Losing a Parent is Never Easy (Lessons in Grief and Loss) | The Dept. #114
The Dept. w/ Omar El-Takrori
Omar El-Takrori
4.9 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Dept. Omar sits down with Lynn Washington for one of the most personal and heartfelt conversations on the show yet. Together they open up about grief, faith, and how to keep showing up in seasons of deep loss. Omar shares the story of losing his father unexpectedly on Easter Sunday and how that experience reshaped his view of peace, purpose, and presence. They talk about what grief has taught them both, how to support others through pain, and how God can use even the hardest moments to bring healing and hope. If you’ve ever walked through loss or loved someone who has, this episode will remind you that you’re not alone and that God can meet you right where you are.
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| 0:00.0 | You may follow me or this podcast because of the information we typically talk about around the ideas of growing a business, |
| 0:07.9 | marketing, content creation and things like that. But there's something that sits underneath all those things. |
| 0:14.6 | And that is just you as a human. And it would be a mistake to not share the depths of the human experience that I believe is really what matters before you experience the business success and before you experience the financial upside. |
| 0:29.6 | And I am sitting here right now a year from when my dad unexpectedly passed away. |
| 0:35.6 | He actually passed away last Easter. I had the opportunity to sit |
| 0:39.4 | down with my friend Lynn and she actually interviewed me while I was in the middle of all the |
| 0:44.3 | grief that I was going through. And even though I'm still grieving today, I'm grateful that I can |
| 0:49.6 | give you a conversation that would not only encourage you if you've ever lost a parent, but also prepare |
| 0:55.7 | you or maybe your spouse for an inevitable season that you may walk through. And I really hope |
| 1:00.6 | this conversation blesses you. I'm putting my humanness on the line here. I'm grateful for you |
| 1:05.1 | department fam. Let's get into it. Omar, before we go anywhere today, I just want to ask you how you're doing, not like the, |
| 1:18.3 | you know, the polite way that people ask right before you say, I'm fine and they move on. |
| 1:22.5 | So I just want to ask you how you're doing. |
| 1:24.4 | Yeah, how am I doing? |
| 1:25.4 | I guess, yeah, I think think overall i feel like i'm |
| 1:28.9 | all right uh but if i could be honest i know i'm not most myself you know just to bring context |
| 1:37.8 | easter sunday my father unexpectedly passed away he collapsed and my mom mom texted us. I have two other siblings. |
| 1:48.2 | We're all in ministry. So we're at church, you know, celebrating the resurrection of the Lord. |
| 1:53.4 | And, and then it's like, you know, she said, don't come yet. You know, they're going to bring |
| 1:58.7 | them to the hospital. and then we got that |
| 2:00.9 | text it was like the doctor said come now and that's i left mid sermon jetted to the hospital and then |
| 2:07.8 | a few hours later after they tried to save them um yeah they couldn't and so even even like now |
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