Jul 22, 2020
Miriam Feldman and her husband Craig were successful artists raising four children in Los Angeles. They were a happy family, with a great confidence in all their children succeeding in whatever they chose. Their son Nick, in particular, was a gifted artist himself, and they looked forward to watching him blossom and grow. But as he reached early adulthood, disturbing symptoms forced them to reckon with the fact that Nick was struggling with mental illness, which over time would be diagnosed as schizophrenia. Facing the challenges of his illness, each person had to find a new way to live and the family as a whole could no longer be as it once was. What did it take to navigate both the illness itself and the toll it took on all of them? How would they find their way forward, grieving what they once were and finding their new life? Join us as Miriam Feldman shares their way forward and where they are now.
On Good Grief we explore the losses that define our lives. Each week, we talk with people who have transformed themselves through the profound act of grieving. Why settle for surviving? Say yes to the many experiences that embody loss! Grief can teach you where your strengths are and ignite your courage. It can heighten your awareness of what is important to you and help you let go of what is not.