themes of shock, grief, and the immense challenge of stepping up for someone while navigating their own emotions. Abby's cultural perspective - rooted in Filipino traditions that openly acknowledge and...

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  Episode #1

  Living a Life We Didn't Choose

  Oct 15, 20254 minS1

  <p >In the premiere episode of the After Life Podcast, host Samina Bari opens her heart and shares the deeply personal story that inspired her to create this show. With honesty and vulnerability, she talks about the sudden death of her husband, Doug, how that loss transformed her world as a wife, mom, now solo parent, and as a person, and why she is committed to changing how we support grieving spouses.</p> <p >Drawing from decades of leadership experience, personal struggles through religious and cultural pressures, otherness, infertility, and the devastating loss of her life partner, Samina offers a...

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