Sept. 8, 2026

"Good Grief" With Lenny Hunt

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Season 10

On Episode 1 of Season 10 of The Surviving Siblings Podcast®, host Maya Roffler is joined by Lenny Hunt, a grief coach, life coach, bereaved father, and longtime advocate within the grief community, who shares the story of losing his two sons, Dawson and Devin, and how his own experience with devastating loss eventually led him to helping others learn how to carry their grief forward.

This episode marks a first for The Surviving Siblings Podcast®.

After nine seasons centered around the voices and experiences of bereaved siblings, Lenny joins Maya as the first guest who is not a surviving sibling himself. But as a father who lost two sons who were also brothers, and as someone who has spent years supporting grieving people—including surviving siblings—his perspective opens an important conversation about grief from another side of the family.

Lenny takes us back to 2011, when Dawson was 12 and Devin was nine.

What began as an ordinary father-son day spent geocaching became the day that changed everything. Dawson hadn’t originally wanted to go, but Lenny and Devin convinced him to come along. After finding four geocaches together, they were driving home when Dawson thanked his dad for making him come, telling him he had actually had a really good time.

Lenny turned around. They looked at each other. They smiled.

Both Dawson and Devin died in the accident.

Lenny and Maya explore how creative expression can become part of processing grief—whether through music, writing, art, podcasting, social media, or another outlet entirely.

In This Episode:

(0:00:00) – Welcome to Season 10 + Meet Lenny Hunt
Maya opens Season 10 on the 10th anniversary year of her brother’s death and introduces Lenny as the first non-surviving sibling guest on the podcast.

(0:03:00) – Remembering Dawson + Devin
Lenny introduces his sons, Dawson and Devin, and shares the story of the father-son geocaching day that would become one of their final memories together.

(0:06:00) – The Accident That Changed Everything
Lenny shares the quiet final exchange he had with Dawson moments before the vehicle accident that took both of his sons’ lives.

(0:08:00) – Is the First or Second Year of Grief Harder?
Maya and Lenny discuss why grief timelines are deeply personal and why the reality of loss can sometimes become even more tangible in the years after the initial shock.

(0:12:00) – Grief Counseling vs. Grief Coaching
Lenny explains the difference between the two forms of support and how grief coaching can help someone begin looking toward what comes next.

(0:15:00) – What Is “Good Grief”?
Lenny introduces his approach to grief and explains how memories, stories, and meaningful moments can coexist alongside the pain of loss.

(0:18:00) – Holding the Good + Hard at the Same Time
Maya and Lenny discuss why finding moments of joy doesn’t erase grief—and why grief doesn’t have to mean abandoning every possibility of happiness.

(0:22:00) – When You’re Ready to Participate in Your Own Healing
An honest conversation about readiness, reaching for support, and why grief coaching may not be the right tool for every person at every stage.

(0:27:00) – Why Grief Isn’t a “Journey”
Lenny explains why he prefers to think of grief as an ongoing process of learning how to carry loss rather than a journey with a defined ending.

(0:29:00) – Lenny’s Life After Losing His Boys
From leaving his former life behind to moving states, meeting his wife, and becoming part of a new family, Lenny shares pieces of the rebuilding that eventually followed his loss.

(0:31:00) – The TikTok Video That Changed Everything
How one vulnerable video about missing Dawson and Devin connected with other grieving people and showed Lenny that his voice could help others feel understood.

(0:33:00) – Becoming a Grief Coach
Lenny shares how his background as a pastor and teacher influenced his coaching style and why he uses analogies, activities, art, object lessons, and creative exercises in his grief work.

(0:35:00) – The Good Grief Summit
Lenny introduces the Good Grief Summit and its focus on helping people explore creative, healthy ways to process and express loss.

(0:37:00) – Creativity as a Tool for Grief
From Maya’s podcasting to music, writing, storytelling, and social media, Maya and Lenny discuss how creating something can become both an outlet for grief and a way of honoring the person who died.

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