Carla Fernandez joins The Crew to explore the themes of her powerful new book, Renegade Grief! She shares her personal grief story, losing her dad at 21, and how it led to building a thriving peer support community called The Dinner Party. In this raw, open conversation, we discuss challenging societal norms around grief, science-backed coping strategies, care practices, grave sites, dating, weddings, guilt, and navigating loss on holidays. Carla’s refreshing perspectives and tangible tools make this a must-listen for anyone grieving. We can’t recommend her book enough! Renegade Grief available everywhere on March 11, available now for pre-order. Follow Carla on Instagram. @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com.

TGIF—Thank God It’s February! Before diving into the whirlwind of January 2025, The Crew recorded a reflective recap of 2024. Mads shares the large lessons grief taught her over the past year, Kelsey discusses how she’s been integrating and promoting the podcast into her daily life, and Kathy opens up about the strong support she experienced throughout the year. We also bid farewell to the iconic Eras Tour while eagerly anticipating the release of the upcoming Reputation (Taylor's Version) album. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com

The Crew is thrilled to welcome Kelsey's longtime friend, Mallory Meeks! Mallory, a cherished Teacher and Director of Product at The Class—a movement practice that connects body and mind—joins us to share her deeply personal journey. For the first time, Mallory opens up about losing her father in 2017, recounting her story with heartfelt honesty and reflection. Through her experience, we discover how she found her way to The Class, where she now helps others navigate and process their emotions. Mallory also shares how her grief has shaped her relationships and influenced her perspective, especially in supporting Kelsey through the loss of her mom. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com / Mallory Meeks / The Class

After a much needed summer hiatus, the crew is finally back recording again! We share some heavy life updates in each of our lives and how we found support during these times, including leaning on each other when we needed it most. We also discuss a viral TikTok that features a mom giving dating advice & why it's so important to try to find someone who can support you through grief. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com / The Dinner Party / TikTok

Kathy, Kelsey, and Mads finally met in person after 2.5 years! With only 24 hours together in LA, they made the most of it—enjoying meals out, a hilarious photo shoot (shoutout to Mads' boyfriend Will), and just soaking up time together without focusing on grief. While this episode doesn’t tackle grief directly, it’s a reminder that although something heavy brought them together, it also led to this genuine friendship and magical day. Our summer hiatus is over, we will be back with regular episodes after this special episode. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources

The Crew has a long overdue catchup after multiple guest episodes. Mads updates us about her new job and how the podcast & grief have even played a role. Kelsey & Kathy share some unexpected lessons from the dating scene. And finally, we talk about the future LA meetup and our predictions and expectations for the upcoming Taylor Swift album. Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources

New author Kristel Crews joins the Mourning Crew to tackle how to authentically talk about grief and death with young children. When her mom died, her two young boys had many questions about where Gran went, what a casket was, how a funeral works, and how they were supposed to feel. Kristel candidly explains how she handled these questions and helped guide her kids through their grief. She hopes that her new children's book, Sundays With Gran, can help other families start a difficult conversation that begins to heal the heart of the child in all of us. Buy her book here or sundayswithgran.com / IG: @sundayswithgran / Facebook: kristelcrews // Instagram @themourningcrew / Email: themourningcrew@gmail.com / The Mourning Crew Facebook Page / Mental Health Resources

Please join us in welcoming special guest and new author - Emily P. Bingham! Emily joins the crew to talk about the loss of her husband to uveal melanoma in 2019, when she was 35 years old. Since becoming a widow, she leaned into her pain and turned it into purpose, by becoming a certified grief coach & content creator. Her most recent success includes her new book, Love & Grief, which beautifully blends her personal anecdotes with practical tools for fellow grievers. Check out her book now!

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