A life can split into before and after, and you can hear that line clearly in our chat with Steve. We go beyond the polite summaries of grief and talk about the real mechanics of it: the shock, the numbness, the exhausting work of funerals, and the strange loneliness that hits when the visitors leave and the house goes quiet. Steve explains why healing is not about moving on, but about learning how to carry someone with you in a different way.
We also dig into the secondary losses people rarely name. When you have spent years caring for a child with disability, your world is built around routines, carers and community. When that ends, the support network can vanish overnight. Steve shares what helped him survive that transition: permission to rest, taking grief moment by moment, leaning into work and deployments, and using health and fitness to steady sleep and mental health. We talk honestly about how partners can grieve in opposite directions and why respecting those differences matters.
Then the story opens up into something bigger: the Camino de Santiago. Steve breaks down what the Camino is, why his family chose it as a reset, and how long-distance walking shifts from physical challenge to emotional processing and, finally, to spiritual connection. He shares simple rituals of remembrance, the power of purpose, and the quiet ways a family can bond when they choose to walk forward together.
If you know grief, caregiving, or major life change, this conversation will meet you where you are. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review with the biggest takeaway you’re carrying from Steve’s story.
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