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The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations

Melissa Bottorff-Arey

Suicide loss changes everything. The Leftover Pieces® Podcast explores life after suicide through honest conversations with survivors, experts, and grieving parents learning to live forward after unimaginable loss. Parents, partners, siblings, and friends share what it means to keep living when the world has been forever changed.Hosted by Melissa Bottorff-Arey, whose 21-year-old son Alex died by suicide in 2016, the show blends intimate conversations with survivors, healers, and mental health

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23:37

Where I've Been; & Hello 2025, I'm BACK!

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2025/01/03

Today --- I am BACK!!!! Life after suicide needs a break sometimes, and I took one. After a (very) trying 2024, I was just spent.... but you can't keep a good (determined) woman down! As a sort of "Re-Boot" for The Leftover Pieces; Suicide Loss Conversations podcast after taking the last 6 weeks of 2024 "off" I am choosing to 'start over' this way .... Along with this FIRST of 2025, please listen weekly to Down the Rabbit Hole episodes dropped at the start of each week and / or listen d...

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49:02

Let's 'Get Griefy': Change Makers & Hope Spreaders

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2024/11/20

Today, I share some resources, talk about a few change makers and read a few inspiring messages for this season - for every season, really. Today, hear me discuss the past, present and future (no, it's not a holiday tale filled with chain clanking ghosts) and then dip into some exciting, hope-filled options and resources -- and the incredible people behind them! Be sure to stay 'til the end where I read an article that I wrote for the 4th Quarter Get Griefy magazine. And there are so many oth...

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67:21

Erin Blechman's Unexpected Journey; Reflections After...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/10/21

Today I share my conversation with fellow (suicide loss) bereaved mom, author & speaker Erin Blechman. We discuss her incredible son Max, life after suicide loss of a child and her book My Unexpected Journey: Reflections After Losing My Son to Suicide. Everyone will have a takeaway from this one.....& Erin & I share so many of the same realities...including that hope does come back AND that time alone does not ‘fix’ anything (it’s what we do with that time that matters)! In her o...

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67:12

Let's Talk to a Medium; Soul & Spirit Mom's Healing...

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2024/10/07

Today, I share a long overdue conversation...with Angel the Medium. After child loss by suicide, we need connection - to so much, other moms included, & we need a connection to our child in spirit. Many grievers look for, wonder about, &/or sit in front of a medium to facilitate that connection after loss.I know I did -- the first few attempts didn't go well for me after I learned how to find a medium, prepare for a reading, and moreover, I finally found "my medium" (yes, once you fin...

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35:57

Life After Suicide Life; It's O.K. to be Okay.

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/09/15

In life after suicide loss, we hear the words "it's okay to not be okay" as part of mental health or prevention campaigns and similar messages all of the time, right? Especially THIS month as September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month (or is it just awareness -- or just prevention...? Ugh, right?). We can tackle that topic another day.And it IS TRUE that it's okay to not be okay...it's an essential, to-the-point message to help empower people to speak up when they are not doing okay -- t...

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50:21

The Rest of My Story; Can Words Kill...& What Now?

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/08/25

SPECIAL NEW EPISODE DROP! This is Part 3 of 3 (Listening in order is recommended). I am getting very 'up close and personal' as I do something I have not done since I began the podcast in 2020-- tell "the rest of my story." This is part of MY life after the suicide loss of my son Alex Mullins on August 7, 2016In the 3-part series you get Part 1, "The Rest of My Story" Part 2 - "My Analysis", and that will be followed by this one - Part 3, "Can Words Kill...What Now?" In Part 3, I discuss...

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62:06

The Rest of My Story; My Analysis of the Essay

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/08/23

SPECIAL NEW EPISODE DROP! This is Part 2 of 3 (Listening in order is recommended). I am getting very 'up close and personal' as I do something I have not done since I began the podcast in 2020-- tell "the rest of my story." This is part of MY life after the suicide loss of my son Alex Mullins on August 7, 2016Putting this out there has taken way more 'guts' than I anticipated. Much like Part 1, it took extra days to release this one. Even eight years in (it would seem), I am still learning ab...

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49:15

"The REST of My Story; Was It Free Will, or Not"

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/08/13

SPECIAL NEW EPISODE DROP! New today! This is Part 1 of 3 (the other two will be released only two days after the previous one). I am getting very 'up close and personal' as I do something I have not done since I began the podcast in 2020-- tell "the rest of my story." Putting this out there has taken way more 'guts' than I anticipated. I have been sitting on this episode, frozen, for over a week. Even eight years in, it seems I am still learning about my new self. But it's time.I am fina...

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97:05

A Chat with A.S. King; Coming Face-to-Face with Those...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/07/17

Today I am releasing a conversation that I had recently with Amy King - Grace's mom. Amy also happens to be an incredible write (psst... see down below) But the role she cherishes most in life, is being a mom to her two kiddos... she now bothers, like many of us, from both sides of 'the veil'. Gracie died by suicide in 2018. Amy's "other" episode _ Season 4 Ep. 3 "Suicide is Normal AND Tragic" And today, just a few things we chat about are: First, she talks about her loss survivor g...

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34:15

Grief Hangovers are Real; Are You an Intervention or...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/07/02

Today I am down the rabbit hole to discuss the concept of a grief hangover. Yep, it's a real thing ....at least I say it is. I did not coin the phrase but i also don't recall ever hearing it before, yet a simple internet search tells me that I am not the only one who thinks it's that 'thing'. The day before, of and after a "day" (birthday, loss, day, holiday...) can be absolute hell and you may be left with a massive grief hangover if you aren't prepared. Let me offer some thoughts that may j...

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110:22

Lenore Matthew and Brainspotting; Neurology &...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/06/25

Today I have Lenore Matthew, PhD, MSW, back on the podcast -- for the THIRD time! That tells you how much I value what she has to say BUT is also a testament to her own healing and growth - AND her desire to share it with those who need to hear it! Today we discuss her latest endeavor in healing - one that can bring so. much. freedom... welcome to BRAINSPOTTING! On her website she says that she is "Melding science and spirit to welcome joy, light, and expansion" as well as "...

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44:19

“Movies, Shows & Books, Oh My; What to Watch ...Or Not “

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/05/29

Are you a late-night grief-insomniac like me? Do you need to escape, or maybe think deeply? I have it all! New today and a few more on the way...a long overdue episode about what I have watched or read etc. and what my take is on these shows, movies, books & more. There are a few honorable mentions (HM) in most categories that I will not say as much about, but I do talk briefly about why they are mentioned.My Past Podcasts on this same topic (all different shows, etc... mostly):&nbs...

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34:05

Because Legacy Matters; The Little Tin Man & His Big...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/05/12

NEW EPISODE DROP! Today is MOTHER’S DAY 2024. As a special Down the Rabbit Hole episode and to honor a piece of my own journey in motherhood, I am reading my chapter “The Little Tin Man and His Big Heart” - a chapter written (by me) about parts of my son Alex’s life. Alex died by suicide on August 7, 2026, but his legacy continues as we tell his stories and speak his name. You can find this story in the book series Because They Lived, plus stories of other amazing kids gone way too soon....

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105:22

Josh Halu of Psychedelic Exchange; Plant Medicine &...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/04/22

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58:57

How to Begin Healing After Suicide Loss; Transform...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/04/07

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67:04

Behind the Coffee Cup; A Sister's 'Anger to Love' Walks

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/03/25

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26:48

Mindsets, Motivation & Monkeys" Pt 3; I'll Get You My...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/03/19

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84:09

The Military, 1st Responders & Suicide; 2X Loss...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/03/11

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21:15

Mindsets, Motivation & Monkeys" Pt 2; How DO you find...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/03/04

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27:25

Mindsets, Motivation & Monkeys" Pt 1; What IF Asked...

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2024/02/29

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