Unparented

What happens when you lose both parents as an adult, one unexpectedly and one during a pandemic?
In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast, I sit down with Zulma Williams, better known as @theswearingtherapist, to talk about grief in its rawest form. Zulma shares her story of losing her mom and dad within seven years, navigating cancer, depression, and abusive relationships, and still finding her way back to resilience.
She reminds us that grief is love with nowhere to go, and that there is nothing to “get over.” Instead, we can choose how to honor our loved ones through memory, rituals, or simply carrying their presence with us. Zulma also shares powerful insights on why grief groups matter, how each sibling loses a different version of the same parent, and why we need to stop comparing the way we grieve.
If you have ever felt like your grief did not look like anyone else’s, this conversation will make you feel less alone.
If this episode resonated with you, Robert works one-on-one with people navigating loss. Find out more at robertdelfave.com.
🌐 Learn more about Zulma’s work: dragonflytherapyservices.net
🎥 Watch on YouTube: Unparented Podcast
📩 Want to share your story on Unparented? Email me: hello@unparented.me
📸 Follow on Instagram: @theunparentedpodcast

Show Notes

What happens when you lose both parents as an adult, one unexpectedly and one during a pandemic?

In this episode of Unparented: A Dead Parents Club Podcast, I sit down with Zulma Williams, better known as @theswearingtherapist, to talk about grief in its rawest form. Zulma shares her story of losing her mom and dad within seven years, navigating cancer, depression, and abusive relationships, and still finding her way back to resilience.

She reminds us that grief is love with nowhere to go, and that there is nothing to “get over.” Instead, we can choose how to honor our loved ones through memory, rituals, or simply carrying their presence with us. Zulma also shares powerful insights on why grief groups matter, how each sibling loses a different version of the same parent, and why we need to stop comparing the way we grieve.

If you have ever felt like your grief did not look like anyone else’s, this conversation will make you feel less alone.

If this episode resonated with you, Robert works one-on-one with people navigating loss. Find out more at robertdelfave.com.

🌐 Learn more about Zulma’s work: dragonflytherapyservices.net
🎥 Watch on YouTube: Unparented Podcast
📩 Want to share your story on Unparented? Email me: hello@unparented.me
📸 Follow on Instagram: @theunparentedpodcast

What is Unparented?

I’m Robert. I lost my dad at 15 and my mom at 26. I had to figure out how to build a life when the people who shaped it were gone.

Unparented is about the real side of grief. Not the funeral or breakdowns, but the everyday moments when loss shows up. The missed calls, the milestones, the rewiring that happens.

I talk with people living this: parents, therapists, entrepreneurs, and others carrying loss while building a life.

No scripts. No tidy endings. Conversations about grief and growth.

If you’ve lost a parent or love someone who has, you’re in right place.

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