Life With Grief Podcast | Grief Support Podcast

Drop me a message or voice note! In this special end-of-year episode, I’m closing out 2025 by pulling Angel and Aura cards for listeners using the Angels and Auras Oracle deck. This episode offers gentle spiritual guidance and emotional support for anyone navigating grief as we prepare to step into a new year. I share three individual readings along with a collective message for all of you, touchi...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on Life With Grief, let's explore the powerful and grounding practice of choosing a word of the year—especially when traditional New Year’s resolutions feel unrealistic, overwhelming, or misaligned during grief. Rather than focusing on rigid goals, I'm inviting you to choose a single intentional word to a...

Drop me a message or voice note! Join me as I sit down with Katrina Shaw for an honest and deeply layered conversation about living with grief across multiple seasons of life. Katrina shares her personal grief journey, including the loss of her mother at age 15, the premature death of her nephew, and her experiences with recurrent miscarriage and infertility. She opens up about the emotional compl...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, we're exploring what it really feels like to face the unknown—especially when you’re grieving and heading into a new year. If the uncertainty of the future is stirring up anxiety, fear, or that “I don’t know what comes next” ache, this episode walks with you through it. I'm sharing grounding, compassiona...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this deeply moving episode of Life With Grief, I'm sitting down with Motivational Speaker, Best-Selling Author, and Resilience Coach Kate Gladdin to explore the realities of layered grief after traumatic loss.  Kate shares her story of losing her sister in a tragic accident in Thailand and, years later, losing her mother in a heartbreaking motor accident ea...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, let's explore why comparing your grief to someone else’s can feel so instinctive... and so damaging. I'm breaking down the societal pressures, conditioning, and survival instincts that push us into comparison mode, especially after loss, and am here to remind you that grief is a deeply personal, non-line...

Drop me a message or voice note! In honor of Grief Awareness Week, I’m joined by fellow podcast hosts Liz Quinn (Healing Hearts Podcast) and Nina Rodriguez (Grief and Light Podcast) for a vulnerable, honest conversation about the many layers of grief during the holidays. Together, we explore our personal experiences with loss, how grief evolves over time, and what it really looks like to navigate...

Drop me a message or voice note! In case you missed my new 5 Minute Grief Talks on YouTube, here's a little sneak peek so you can get a taste of what they're like! These are here to be a little boost of support, guidance, and inspiration you can watch or listen to whenever you need it. Quick, but impactful! When grief sneaks up during the holidays, it can feel like the wind gets knocked...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode, we're exploring the complicated dance between grief and gratitude during the holiday season—a time that can feel emotionally conflicting, overwhelming, or even isolating after loss.  I break down: ✨ Why it’s normal to feel both thankful and heartbroken ✨ Challenges the pressure to “just be grateful" ✨ Grounded strategies for navigating...

Drop me a message or voice note! Today I'm here to gently guide you through navigating the holiday season after losing someone you love.  We'll talk about how to honor the memories of those who are gone while finding new ways to celebrate and create meaning. I'll also share ideas for reimagining traditions that no longer bring joy, introduce you to simple journaling prompts for refl...

Drop me a message or voice note! Today we're exploring how to navigate holiday grief triggers and the anxiety that often comes with this season. The holidays can feel especially tender and overwhelming after a loss, and this episode offers grounded, approachable guidance for managing those emotional landmines. I'm sharing high-level strategies for recognizing and responding to grief trig...

Drop me a message or voice note! Today on Life With Grief we're diving deep into the experience of grieving during the holidays—when the world feels festive, but your heart feels heavy. I'm sharing heartfelt insight into the pressure to be merry while you’re missing someone you love. We’ll talk about why holiday grief can feel so isolating, how to release the expectation to “stay cheerfu...

Drop me a message or voice note! Welcome to Day 1 of my 5 Days of Holiday Grief series! In this episode, we explore how to cope with grief during the holiday season, especially when facing your first holiday after a significant loss.  Whether your grief stems from the death of a loved one, divorce, or another life-changing event, this episode offers guidance to help you navigate the emotional chal...

Drop me a message or voice note! Today I'm welcoming Brittney Ann, a gifted medium who opens up about her incredible journey of discovering and embracing her spiritual gifts after years of denying them. From her early childhood experiences of seeing and sensing spirits to the trauma that ultimately led her to accept her mediumship, Brittany shares a powerful story of healing, resilience, and...

Drop me a message or voice note! In today’s episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, we’re exploring a common challenge in the grief journey: the pressure to return to your “old self” before loss. I'm here to remind you that it’s completely normal to change after a significant loss. Grief transforms us, and that transformation isn't something to fix. It’s something to honor. In this c...

Drop me a message or voice note! Today I'm sitting down with Jessica Maguire, a Grief and Nervous System Expert, to explore the powerful link between grief, trauma, and the nervous system. Together we dive into how grief is stored in the body, why our nervous system responds the way it does after loss, and how to begin healing trauma and regulating your body through mindful awareness and conn...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, let's explore how to navigate the holiday season while grieving the loss of a loved one. More specifically, missing their presence at the holiday dinner table or celebrations. I'm sharing a glimpse into the evolution of my own holiday seasons without my parents over the years, but more importantly, I&apo...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of the Life With Grief Podcast I'm joined by Angela Vitiello, founder of The Expat Parenting Collective, to explore a unique and often overlooked form of grief: the kind that comes with major life transitions and relocation. Angela opens up about her personal journey of moving abroad, adjusting to new cultures, and navigating motherhood as an e...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on the Life With Grief podcast, we’re exploring a rarely discussed aspect of grief: changes in appetite.  Whether you’re noticing a loss of appetite or overeating, these shifts are common and deeply connected to the body’s response to loss. We dig into: ✨ Why grief affects our appetite and can cause undereating or...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode I'm sitting down with Lauren Sisler, award-winning ESPN sideline reporter and author of Shatterproof, to explore how grief can shape—and strengthen—our lives. Lauren opens up about losing both of her parents to fentanyl overdoses when she was just 18, and the more recent passing of her brother.  Together we dive into the complexities of coping...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Mourning Sips and Soul Shifts, we’re exploring one of the most common and tender fears in grief: feeling like a burden. If you’ve ever kept your pain quiet because you didn’t want to “bother” anyone, this conversation will remind you that your grief is not too much. We’ll chat about the cultural discomfort around grief, why we often suffer in sil...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of the Life with Grief Podcast, I sit down with Diandra Ford-Wing—a tech sales professional turned author—for a heartfelt conversation about grief, healing, and the power of creative expression after loss. Diandra opens up about losing her mother, aunt, and grandfather, and how her grief journey inspired her to write her debut memoir, Redbird. She s...

Drop me a message or voice note! In this episode of Morning Sips & Soul Shifts, I explore the tender yet powerful journey of rediscovering joy after loss. Grief often brings fear, anxiety, and hypervigilance, making it difficult to fully trust moments of happiness.  Together, we’ll talk about how to gently lean into joy, even when it feels fleeting or overshadowed by the fear of “the other sho...

Drop me a message or voice note! Today on Life With Grief I'm sitting down with Hannah Rumsey, creator of the Friends Missing Friends Podcast, to discuss the unique and often overlooked grief of losing a friend. Hannah opens up about her personal story of losing her friend, Lauren, under tragic circumstances, and how this loss inspired her to create a space for others navigating friendship lo...

Drop me a message or voice note! Have you ever felt pressured to find your big life purpose after loss? Like you need to radically change everything or discover one monumental calling? In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on Life With Grief, we’re unpacking why that’s not the only way forward. We’ll explore: ✨ Why the idea of “purpose” can feel overwhelming after loss. ✨ The truth...