Have you ever wanted to throat-punch someone for telling you "everything happens for a reason" after your person died, but settled for an awkward smile instead? Welcome to our grief cliché roast! 🔥

In this grief support episode, Aleksei and Audra are tearing apart every toxic platitude and dumb things people say to grievers. We're dissecting the worst grief advice including:

• "Everything happens for a reason"

• "They're in a better place"

• "You're so strong"

• "Just get over it"

• "Time heals all wounds"

• "God needed another angel"

Learn what NOT to say to someone grieving and what to say instead. This grief podcast episode covers setting boundaries with toxic positivity, dealing with loss, and coping with grief after losing a loved one.

But this becomes something more. Watch as two advanced grievers have a beautiful discovery moment about grief healing—realizing that while they carry scars, they've healed from their losses and relinquished guilt, shame, regret, and the unanswerable question of "why." They explore the grief journey and how to let love back into the void left behind by bereavement.

This is grief validation, real talk about mourning, and profound revelations about what healing actually looks like after loss.

Ever brushed your teeth with deodorant or had a panic attack because you lost your keys… that were in your hand? Welcome to the glamorous world of grief brain — where memory, focus, and logic go to die.

In this episode, Aleksei and Audra get real (and ridiculous) about what happens when grief hijacks your brain and your body. From panic attacks in the grocery store to forgetting what day it is mid-sentence, we unpack why trauma turns your nervous system into a drama queen and your mind into a full-blown sitcom.

We’ll laugh, overshare, and offer a few survival tips for when your brain decides to peace out and your body starts sounding the alarm. Because healing is hard — but it’s also hilarious when you realize you’re not the only one crying in a Trader Joe’s parking lot.

Ever grieved so hard you woke up with a mysterious tattoo and a credit card bill that could fund a small country? In this episode we're getting brutally honest about the expensive, messy, and spectacularly unhealthy ways we cope when life goes to shit. We'll explore why "self-care" sometimes looks suspiciously like self-sabotage, share our most questionable coping decisions, and offer some actually helpful alternatives that don't require explaining yourself to your bank or your liver. Think of it as a survival guide for when your healing journey takes a detour through the land of poor life choices. Tune in and take what you need.

Welcome to the weirdest meet-cute story you'll ever hear: two strangers bonding over dead parents and dark humor in a grief support group circle. This is "A Death Comedy," our intro episode where we spill the tea on how we went from awkward grief group attendees to co-hosts of the most inappropriately funny podcast about loss you'll ever find. We'll share the origin story of our friendship and introduce you to our philosophy that sometimes the only way through the darkness is to laugh at how absolutely fucked up everything is.

You'll hear about our first meeting, how we discovered that finding humor in our trauma doesn't make us terrible people (just slightly unhinged), and why we decided the world needed a podcast where you can laugh about dead parents without someone telling you it's "too soon." We're here to prove that laughter really is the best medicine, even when that medicine tastes like bitter irony with a side of daddy issues.

Consider this your official invitation to our grief comedy club, where the membership requirements are tragically low and the humor is devastatingly dark. Buckle up, buttercups, it's going to be a beautifully messy ride through the intersection of loss and laughter, where nothing is off-limits and everything is fair game for a good joke. Welcome to our podcast, we're so glad you're here, even if you wish you didn't have to be.

We're Aleksei Archer and Audra Milosch - two former mean girls who got a massive personality makeover courtesy of suicide loss. We met in a grief support group in 2017 after both losing a parent to suicide, and somehow our shared trauma turned into an unbreakable friendship and a podcast nobody asked for but everyone needs.

What started as two strangers bonding over the worst thing that ever happened to us has evolved into a comedy podcast about grief, healing, and all the messy, inappropriate, hilarious moments in between. We're here to prove that grief doesn't have to be all tissues and hushed voices - sometimes it's ugly crying while laughing at your own jokes.

Through honest conversations, inappropriate humor, and zero filters, we're creating a space where grief gets real and healing gets funny. Because if we don't laugh about it, we'll cry about it, and frankly, we're tired of crying.

Join us as we navigate loss, friendship, and life after the unthinkable - one inappropriate joke at a time.

Healing through humor, one inappropriate joke at a time.

If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please reach out for help. You are not alone.

Resources:

• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988

• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741