Rituals, Remembrance & Anniversaries: Carrying Our Loved Ones Forward

Rituals, Remembrance & Anniversaries: Carrying Our Loved Ones Forward

Content note: This episode holds open conversation about child loss, death anniversaries, and grief. Grief doesn't end when the funeral is over — love asks us to remember, again and again. Dionne and Yvette pull up to the kitchen table to talk rituals: birthday cakes and favorite-food plates, altars and an empty seat set with love, candle lighting, Día de los Muertos, sitting shiva, the novena, and the names we keep calling. They share the hardest dates, how to give yourself grace when you're too depleted to do anything big, and how to transmute pain into art, plants, and playlists. Grief is love with no place to go — so let's make a place for it. Join the conversation on Instagram @2Mothers1AchePod. Produced and distributed by Merrick Studios.

Grief and Afterlife (Re-release)

Content note: This episode explores grief, child loss, and the death of loved ones. In this re-release, Dionne and Yvette open up about grief and the afterlife — the butterflies, the angel numbers, the dreams and visitations, and the quiet signs that remind us our loved ones are still close. A tender conversation about staying connected and finding your way through. New here? Watch the full episode on YouTube and join the conversation on Instagram @2Mothers1AchePod [https://instagram.com/2Mothers1AchePod]. Produced and distributed by Merrick Studios. [https://merrickstudios.com]

Grief and Religion with Dr. Rios (Re-release)

Content note: child loss and grief. What happens to your faith when the prayers don't get answered the way you were promised? Dionne and Yvette welcome Rev. Dr. Liz Rios — pastor, scholar, activist, and Daniel's mother — for an unflinching conversation on grief and religion: being angry with God rather than at Him, the gap between knowing and feeling, and a theology that accompanies pain instead of explaining it away. A re-release worth sitting with more than once. Join us on Instagram @2Mothers1AchePod [https://instagram.com/2Mothers1AchePod]. Produced and distributed by Merrick Studios. [https://merrickstudios.com]

From Blight to Beauty: A Conversation with Mama Shu (Re-release)

Content note: this episode discusses the loss of children, a fatal hit-and-run, gun violence, and suicide. What happens when grief refuses to stay quiet — and starts demanding a reason? Dionne and Yvette welcome Shamayim "Mama Shu" Harris — educator, activist, and founder of Avalon Village, the urban oasis she built from reclaimed land in Highland Park, Michigan. A CNN Hero finalist and USA Today Woman of the Year, Mama Shu has turned blight into gardens and homes, and profound loss into purpose. She shares the losses that shaped her path — her mother, Mama Christine, and her sons Jacobi Ra and Chinyelu — and how she let grief build something rather than bury her. Plus the "joy virus," her mayoral run, and a moment of aché. Follow @2Mothers1AchePod. Produced and distributed by Merrick Studios.

What Do I Say (Re-release)

What do you say to someone who is grieving? In this heartfelt and at times laugh-through-the-tears episode, Dionne and Yvette unpack the well-meaning but wounding things people actually said to them — "at least you have other children," "time heals all wounds," "how are you doing with your guilt?" — and why they land so wrong. But this is an episode about empathy, not shame. The sisters in grief share the words and actions that truly bring comfort: a hug, a held hand, "I'm right here with you," and showing up to do the labor — fold the laundry, bring the food, wash the dishes. Because the worst thing you can do is disappear. Don't ghost a griever. Your words don't have to be perfect. They just have to come from the heart. Join the conversation on Instagram @2Mothers1AchePod Two Mothers, One Aché is produced and distributed by Merrick Studios.