The Broken Pack: Stories of Sibling Loss

On this podcast, surviving sibling, psychologist, and thanatologist, Dr. Angela Dean, helps other grieving siblings share their sibling loss stories. This podcast aims to provide an authentic space for surviving siblings to express their grief and help others navigate the complex emotions associated with this profound, often misunderstood loss.

The Broken Pack: Stories of Sibling Loss delves into the profound and often overlooked topic of sibling loss, offering a platform for surviving siblings to share their personal grief stories. In each episode, listeners are immersed in the real-life experiences of those who have endured the unimaginable loss of a sibling. Through inspiring narratives, honest accounts, and stories of resilience, surviving siblings recount their journeys and share how they are learning to live with such profound grief. By connecting through shared experiences, listeners will find solace and support, discovering a community that understands the unique challenges of sibling loss.

The Broken Pack: Stories of Sibling Loss is a podcast focused on giving bereaved survivors of sibling loss a platform to share their stories and be heard, something many sibling loss survivors state they never or rarely have had. This podcast is sponsored by the organization, The Broken Pack, an organization supporting and educating others on sibling loss and grief as well as connecting survivors in community.

If you would like more information or to share your own sibling loss story, please contact Dr. Angela Dean at dr.dean@thebrokenpack.com or go to our website, thebrokenpack.com.

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Angela M. Dean, PsyD, FT, GTMR

Credits:

The Broken Pack: Stories of Sibling Loss is produced by 27 Elephants Media

"If Tomorrow Starts Without Me" © ℗ 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
Written by Joe Mylward and Brian Dean
Performed by Joe Mylward
Licensed for use by The Broken Pack

Guest

Anne Pinkerton

Anne Pinkerton is an essayist, memoirist, and poet whose work circles around grief, loss, and how we cope with them. Her memoir, Were You Close? A Sister's Quest to Know the Brother She Lost, was published in April 2023 by Vine Leaves Press. Her writing has appeared in the Boston Globe, Hippocampus Magazine, Modern Loss, River Teeth's "Beautiful Things," Sunlight Press, Dorothy Parker's Ashes, The Keepthings, and Brevity Blog, as well as several anthologies, most recently The Loss of a Lifetime: Grieving Siblings Share Stories of Loss, Love, and Hope. She holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bay Path University and studied poetry at Hampshire College. Anne grew up in Texas and lives in Western Massachusetts, where she works in marketing and communications and plays music. Her brother David died in 2008 after a hiking accident in the Colorado mountains.

https://annepinkertonwriter.com

Guest appearance on:

"Were You Close?" A Surviving Sister's Writing Quest