Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief & Estrangement
Laugh Cry Scream is a raw, honest, and deeply human podcast about life with grief and estrangement. Hosted by Chris Workman, the show dives into the messy, complicated, and often unspoken parts of loss, family pain, healing, and survival. With real conversations, dark humor, hard truths, and zero fake positivity, this podcast creates space for people who are carrying the weight of grief while trying to keep going. Some days you laugh. Some days you cry. Some days you scream. Here, all of it is welcome.
All episodes(17)
- StandardSummaries onlyHOW MANY ESTRANGED PARENTS HAVE TO DIE?
Published Jun 18, 2026
Christina WorkmanHow many estranged parents have to die before we start paying attention?In this episode of Laugh.Cry.Scream, Chris tackles one of the most difficult conversations in the estrangement community: hopelessness, despair, and suicide among estranged parents.Why are so many parents reporting feelings of hopelessness?Why are warning signs being ignored?And why do so many people seem more interested in deciding who deserves compassion than recognizing that another human being is suffering?This episode e
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Things People Get Wrong About Me
Published Jun 11, 2026
Christina WorkmanToday we're doing something different.For years I've talked about grief, estrangement, healing, boundaries, and how to survive some of life's hardest experiences.But many people only know me through social media clips, posts, and short videos.In this episode, Hurricane Melissa turns the tables and puts me in the hot seat.We talk about child loss, estrangement, assumptions, social media, criticism, healing, and the things people often get wrong about my story.This isn't about choosing sides.It's
- StandardSummaries onlyWhy Nothing Changes
Published Jun 4, 2026
Christina WorkmanWhat happens when being right becomes more important than being connected?In this episode of Laugh Cry Scream, we tackle one of the biggest challenges in grief, estrangement, and relationships: the need to prove our point at all costs.Whether it's family conflict, marriage struggles, friendships falling apart, or estrangement between parents and adult children, many people find themselves trapped in a cycle where winning the argument matters more than understanding the person standing in front o
- StandardSummaries onlyThey Were All There At First
Published Jun 2, 2026
Christina WorkmanAfter a major loss, many grieving people experience a second heartbreak nobody warns them about:People disappear.Friends stop calling.Family gets uncomfortable.Support fades.And suddenly you're grieving both the person you lost and the relationships that changed afterward.In this episode of the Laugh Cry Scream Podcast, Chris Workman explores the loneliness that often follows grief, why people pull away, and what grieving people wish others understood.If you've ever wondered:• Where did everyone
- StandardSummaries onlyThe Grandkids Grew Up Without Me
Published May 28, 2026
Christina WorkmanSome grandparents are grieving children and grandchildren who are still alive.And almost nobody talks honestly about what that kind of grief actually does to people over time.In this episode, we talk about: grandparent estrangement grief without closure watching grandchildren grow up from far away social media grief emotional waiting missed years and milestones unresolved family pain attachment and memory and how people survive when life does not turn out the way they imagined. This is not a the
- StandardSummaries onlySuicide Doesn’t Just Kill One Person
Published May 26, 2026
Christina WorkmanIn this deeply emotional episode of Laugh. Cry. Scream., Chris sits down with Jennifer to talk about the devastating ripple effects of suicide loss.This conversation explores: • the shock after suicide • guilt and unanswered questions • the silence survivors often face • how suicide grief impacts entire families • what support actually helps after this kind of lossThis episode is raw, honest, and intended to help suicide loss survivors feel less alone.FREE RESOURCE: “Suicide Doesn’t Just Kill On
- StandardSummaries onlyPsychological Limbo - When Your Child Feels Gone
Published May 21, 2026
Christina WorkmanGrief can make you feel like you’re still physically here… while emotionally disappearing piece by piece.In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris talks about the identity loss, emotional exhaustion, numbness, and quiet isolation grieving parents often experience after child loss.Because sometimes grief doesn’t look like crying. Sometimes it looks like: • pulling away from people • forgetting who you used to be • struggling to function normally • feeling emotionally detached from life itselfT
- StandardSummaries onlyGrief Changed Me And I Didn't Even See It Coming
Published May 19, 2026
Christina WorkmanGrief doesn’t just hurt. Sometimes it completely changes who you are.In this episode of Laugh. Cry. Scream., Chris Workman talks about the identity shifts that happen after major loss — the emotional exhaustion, social disconnect, numbness, irritability, and quiet ways grief can make people feel unfamiliar to themselves.Because grief isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it looks like: pulling away from people struggling with everyday conversations feeling emotionally flat losing interest in things yo
- StandardSummaries onlyWhy Estranged Parents Stop Talking About Their Grief
Published May 16, 2026
Christina WorkmanEstranged parents are grieving too. But many stop talking about it because every conversation starts to feel dangerous.In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman talks honestly about the silence many estranged parents fall into after being dismissed, judged, blamed, or emotionally shut down.This conversation explores: why estranged parents start censoring themselves the fear of being labeled “toxic” or “narcissistic” how grief changes when nobody wants to hear your side the emotional e
- StandardSummaries onlyWhat Happened to Me After Grief? The Identity Loss Nobody Talks About
Published May 13, 2026
Christina WorkmanGrief does not just change your life.Sometimes it changes you.In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman talks about the part of grief many people quietly experience but struggle to explain out loud:the identity loss that can happen after profound grief.This conversation explores:• emotional exhaustion• brain fog and overwhelm• feeling disconnected from yourself• relationship changes after loss• loneliness in grief• masking pain while appearing “fine”• why ordinary life suddenly feels
- StandardSummaries onlyWhen Your Adult Child Cuts You Off: The Guilt Loop Nobody Talks About
Published May 8, 2026
Christina WorkmanWhen your adult child walks away, the pain is not just the silence. It is the guilt, the shame, the judgment, and the endless replay of every moment where you wonder what you could have done differently.In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief and Estrangement, Chris Workman and Joe Sassman talk honestly about the guilt and shame loop that so many estranged parents live with. From the 2 AM thoughts that won’t stop, to the pressure of feeling like society has already decided you are
- StandardSummaries onlyEverything Happens for a Reason” & Other Lies: Navigating the Loss of a Child
Published May 5, 2026
Christina WorkmanIn this deeply emotional episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris and Joe talk about the unimaginable reality of losing a child.They share the phone calls, the final moments, the shock, the numbness, and the memories that never leave. Joe opens up about the final conversation his son had with his own child before his death, and Chris shares the heartbreaking day she lost her son after years of navigating his medical needs.Together, they talk about the things people say after loss, especially phrases
- StandardSummaries onlyMy Parents Had Dementia. Then a Stranger Told Me My Whole Life Was a Lie.
Published Apr 30, 2026
Christina WorkmanCould you handle the truth if your entire foundation was a lie?In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief and Estrangement, hosts Chris Workman and Joe Sassman sit down with Al Isaacs, a man whose life changed with a single, accidental phone call at age 52.As Al was navigating the heavy waters of anticipatory grief—caring for both parents as they battled dementia—a call from his mother’s oncologist dropped a bombshell: Al was adopted. Because of his parents' cognitive decline, the pe
- StandardSummaries onlyWhen Your Child Uses “Boundaries” to Shut You Out
Published Apr 23, 2026
Christina WorkmanWhat happens when the word boundary becomes the end of the relationship instead of the beginning of a real conversation?In this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman and Joe Sassman dig into one of the most painful realities of family estrangement: being cut off by an adult child with little to no conversation, often through language that feels scripted, sudden, and final. They talk about the labels parents hear over and over again like toxic, narcissistic, gaslighting, and boundary, and
- StandardSummaries onlyWhat Hurts More: Grief or Estrangement?
Published Apr 16, 2026
Christina WorkmanIn this episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, we take on a question that hits hard for a lot of people living through loss:What hurts more, grief or estrangement?If you have experienced physical loss, estrangement, or both, you already know this is not a simple comparison. One comes with finality. The other comes with unanswered questions, rejection, silence, hope, and the pain of someone still being alive but no longer being in your life. In this conversation, we talk about:why grief and estrangement
- StandardSummaries onlyEstranged Parent, Grieving Parent: The Pain No One Talks About
Published Apr 12, 2026
Christina WorkmanWhat does it really feel like to be an estranged parent while also carrying deep grief? In the first episode of Laugh, Cry, Scream, Chris Workman and Joe Sassmen share their stories of child loss, estrangement, shame, guilt, and healing. They introduce the heart behind the podcast and share the deeply personal stories that brought them here. They talk about child loss, parental estrangement, guilt, shame, healing, and what it means to keep going when life changes you forever.This conversation co
- StandardSummaries onlyLoading: Laugh, Cry, Scream: Life with Grief and Estrangement
Published Apr 2, 2026
Maranda TaylorSomething amazing is loading... A raw 20-second moment from Laugh, Cry, Scream with Chris Workman, a podcast about grief, family estrangement, emotional healing, and life after loss. This short episode speaks to the real emotions that come with grief, parent-child estrangement, broken family relationships, and the healing journey. If you are looking for grief support, estrangement support, or honest conversations about loss and emotional pain, visit www.griefandhealingwithchris.com