347. How Teens Grieve After Losing a Parent: A Conversation with Aubrey Galyon
The Widowed Mom Podcast
Krista St-Germain
4.9 • 695 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
What happens when a teenager loses a parent?
In this episode, I sit down with Aubrey Galyon, daughter of longtime Mom Goes On member and coach Jamie Galyon, to hear her perspective on losing her dad when she was just nine years old. Aubrey's journey through grief led her to write a poetry book called Prevernal Winds, which captures her experience from diagnosis through the intensity of early grief to learning to live with loss.
Listen in as Aubrey shares openly about the confusion she felt during her dad’s illness and passing, the guilt she carried about how she spent her time with him, and what actually helped her process her grief over the years. Whether you're a widowed mom wondering how to support your teenager or simply want to understand what grief can look like through a young person's eyes, this conversation offers a rare and valuable perspective.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we jump into today's episode, I want to share something that might help if you're in the |
| 0:05.0 | early days of grief. Grief Essentials is an eight-week course with live support designed to make |
| 0:11.3 | grief feel more manageable. Get the tools, clarity, and compassionate support you need to find your |
| 0:17.9 | footing again. Visit Coaching with Krista.com forward slash grief essentials for all the |
| 0:25.0 | details. Welcome to the widowed mom podcast, episode 347, How Teens Grieve After Losing a Parent, |
| 0:35.8 | a conversation with Aubrey Galleon. |
| 0:40.6 | Welcome to the Widowed Mom podcast, the only podcast that offers a proven process to help you work through your grief to grow, evolve, and create a future you can truly look forward to. |
| 0:57.2 | Here's your host, Master Certified Life Coach, Grief Expert, Widow, and Mom, Krista St. Germain. |
| 1:03.2 | Hey there, welcome to another episode of the podcast. I've got a good one for you today. I had the |
| 1:09.9 | privilege of interviewing Aubrey Galleon, who is the daughter |
| 1:13.7 | of Jamie Galleon. Jamie is a member of my team, a coach, and has been a longtime Mom Goes On member. |
| 1:22.9 | In fact, she was part of our original Mom Goes On class back in 2019. And so I've had the privilege of |
| 1:29.2 | watching Aubrey through Jamie's eyes. I've had the privilege of coaching Jamie on Jamie's grief |
| 1:35.9 | and watching this beautiful family as they go through all the milestones and navigate all the feelings and deal with all of the challenges |
| 1:47.1 | that grief brings. And so I was really excited to hear that A, Aubrey wrote a book, a poetry book |
| 1:54.9 | called Prevernal Wins, which you can absolutely buy. If you go to agsprouting.com, we'll put that in the show notes. It's |
| 2:03.4 | A.G.Obregallion sprouting.com. You can buy her book, and I would love for us to support her in that, |
| 2:10.0 | but I was really happy when I found out that she wrote a book and that she was willing to come and |
| 2:14.9 | share her perspective on what it was like for her to lose her dad. |
| 2:19.3 | Not because every teenager will have the same experience. Of course they won't because grief is as |
| 2:24.2 | unique as a fingerprint, but because most teenagers aren't willing to talk about it, and we can learn |
| 2:29.8 | so much by listening. And so I'm just so grateful that Aubrey was willing to come and talk and share |
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