Marica L. Floyd, MFT, Certified Grief Educator, Wellness Coach

What's Grief Got to Do with It???

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In this premiere episode of What’s Grief Got To Do With It?™ , Marica L. Floyd, MFT, Certified Grief Educator and Wellness Coach, challenges the traditional "stages" of grief that have left so many feeling stuck in a loop of survival mode rather than living fully. Drawing from over 25 years of experience as a therapist, Certified Grief Educator, and the founder of F.O.C.U.S.E.D. Coaching and Consulting, LLC, Marica shares her deeply personal "Why"—from the early loss of her grandmother to watching the world struggle to "cope" with loss without the awareness and mindset to truly evolve. In this...

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Marica L. Floyd, MFT, Certified Grief Educator, Wellness Coach

Episodes

Don't Measure My Pain By My Posture: Navigating Loss When the World Thinks You're Strong 18.06.2026 17:23

Have you ever looked at a grieving person who seemed completely composed and thought, “Wow, they are so strong” ? In today’s episode, we are dismantling the societal myth of the "strong griever" and exploring what is actually happening when the heart and the mind are operating on two completely different timelines. Your posture at a funeral is not an accurate measurement of the pain in your heart....

Beneath the Profession: Healing the Human Behind the Credentials 31.05.2026 52:18

What happens when the person paid to have all the answers is the one yearning for the answers for their own lives? 🛋️💔 In this incredibly raw and unmasked episode of What’s Grief Got to Do with It?™, Certified Grief Educator and Coach, Marica L. Floyd sits down with a licensed mental health professional who courageously strips away her credentials to expose the silent epidemic facing our helping...

A Letter to Con: Unmasking the Man to Heal the Child 11.05.2026 1:47:28

“The world told me to move on… but my heart was still aching.” In this powerful episode of What’s Grief Got to Do with It? ™ , host Marica L. Floyd, MFT, Certified Grief Educator, sits down with pastor, author, leader and coach Consuello Hodges (Coach C) for a conversation that is part tribute, part intervention, and completely transformative. Coach C pulls back the curtain on the “ performance ”...

The Millennial Widow: Reorganizing Life After Loss Before 40 27.04.2026 45:50

The Millennial Mourner: Navigating Loss in a ‘Keep it Moving’ World Are you trying to balance life, a family, and a heavy heart? This episode is for you. What happens when your life takes a sudden shift and grief changes your meaning of "forever" before age 40? How do you approach parenting, your career, self-care, a social life in the midst of grief? You did not express your vows expecting for "T...

"Who Told You That Was Normal? Moving from Avoiding and "Coping" to Active Adaptation" 25.04.2026 34:02

In this inaugural episode, Marica L. Floyd, MFT, Certified Grief Educator, pulls back the curtain on what we have been taught is the "normalcy" of grief. Why do we think that avoiding our pain or staying "busy" moves us towards healing? What we don't address will certainly manifest. Why do we feel like we’re failing when we don’t "get over it"? Marica introduces the concept of Active Adaptation —a...