
Put On Your Big Girl Pants
Episode 109: When Cancer Changes Everything — Even Family Relationships
<p >Grief doesn’t happen in a straight line. When cancer takes someone you love, the loss ripples outward—into identity, family dynamics, and relationships we never expected to fracture. </p> <p >In this podcast, I talk about the ripple effect of cancer loss, the complicated grief that follows, and the pain of parent–young adult child estrangement that can emerge in the aftermath. This is a space to name the grief that often goes unspoken—the kind that comes with confusion, silence, and broken expectations. </p> <p >If you’re grieving more than one loss at the same time, you are no...

