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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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Grief Truth #24; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/24

"It’s normal to miss who you were before." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- Loss doesn’t just take the person you love—it reshapes you. "It’s normal to miss who you were before." You may look back at the version of yourself who laughed more easily, dreamed more freely, or moved through the world without t...

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Grief Truth #23; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/23

"You don’t have to explain your grief." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- Not everyone will understand. And honestly? Not everyone needs to. "You don’t have to explain your grief." Grief is intimate. It lives in the small moments, the private memories, the quiet aches only you can fully feel. You don’t owe anyone a map of that la...

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Grief Truth #22; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/22

"Grief can change your definition of strength." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- Before loss, strength might have looked like pushing through, holding it all together, or never letting anyone see you cry. After loss, strength often has a different face. "Grief can change your definition of strength." Grief strips away the ...

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Grief Truth #21; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/21

"Grief is the price of love." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- If we never loved deeply, we’d never hurt this much. "Grief is the price of love." Grief is not a punishment. It’s the echo of the love that filled your life—and the love that still lives inside you. The ache you feel is proof that what you ha...

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Grief Truth #20; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/20

"There is no 'getting over' grief." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- We’ve all heard it: “You’ll get over it.” As if loss is something we recover from, like a cold. "There is no 'getting over' grief." But grief is not an obstacle you climb and leave behind. It’s not a wound that disappears without a...

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2:28

Grief Truth #19; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/19

"Memories are a form of connection." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- We sometimes fear that talking about them will hurt too much—or that others will grow tired of hearing their name. But memories are not just reminders of what we’ve lost. They’re threads that keep the connection alive. "Memories are a form of...

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Grief Truth #18; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/18

"It’s okay to not be okay." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- There’s a strange pressure after loss to present yourself as “fine,” as though grief is something that should be quickly packaged and hidden away. "It’s okay to not be okay." But pretending you’re okay doesn’t make the pain disappear—it ju...

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Grief Truth #17; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/17

"Your pace is the right pace." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- We live in a world that measures progress in milestones, deadlines, and “shoulds.” But grief doesn’t fit neatly into any of those boxes. "Your pace is the right pace." Some people will think you’re “moving too slow.” Others will think you’re “doing too well” t...

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Grief Truth #16; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/16

"Joy and grief can live in the same heart." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- For a long time, I thought joy would be a betrayal—that if I laughed or felt lightness, it meant I’d somehow let go of the person I lost. "Joy and grief can live in the same heart." What I’ve learned is that grief and joy a...

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Grief Truth #15; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/15

"You are not weak for grieving." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- Some people mistake tears for fragility, or heartbreak for collapse. But grief has a way of showing us that real strength often looks nothing like what we thought it would. "You are not weak for grieving." It takes unimaginable streng...

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Grief Truth #14; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/14

"Grief changes, but it never disappears." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Lean in with me --- In the early days, grief can feel like it’s everywhere—heavy in your chest, clouding your mind, weighing down every breath. But as time passes, it shifts. The edges soften, the waves become less constant… yet it’s still there. "Grief changes, ...

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Grief Truth #13; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/13

"Grief is love finding new ways to flow." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s lean in At first, it might feel like the love you carry has nowhere to go. But over time, you realize—it’s not gone. It’s simply seeking a new path. "Grief is love finding new ways to flow." Grief can feel like a dam—holding back the...

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Grief Truth #12; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/12

"Healing is not the same as forgetting." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s lean in Some people think moving forward means leaving the past behind. But grief teaches us otherwise. Healing is not the same as forgetting. Healing isn’t about erasing the person we lost or softening their memory until it no longer stings. It’s about carrying them wi...

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Grief Truth #11; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/11

"Grief does not follow a straight line." Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s lean in If you’ve ever felt like you’re “doing grief wrong,” you’re not. "Grief does not follow a straight line." The path is messy. It loops back on itself. It sends you down side roads you didn’t even know existed. Just when you think you’re “moving forward,” somethin...

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Grief Truth #10; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/10

“Silence can be a sacred companion.” Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s begin. Before we start, plant your feet and notice how the ground holds you. Even now, you are supported. Silence can be a sacred companion. One of grief’s quiet tricks is convincing us we’re fragile — like one more loss, one more memory, might make us sha...

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Grief Truth #9; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/09

“This loss rewrites your story.” Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s begin. Let's take a breath together. Let yourself arrive. Sometimes we don’t need answers — just something true to hold. Here’s today’s grief truth. This loss rewrites your story. You had a story — a vision for how things would go. Then loss ripped the page in half. But the s...

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Grief Truth #8; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/08

“Grief teaches you who you are beneath the pain.” Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s begin. Take a breath. Let yourself arrive. Sometimes we don’t need answers — just something true to hold. Here’s today’s grief truth. Grief teaches you who you are beneath the pain Before this loss, I thought I knew who I was. &n...

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Grief Truth #7; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/07

“Some days are sacred, no matter how much time has passed.” Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s begin. Take a breath. Or Two - or three. Let yourself arrive. Sometimes we don’t need answers — just something true to hold. Here’s today’s grief truth. Some days are sacred, no matter how much time has passed. For me- today is one of those days....

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The Eternal Last Day; A Poem for the Unimagineable

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/06

Nine years ago tomorrow, my son Alex died & every August 6th became the eternal last day. I hadn’t found those words until now. The day before everything changed. The last day of “before.” This is a poem I wrote when I woke today—rising from the weight—where memory meets survival. Most days, I carry grief with grace. My soul is expanded. Alex is always with me. I now do work I never would've chosen—but know is the deepest calling of my life: walking with other grievers thru the wilderness...

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Grief Truth #6; August Daily Nuggets

The Leftover Pieces: Suicide Loss Conversations ·

2025/08/06

“Memories hurt — and they can also heal.” Welcome, fellow griever. This is your Daily Nugget from me, Melissa, your host of The Leftover Pieces. Today we will share a moment of presence, a breath of truth, and a reminder. Let’s begin. I invite you to take a breath -- or two. Let yourself arrive. Sometimes we don’t need answers — just something true to hold. Here’s today’s grief truth. Memories hurt — and they can also heal. There was a time I couldn’t say his name without cry...

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