EMILIE KISER EXCLUSIVE: The Loss That Changed Her Forever
Video Overview & Insights
Emilie Kiser sits down with Jay for her first in depth conversation about the loss of her son, Trigg, and what life has looked like in the months after. Emilie speaks candidly about grief, guilt, marriage, motherhood, and the pressure of navigating tragedy while also living publicly online. Instead of trying to offer perfect answers, this episode focuses on the reality of surviving something life-altering one moment at a time.
I feel so bad for her
The conversation also shines a light on the importance of pool safety, prevention, and the measures that can help protect families from unimaginable loss. Emilie opens up about therapy, boundaries, support systems, and the reality that grief doesn’t disappear, it becomes something you learn to carry. It’s a deeply honest conversation about love, accountability, healing, and finding a way to keep living after life changes forever.
In this episode you'll learn:
Realistically, brady was the cause of this. He took his eyes off trigg because he was gambling. Trigg suffered for 7 minutes in that pool and his dad was focused more on a game than him. That is the fact & he should be held accountable for that
How to Live Alongside Grief
How to Support Someone After Loss
she just went on a boat trip and teddy wasn’t wearing a life jacket and brady was drinking btw
How to Set Boundaries Online
How to Grieve Together as a Couple
i am in absolute awe of the amount of strength and grace Emilie has the capacity to share with the world. this will change people’s lives, and this story is so important🤍
How to Protect Your Children Better
How to Heal One Day at a Time
My kids are signed up for those survival lessons bc of Trigg, always thinking of your family!
How to Show Up for Your Family in Pain
Healing doesn’t mean forgetting. Strength doesn’t mean pretending you’re okay. It simply means continuing to love, continuing to show up, and continuing to hope even when life feels different than before.
Oh Emilie, thank you for this really raw insight of your feelings and your life. I think about you constantly. You are such a strong woman and I have so much respect for you. You deserve all the good things in life. Much love to you 🤍
With Love and Gratitude,
Jay Shetty
I didn’t knew who she was until this terrible accident but from then I have followed her and she is so kind and generous, it is insane how tragic things can happen to such good people. I despise whoever hated on her and her husband cause accidents can happen to anyone it is part of being human
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I’ve discovered their family after the tragedy. I don’t have kids and I don’t know if I’ll ever have them but their story really made me open my eyes and really made me question myself on how I react and how I perceive people and how easy it is to judge a situation you will never know. I’ve followed her since then and, I sadly had to go through loss a few months later. And even tho I’m not going through child loss, her perception of grief really helped me going through hard days, and once again she opened my perception and my heart to accept my feelings. Even if we did not go through the same events at all, she still helps people in the different ways grief hits us. It also really gave me awareness about the danger and how easy it is to have something happening to you, and that you should never play about anything when you know you can prevent something from happening. I’m really thankful that she uses her platform and feel comfortable to be around us and share what happened to her and her family. She really has a lot of strength and I hope she knows that a lot of us just want her to feel safe and comfortable and hope she can live a life that will be full of good moments and memories 🫶🏻
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What We Discuss:
i know i won’t EVER be able to understand, imagine, or even comprehend the immense sadness she felt & feels on a daily basis. she’s absolutely right, unless you’ve been through it, you won’t ever know. i feel so sad for her. she’s handling this so well. i’m really happy she chose this podcast to tell her story at a time she felt comfortable & with a person who can make you feel heard, seen, comfortable, understood through his words ❤
00:00 Intro
03:05 Life Before Everything Changed
Love you Emilie <3 Despite all of this you have still found a way to help others with this message. You are admirable and we are proud of you.
05:45 Losing a Beloved Son
07:36 Searching for Answers After Tragedy
Just for the record, I cried through this whole conversation.
09:51 The Unimaginable Pain of Losing a Child
12:43 Navigating Grief in the Public Eye
Unfortunately, the grief and sense of guilt will follow this woman forever. But I hope she finds a way to live with it. Videos with her and Trigg were always so sweet and full of love. That little boy was so kind and polite, you could see how dedicated to him she was and that he was her whole world. I wish her strength and peace.
14:25 Accepting There May Never Be Answers
15:51 Facing Judgment Online
So many bloody ads
18:16 What Grief Teaches You About Life
21:53 Learning to Live With Grief
Emilie you are so brave 🤍 thank you for sharing your story. You are such an inspiration for parents or even people who are going through something similar. I wish you and your family all the best 🤍
ps: just a side note for the podcast team. The ads are truly too much! Especially having constant ads every 5 minutes and hearing such a sensitive topic. It’s really unbearable..
23:59 Dealing With Public Assumptions
29:03 Living With Regret and Raising Awareness
I hope she knows how much we are hear for her and her family and how much we think of Trigg and miss him in all her vlogs
31:10 Why It All Felt So Cruel
32:46 How Do You Heal After Child Loss?
Praying for Emilie everyday 🙏🏻🩵
36:31 Surviving Grief Day by Day
38:45 Returning to Work While Grieving
So heart breaking.
41:15 The Promise That Kept Her Going
45:20 Learning to Forgive Your Partner
I’m so glad she’s sharing her story on this podcast ❤
50:22 Living With the Void of Loss
51:42 Keeping Trigg’s Memory Alive
Sending love for Emilie, Brady, Teddy and always Trigg. 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
53:44 What is The Most Helpful Thing To Say?
55:20 The Biggest Lesson After Loss
She was 5 weeks postpartum. That’s insane to fathom loss at that point, let alone loss of your oldest baby. As a mother, my heart is with her so fully 🥺💕
57:34 Preventing Another Tragedy
Episode Resources:
Why so many ads for such a serious meaningful podcast
YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@emiliekiser
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/emilie.henrichsen/
😢 I love Emily, she’s so humble and strong in such a beautiful way the fact that she’s really such a cute person and the fact that she wants to keep spreading information to avoid this type of tragedies to happen to someone else is admirable ❤ god bless Emily and the Kiser family 🤍🤍🤍
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/emiliekiser/
TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@emiliekiser
Emilie thank you for your courage to share with us. It is so clear how much you love your boys, your husband, and your family. You’re such a good mom. ❤
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She has such grace and warmth to her. Sending my deepest condolences to her and her family.
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Thank you Jay for giving her a safe space to share her story and Trigg. I have followed Emilie for years and she continues to motivate me to be a better woman and mother, life is so cruel and I wish so much this never happened to them. She is so mature and empathetic and I am so proud of her and Brady for everything.
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Didn’t see a real tear shed. PS she has a weird photo of an unfenced pool, with wealthy adults facing away from it hung up in her guest bedroom. This was recent. She sacrificed that little boy to Molech.
More User Perspectives
I feel nothing but compassion and sadness for her and her family what they're going through. It's every parent's worst nightmare come true. Sending her and her family nothing but love.❤
@jac8495On here talking about water safety, yet her friend Madi posted a video of the children all riding on a boat with no life jackets😵💫 you'd think she'd be more adamant about children wearing them.
@katlachance5312… my mouth dropped when i saw this.
oh emilie. :( idk if i can even watch but you are so loved, so supported. the people w the hearts that you want supporting you, know you love your babies. you deserve grace and always have.
ads every 5 minutes is crazy
@kayla6828Emilie I just want you to know that after learning about Trigg, I put my daughter in weekly swim lessons. His story is helping others. ❤
@GracielaRoundsHow people treated her family after the loss of Trigg truly changed my outlook on humanity. The sheer cruelness was so hard to see. So proud of her to come out & share their story. I know it was probably the hardest thing but she’s so strong ❤
@AshesNColeSo brave for sharing it all and I respect her so much for coming through this with her husband. It must be so hard for them both. Congrats and keep going ❤️
@GiuliaGracietriggs memory will live on forever❤️ love you emilie
@scarlettr6142Praying for your family always 🙏
@meganjune4241Could there be anymore ads on this??? Crazy, trying to watch and they won't stop
@lindseyjones2906I see Trigg in her face. It’s comforting and heartbreaking all at once.
More than anything, I wish I could wrap my arms around her and take even a fraction of the pain away. But what I do see is incredible strength…whether she realizes it or not. I see Jesus carrying her through every step.
My prayer is that God continues to cover their family with His peace, His hope, and the promise that this goodbye is not forever. Because while we grieve here, I truly believe Trigg is more alive right now than any of us can fully comprehend, resting in the presence of the One who loves him most.
“I would be able to forgive him because I would so deeply want him to forgive me and to know that I didn’t mean for it to happen.” 🥺😭❤️🩹 naturally you don’t put yourself in another persons shoes TRULY. This is such a powerful statement.
@hallehumes6763Emilie youre so strong for doing this, Thank you for sharing your family's story . Sending hugs
@jenniferperez2410❤❤
@gulsumdurmaz6867I admire Emilie, to be so brave to do a podcast on such a tough subject. ❤
@heatheriscrossA simple pool fence that they could afford. Bottom line!
@dawnjarman8573Emily why isn’t Brady doing these interviews? Emily why are you continuing to exploit your kids? Including your dead son? Have you made enough money for your million dollar home?
@Bethbliss9891Emilie, we love you. ❤️
@kaileegallifordDoes she mention anything about Avery Woods and their falling out? Anything about how Avery posted that TikTok with those necklaces in honor of Trigg but prior to Em and her family confirming the news?
I still can’t understand how her “bestfriend” at that time would do that to her 💔
Jay, thank you for giving Emilie this platform to share her story. As a silent follower for the last 5 years, Emilie and her family have touched my life in so many ways! Emilie is such a bright spot on the internet and her return to her platform after what has happened this past year, alongside the negativity that her family has received, is so inspiring. Thank you for sharing your story Emilie, your experience has saved many lives. Thank you for brightening my life on the daily, for the positivity & honesty you pour into the internet and for sharing this very vulnerable experience. May Trigg’s story save many lives and may the joy he possessed live on & continue to spark joy & remembrance in each of us every time we stumble across a Jellycat!🤍
@MsMcKennaLynnJay thank you for taking care of our Emilie. My sweet dear Em, we love you beyond words, thank you for opening up, thank you for being an amazing human. You did nothing wrong, you were the perfect mommy for Trigg and our sunshine boy was so lucky and so are we for having you🤍 we love you angel
@anazaredreyes9081My son is the same age as Trigg and there is truly not a day that goes by that I don’t think of him. We are so sorry and can’t imagine your strength and courage. ❤❤❤
@madelinesummaI will never not support this angel of humanbeing. We are so proud of you ❤️. The only thing he ever knew was love.
+ Trust me, Em. He will never, ever, ever be forgotten. 🫶🏻
Pleaseeeeeeee We need it with Spanish subtitles
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