Finding Joy in the Hard

156: Always a Sibling – An Interview with Annie Sklaver Orenstein

April 6, 2026·57 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

When Annie lost her brother Ben to a suicide bomber in 2009, she went to a bookstore looking for a book about sibling grief. She couldn't find one. So she wrote it. Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner's Guide to Grief is a practical and compassionate guide for one of the most overlooked groups in grief — the sibling. In this episode, Annie shares: The story of her brother Ben — his service, his values, and how he was killed by a suicide bomber in October 2009Why she catastrophized his dea...

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