Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT joins Finding Hope After Loss to discuss the importance of communication while navigating grief after miscarriage and pregnancy loss. Through both professional insight and personal understanding of grief, Dr. Browne shares how loss can affect relationships, emotional connection, and the ways people give and receive love during difficult seasons.
In this episode, we talk about the reality of grief after pregnancy loss, the challenges many couples face when communicating after miscarriage, and why the first year after loss can feel especially difficult as grieving parents experience painful “firsts” without their baby.
Dr. Browne also shares powerful insight about learning how others receive love, supporting grieving partners differently, and how deep pain can eventually lead to greater self-awareness, wisdom, and compassion.
This episode is for anyone navigating miscarriage, pregnancy loss, grief in relationships, or trying to better communicate while healing after loss.
Table of Contents
“The first year is hard because it is the first year of firsts.”
“When you get to year two, you realize you just have to do this forever.”
“The hurt you feel is the place you will find incredible wisdom and deep, deep love for yourself.”
“It’s not how do I think you should be loved — it’s how do you receive my love.”
As a relationship expert, Dr. Heather Browne has worked with thousands of individuals and couples in psychotherapy. She is published in hundreds of journals, has an active YouTube channel, has been featured on ABC-7 news, was the relationship expert on KDOC Daybreak OC, and is published in Inc., Toronto Sun, Thriving Family Magazine, Light + Life, BRAINZ, Scary Mommy, and Psychology Today. She is a regular guest blogger for both Links for Shrinks and for Marriage Friendly Therapists. Two books in final stages of pre-publication, and a TedX speaker coming 9-23!
She offers a weekly newsletter packed with tips and techniques to improve relationships and has monthly workshops! Simply go to her website!
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If this episode resonated with you, please consider sharing it with someone navigating miscarriage, pregnancy loss, or grief after loss. Conversations like these help grieving parents and families feel seen, supported, and less alone.
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