Negative Grief and Recovery with Taryn Hiatt

Negative Grief and Recovery with Taryn Hiatt

What emotional and inspiring tales of recovery are out there? This conversation between Coach Blu Robinson and guest Taryn Hyatt goes straight into the gritty overlap of suicide, addiction, faith, and grief, with the kind of honesty you rarely hear in public. Taryn shares how her dad died by suicide after a lifetime of addiction, and how, instead of hiding the cause, she pushed her family to tell the truth.

That choice pulled her into suicide prevention work, community organising, and, eventually, into long-term recovery from her own alcohol use. As she puts it, "It's not about wanting to die. It's about I don't know how to live with what is happening." You’ll hear them talk frankly about stigma in families, churches, and communities, including harsh beliefs that someone who dies by suicide is spiritually condemned.

Taryn describes how faith leaders started shifting that narrative, and what that has meant for families carrying both loss and shame. There’s also a clear, practical breakdown of how to ask someone if they’re thinking of suicide without panicking or tiptoeing around the subject. The episode is especially relevant if you’re in recovery and wrestling with grief, or supporting someone who is.

Taryn talks about grief as love with "nowhere to go", why there is no time limit on mourning, and how group support and honest conversations can help people feel less alone in their pain. Coach Blu also brings in his own experiences of losing athletes to overdose and suicide, showing how deeply these losses hit even seasoned helpers, and why boundaries, movement, and self-care matter for anyone supporting others.

If you’ve ever wondered how to talk about suicide, hold space for grief, and still believe recovery is worth fighting for, this one might be exactly what you need today. Who in your life could use a more honest conversation about loss and hope?