Walk Through Grief with Grace

Grief has a much bigger impact on our relationships that we may realize. Childhood grief and trauma has a profound impact on our relationships as adults and major losses can lead to anger and estrangement as emotions run high and communication breaks down. In this episode, award winning speaker and trauma and relationship coach Robyn Smith joins Jenn to share how we can work on ourselves to create...

To wrap up our series on Conscious Dying, Jenn leads a guided invoation of love, peace, and light. This practice is one that Jenn delivered at her father's funeral and is part of her daily routine. It is a simple, quick way to offer yourself kindness and prepare yourself for times of struggle or bolster yourself in a time of grief.   Looking for more support? Join our monthly free virtual training...

Jon Carlson had ALS and chose to die by Medical Aid in Dying on November 16, 2022. In the months leading up to his passing, he surrounded himself with the love of an incredible community, and through his conscious dying process they all gave and received incredible gifts. In this episode, Jon's friend and caregiver Lauren Kemple shares the amazing reciprocal love that they all experienced, and how...

Death doesn't have to be dark, scary, or a failure. In this special episode, we've gathered three incredible death doulas to talk about what conscious dying means to them, their experiences with Medical Aid in Dying, and how they help people go on a spiritual journey to release regrets and feel freedom before death. Listen for a wealth of wisdom, their mission to bring empowerment and autonomy to...

Part of grieving is returning to yourself. This is just one bit of the wisdom shared by ordained minister, full-spectrum doula, and educator Dr. Jamie Eaddy Chism in the fourth episode in our series on conscious dying. Dr. Jamie and Jenn discuss her work focused on transitions from birth to death and everything in between, and the lessons she has learned from her experiences of loss. Listen for po...

Have you heard of Medical Aid in Dying or Compassionate Death? In this episode in our series on Conscious Dying, Hospice Nurse and Death Doula Gabby Jimenez joins Jenn to give an introduction to medically assisted dying and the lessons that she learned beside her brother's deathbed. Listen to discover how caregivers can also take care of themselves, the importance of saying what we want to say bef...

In this powerful episode, three amazing women - Maura Rassman-Gwiazda, Kenlyn Kolleen, and Doctor AMara - all connected by an incredible Australian Shepherd named Blue join Jenn to tell the incredible story of dogs who served as divine connectors and brought magic into their lives. They tell of the contract that they made with their dogs to honor when and where they wanted to pass on, and the powe...

Be part of the grief revolution - walk with us on November 15th. This is it! The start of the SEVENTH cycle of SEVEN episodes. To celebrate the seventh cycle and the upcoming one-year anniversary of the podcast on November 15th, Jenn chats with the producer of the show, Caitlin Epstein, about conscious dying and curating a new cycle of episodes around the subject. Jenn also shares about her upcomi...

Join Laughter Yoga Coach and Yoga Teacher Sim Birnbaum for a guided laughter meditation to help you realign with your nervous system, metabolize grief, and move stagnation. The guided meditation will last for 5 minutes, and then Sim and Jenn will discuss the power of laughter for the grief process, and how it can be a tool for getting back in touch with joy, presence, and possibility.   Resources:...

Ann Redelfs was simply an amazing person, and is remembered as an absolutely incredible friend. In this episode, health and wellness coach Yvonne Myles joins Jenn to share about her friend Ann, who she lost in 2020 after 41 years of friendship. Yvonne talks about the loneliness and isolation of loss and how creating a documentary about Ann and her widespread impact served as a cathartic creation p...

Rushing the grief process after a loss can be traumatic, and to discuss the important topic of the pace of grief, host Jenn Cormier held a Community Roundtable with podcast listeners to give space to share about their experiences. Five guests share about what was too much, too fast, or too soon for them after a loss, what they learned from the experience, and their advice and wisdom for others aro...

When was the last time you relly talked with someone about loss? Or flexed your crying muscles? In this episode, Embodiment Artist, Emotional Fitness Co-Creator, and mother Cara H. Cadwallader joins us to share about her journey dealing with compounded grief after losing her life partner Burt to cancer at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares about her journey as a mother and a widow amid...

In this podcast, we cover all types of grief, and in this episode guest Melody Long joins Jenn to discuss the grief around shifts in relationships. Melody is a Soul Wisdom Coach who faced the grief of infidelity and divorce after her husband was unfaithful in their marriage. The weight of the upheaval and emotional turmoil led her to lose her job and struggle through learning to co-parent. However...

Especially in Western culture, death is something we fear and try our very best to have control over. Executive Health Coach and NLP Practitioner Tina Hong joins Jenn in this episode to share the moving story of how her father, after a ten year journey with stage four bile duct cancer, opened himself up to death with tears, laughter, and arms wide open. Tina shares about the challenges of being a...

The D word: Divorce. Women's Health Advocate, Author, and Holistic Financial Planner Adrienne Grace joins Jenn to discuss the grief of divorce and the reality of financial impacts around divorce and death. Adrienne recognizes that a death is a death, whether it is the death of a relationship or the death of a person, and she has committed herself to helping women navigate divorce and other major l...

For June's meditation in the Month of the Father, Trauma Informed Health and Wellness Coach Teya Valentina leads us in meditation to honor Father Sky and welcome in the divine sacred masculine. With Teya as your guide, you will be able to connect to the cosmic realm and expansiveness of life. Listen to this meditation for connection, support, and balance.    Resources: Find Teya and her work here...

Without this story, Jenn's work in the world of grief and this very podcast wouldn't exist. For a special Father's Day episode, Jenn tells the story of the healing journey that she and her dad, Gil, embarked on after his diagnosis with prostate cancer. Listen for a story not just about terminal illness, death, and grief, but also about how even though you can't always cure, but you can always heal...

Co-director of the Rhode Island Black Storytellers and absolutely incredible storyteller Valerie Tutson is back to show us how wisdom tales can help in a time of grief and loss, and how the power of a good story, poem or song can provide us with enough distance for grief to sit beside us without consuming us. Valerie begins with the practice of singing a Malawian song in Chichewa saying "I See You...

This episode is your reminder to reach out to the important people in your life and tell them how much they mean to you. Artist Jackie Leander joins Jenn to share about how, when they were in high school, they threw themself a funeral. The event embraced silliness and outrageousness, and brought people together, but Jackie also acknowledges that the fun event and affirming words from friends helpe...

How to contain all of the richness that this episode offers in the show notes? Dr. Janelle Chase-Mayers, a mental health consultant, creative systemic therapist, and certified grief recovery specialist, joins Jenn to share about her work at the intersection of play, movement, wellness, and a preventative stance in mental health. Through the Grief Recovery Method and her personal experience with gr...

This episode is short, but oh so powerful. The Grave Woman herself Joél Simone Anthony joins us to share about how spirit leads her work as a licensed funeral director, insurance agent, and sacred grief practitioner. She tells us how there is no place that is not sacred in death care and how it is important to honor the essence of who we are as individuals. Listen for a moving conversation about h...

Have you experienced the loneliness and heart-shattering grief after a loss? Have you found yourself stepping back from things you previously loved? In this episode, Certified Life Purpose Coach and Reiki Master Ama Mothershed shares her journey of relearning how to walk through life without any family - adopted or biological, after the death of her mother. After stepping away from a choir she had...

To honor the month of the mother this May, Jenn will lead you in a guided meditation to call in and observe the power of the mother and the sacred feminine energy that resides in each and every one of us. Lay down, relax, and listen to this meditation to tap into the energy of unconditional love, embrace gentleness, and feel connected to the Mother Earth and the mothers who have come before you.  ...

As we move into the month of the mother and Mother's Day, Trauma Informed Health and Wellness Coach Teya Valentina joins us to share about her journey helping her mother face the grief of aging and transitioning to a period of more dependence. She brings her knowledge as a dancing alchemist and from her time learning Indigenous pathways and older ways of knowing to teach us how we can bring spirit...

Karma Cloud, Minster of Metamorphosis, is back to paint the winding and wondrous picture of the cosmology of the universe. With calming, flowing imagery, Karma shares with us the back and forth of yin and yang, the cycle of creation and destruction, and the power of the words. She shows us how by better understanding our own nature and our places within the universe, we can better understand the c...