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Season 1

June 9, 2023

Conversations with Caroline: a pseudonym for security reasons

On the finale episode of Season 1 of THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID , Linda speaks to Caroline, a hard-working immigrant woman who has lived in the USA for fifty years. Caroline shares the pain of the abrupt …

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June 5, 2023

Tiffany Bailey: parenting does not come with a rule book

On the eighth episode of THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID , Linda speaks to Tiffany Bailey Baumbach, Marriage and Family Therapist, who practices attachment theory which informs us that our first attachments, normally with our ...

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May 26, 2023

Professor Colette Claire prevented from attending her grandmother's f…

In commemoration of mental health month this six episode of THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID podcast addresses beloved family members coping with mental health struggles, raising children, and surviving a quotidian life. Many t...

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April 28, 2023

Professor Jessica Stewart sees light even in the dark

On the fourth episode of THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID , Linda speaks to Professor Jessica Stewart who shares the sudden loss of her mother, Sherry Dumas, who taught Jessica how to survive in the dark. Jessica lost …

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April 16, 2023

Conversation with Kathy Bird-OMG She's My Sister

On the third episode of THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID , Linda speaks to her newly discovered sister, registered nurse Kathy Bird, who talks about the loss of a mother she never knew and shares the joy of …

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March 25, 2023

Prof Mary Marca

On the first episode of THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID , Linda speaks to retired Professor of Creative Writing Mary Marca, who taught at California State University, Northridge for twenty years. Mary shares her grief about th...

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Feb. 17, 2023

My Podcast is Coming Soon!

THE LAST THING I WISHED I SAID is a show where we explore feelings of grief and the ability to express them in conversation with a departed loved one. We’ll look at stages of grief, things left unsaid, ways to …

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