Ep 35: Losing Her Son to Opioid Addiction — The Trimesters of Grief: Katie Rizzo

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Opublikowano: 2026-07-30

What if grief isn't something you get over, but something you carry to term? Katie Rizzo is a scientist, longtime high school biology teacher, and mother of three who lost her oldest son Nicholas to an opioid overdose in 2024. Instead of looking away, she studied it — turning her research and her grief into her book, The Trimesters of Grief. In this conversation we explore emotional healing after losing a child to addiction, why grief moves in trimesters — invisible, then undeniable, then impossible to hide — the trauma and shame that keep families of addicts silent, what opioid...