Sibling Loss & Love Beyond Death, An Enduring Bond : Randye / Mitch

The Broken Pack™: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss

In this episode, of The Broken Pack: Stories of Adult Sibling Loss, Dr. Dean speaks with Randye, a surviving sibling, who shares her deeply personal story of losing her brother Mitch to cancer over 45 years ago. Her experience challenges the notion that grief fades with time, highlighting the enduring nature of sibling loss and its profound lifelong impact on surviving siblings.
Randye speaks to the ways loss transforms us while emphasizing the unbreakable bond that persists between siblings, even beyond death. This episode offers a unique perspective on grief, resilience, and the transformative power of love, making it essential listening for surviving siblings, young adult cancer support networks, and anyone seeking understanding about the complexities of grief - especially the disenfranchised loss of a sibling and anticipatory grief that Randye experienced with many of her losses including her brother, parents, and husband.
To learn more about Randye, her book, her writing, and other work, or to contact her, please visit her website: https://randyesundelwrites.com/.
Her Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/randye.sundel/
On instagram, Randye is found at @randyesundel
Other links mentioned in this episode:
Cancer Support Community (formerly Gilda's Club): https://www.cancersupportcommunity.org/

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Capítulos

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. Who is Mitch? (00:03:04)

3. Randye, Protective, Loving Sister, Learns limits of Caregiving (00:05:19)

4. Their Relationship: A Change (00:10:27)

5. Memories Over Time (00:14:22)

6. Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable (00:19:45)

7. Overcoming Stigma of Cancer (00:24:01)

8. Family Members Varying Responses to Losing Mitch (00:26:00)

9. Comfort in Being Invited to Talk ABout Mitch (00:29:06)

10. Gilda's Club (00:29:52)

11. Mitch's Absence on Randye's Life (00:33:04)

12. Physical Impact and Processing of Avoided Grief (00:36:20)

13. Learning the Connection between Grief & Love (00:39:30)

14. Surviving Siblings' Envy (00:43:37)

15. Anticipatory Grief : Randye's Many Experiences (00:45:16)

16. Mitch had the BEst Life (00:50:34)

17. Being a Surviving Sibling Caring for Aging Parents to Becoming The Sole Survivor (00:55:17)

18. Her Memoir in the Works (01:03:05)

19. Randye's Favorite Memories with Mitch (01:06:23)

20. Outro (01:11:12)