Worst Club Ever (A Child Loss Podcast)

Welcome to the Worst Club Ever - the club of people who have lost a child. We're really glad you found us, and we're so sorry you're here. Losing a child is a horrific experience unlike any other; if you're looking for understanding, resources and community, you've come to the right place. Join bereaved mom and licensed psychotherapist Allie Kramer as she sets out to rebuild her life after the loss of her 4-year-old son to brain cancer. She'll be talking to experts in grief, trauma, medicine, and of course, other bereaved parents, trying to figure out how to tend to our wounded hearts and find a way forward. Wherever you are in your grief, let's navigate it together.

Worst Club Ever (A Child Loss Podcast) is a health podcast hosted by Allie Kramer, with 10 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.

Allie Kramer hosts Worst Club Ever (A Child Loss Podcast), a health show with 10 episodes published.

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  A Slight Change of Plans: When Grief Remakes You

  May 29, 20261h 3mS0

  <p>BONUS EPISODE: This week, Allie is featured on Dr. Maya Shankar's podcast A Slight Change of Plans (named Named Apple Podcasts’ Best Show of the Year in 2021).  In the episode, Allie talks to Maya about what it was like when her 3-year-old son was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and what it means to survive something that changes you so completely, you cannot go back to who you were.</p><p>__</p><p>Season 2 of Worst Club Ever is in the works! Who are some guests you'd like to hear from? Reach out via the links below!</p><p>________</p><p>G...

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  Episode #9

  Having Another Child After Loss with Maya Thompson

  May 30, 20251h 3mS1

  <p>What is it like to parent another child after losing a child? To welcome a new baby into a grieving heart?</p><p>In the final weeks of Allie's pregnancy, she explores all of the complicated feelings about bringing a new life into the world less than two years after the death of her 4-year-old son. In this beautiful and open-hearted conversation, she talks to bereaved mom, writer and advocate Maya Thompson about parenting her now 12-year-old daughter after the death of her son Ronan.  Two mothers, bonded by grief, holding space for the fear, sadness, excitement and gratitude t...

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  Episode #8

  What It's Like to Be My Therapist, with Susan Reedy

  May 15, 20251h 11mS1

  <p>Do you ever wish you could ask your therapist what it's like to sit across the couch from you? This week on Worst Club Ever, Allie has this very conversation with her own therapist, Susan Reedy, one of the most essential members of her support system. </p><p>For the past two years, Susan has walked alongside Allie through the unimaginable — beginning in the middle of Theo’s diagnosis and continuing through his death and everything that’s followed. She’s witnessed — and continues to every week — Allie's despair, rage, hope, and the never-ending work of grief.</p><p>In this perso...

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  Episode #7

  Finding a Grief Community with Larry Carlat

  May 2, 202549 minS1

  <p>What does it mean to build a grief community? When faced with as devastating and uncommon a loss as the death of one's child, many bereaved parents find themselves seeking others who have walked a similar path, and find so much comfort in joining support groups and community events. In today’s episode, Allie attends a Walk & Remember 5K through Our House Grief Support Center, then talks to author, group leader and bereaved dad Larry Carlat, who lost his son Rob to suicide. He shares the story of his loss, his experience as both a group participant and a le...

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  Episode #6

  Supporting a Dying Child with Kelsey Mora

  Apr 17, 202552 minS1

  <p>How do you prepare anyone for death, let alone a child? YOUR child? It's something no parent should ever have to face, and yet, many of us have had to.  And when this impossible scenario arises, how on earth do you handle it? Do you tell your child exactly what's happening to them? What if they're scared? Confused? How do you walk with them down this path?</p><p>In this episode, Allie talks to Kelsey Mora, a dual-certified Child Life Specialist and Licensed Therapist, about how to support a child who is dying. She shares what it's like w...

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