Season 2
Feb. 19, 2025
Healing Together: The Role of Community in Grief
In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, we explore how community support can be a powerful force in navigating loss.
Feb. 12, 2025
Episode 13: Rebuilding After Loss: Who Am I Without This?
Send us a text In Episode 13, Rebuilding After Loss: Who Am I Without This?, we dive into the identity shifts that grief demands. Losing someone, a relationship, or a dream often leaves us questioning who we are and how to m…
Jan. 22, 2025
Episode 11: Healing in Community: The Power of Shared Experiences
Send us a text Healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens in connection. In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, host Fartumo Kusow explores the transformative power of healing in community. Discover why sh…
Jan. 15, 2025
Episode 10: Resilience After Loss: Rebuilding and Finding Strength
Send us a text Loss reshapes our lives, challenging our sense of identity and purpose. In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, host Fartumo Kusow explores the true meaning of resilience after loss—not as bounci…
Jan. 8, 2025
Episode 9: The Ripple Effect: How Sharing Your Story Inspires Change
Send us a text In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, host Fartumo Kusow explores the transformative power of storytelling. Sharing your story not only helps you heal, but it also creates a ripple effect—conn…
Jan. 1, 2025
Episode 6: Confronting Grief: A Journey of Healing
Send us a text In this episode of 'Break the Silence, Build the Future', Fartumo Kusow delves into the emotional and psychological costs of avoiding grief, sharing her personal journey following the tragic loss of her daught…
Dec. 25, 2024
Episode 5: Living with Grief: Finding Strength in the New Normal
Send us a text Grief doesn’t have an endpoint; it becomes a part of who we are, shaping how we see the world and live our lives. In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, host Fartumo Kusow explores what it means…
Dec. 18, 2024
Episode 8: From Betrayal to Empowerment: Owning Your Story and Reclaiming Your Life
Send us a text In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, host Fartumo Kusow sits down with Victoria Ellen, author of Painting in the Rain: A True Story of Trickery and Triumph. Victoria Ellen is a survivor, the…
Dec. 12, 2024
Episode 7: Owning Your Story: Finding Strength in Vulnerability
Send us a text In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, host Fartumo Kusow delves into the transformative power of owning your story. Sharing deeply personal reflections, Fartumo discusses the courage it takes t…
Nov. 2, 2024
Episode 4: Delayed Grief
Send us a text In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, we explore the concept of delayed grief—the grief that we push aside when life’s demands leave us no room to process our loss. I’ll share my own experience…
Oct. 17, 2024
Episode 3: Learning to Breathe Through the Weigh of Grief
Send us a text In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, I reflect on the overwhelming nature of grief—how it doesn’t come in waves but floods every part of life, making even the simplest tasks feel impossible. A…
Oct. 17, 2024
Episode Two: The Weight of Expectations: Grief Doesn’t Look the Way We Thought
Send us a text In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, I explore the tension between what we expect grief to look like and the reality of how it actually shows up. After the loss of my daughter, I found myself …
Oct. 17, 2024
Episode 1: Shades of Grief
Send us a text Are you struggling with grief that doesn’t look the way others expect? In this episode of Break the Silence, Build a Future, we dive into the unspoken social pressures surrounding grief. Learn how societal exp…