Untethered to Rooted
Untethered to Rooted
Podcast Description
This podcast is a collection of stories around grief and loss and how it intersects with our identities in ways that shape our healing and ourselves. Hosted by Dana Daugherty, a licensed psychotherapist with extensive experience dealing with grief (both personally and professionally), Untethered to Rooted provides listeners with practical tools for healing. Hear from everyday people how grief shapes their identity and how their identity shapes the way they process grief.
Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute therapy. The views shared by podcast guests are not reflective of the host's.
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Content Themes
The podcast centers around themes of grief, loss, identity, and healing, with episodes exploring diverse experiences such as delayed grief, caregiver challenges, and the impact of chronic illness on loss. Notable episodes include discussions on sibling estrangement, terminal illness, and community care, providing listeners with relatable stories and practical tools for coping with grief.

This podcast is a collection of stories around grief and loss and how it intersects with our identities in ways that shape our healing and ourselves. Hosted by Dana Daugherty, a licensed psychotherapist with extensive experience dealing with grief (both personally and professionally), Untethered to Rooted provides listeners with practical tools for healing. Hear from everyday people how grief shapes their identity and how their identity shapes the way they process grief.
Disclaimer: This podcast does not constitute therapy. The views shared by podcast guests are not reflective of the host’s.
In this episode, Dana Daugherty invites her guest Susana Baker to explore the layered grief of loving someone whose health is changing while they’re still alive. Susana shares her experience of anticipatory, ambiguous, and compounded grief as her father’s medical conditions grew more complex over time. Together, we reflect on caregiving from afar, navigating family dynamics, and grieving multiple versions of a parent, before and after loss.
Susana Baker is a lifelong creative and the founder of Untangling Ideas, a values-led marketing agency providing small businesses and organizations with award-winning brand strategy, messaging, and web design. A proud eldest daughter of an immigrant, she’s Colombian-American, fully bilingual, and now based in Richmond, VA with her rescue dachshund, Lucy, where she's become an enthusiastic amateur potter. You can find her on Instagram or Threads at @untanglingideas.

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