Grief 2 Great Day - Christian Grief Support for Women, Questioning God in Grief, Life after Loss, Hope in Grief

Memorable Quote: People like to say, “God helps them who help themselves!” And what they mean by that is, “We like it when people work hard and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.” But the biblical reality is that God helps those who realize they are helpless. Lost. And in constant need of Him. And His help is not just in the form of Saving Grace. Saving Grace is truly amazing. It stepped in,...

SHOW NOTES If you are new to the podcast, let me share a quick overview of the summit I am talking about.  The Holiday Grief Relief Summit is a way to ‘escape’ the normal holiday season. See when the holidays come, and they are coming – there’s a whole ‘nother level of feeling your loss. You can’t escape the happy holiday marketing that is everywhere – even in the big box stores now (what in the w...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES (part 2) On Sunday, Zach Lloyd was here and shared his inspiring journey with God and how he became a lifestyle – anti-diet – coach.  He told us about struggling with addiction and depression and how his aunt played a role in leading him to God.  If you did not hear that episode, please go back and listen to it. Today, Zach will share his expertise on becoming healthy and it might surpr...

SHOW NOTES So today, you get to hear from our first ‘guy’ on the podcast.  :-)  We’re gonna talk with Zach Lloyd. He is a Lifestyle – anti-diet – coach.  He emailed me after listening to an episode of Grief 2 Great Day, so he had my attention with that fact. But as we emailed and then met via Zoom, I was excited to share not only WHAT he does with you but WHO he is.  I’ve said many times that afte...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Candy Chang on creating Before I Die in New Orleans: I lived a block away from an abandoned house that had been collecting dust and graffiti for years. I wondered if I could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood and make a tribute to Joan by creating a space to restore perspective. I made a homemade stencil that said, “Before I die, I want to _____.” With help from old and new frien...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Today is a short but practical way to feel better and who doesn’t want to feel better in grief? I’m gonna talk a little more about the “RISE” part of pray, read and rise.  I’ve shared with you that the greatest actions you can take in grief are praying (no matter what that sounds like); reading the Bible (no matter how little you are able to) and Rising. The Rise portion is of great val...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Cuss words – the definition is to say words that aren’t polite because you’re angry. That’s the definition. In grief, there are words we do not want to say or hear because when we do hear them, it creates all kinds of emotions – anger, offense and did I mention anger?  On a good day in grief, the biggest of these cuss words can cause you to shut down.  Well, that was my experience, but...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Well, this isn’t the episode that was scheduled for today because I wanted to share something I thought was incredibly important and something I touched on last week. Lately several of you have shared being ‘unencouraged’ by others in daily life - some of those people being Christians.  I know if I’m hearing from more than 4 or 5 people, that many others are experiencing the same thing....

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES … The second month was different…no longer exhausted from caretaking but exhausted emotionally.  I was surrounded by my peeps but less so (because after all, people had to return to their lives).  I thought (quite literally I was going to die). I really did – but I kept breathing and even that was hard.  I didn’t understand how I kept waking up in the morning.  What kind of purpose did...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES If this is your first time listening, Monica is the reason you are listening – she was my best friend but much more like a sister, mentor, mom and encourager for almost 20 years.  She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and in the 6 months that she lived, walked out a faith that most (including me called crazy).  I was honored to be her caretaker and lived out the most awful and awesome...

SHOW NOTES If this is your first time listening, Monica is the reason you are listening – she was my best friend but much more like a sister, mentor, mom and encourager for almost 20 years.  She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and in the 6 months that she lived, walked out a faith that most (including me called crazy).  I was honored to be her caretaker and lived out the most awful and awesome...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES I don’t like all the changes it will take to become healthy.  Living daily life holds its own challenges before undertaking real change and to try to live daily life and change reminds me of when I went through grief.  And it is what I hear from a lot of you as well. How are you expected to walk through grief and continue to carry on normal life?  My health changes are time consuming an...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Grief is something no one wants to go through. And before I went through it, it death wasn’t something I wanted to talk about.  A year before Monica died, our hospital’s hospice house was built and there was a grand opening, and all staff were encouraged to go. Monica was a nurse case manager who had previously referred many patients to out-of-the county inpatient hospices, so this was...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitifu...

SHOW NOTES Walking through grief will be the hardest thing you ever do – for many reasons including losing your identity because you can no longer by the you - you were before your loved one died; or not knowing how to live a life different than the one you have lived for years or what you had expected to live with them.  Also, the loss will never leave you.  This is important because first, I don...