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    • Our Mission & Vision
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  • Who Is Cass?
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    • Aspiring Violinists Scholarship
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Child loss, universally, has been called the single, most devastating experience a family can face. It is a very personal journey, with no handbook for survival. Sharing our stories of love and loss offers validation, hope, and healing. Join Monica and Colby Charette in a very unique, mother-and-son podcast, as they share their personal grief journey, and those of others, with intimate interviews each episode that offer powerful experiences, candid advice for friends, retrospective lessons learned, insight and encouragement, and everything in-between. If you have experienced child loss, or care about someone who has, we invite you to hold the light with us, and keep coming back for inspiration and hope.

Follow Holding the Light on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcast, and wherever you listen to podcasts!  If you have a topic you'd like us to talk about, or if you would like to be a guest, Contact Us!

May 15, 2022   Trailer of Holding the Light: Podcast hosts Monica & Colby Charette share the love and loss of Cassidy, and the motivation to launch Holding the Light Podcast. 
SEASON 1: May  - December, 2022
Episode #1  5/15: Linda Hartkopf, Grieving a Child Lost to Addiction
Episode #2   6/1: ​Emily Bessey: Finding Space for Grief and Gratitude After Losing a Second Child
Episode #3   6/15:  Ed Gould: A Father's Loss
Episode #4  7/1: Ann Ryan: Learning to Live Again
Episode #5   7/15: Jeanine Deas: Still to Be Born
Episode #6   8/1: Stephanie Bartholomew: The Grief Secretary (Part 1, The First Days and Weeks)
Episode #7  8/15: Stephanie Bartholomew: The Grief Secretary (Part 2, Long After the Funeral)
Episode #8  9/1: Holly MacKenzie: Surviving My Only Sibling 
Episode #9  9/15: Helen Beesley: Giving the Gift of Life
Episode #10 10/1: Monica Charette: My Grief Season
Episode #11 10/15: Amanda Garay: Losing My Brother to Suicide
Episode #12  11/1: Cathy Langlais: (Amanda's and Chris's Mom from Episode 11) My Story
Episode #13 11/15: Mark Jose: Holiday Grief
Episode #14  12/1: Amber Poulin: Childhood Cancer & Grief
Episode #15  12/15: Deb Roberts: Mourning My Son with a Nation
SEASON 2: February - December 2023
Episode #16  2/11/23: Lisa Reilich: Surrendering to My Grief
Episode #17 3/11/23:  Charlie Hartman: Losing My Only Child
Episode #18  4/11/23: Kirstie Martin: Grief and My Well-Being
Episode #19  5/11/23: Taryn Murray: Finding My Personal Peace
Episode #20  6/11/23: Tom Howard: A Father's Reflection on Grief & Healing
Episode #21  9/11/23: Cidny Bullens: As Long As You Love (A special interview with our podcast theme song singer-songwriter, and fellow parent of child loss)
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Mission & Vision
    • Board of Directors
  • Who Is Cass?
  • Where Cass Shines
    • Aspiring Violinists Scholarship
    • Kindness Projects
    • ShineOnCass Lending Library
    • Cassidy's Kitchen
    • Youth Mentoring BBBS
    • Cassidy's Corner Oakland Library
    • Cassidy's Kids Mount Merici
    • ShineOn Oakland
    • Memorial Scholarship
    • Community Service Awards
  • Events
    • ShineOn Animal Baby Shower & PJ Party
    • Kick for Cass
    • ShineOn Saturday Youth Soccer Day
    • A Night to Shine: Beer & Wine Tasting
    • ShineOn for Cass Alumni Soccer Game
    • Blue Christmas Ceremony
    • Putt 4 Cass
  • News & Posts
  • Holding the Light Podcast
  • Donate