# 237. Sara Rian on Losing Her Mother to Suicide, Navigating Anger, and Finding Solace in Poetry

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-grief-podcast-grief-support-podcast-7119643/237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-grief-podcast-grief-support-podcast-7119643/237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry.md
Podcast: [Life With Grief Podcast | Grief Support Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-grief-podcast-grief-support-podcast-7119643)
Published: 2026-08-20T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/2429466/episodes/19596461-237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry.mp3
Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/www.buzzsprout.com/2429466/episodes/19596461-237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-with-grief-podcast-grief-support-podcast-7119643/episodes/237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry
Duration seconds: 3383

## Resource

Drop me a message or voice note! I sit down with poet, therapist, and author Sara Rian to talk about the day her world changed. Sara's mom, Susan, died by suicide in July 2018 when Sara was just 28, and this conversation goes straight into the parts of grief after suicide loss that so many of us are afraid to say out loud. We talk about what it's really like in those first immobilizing weeks. The police calls, the organ donation decision, planning a funeral while still in shock, and more. ...

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-with-grief-podcast-grief-support-podcast-7119643/episodes/237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-with-grief-podcast-grief-support-podcast-7119643/237-sara-rian-on-losing-her-mother-to-suicide-navigating-anger-and-finding-solace-in-poetry.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.