Grieving Voices

Biofield Tuning is a type of sound healing that helps to relieve emotional and physical stress. It is a holistic wellness modality that uses the vibration from tuning forks to induce targeted relaxation and to recalibrate our vibrational rhythms from stressors that deplete us. Your biofield or aura is the electromagnetic energy field that surrounds your body, which extends 5-6' in all directi...

What is your opinion or belief about crying? What has been your life experience with crying? As a child, were you told to stop being a "crybaby?" Or, if you wanted to cry, your parent would give you something to cry about? If you reflect on your relationship to crying for a moment, you may see that the patterns and behaviors about crying likely haven't changed much as an adult. That...

In this Part II episode with the previous guest, Dr. Amirah Hall, we dig deeper into the energetics of our life experience. A near-death experience catapulted Amirah into a realm of energy work she had not anticipated finding herself doing. However, it's also probably what saved her from herself. As she states in this episode, we tend to stand in our way. Through a set of what she calls quant...

Today's episode is an example of the type of content that I enjoy sending within my bi-weekly newsletter, The Unleashed Letters . I received lovely feedback on my last newsletter, which included a personal story about a time when I experienced self-doubt (and fear), so much so that it changed the trajectory of my life. Who knows where I would be today or who I would be spending my life with h...

Changes and transitions are inevitable; we can't stop the world from turning and time marching on. Our lived experience is filled with phases and stages of life, and through those phases and stages, we are given the opportunity to grow through the changes and transitions that change us . In today's episode, I share several examples of the changes and transitions that I've gone throu...

In today's episode, I share an a-ha realization with you: a question I've wondered about myself for the past eighteen years. I answer my own question in today's episode regarding relationships with friends, my kids, and myself. An important aspect of growth is self-awareness. Sometimes, we need to hear the right thing at the right time, unlocking an a-ha moment we've been waiti...

This week's episode is a special announcement and a poem for you. Wednesday, August 30th, is National Grief Awareness Day, and National Overdose Awareness Day is August 31st here in the U.S. In light of these special days, I feel encouraged to host a virtual gathering this coming September, which is perfect timing because it will coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day. This virtual gather...

This week, we catch up with the previous Grieving Voices guest, Phoebe Leona. I had received a newsletter from Phoebe providing some updates that, I felt, would be a great episode to talk about the potential/impending loss of something she had built with love, sweat, tears, and probably plenty of finances, too. Sometimes, to grow and evolve, we need to close one door so another may open. Little di...

This week's guest is no stranger to death. By the age of 20, she had attended 20 funerals. As an adult, she buried her father while, at the same time, her marriage was ending and her health was deteriorating. Little did Amirah know at the time that all of that loss would lead her on a path of self-discovery, understanding, and acceptance of the gifts she had been given.  Dr. Amirah Hall had a...

This week's episode is about: Learning when you will be ready for a new relationship. Learning why awareness, understanding, and communication are vital to building relationships. I share what it was like when my mom started another relationship after my dad died. Do Grief Differently™️ and YouMap® support grievers in setting themselves up for success in future relationships by preparing thei...

In this week's episode, we dive deep into self-improvement and personal growth.   Today's episode is about: Exploring the dynamic between motivation and determination and why determination is often more potent in overcoming challenges (including grief).    Discovering the key differences between these concepts and how harnessing determination can lead to more success and empowerment. In...

In today's episode, I will cover the other two pillars of YouMap®: Skills and Personality.   If you listened to last week's episode, I discuss the first two pillars of YouMap®, which are the Strengths and Values .  This week, I'm diving deeper into: The difference between Preferred and Least Preferred Skills  The 6 Personality Interest Types (as they relate to career/life satisfacti...

Grief puts this veil over your face. When you're bogged down emotionally, it can feel like a chore to make it through the day, much less connect emotionally with others (or yourself). Once you address the emotional weight, little by little, you see potential where you saw heartbreak. You feel connection where you once felt disconnected. And you recognize the only limits placed on yourself, or...

In today's episode, you will learn what I bring to the table when choosing to work with me. I use aspects of my YouMap® to illustrate what's in it for you as a client and more. Today, there are far more options for grief support than were available five, ten years ago, and beyond. There are several training programs online that one can take to work with grievers, hang up their virtual sh...

Today's Q&A is a great reminder for all of us that we express our grief differently and in our own timing. However, when emotions run high, and the loss seems unbearable, as is often the case with child loss, more grief will often add to the pain and heartbreak within family dynamics. We must remember that 75% of how we respond to life's challenges is learned by age three. By age fif...

Patti was my second guest on this podcast back in 2020. In our first recording, Patti shares more about what it was like being a young widow and later dealing with infertility with her now husband. In this follow-up episode, Patti shares some wonderful surprises God had in store for her in the last three years, including the impact working through her grief with me has had on her life and parentin...

Did you know that the term "midlife crisis" was coined by Elliot Jacques, a psychoanalyst who came up with the term in 1965 after noticing significant changes in one of his middle-aged clients? A lot has changed since 1965; the way we eat, how we eat, what we drive, societal views about marriage and children, etc. It's as if Mr. Jacques saw the writing on the wall back then. Fast-fo...

This "Where Are They Now?" episode with Jordan is a follow-up to the first conversation we recorded on 01/19/2021.  Jordan's first episode went live as episode 44 on 4/27/2021. You may want to check out that episode first, then come back to this follow-up episode. In this follow-up episode, Jordan shares about the devastating loss of his older brother to a fentanyl overdose only a w...

The question, "What can I do to support myself in my grief,"   has a simple answer in four words that I don't share in the episode but is explored through the self-reflection exercise contained in the episode. What are the four words? Get - To - Know - Yourself. ✨ In this week's episode, you will do just that. Before you listen, I suggest you get in the headspace and right env...

Melody and Gracelyn are an aunt and niece team behind Luna Peak Foundation and Luna Peak Publishing. Through their nonprofit, they publish photography books, engaging workbooks, and children's books that show people they are not alone in grief. Their work helps dispel stereotypes about cancer and grief and provides resources for the whole family to help heal. They have donated over 2,000 book...

Being an eternal optimist means always looking on the bright side and having hope, no matter what obstacles might attempt to push you off your path. Some people may not necessarily be eternal optimists. However, they've become incredibly good at reframing a challenging situation for the better. I would say I am more of a "reframing" type. However, this week's guest, Laurie-Ann,...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Taking mental health seriously and prioritizing it is the job of the individual. Even if you find yourself in a situation where you are forced to prioritize your mental health, that doesn't necessarily equate to successful results. The effort you make, along with your intention, will create positive outcomes. We can allow ourselves to become bogged down b...

When tragedy strikes or challenging times knock on a family's door, the children involved can feel cast aside or as if they are an afterthought while the adults are experiencing their emotional crisis. However, it doesn't have to be that way. As adults become more knowledgeable about grief, learning new tools and new information, beliefs about grief and how to respond to it can change, t...

Quandell's first episode was Ep. 28 | The Scars of Abuse, Poverty, and Shame , recorded in October 2020 and went live on January 5th, 2021. Listening to Quandell's first episode is recommended to appreciate where Quandell was and how far he's come in his life. He asks one question in this episode: "How do you grieve?" It's a question we all would benefit from reflecti...

Many grief terms have come about to describe grief:  abbreviated absent anticipatory chronic collective complicated distorted  disenfranchised inhibited delayed masked normal The American Psychological Association describes complicated grief as grief that seems to deviate from what’s expected, interfering with the ability to function. Isn't that grief, in general? Doesn't grief completel...