Present in the Pain Podcast
Looking at the experience of pregnancy and child loss through the lens of the Catholic faith, Eileen Tully offers lessons from Scriptures and Saints, real talk about grief and trauma, and practical tools for healing from the heartache of miscarriage, stillbirth, or the death of a child of any age.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 37
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2024
Breath of Heaven - Ep. 4 Pour Over Me Your Holiness
In this final episode of the Breath of Heaven series, Eileen talks about the sanctifying grace given to us by the Holy Spirit and how the gifts given to us at our Confirmation serve to …
Breath of Heaven - Ep. 3 Lighten my Darkness
When we are suffering, we can be tempted to the darkness of despair. Sometimes our faith is tested and challenged, and it is the Holy Spirit who can bring the light of truth to this da…
Breath of Heaven - Ep. 2 Be Forever Near Me
In this, the second episode of this series on the Holy Spirit, Eileen discusses why it was beneficial to us that Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit after he went away. The way that the Holy …
Breath of Heaven - Ep. 1 Hold me Together
Why is the Holy Spirit called the Breath of Heaven?
What role does the Holy Spirit play in our suffering?
How does He hold us together when we feel like we are shattered from the grief a…
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The Seventh Sword of Sorrow: The Burial of Jesus
In this, the last episode of the series, Eileen discusses the seventh sword of sorrow - the burial of Jesus. She discusses how the burial of her own daughter created an emptiness, or an…
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The Sixth Sword of Sorrow: Receiving the Body of Jesus
In this episode, Eileen discusses the sixth sword of sorrow that Our Lady endured - receiving the body of her Son from the cross. Eileen shares her own "pieta moment" and talks about r…
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The Fifth Sword of Sorrow: The Death of Jesus on the Cross
In this episode, we discuss the fifth sword of sorrow - the death of Jesus. We unpack the ways that the theological virtues are demonstrated by Our Lady as she bore witness to this suf…
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The Fourth Sword of Sorrow: Meeting Jesus on the Road to Calvary
In this episode, Eileen discusses the fourth sorrow of Mary - meeting Jesus on His way to Calvary. As we may know from our own experience, accompanying others in their sufferings causes…
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The Third Sword of Sorrow: Losing Jesus for Three Days in Jerusalem
In this episode, Eileen discusses the third sorrow of Mary - the loss of Jesus in Jerusalem - and how it relates to our own experiences of suffering. Whether our consolations have been …
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The Second Sword of Sorrow: The Flight to Egypt
In this episode, Eileen discusses the second sorrow of Mary - the flight to Egypt - and how it relates to our own experiences of suffering and need to trust God in the midst of our pers…
Our Lady of Sorrows Series - The First Sword of Sorrow: The Prophecy of Simeon
In this episode, Eileen shares the development of her own relationship with Mary, the Blessed Mother, and how she came to know her under the title of Our Lady of Sorrows.
She unpacks the…
Grief is Complex Series - Ep. 5 Relationship Changes
In this episode, Eileen discusses the changes that can happen to our relationships after the loss of our child.
Changes happen in our relationships with ourselves as we have this experi…
Grief is Complex Series - Ep. 4 Secondary Losses
In this episode, Eileen discusses secondary losses - those other things we lose besides the person of our child - and how they can add to the complexity of our grieving.
Find Eileen's "I…
Grief is Complex Series - Ep. 3 An interview with Lauren Accolla of Your Faithful Therapist
In this episode, Eileen talks with Catholic therapist, Lauren Accolla, about grief and trauma.
You can find more information about Lauren at https://linktr.ee/yourfaithfultherapist
Laur…
Grief is Complex Series - Ep. 2 Understanding What is Normal
In this episode, Eileen discusses the ways that understanding that grieving the loss of a child can be more intense and can last longer than other kinds of grief can help us to grieve w…
Grief is Complex Series - Ep.1 Grieving with Hope
In this, the first episode of a series on the complexity of grief, Eileen tells her own story of child loss. She shares a quote from St. Augustine and explains how understanding what to…
Present in the Pain
This is the introductory episode and in it, Eileen shares a little of her own story of child loss and talks about why she chose the name Present in the Pain for her ministry. She knows …