Listen & Watch
For when you want to hear the whole story - not just the headlines.
Stories are meant to be spoken as much as written.
When reading feels like too much, listening can be a gentler way in.
Some moments are too human for the page alone.
This space gathers the conversations, recordings, and reflections that have carried The Year After Kahlia into the world
where love, loss, and truth are spoken out loud
Eavesdropping with Spencer Wise
A Conversation About Grief, Suicide Loss, and What Comes After
In this conversation with Spencer Wise on Eavesdropping, I speak openly about the reality of life after losing my daughter, Kahlia.
We talk about grief that doesn’t resolve, the impact of suicide loss, and what it means to keep living when everything has changed. Not as a story of “moving on,” but as a truth about learning to live alongside what cannot be fixed.
This is an honest, unfiltered conversation about love, loss, and the parts of grief people don’t often say out loud.
Healthy Meaning, Healthy Life
Making Meaning After Loss: Living With Grief Without “Moving On” with Kirsten O’Connor
In this conversation with Avik Chakraborty from Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, I talk about what it really means to live with grief after the loss of my daughter Kahlia - and why “moving on” isn’t the goal.
RNZ - Feature Article
A Year of Coping With the Grief of Losing a Daughter
Published by RNZ Life & Books February 2026
A thoughtful RNZ feature on The Year After Kahlia, grief after suicide loss, and the lived reality behind the book.
The piece explores memory, identity, and the continuing bond between parent and child.
RNZ Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan
Talking About Grief, Love, and What Continues
A grounded radio conversation about grief after suicide loss, ongoing bonds, and how love doesn’t end when a life does.
We talk about the realities of grief, what helps, what harms, and how we can show up better for each other.
Book 101 Review - Interview with Kirsten O’Connor
A conversation about writing through grief, telling the truth about suicide loss, and why honest language matters. An interview with Daniel Lucas on Book 101 Review.
Unsilence Grief with Kirsten O’Connor on losing her Adult Daughter
A conversation about suicide grief, love, and the truth we rarely speak out loud. Recorded 26th November 2025
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The Gift of the Grief - The Deeper with Zoë Marshall
In this deeply personal episode, Kirsten speaks with Zoë Marshall about what it means to survive the unthinkable and to keep living after her daughter, Kahlia’s, death.
“Grief isn’t something to get over - it’s something we learn to live alongside.”
Listen on The Deeper with Zoë Marshall
(Subscriber-only episode titled “The Gift of the Grief,” available Apple Podcasts under The Deeper+)
Coming Soon
More conversations, readings, and appearances as The Year After Kahlia makes its way into the world.
