Grief Isn’t a Problem to Solve: How Therapy Actually Helps After Loss
This is a quieter, more personal episode of MetaTherapy. I recorded this in the week after losing my Mim, Doris M. Gadoury, who lived a long, love-filled life and passed peacefully at 103. This conversation isn’t a eulogy—and it isn’t a how-to on grief.
It’s an honest look at how therapy actually helps when loss can’t be fixed, rushed, or explained away.
Zach’s Bridge: Parenting, Grief, Therapy, and Love After the Unthinkable
What happens to a family, a marriage, and a sense of self after the death of a child? In this deeply moving episode of MetaTherapy, host Dominic sits down with Jenn and Jon Wall, the parents behind Zach’s Bridge, to explore parenting, grief, partnership, and the ongoing work of loving after unimaginable loss. This conversation explores: • Parenting surviving children after the loss of a child • How grief reshapes identity, marriage, and family systems • The psychological and emotional realities of bereaved parents • Why “moving on” is a myth—and what actually helps instead • How love, meaning, and connection evolve after profound trauma Jenn and Jon speak honestly about navigating grief as individuals and as partners, the strain loss can place on relationships, and the quiet courage required to keep showing up when life no longer makes sense.
When Language Becomes the Lever for Change
In this episode of MetaTherapy, Dominic sits down with Russell Van Brocklin to explore a deceptively simple idea with enormous clinical implications: language doesn’t just describe reality—it actively shapes it. Too often, therapy gets stuck at insight. Clients understand why they’re stuck, but still don’t know how to move. Russell brings a different lens—one that shows how the words we use, repeat, and organize become mechanisms for change themselves. Drawing from his background in law, systems thinking, and therapeutic communication, Russell breaks down how language operates as a tool of agency, not just reflection. Together, they unpack how subtle shifts in phrasing can alter responsibility, possibility, and action—and why this matters for anyone trying to create real movement in their life. If you’ve ever thought, “My client gets it… so why isn’t anything changing?” this conversation offers a powerful missing piece.