The Power of Love Show

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Reid Peterson. Reid Peterson, MA is the creator of The Grief Refuge app. Reid achieved a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Psychology (Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2007) and is certified in Death & Grief Studies by the Center for Loss & Life Transition. After losing his biological father to suicide in 2006 and his stepfath...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Becky Aud-Jennison. Becky Aud-Jennison is the creator of The Death Dialogues Project and podcast, and author of ‘Death and its Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Beautiful Lessons’. Becky had a lengthy career in human services, interfacing with death and dying over the past 40 years. It was the deaths of her soul-connect brother an...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest and author of, ‘Grief Is Love: Living With Loss’, Marisa Renee Lee. Former appointee in the Obama White House and writer, Marisa Renee Lee says, “Grief requires a degree of vulnerability that America doesn’t freely give Black Americans; you can’t grieve when you can’t breathe. The lack of safety and support is something we must lea...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ & Taj Jackson we welcome special guests, Marlee Bunch & Kevin Hopkins! Marlee Bunch is a researcher & educator with over 16 years teaching experience. She holds two graduate degrees and is currently a doctoral candidate from the University of Illinois. She holds a teaching certificate, gifted education certification, and ESL certification. Her expe...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ & Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Lindsay Fernandez! Lindsay Fernandez is a Grief Educator, who is passionate about Mental Health and changing the way we as a society look at grief. Lindsay earned her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Manhattan College, and is currently working on an autobiography entitled "A Lifetime with Deat...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ & Taj Jackson we are launching episode 1 of a 3-part mini series on the topic of grief support. Tune in as we dive into an article written by Julie Halpert for The New York Times entitled: ‘How to Help a Loved One Through Sudden Loss’ Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/well/live/sudden-death-loss.html Did you know that you can support DDJF...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Julia Morin. Julia Morin is a writer, a Certified Grief Educator and Grief Support Specialist, and the face behind the Instagram community @girl_meets_grief, which she launched over Mother's Day weekend in 2021. Julia is a childhood grief survivor who lost her mother suddenly and tragically 27 years ago whe...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Naila Francis. Naila Francis is a writer, grief coach, death midwife and ordained interfaith minister. She holds space and offers ritual for people at many of life's sacred thresholds, including birth, marriage, death and other transitional passages. Her work is often informed by her love of poetry, the gif...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Emma Payne. Emma Payne is the Founder and CEO of Grief Coach, an innovative service that delivers personalized grief support via text message. Grief Coach combines Emma's passion for mobile technology and engagement, with her deep commitment to providing affordable, accessible, and personal grief support. A...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest & President of Hope After Grief, Inc., Sydney Ford, Esq. Sydney Ford is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Public Relations, and a graduate of the Emory University School of Law where she obtained her juris doctorate degree. She has been a juvenile defense attorney for the past f...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Dr. Alexander Pantelyat M.D., FAAN. Dr. Pantelyat is a movement disorders neurologist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he directs the Johns Hopkins Atypical Parkinsonism Center and the Johns Hopkins Center for Music and Medicine. Dr. Pantelyat's work is focused on the discovery and...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome back special guest & dear friend of DDJF, Amelia Green. You may remember Amelia from her previous appearances on the show where she discussed ‘Understanding Autism’ (10/14/2020) and ‘Navigating The Loss of a Child’ (10/6/2021). This time, Amelia joined us to discuss: ‘Autism Acceptance Month’ as well as ‘Cultivating Tradi...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, Lori Mier. Lori Mier is the creator and owner of her story. She loves chai tea and sunrise hikes. She owns Blue Mountain Path Coaching LLC where she offers healing experiences as an author, Ecotherapist guide and photographer. Her first children's book, ‘Merin and Her Very Bright Star: A Story of Resiliency...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we welcome special guest, David Richman. After working in a variety of industries–including launching two start-ups–David Richman entered the financial industry as an advisor. Several years in, he found that his interests were more in managing people and businesses than in managing money. Among other pursuits, David now works with a...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show with TJ and Taj Jackson we are breaking down an article written by Eleanor Haley for ‘What’s Your Grief’ entitled, ‘7 Ways To Treat Yourself With Kindness While Grieving’. * Article: https://whatsyourgrief.com/7-ways-to-treat-yourself-with-kindness-while-grieving/ Social Media: * Website: www. WhatsYourGrief.com * Instagram: @WhatsYourGrief Subscribe to ou...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Bex Mastin. Bex Mastin is a public health professional, hospice volunteer, and founder of ‘Greeting Grief’, a grieving card company. Grief became a constant companion in Bex’s life after her dad passed away from liver cancer in 2012. Recognizing that his birthday was still an event she wished to acknowledge, Bex would buy and writ...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Joél Simone Anthony, also known as ‘The Grave Woman’. Joél is a licensed funeral director, embalmer, insurance agent and sacred grief practitioner. She specializes in helping guide individuals families, businesses and governmental agencies navigate uncomfortable and difficult conversations about death, dying, end of life, funeral...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome BACK special guest & friend of DDJF, Laura Formentini. Laura is an author, nonprofit photographer, and philanthropist. Through her work, Laura has encountered ordinary people who have accomplished extraordinary things after difficult life events. Laura's healing was greatly impacted by her belief that while the terrible times you suffer may feel...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Christopher Taylor. Christopher Taylor is an internationally-renowned ‘Job Hunt Strategist’. He’s also the Founder of The Occupation Optimist, a company dedicated to modernizing the job hunt and aiding everyday people around the world in landing their dream job. He believes in empowering clients to approach the job hunt from a pla...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Annie Horton. Annie Horton is from Hamilton, Ontario Canada. From the years 2016 - 2020 she and her family experienced tremendous loss, losing almost one person consecutively each year.  The deaths in her family ranged from cancer to heart attack and Covid 19.  After the sudden and unexpected loss of her father in 2017, Annie bega...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome special guest, Jana DeCristofaro. Jana is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with twenty years of experience coordinating peer grief support groups for children, teens, young adults, and adults. She also provides consultation and training for families, students, and community members who are grieving, as well as professionals locally and national...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome back friend of DDJF & returning guest, Rachel Engstrom, M.S.W, C.H.E.S, author of ‘Wife, Widow, Now What?: How I Navigated The Cancer World & How You Can, Too’. Rachel Engstrom is a former cancer wife, then widow, who now works in the advocacy world to help others feel less alone like she did all those years ago. Her book: ‘Wife, Widow, Now What...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we welcome Certified Movement Professional & Founder of ‘Inspired To Move’ and ‘@MovingThroughGrief’, Ashley Farrar. Ashley is a neurodivergent mom of three, a nature lover, and a voracious reader. Ashley fell in love with moving when she was young, because even as a child, she says, the movement of her body and mind made everything feel better. It changed...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we discuss an article from The Dougy Center entitled, ‘How To Help A Grieving Teen’. We discuss the ‘Six Basic Principles of Teen Grief’ as well as a helpful list to offer our grieving teens entitled, ‘10 THINGS TO TRY WHEN THE GRIEF TIDE ROLLS IN’. The Dougy Center provides a great deal of helpful resources for those who are grieving from articles to book...

On this episode of The Power of Love Show we break down an article entitled, ‘Addressing Chronic Avoidance of Grief’ written by Litsa of @WhatsYourGrief! Article: https://whatsyourgrief.com/addressing-chronic-avoidance-of-grief/ Social Media: * Instagram: @WhatsYourGrief * Website: www. WhatsYourGrief.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-Nd1HTnbaI Like Our Facebo...