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

SHOW NOTES Today we’ll continue the conversation about using dependence on God to achieve what seems impossible.  I’ve asked before, what seems impossible in your life today?  Is it that life will ever be good or even normal again?  Maybe your impossible is that the tears will actually stop after feeling like you cried an ocean. What if I told you that those things and more ARE possible for you! Y...

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 we’ll begin a conversation about using dependence on God to achieve what seems impossible.  When we do that, we become an overcomer. So, as I’ve asked before, what seems impossible in your life today?  Is it that life will ever be good or even normal again?  Maybe your impossible is that the tears will actually stop after feeling like you cried an ocean. What if I told you that th...

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 Last week we talked about being a conqueror and this week it’s gonna be about being an overcomer. Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten that you are dealing with grief, but I’m not talking about what you are supposed to muster up in your own strength which may feel opposite of how your current days. My grief journey, as you know, began with fighting God for more than a full year, so this is n...

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 In grief we feel weak and weary. We feel captive to our emotions because sometimes there’s no controlling the tears or meltdowns.  We wish we could be just a little bit stronger, a little bit further along – a little bit anything but what we are. The idea of being a conqueror right now is almost comical because we feel far from that.  The truth is grief is hard beyond anything we’ve don...

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 Most days in grief we feel weak and weary. We feel captive to our emotions because sometimes there’s no controlling the tears or meltdowns.  We wish we could be just a little bit stronger, a little bit further along – a little bit anything but what we are. The idea of being a conqueror right now is almost comical because we feel far from that.  The truth is grief is hard beyond anything...

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 pitif...

SHOW NOTES The pain of grief overshadows everything in the beginning of your journey.  It becomes the lens through which all things are filtered.  So, it’s not surprising that you may have anger, confusion, a million questions or even doubt your faith. It can even cause you to doubt God’s existence. So, reading the Bible in those first ‘moments’ (which could be weeks or months) becomes different a...

SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily and 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 pi...

SHOW NOTES Moving from confusion of why you lost your loved one or how they died or anything that leads you to get stuck in, “this is NOT how it was supposed to be” makes acceptance that God’s plan for our life is ultimately the plan harder (even though we can’t see it or understand it).  The process to get from why? To what now? is just that – a process. For some, it’s quicker than for others, bu...

SHOW NOTES Well, hey Framily and 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 pit...

SHOW NOTES When you lose someone, you love, your brain does some strange things.  God made our amazing bodies and what happens to your brain after the death of a loved one is a protective measure. But it leaves you confused and unsure of everything.  Also, in grief you have to make some basic and sometimes huge decisions, so how do you do that when you hardly know what day it is? God will guide yo...

SHOW NOTES Well Hey Framily and welcome to Coffee & Kathy! This is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast.  You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. These weekly devotionals are a way for you to get quiet, grab some coffee, tea, or green smoothie and listen as I read from Kathy’s Blog entitled, “Learned Along the Way.”  She was an incredibly wise, funny and fully committed Christ f...

SHOW NOTES How do I get relief from this endless pain?  How do I stop being angry or asking why or trying to do the million things that seem impossible?  Grief is like that movie ‘Groundhog Day’ – the same thing day after day after day. It seems like there’s only changes for the worse and that kind of routine starts to wear on you after a while. It also erodes your hope for a future that is differ...

SHOW NOTES In 2023 I began the year with the ‘best of’ from the year before and it was well received. So, I’m doing the same thing this year. I’m re-airing the best 5 episodes of 2023.    One of the scariest things for me when I was going through grief was getting stuck.  Initially I didn’t know what to do to get through in a healthy way, so I did a lot of the wrong things.  I knew that life would...

SHOW NOTES In 2023 I began the year with the ‘best of’ from the year before and it was well received. So, I’m doing the same thing this year. I’m re-airing the best 5 episodes of 2023.    Nights are the worst when your mind won’t stop racing.  Your thoughts which were once your own seem to take you over.  It’s not just thoughts at that point, it’s anxiety and fear and the darkness of night amplifi...

SHOW NOTES In 2023 I began the year with the ‘best of’ from the year before and it was well received. So, I’m doing the same thing this year. I’m re-airing the best 5 episodes of 2023.    If you think gutting it through grief or falling in a hole during grief will make the pain stop or result in better days, you need to listen to this episode. Our expectations of the grief process are based on emo...

SHOW NOTES In 2023 I began the year with the ‘best of’ from the year before and it was well received. So, I’m doing the same thing this year. I’m re-airing the best 5 episodes of 2023.     Today is a ‘Story of Hope’ episode with Stephanie Flohr. Her husband, Dan was diagnosed with cancer in August 2018 and died 21 months later in 2020. I know some of you listening today are in a dark and scary pla...

SHOW NOTES In 2023 I began the year with the ‘best of’ from the year before and it was well received. So, I’m doing the same thing this year. I’m re-airing the best 5 episodes of 2023.    When you hear happy anniversary, it’s usually a happy thing. But anniversaries in grief are not happy – they are things we begin to feel anxious about a week before, they are hard to walk through, and you might b...

SHOW NOTES A new year but the same pain is another frustrating fact of grief.  It reinforces that it’ll NEVER be over.  But I’m here to tell you that while the second year isn’t the end of grief (and that tidbit may help free you), there are changes to expect.   If this is in fact a second year for you or if it’s the second month, it’s important for you to listen today to know what to expect in yo...

SHOW NOTES Thanks for hanging out with me today, on Christmas.  I know you’re probably struggling today, so I want to walk through the lyrics of our ‘Song of the Week’ and share 5 Bible verses to remind you why there is still hope.   Had I not gone through the kind of pain that took my breath away, and made me doubt I’d EVER stop crying, I wouldn’t be telling you how possible it is – regardless of...

SHOW NOTES The holidays are a real grief milestone – much like your loved one’s birthday, day of death and anniversaries.  You know they are coming and yet there is no good way to prepare for how you will feel and how to make it through.   I felt a lot of anxiety, sadness and guilt as the holidays neared.  The guilt came from knowing that as a Christian, I should be so focused and thankful for the...