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 Joe Sassmen and 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.
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- 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