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Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenA Mother Grieving Her Young-Adult Son's Death with Sally McQuillenSally McQuillen, LCSW, CADC, is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in addiction recovery, grief and trauma healing. An avid reader with a double major in writing and dance criticism in college, she began working in public relations and marketing prior to obtaining her master’s degree in social work. Reaching for Beautiful is Sally’s first book. She and her husband live on the north shore of Chicago where they raised their three children.https://www.sallymcquillen.com/ Key topics in this conversation include: The Nature of Grief: Sally describes grief as a compl...
2025-10-0251 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenWriting for Her Inner Child with Randi Pearlman WolfsonRandi Pearlman Wolfson is a Los Angeles based grief educator and author. After experiencing the death of her dad when she was ten years old, it became her life-long dream to provide hope and healing to grieving children and adults. For over twenty years, she has educated the community, including mental health professionals, clergy, students, teachers, and various other professionals, on the topic of grief.As founder/writer at Grief & GRITS™ on Facebook and Instagram, Randi provides a caring heart and voice for little grievers™ and adult grievers. She is the author of “Eddie’s Brave Journey: How one...
2025-09-2546 min
Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenHospice Nurse Julie: Navigating Death, Grief, and Life's Transitions with Julie McFaddenJULIE MCFADDEN, RN, is the New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to Fear and a hospice/palliative care nurse with more than fifteen years of experience. Passionate about normalizing death and dying, she has more than one million followers on TikTok as @hospicenursejulie. She has been featured in Newsweek, Time, USA Today, and The Atlantic, and has appeared on Dr. Phil Primetime, Howie Mandel Does Stuff, and elsewhere. Her most recent book THE NOTHING TO FEAR JOURNAL is an invaluable tool for putting our beliefs about death into practice through thought-provoking questions that prompt reflection, clarification, and planning....
2025-09-1047 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenCreating Boundaries & Asking for Support While Grieving with Kendra RinaldiGrief can leave us feeling exposed, overwhelmed, and unsure of how to ask for what we need. In this solo episode, Kendra shares compassionate wisdom and practical tips for setting healthy boundaries and reaching out for support while grieving. Drawing from personal experience, she reminds listeners that protecting your energy isn’t selfish—it’s sacred. Whether you’re grieving now or supporting someone who is, this episode is a gentle guide for creating space to heal, one boundary at a time.Contact Kendra Rinaldi if you'd like to be a guest or want to invite her as a gue...
2025-07-1009 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenHow to Support a Grieving Teen or Young AdultHow can we support our teenagers when they're grieving—especially when their pain feels unreachable? In this episode, Kendra speaks directly to parents navigating the delicate role of helping their teen through loss. Drawing from her own experiences of grieving as a young person, she offers practical, compassionate insights to help parents show up—not with perfect words, but with presence, patience, and love. Whether your teen is quiet, angry, or seems “fine,” this episode reminds you that your steady, caring presence can be an anchor through the storm.Get in touch with Kendra Rinaldi https://www.griefgrat...
2025-07-0309 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenDear Griever: A Letter to Those Who are Grieving by Kendra RinaldiI felt compelled to write a Dear Griever type letter tonight. A letter for anyone who is in the midst of grief. This is a short episode of me reading it.Grief is heavy, unpredictable and deeply personal, yet I wanted to share some love and compassion to anyone of you who are in the thick of the pain right now. I pray this brings you a bit of comfort. You are loved, you are seen.Love,Kendra
2025-05-2908 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenReflections on Grief: 200 Voices, 5 Years, and the Journey of HealingWelcome to a very special episode of Grief, Gratitude, and the Gray In Between. Today, we celebrate a milestone—our 200th episode! Over the past five years, I’ve had the privilege of sitting down with nearly 200 incredible individuals, each sharing their unique experiences and perspectives on grief.Grief is complex. It’s not just about loss—it’s about transitions, expectations, healing, and everything in between. In honor of this journey, we’re revisiting some of the most profound moments from past conversations—voices that have shaped this space, challenged misconceptions, and offered wisdom on navigating grief and find...
2025-05-0827 min
Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenMotherhood, Advocacy, and Navigating Ambiguous Grief with Jessica FeinJessica Fein hosts the"I Don't Know How You Do It" podcast, featuring conversations with people whose lives seem unimaginable and who often hearthat very thing. Her writing, which explores grief, resilience, and the unbreakablebonds of family, has appeared in The New York Times, Psychology Today,Newsweek, The Boston Globe, HuffPost, Scary Mommy,and other leading publications. Her work encompasses hope and humor, grit and grace – the tools that make up her personal survival kit. Jessica Fein writes the Grace in Grief column for Psychology Today and is aTEDx Speaker on Grief Literacy. She is the author of Breath Ta...
2025-03-1242 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in BetweenCaregiving and Transformation with Kimberly L. ByersKimberly Byers is the CEO of ByHers Peace of Mind, LLC. A company empowering clients to find PEACE in their over-burden lives! Ms. Kim is an Author, Transformational Speaker/Coach, and Mentor, who influences clients to find better ways to regain clarity and commitment to self-care! This 28-year Army Retired senior Non-Commissioned Officer has been interviewed by local radio stations on how she balances her busy life and still makes time for others. As a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in the Army, she has had her share of dealing with crisis/trauma, including hurt, pain, and loss. All of this...
2025-02-1442 min
Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between133. The Week After My Mom Died- with Kendra RinaldiIn this episode I share the audio clip of a FB live I did just a week after my mom died of Pancreatic Cancer. In it I share a few takeaways that I thought may be valuable for someone who is recently experiencing grief as well as for someone who is supporting someone who is grieving.
• The grieving process of a sudden death vs the grieving process of a death by an illness. My sister died in a car accident in 1996 and my mom died 9 months after being diagnosed from Pancreatic Cancer in 2016.
• How our believes about life after death can...
2022-11-2914 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between124. Our Everlasting Bond with Our Pets-with Beth BiglerBeth Bigler is a double-certified Pet Loss Grief Counselor, certified Pet Chaplain, and a certified end-of-life animal companion doula. She
works with individuals and families before, during, and after the loss
of their beloved animal companion. She’s also known for her Instagram account @honoringouranimals where she shares daily content and tips about pet loss grief which are a unique blend of humor, compassion, and “telling it like it is.”
She works closely with animal care workers, veterinary professionals,
and other pet industry brands on grief training and awareness. She is
a regular contributor to podcasts, articles, and other media. She is...
2022-09-2054 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between123. Giving to Others and to Ourselves- with Melissa Bollea RoweMelissa Bollea Rowe is a published author, professional songwriter of 20-plus years, and founder and CEO of the music publishing and artist development company Rhyme Partners, which she started in 2013. Her latest publication is her book, "God, Gratitude, & Giving," which was released in May. In the book, she shares the role these three words have played in her life story as well as how prioritizing gratitude and faith has gotten her to where she is now as an entrepreneur, a creative, and a person. She lost both of her parents as a child and has had a hard road to...
2022-09-1349 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between121. What's the Next Logical Step?- with Kat WellsBest Selling Author, Certified Hypnotherapist, and Master Life Coach, Kat Wells graduated summa cum laude from Texas A & M University and trained under Dr. Sue Morter, founder of Morter Institute for BioEnergetics. Kat is a certified Energy Codes Master Trainer and founder of Kat Wells International. She provides coaching, seminars, and workshops worldwide, using her knowledge and skills to empower individuals and organizations to realize their full potential.
Kat Wells life changed forever with her husband’s diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis, a disease with no cure. In the blink of an eye, she lost her love of 28 years, friendships and th...
2022-08-3157 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between120. Practicing Radical Acceptance- with Caitlin BillingsCaitlin Billings knows the struggles of balancing work, mental health, and motherhood better than most – while accepting her own bipolar diagnosis, she had to learn how best to support her gender-fluid child, who inherited depressive behaviors, as well as pursue an allegation of child sexual assault in their home.
In her work as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and role as a mother, she felt tremendous pressure to be perfect and present stability. Though she overcame abandonment issues and an eating disorder in college, a hold-up at gunpoint broke her carefully balanced world apart, forcing her to seek help. Now Ca...
2022-08-2351 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between119. Grief is Sneaky; Creeps Up on You UnexpectededlyIn this solo episode I talk about an incident that occured in my grief journey recently... that made me re live the emotions I had felt when I had a miscarriage 16 years ago.
Grief does not knock on our door and tell us, "Hey, I'm about to walk in! Beware!" Nope... it just kicks the door opened unannounced and slams you to the floor. Grief is sneaky!! It creeps up on you unexpectedly.
Contact Kendra Rinaldi to be a guest or for coaching:
https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com
2022-08-1509 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between118. El Camino De La Entrega- Con Ale Montoya Arango ( Español)Un poco sobre nuestra invitada, Ale Montoya Arango, en sus propias palabras:
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Hola, mi nombre es Ale Montoya Arango. En los últimos años de mi vida he transitado por el camino de la maternidad y la eternidad, y el amor que tímidamente se esconde detrás de estas
vivencias.
Me trajo hasta aquí la maravillosa oportunidad de maternar a mi hijo Matías y la gratitud que siento por la eterna conexión que logramos a través de la lactancia.
Matías, nos regalo 3 años de su vida, en los cuales pudimos conocer otras esferas hermosas del amor...
2022-08-101h 08Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between117. Give Yourself Grace and Space-with Katherine BornerKatherine Barner is a Grief & Trauma Expert, Award-Winning Author, and Licensed Psychotherapist. with
nearly 30 years of professional experience in the mental health field working with local and state law
enforcement agencies, domestic and sexual violence crisis centers, persons with substance abuse disorders,
those with severe and persistent mental illness, and the homeless population.
Katherine is owner of KRB Unlimited LLC, a full service counseling, coaching, and consulting firm with two
signature programs including Sisters Speak Up Society, and the Living Beyond Loss Academy. Through her
company she specializes in equipping Black women survivors of childhood sexual abuse as well as...
2022-08-021h 01Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between116. I've Had Tragedies; Yet My Life is Not Tragic-with Christina FlachChristina Flach is a single mother with four kids, along with the creator and CEO of Pretty Girl Makeup. Christina and her company have worked with some of the most recognizable faces, brands, and publications, and her company continues to grow. Additionally,
Christina is a fashion commentator for the publication Soap Opera Digest. In her free time,Christina enjoys spending time with her two sons and two daughters, whose ages range from 15
to 28.
As a kid, Christina was with her mother until the very end as she battled Christina was married to professional tennis player Ken Flach up to his...
2022-07-201h 03Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between115. Using Enneagrams to Understand Ouselves and Others-with Matt SchlegelBest-selling author Matt Schlegel is committed to developing highly effective, style-diverse teams and giving them the tools and strategies to tackle challenges that are seemingly impossible. Principal of Schlegel Consulting (www.evolutionaryteams.com), Matt started his career as an electrical engineering and soon realized that successful project outcomes depend more on leading people than leading electrons. Matt discovered a powerful system called the
Enneagram and used it to develop a novel set of tools, strategies, and applications for team effectiveness that he uses in his consulting practice and shares in his book Teamwork 9.0.
Learn more about Matt Shlegel
https://www...
2022-07-1249 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between114. Science & Spirituality- with Sophie MillsSophie Mills, the founder of The Grief Revolution is a Spiritual Grief Coach with a background in holistic Occupational Therapy.
Sophie assists women (namely mothers) who are grieving the loss of a loved one to shift from feeling griefy AF into GLOWing alongside their grief.
Using the perfect blend of science, spiritual philosophies and storytelling, Sophie paves the way for women to process and deeply integrate their loss. Sophie’s healing work is anchored in our need for CONNECTION.
Connection to self (ensuring we FEEL IT TO HEAL IT), connection to others (being witnessed and validated in our grief through gr...
2022-06-2656 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between113. Holding Your Life Up to the Light- with Steve LederSteve Leder is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. After receiving his degree in writing and graduating cum laude from Northwestern University, and spending time studying at Trinity College, Oxford University, Leder received a master’s degree in Hebrew letters in 1986 and rabbinical ordination in 1987 from Hebrew Union College. He is the author of five books: The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things, More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul, and the bestsellers More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us, and The Beauty of What Remains.
Synopsis:
Writing an ethical will, a...
2022-06-131h 17Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between112. Creating a Support Team- Jennifer FinkAfter helping care for her grandmother who had vascular dementia, Jennifer realized her Mother was showing signs of early onset Alzheimer’s. After the death of her father in 2017 Jennifer went searching for answers to many of the common questions and Alzheimer’s caregiver faces. Being a busy entrepreneur Jennifer realized that a podcast would be the easiest way to learn more about caregiving while completing other tasks.
Sadly, in late 2017 she only found one and it didn’t quite address what she was looking for, so she did the next best thing, and started her own. The Fading Memories podcas...
2022-06-0759 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between111. Giving Power to Others and Their Story, By Holding Space For Them - with Zachary FaerberMy name is Zachary Faerber, I am 27 years old but have lived a long life in those 27 years. I spent my younger years taking care of my sick parents, working multiple jobs, and helping out with my brother and sister. I graduated with honors and distinctions in Medical Anthropology with the life goal of helping others. I started my career managing stem cell donations for blood cancer patients at the same hospital my father passed away at. I quickly realized I could have more impact by helping others with the tactics I picked up through my struggles. I have always...
2022-05-3149 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between110. Seeking Community When Grieving- with Elizabeth HallElizabeth Hall is originally from Western NY although her late husbands’s job took her up and down the east coast for many moves before finally settling in North Texas into their “forever home”. She has two amazing daughters from her marriage to Bryan and is now a bonus mom to a third charming little lady who also lost her mom at a young age. Together with her “chapter two” Dave and an adventurous puppy named Archie, this newly-blended family has ample amounts of grit and determination to surf the waves of grief and trauma together.
Elizabeth began dealing with grief year...
2022-05-241h 00Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between109. Navigating Different Seasons in Parenthood; Empty Nesters- With Dara KurtzDara Kurtz is the creator of the popular blog crazyperfectlife.com, with over 180,000 followers from around the world. After going through breast cancer 6 1/2 years ago, she quit her job as a financial advisor, launched her blog, and wrote her first book Crush Cancer. Her second book just released, I am My Mother’s Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love, It is all about the connection between mothers and daughters, how the loss of her mom impacted her life, and how to be intentional about growing relationships to create a more meaningful life. Dara is a speaker, workshop leader, and co...
2022-05-1544 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between108. Convirtiendo Experiencias en Palabras y Dolores en Recuerdos- Con Federico EscobarFederico Escobar nació en Cali, sus estudios universitarios lo llevaron a ciudades como Jerusalén y Oxford y más adelante el amor lo llevó diez años a Puerto Rico.
Ha trabajado como editor, abogado, profesor y traductor y actualmente trabaja en educación.
Desde niño, la escritura ha sido una de sus pasiones. Ha publicado cuentos, poemas, artículos académicos y dos libros. Luego de vivir la pérdida de su madre y unos años después de su esposa, Federico escribió un libro desde sus experiencias como padre. El libro se llama Cartas para Isaac. Isaac...
2022-05-101h 08Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between107. Using Our Past To Reshape The Future- with Leila CaseyLeila Casey is an entrepreneur and public speaker. She shares her story of being the youngest daughter of first generation immigrants fleeing the Iranian revolution in 1979. She speaks to the grief she continues to overcome due to generational trauma. She lives in Burbank, CA with her husband and two children.
As part of her healing journey she runs a handmade sewing business called Leila Casey Creations which has provided her with a much needed creative outlet. She also speaks on various topics that are rooted in authenticity and self discovery to children from elementary school through high school.
Some other...
2022-05-021h 15Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between106. Education and Awareness About the Disabled Community- with Rosalie MastalerRosalie Mastaler is a writer, musician, crafter, mother, wife and passionate advocate.
Her online presence, with her son Hunter, is full of humor, education about the disabled community and finding joy in the journey.
She has been featured on Erik Weihenmayer’s website for living a “No Barriers” life. Was awarded “Woman of the Year”, by her local assemblyman in Southern California, for community service through musical performance and advocacy. She is highly active within the amputee and disabled community, attending multiple events and camps throughout the year with her son. Whether it’s in person, or social media, she loves to con...
2022-04-2556 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between105. Doing Things That Would Light Me Up- With Shauna DomalainShauna Domalain is the creative founder of the Growing Up in Heaven Program for mothers who want to connect and communicate with their children on the Other Side.
Shauna’s personal journey through the loss of her son has paved a path for mothers to move from grief to relief as they learn to make the connection with their child in Heaven.
A powerhouse in the spiritual communication realms, Shauna’s first-hand experience with loss and grief allow her to share a wealth of
soulful + heart-felt tools and support on how to navigate loss and find true meaning in life agai...
2022-04-2056 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between104. Home is Within Me- With Liza PetersonLiza Peterson is a certified yoga instructor and reiki practitioner. She has a theatre background and has performed in many shows throughout her lifetime throughout the New York City area. She has also taught theatre and the performing arts to children of all ages. When she is not on the stage, you can find her in the ballroom, dancing and competing in ballroom and Latin dance.
After the loss of both of her parents over the last 4 and a half years, she became passionate about helping others who are also grieving. To help support others on this grief journey, she...
2022-04-1252 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between103. Partnering With Our Grief- With Edy NathanEdy Nathan MA, LCSWR is an author, public speaker and licensed
therapist. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, hypnotherapist and certified EMDR practitioner with more than 20 years of experience. Edy earned degrees from New York University and Fordham University, with post-graduate training at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. She practices in New York City. In her expertise as a grief therapist she interweaves her formal training as a psychotherapist with breathwork, guided imagery, ritual and storytelling. Trauma, abuse, and grief cause the soul to become imbalanced: The goal of the work is to find emotional calibration or balance...
2022-04-0457 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between103. Partnering With Our Grief - With Edy NathanEdy Nathan MA, LCSWR is an author, public speaker and licensed
therapist. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, hypnotherapist andcertified EMDR practitioner with more than 20 years of experience. Edy earned degrees from New York University and Fordham University, with post-graduate training at the Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy. She practices in New York City. In her expertise as a grief therapist she interweaves her formal training as a psychotherapist with breathwork, guided imagery, ritual and storytelling. Trauma, abuse, and grief cause the soul to become imbalanced: The goal of the work is to find emotional calibration or balance to...
2022-04-0457 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between102. Visual Arts & Grief- With Preston ZellerPreston Zeller is an artist with accomplishments across multiple mediums, including film, photography, music, and fine art. Following the death of his brother in 2019, Preston set out to paint for a year straight to process his own grief and share the experience along the way to stir conversation about how we deal with grief in society. The 365 paintings, which create a 10’x20’ mosaic, are the subject of a feature-length documentary entitled, “The Art of Grieving”. The documentary is set for release in Spring 2022. Preston now helps others through grief by creating commemorative paintings using the ashes of a loved one. His goal...
2022-03-271h 06Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between100. 100 Episodes and Beyond- With Kendra RinaldiCelebrating 100 episodes of the podcast!!
On this episode I share what I've learned about grief in the last 2 years of interviewing over 100 people. I also share the process of creating each episode as well as my interview process.
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2022-03-1428 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between99. Had to Learn to Parent Myself- with Stephanie CerinsStephanie Cerins' goal since 2000 is to "Cheer Up The People of Our Planet". In 2012 she started her blog HappinessHeals.wordpress.com writing affirmations on a daily basis for her blog and her Reflexology clients and good friends. She received positive feedback about her blog and personalized affirmations that offered support on issues like parenting, relationships, creating abundance and personal growth. "Healing My Heart, After A Loss" is Stephanie's second book. She dreamed of being a writer since she was in grade three. Her first book "Healing My Heart, After Domestic Abuse" was written to help people who love have loved...
2022-03-0753 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between98. It's Never Too Late For Healing and Growth- with Cheryl Grey BostromFor most of her life, Pacific Northwest naturalist, photographer, poet and award-winning author Cheryl Grey Bostrom has lived in the rural and wild lands that infuse her writing. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including the American Scientific Affiliation’s God and Nature Magazine, for which she’s a regular photo essayist. A member of the Redbud Writers Guild, she has authored two non-fiction books. Sugar Birds is her first novel.
In this episode we talk about her own grief journey and how her fictional characters and story line have glimpses of her life as well.
She’d love...
2022-02-2849 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between97. Eat, Breathe, Sleep, Repeat-with Julie NewJulie New is an experienced personal recovery coach specialising in helping people after difficult and sometimes traumatic life change.
Prior to starting her coaching Julie spent 20 years in the UK NHS as
a senior nurse and midwife, she also worked on various pioneering NHS community projects.
Since becoming a professional coach in 2006 she has developed a unique New Chapter recovery program which has helped many people to reach new fulfilling phases in their lives, which they
hadn’t thought possible.
Julie is an author of popular unique personal growth gift books and is a well-known inspirational and motivational wellbeing conference sp...
2022-02-211h 01Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between96. The Power of Your Story- with Catherine PorthCatherine Porth is the Founder of Let Her Speak where she curates women-empowered events, conducts female-focused research, and develops leadership-growth education. She founded Let Her Speak originally with one purpose - to share the stories of women who often get overlooked and forgotten. Her mission is to bring more visibility and support to all women in business. She believes that through community, research, and education - more women will rise to leadership positions.
Catherine has over 12 years of experience in service, business development, training, and insights research. She has worked in a broad range of industries including financial services, workplace...
2022-02-1555 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between95. Intricately Interconnected- with Mark PoehnerIn this converstaion with Mark Poehner (Marco), we cover a few topics such as his experience as a foreigner growing up in Colombia during a time of inmense violence . We also talk about his family dynamics and upbringing and his approach to parenting. We talk as well as his passion to reforestation and conservation of endagered forest species in Colombia. And how everything in life is intricately interconnected.
Here is more about him in his own words:
"It wasn’t until I was in my 50s and read Third Culture Kids, by David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken, th...
2022-02-031h 17Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between94. Staying In The Moment-With Emma PayneEmma Payne is the Founder & CEO of Grief Coach, a secure, private and easy way to get meaningful grief support when someone dies.
Emma is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, MIT graduate, and award-winning change-agent, who started building online communities before Netscape was born. Her 25 year career leading online and mobile projects has included building tools to register young people to vote, creating online networks of support for families facing health challenges, and launching North America’s first online crisis intervention line. She also founded a scrappy, action-oriented, national non-profit focused on women & technology, that broke boundaries and developed leaders for 17 ye...
2022-01-2456 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between93. Letting Go Of Patterns That Hold Us Back- With Adriana SorgiAdriana Sorgi is a self published author of the book "Your Breakdown Is Your Breakthrough". In our conversation we talk about different aspects of grief that she experienced throughout her life. We talk about how her parents divorce impacted her as a young teenager, she talks about her history of eating disorders and how becoming a mother saved her life. We talk about her own divorce and how letting go of patterns that weren't serving her anymore, allowed her to truly be empowered.
A little more about Adriana Sorgi, in her own words:
"I am passionate about helping women claim...
2022-01-171h 02Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between92. Identity Change After Grief- With Sue EganSue Egan lost her brother to suicide six years ago. As she sat in a therapist's office a year later she began to pick up the pieces of her belief system and learned how to live with his suicide.
"I felt no one could possibly understand what it was like. I felt so alone in my grief, and had memories that would flash back of events I never thought would happen in my life.
There had been no warning signs, no suicide note or explanations. I have spent the last six years on my own journey of making meaning of...
2022-01-1058 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between91. I Was Done Putting Up a Front- With Danielle RemigioDanielle Remigio is a Student Affairs professional, writer, trainer, and TEDx speaker based in the Boston, Massachusetts area. She has a B.A. in Psychology from Western New England University and an M.S. in College Student Development & Counseling from Northeastern University. Her grief journey began in 2016 when she lost her mother, paternal grandfather, and father within 18 months of one another. Danielle has gone on to engage in conversations about the true needs of those grieving and gave her TEDxTalk in March of 2021 entitled "Cleaning Up the Grief Process" to help people understand how to approach the uncomfortable process of...
2021-12-1958 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between90. We Grieve How We Live - With Carol SchonebergCarol Schoneberg has been a hospice educator and grief counselor in Maine since 1992. She has served as an End-of-Life Educator,
Bereavement Services Manager, and grief counselor at Hospice of Southern Maine— Maine’s only free-standing not-for-profit hospice—since its inception in 2004.
Carol provides end-of-life education to staff, volunteers, healthcare providers, universities, and the community at large. Certified as an Advance Care Planning Facilitator Trainer through the Respecting Choices program at Gundersen-Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 2001, she believes strongly that helping people talk about their choices for end of-life care can make a huge difference in the way families experi...
2021-12-1053 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between88. Self-Care In Grief- With Melissa PierceMelissa Pierce was widowed overnight at the age of 44 when her husband Dave didn’t wake up on a cold Saturday morning in 2011. As a solo parent to their two sons, Melissa knew she had to take care of herself first so she could care for her kids - they needed her support more than ever - so she began the work of processing her deep grief and practicing self-care to move forward. She is a testament to trusting her gut and standing behind her choices. Melissa is an author, founder and creator of Filled With Gold monthly self-care support bo...
2021-11-2056 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between87. Por Medio De La Muerte Conocí La Vida- Con Janine Libreros (ESPAÑOL)Janine Libreros es madre, docente, escritora e hipnoterapeuta. Es creadora del Scanner mente/cuerpo/alma y contexto y en actualmente está haciendo una certificación Internacional en hipnosis clínica en Miami. En este podcast, Janine comparte sus vivencias y aprendizajes de vida y duelo después del trágico accidente aéreo en el que falleció su hermana Nancy. También comparte su proceso de duelo años después cuando falleció su padre y también cuando ella perdió el bebe que estaba esperando. Y como dice ella,
“por medio de la muerte conocí la vida”.
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2021-11-081h 04Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between86. The Gift of Second Chances- With Diana KupershmitDiana Kupershmit holds a Master of Social Work degree and works for the Department of Health in the Early Intervention program, a federal entitlement program servicing children birth to three with developmental delays and disabilities. She has published online in the Huffington Post, Manifest Station, Mutha Magazine, Power of Moms, Motherwell Magazine, Still Standing Magazine, and Her View From Home. On the weekends, she indulges her creative passion working as a portrait photographer specializing in newborn, family, maternity, and event photography. She lives in New York City. After their oldest daughter, Emma, died unexpectedly at eighteen years of age, Diana...
2021-11-0258 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between85. I Masked My Grief- with Corchele SmithCorchele Smith is the founder of a non profit, called Because of Breklyn. It’s mission is to help families who have experienced or will experience pregnancy, infant and child loss by giving them an unstuffed bear.
In May 2016 her daughter, Breklyn, unexpectedly passed away 10hrs after birth. During that very difficult time they were given and un-stuffed Bear. Their Brek-Bear has helped to bring comfort and healing through the log grief journey. Since then they have been providing Bears to families.
During our conversation, Corchele shares about her grief journey, and how she would hide her grief by pretending to...
2021-10-2346 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between84. Ask Open Ended Questions- With David RichmanAn entrepreneur, author, public speaker, athlete, and
philanthropist, David Richman uses the lessons
learned in his life to enrich and inspire others. As a
former sedentary, over-weight, smoker, David knew that he
needed to focus not on what others wanted out of him, but on
what he wanted out of life. With his first book, Winning in the Middle of the Pack, David discussed how to get more out of ourselves than ever imagined. Now, David shares the interconnected stories of others overcoming obstacles—specifically cancer—in his second
book Cycle of Lives.
Cycle of Lives was created as the resu...
2021-10-1557 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between82. Strength Comes In Reaching Out- With Nickcole ByrdNickcole Byrd, author of The Widow’s Oil, Discovering God’s Purpose in the midst of Grief, shares her journey after the death of her husband in 2019. In this conversation she shares her experiences and insights of what she's learned from this grief experience.
She sees that a lot of Christians struggle with grieving and are afraid to speak up about it because they are supposed to be people of Faith. Many pass on therapy because they are taught they should pray about the hurt they are experiencing. She shares how therapy has played a part in her and her fami...
2021-09-2454 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between80. Invisible Realm Of Feelings- With Diana "Didi" MogrobejoDiana “Didi” Mogrobejo shares her journey after the unexpected death of her newborn grandson. She shares how the support of a community, her spiritual beliefs, the power of prayer and her art were all essential parts of process.
Didi is a Colombian painter, fashion designer, actress, and model. She explores the invisible realm of feelings. Light, mirrors, pathways, dreams, and blood – a few of the vehicles of the natural world emerge readily in the works of the artist. Examining the realm of inner feelings, she reflects and the power of thought leads her to see patterns of the mystical world eventu...
2021-09-0258 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between79. I'm Always Looking For The Signs- With Meg NoceroMeg Nocero is a former Department of Homeland Security attorney. After 19 years of federal government service, she resigned to pursue her dream as a writer, inspirational speaker, a success coach, and attorney for justice.
After her mother's death to breast cancer, Meg's life changed more than she expected. In her book, Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through Grief (She Writes Press – will be released on September 7, 2021) Nocero takes us through her grieving process and a journey from Miami to the coveted El Camino Trail. Like a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, her process shows us how the pain of lo...
2021-08-251h 01Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between78. Humor Is My Grieving Tool- With Tawny Platis (*E)Tawny Platis has been a podcaster and comedian since 2017. Her podcast, Death Is Hilarious, was #10 on Scary Mommy’s 2021 list, “17 Of The Best Grief Podcasts To Help You ThroughThis Difficult Time.” Her comedy sketches have also been featured in publications like LADbible.
She is a sponsored streamer on the app Pococha and hosts funny, death centric game nights Sunday-Thursday on the app. She also works as a voice actor and has provided services for Similac, Emmis Communications on WIBC Indiana, Sawyer, and USA Today bestselling authors Anna Applegate and Angela Sanders. Before creating Death Is Hilarious, she created the comedy and hi...
2021-08-2151 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between77. I Would Run To Clear My Mind - With Jason Matu Green (*E)Jason Matu Green has become an industry insider developing and producing formats for both linear network and digital brand platforms. His innovative approach to story, look and feel can be seen on such television series as T-Pain’s School of Business, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, and his most recent series Circles & Squares.
In this candid conversation Jason talks about how it was to care for his first wife Damina, while she was living with cancer. He also shares how running helped him clear his mind to be able to be more present as her caretaker. We talk about her de...
2021-08-171h 24Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between76. Grief Dreams- With Dr. Joshua BlackDr. Joshua Black is a grief researcher, speaker, author, consultant, online course instructor, and host of the Grief Dreams Podcast. He has focused all of his MA and PhD research (in psychology) on investigating grief dreams and continuing bonds from many types of loss (including prenatal loss and pet loss). Most of his academic research and publications have specifically been on dreams of the deceased. Dr. Black is considered one of the leading academic experts in dreams after loss (also known as Grief Dreams). Due to the lack of academic research in this field, Dr. Black has focused his efforts...
2021-08-101h 09Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between75. Physical Embodiment Of Joy- With Kristina CunninghamKristina Cunningham shares her grief journey after the passing of her first born son Mason, who was 19 months. Mason was “the physical embodiment of Joy". Kristina was 10 weeks pregnant at the time of his passing and shares about her grief journey, as well as how her health was affected by her grief.
Kristina and her friend Steffanie Empey started their blogcast titled Sunflowers and Red Feathers in memory of each of their sons, Mason and Joshua. In their blogcast they share the struggles of child loss, and also share the joy and hope they have.
Listen to this interview and fe...
2021-08-031h 06Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between74. Hope Is Stronger Than Fear-With Christine Soutter SuauChristine Soutter Suau, is the founder and President of the WhyNotDevin Foundation to Ende DIPG, a non profit that raises money to provide financial and emotional support for families of children with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) brain tumors. Chirstine is also the founder of Meant to Bee ME, a motivational speaker, blogger and podgaster -SHE-nanigans with Christine & Jenn. She is a single mom to four boys. Devin, her youngest son, passed away in 2017 to DIPG, at the age of 6. He fought a courageous battle and made a huge impact on DIPG awareness. Christine faced her son’s challenges head on...
2021-07-2650 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between73. Be Patient, Be Persistent- With Katrina WellerOn this episode I chat with Katrina Weller. After experiencing the death of her mum at age 15, followed by the loss of four more relatives and her newborn nephew within a six year timeframe, Katrina became increasingly aware of the lack of conversation, discomfort and misunderstanding towards grief and loss.
She became a voice of advocacy within her own respective network and decided to extend this voice further through facilitation and workshops. Katrina now hosts the podcast "Grow with Grief" and is on a mission to make the uncomfortable, comfortable through conversation and storytelling.
Contact Katrina Weller: https://katrinapreislerweller.com/
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2021-07-171h 16Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between72. Keeping Their Legacy Alive- With Romy DevackRomy Devack started SINCERELY after working in the fashion industry for over a decade, as an expert consultant across celebrity and retail. When her father, Stephen Devack, passed away after a sudden bout with cancer in September 2014, she planned to tattoo his signature on her body as a way to honor his memory and keep a part of him with her at all times. Her mother, however, quickly shot down that idea with a fervent, maternal, “NO! No way!” and suggested a symbolic piece of jewelry instead.
Romy struggled to find the perfect everyday piece to honor her father, combing the...
2021-07-061h 11Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between71. Moving Forward Doesn't Mean Moving On- With Andy McCallAndy McCall is an international Self-Published Author of the book
"Pigtails and Steel", which can be found on Amazon. He is an Elementary School teacher as well as a High School Football coach. But the most important role he has in life, is being a dad and a devoted husband.
In this podcast we talk about his first born, Penelope Clair, she is his Why! Penelope was the light of his life. She had many different special needs, from Polymicrogyria, seizures, Schintzel Gideon Syndrome, and ultimately cancer, but that did not define her. Those were just parts of her that...
2021-06-291h 03Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between69. Kindness And Compassion- With Faith Fuller WilcoxFaith Fuller Wilcox believes that self-expression through writing leads to healing. Her writing is reflective of a growing body of medical research about “narrative identity,” which illuminates
that how we make sense of what happens to us and the meaning we give to experiences beyond our control directly impact our physical and psychological outcomes. Faith learned these truths firsthand when her thirteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer that took her life. Faith’s journey from grief and despair to moments of comfort and peace taught her life-affirming lessons, which she shares today through her writing. Faith is the...
2021-06-1448 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between68. Poetry, A Way To Bridge Connection- With Neil BeresinNeil D. Beresin is a counselor and interfaith chaplain, and specializes in helping individuals navigate the unstable and disorienting waters of grief and loss. Neil has worked with individuals and families in hospitals, hospice, nursing homes, schools, and private practice. Multiple lenses frame his practice, including the work of theologian Abraham Joshua Heschel, Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön, psychologists Francis Weller and Murray Bowen, Founding Director of the Zen Hospice Project, Frank Ostaseski, and the practice of mindfulness through poetry.
Neil sees deep listening and reverent attentiveness as a spiritual practice. He meets individuals where they are and focuses on...
2021-06-071h 02Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between67. Grief Has Taught Me To Slow Down- With OliviaOlivia shares her grief journey after the death of both her parents. Her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when Olivia was only 15. She was on remission for a few years and then it came back again when Olivia was living out of the country for college. She would travel back and forth from Munich to Rome, to take care of her mom when she was sick. Her mom died of cancer a few years after her diagnosis, that same year her father was diagnosed with a brain tumor the same year and died 2 years later.
Olivia’s parents were di...
2021-05-311h 11Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between66. Anticipatory Grief- With Abigail JohnstonAbigail Johnston is a daughter, mother, wife, and attorney who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in June of 2017, close on the heels of a early stage diagnosis in March of 2017. In reality, the breast cancer had already spread to Abigail's bones before she felt the lump in her breast. The first few months after her diagnosis were a whirlwind and full of many profound changes, but Abigail soon found her footing and started her blog "No Half Measures," where she talks about whatever comes to mind, within the lens of her Stage IV diagnosis. Abigail's boys, Liam and Malcolm...
2021-05-241h 02Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between65. Adjust And Reroute- With Rachel EngstromRachel Engstrom M.S.W., C.H.E.S has written a groundbreaking memoir/self-book on her experience as a young cancer wife then widow. With the increasing number of young women and men becoming widows/widowers due to not only cancer and serious illnesses, but also now Covid 19, this resource is needed more now than ever. Rachel shares her journey in a raw and honest way, while providing step by step resources to help you navigate your own journey. Never before has there been a combination of the personal grit of the healthcare journey, along with steps on how...
2021-05-1753 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between64.Claridad Sobre La Muerte Es Libertad Para La Vida- Con Camilo Russi - ESPAÑOLCamilo Russi es el fundador del Congreso Internacional de Cierre de Ciclos, el evento que, por primera vez en la historia, reunió 20,000 personas para hablar abiertamente sobre la muerte y aprender a vivir en paz duelos y cierres de ciclo.
Camilo es acompañante de duelo, guía de libertad personal, y líder en la educación sobre la muerte. Se entrenó como ingeniero, y hace más de una década se dedica al desarrollo humano. Hoy en día se especializa en revelar y reemplazar los patrones subconscientes que limitan tu experiencia de vida, incluyendo el hacer las paces...
2021-05-071h 02Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between63. A Year Of Crazy Dichotomy-With Carolina RavassaBorn in Cali, Colombia, Carolina Ravassa has appeared on The Affair opposite Dominic West, Mr. Robot with Bobby Cannavale & Rami Malek, and has done a few shorts with Reggie Watts. She produced, directed, and starred in the webseries Hispanglosaxon, which won an Imagen Award for Best Webseries. She is known for her voice work in the video games Overwatch (Sombra), Valorant (Raze), Grand Theft Auto V (Taliana Martinez), Max Payne III, Red Dead Redemption II, Just Cause 4 and voices on Big City Greens (Disney), Victor and Valentino (Cartoon Network), Loud House (Nickelodeon) and Netflix. She also worked on Step Up 3...
2021-05-021h 25Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between62. I Found My Voice- With Linzi MeadenLinzi Meaden lost her only sibling, Stuart, to suicide in June 2020. Totally unexpected and totally devastating for those left behind. To help with her grief, she has written a book “What Suicide Left Behind” due to be published on Amazon in May 2021, just shortly after their side by side birthdays, 28 & 29 April.
She has also created an online community for those grieving the loss of loved ones to suicide called “Paradisium” (which literally means “go into paradise”). The name came about because Stuart’s final online profile picture was changed to ‘escape to paradise’ on the day he went missing and Linzi finds solace...
2021-04-261h 07Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between61. Talking About Death Helps Normalize Grief- With Susan KendalSusan Kendal became a widow, 6 years ago. Her husband passed suddenly of an unexpected heart attack while getting ready for work. Grief does occur in different times and 6 weeks after she and her husband got married, at 18 and 21, her best friend & brother-in-law died. So, their kids actually grew up their entire lives knowing about death. Which she feels it was probably good in retrospect.
She also shares her grief experience a few years after she became a widow when her dad succumbed to cancer and heart disease and both her brothers died as well.
She initially started Evolve for Widows...
2021-04-231h 08Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between60. Stepping Out Of Our Comfort Zone And Fighting Our Fears- With Joan PoggioJoan Poggio is an independent filmmaker with over 20 years experience. Born and raised in Colombia, in 2004 he fell in love with Kenya while filming a series for Animal Planet Latin America. Since then he has lived in Nairobi with his family, and has travelled consistently around Africa telling unique and exciting stories.
Joan loves telling stories that depict the beauty, strength and contradiction of the human spirit, such as it the case of Kenyan warriors turned into marathon runners, Liberian environmental activists overturning their government, and young radicalized Muslim youth conflicted by their beliefs, to name a few. He enjoys...
2021-04-191h 28Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between59. Turning Pain Into Purpose- With Victoria MooreVictoria Moore became a widow in May 2019, after losing her husband Marcus to suicide. She never expected to be a widow at 37 and raise her 7 and 9 year old children on her own. Grieving the death of her husband was hard, but even harder was telling the children that their dad had died. In that moment she had to make a decision; Her children had lost their dad to suicide and she could not let them lose their mom to grief, so she had to set an example of how to grieve in a healthy way. She made a decision to...
2021-04-1248 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between58. Contar Mi Historia, Limpia Mi Alma- Con Ana Milena Carrasco (Español)Ana Milena Carrasco comparte con su historia de duelo después de la muerte de su madre. Ani vive en Estados Unidos, y pudo viajar a Colombia para estar con su madre en sus últimos días de vida. Al principio le era muy difícil compartir sobre su fallecimiento y revivir todas la emociones, pero a medida que pasa el tiempo, se ha dado cuenta que en realidad al contar su historia, limpia su alma.
Su duelo ha ido transformando a medida que Ani también ha incorporado diferentes herramientas para ayudarle en su proceso, incluyendo escuchar este podcast que l...
2021-04-0153 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between57. Helping Others Rise and Heal- With Jenn HeptonJennifer Hepton is a Conscious Life & Parenting Coach who works with women in their motherhood journey to move from a place of conditioning and overwhelm to mindfulness and consciousness. She is a pregnancy loss and grief awareness educator and supports women that have experienced infertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy and parenting after loss and trauma.
Jenn uses her knowledge and training of trauma, neuroscience, neurobiology and mindfulness to support women in their healing so that they can reconnect to their inner healer, wisdom and voice. She is a certified conscious parenting coach with Dr. Shefali and supports families to move away...
2021-03-2959 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between56. Widowed Not Alone- With Kathryn Monaco-DouglasKathryn Monaco-Douglas shares her journey of when she became a widow over 20 years ago when her husband Larry died, they had been married for over 19 years and had 3 kids. She had to learn how to do things on her own, because Larry used to take care of everything and was also the financial provider.
Kathryn started searching for bereavement groups, and found very few options for support. That is where she met Scott, her husband, who was a widower. After attending a few bereavement groups, she realized she could not listen to everyone's journey and take "their losses on top...
2021-03-2259 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between54. Shifting The Narrative- With Andrea FreemyerAndrea Freemyer, PhD- Self Love Coach, Body Connection Guide , and Breathwork Facilitator. Deeply committed to helping people walk through their shadows and alchemize their pain so that they can embody their light and reclaim their power. She is a self-love coach, body connection guide and Breathwork facilitator.
In her own words “I spent many years of my life as a high-functioning perfectionist and over-achiever. I went through some very painful experiences and did everything I could to avoid feeling through those things. I threw myself into getting an advanced education. I numbed with drugs and alcohol. On the outside, it ap...
2021-03-071h 08Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between53. Grief Birthed Me Into Who I Am Today- With Pixie LighthorsePixie Lighhorse is the author of the Prayers of Honoring series, “written to restore bonds between people and nature while healing interior patterning and spiritual/religious trauma. Lighthorse’s books of prayer, boundaries, and greater sources of inner peace and wisdom. She works with themes of restoration of voice, liberation of soul, and vitality of body. Earth and all living things are her inspiration. She is working on a collection of poetry due out later this year. Lighthorse resides in Northern Paiute territory in the Pacific Northwest, and is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.”
In our conversation we pri...
2021-03-041h 00Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between51. A Quest For A Cure- with Miguel SanchoMiguel Sancho (a former ABC producer)is the author of MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE: A Rare Disease, A family in Crisis, and the Cutting-Edge Medicine That Cured the Incurable. Listen to this candid and brutally honest conversation about how he and his wife Felicia Morton discovered that their son, Sebastian, had chronic granulomatous disease, CGD a deadly immune deficiency, and their quest to find a cure. We talk about his own personal crisis, primarily dealing with stress, and his search to find ways to navigate it, including meditation, therapy, and medication. In our conversation we also talk about the...
2021-02-271h 14Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between50. Navigating New Love After Loss - With Liz Hall and Dave DevineDave’s wife Sharon was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer shortly after their daughter was born, and she passed away a few short years after, in January 2019.
Liz’ s husband Bryan died suddenly of a heart attack in March 2019, he was only 36 years old. Their daughters were only 7 and 2 when their father died.
We talk about how they met and how they fell in love. How they have supported each other and their girls in this grief process as well as how they keep Shari and Bry’s memory alive in their home. Honoring their memory as well as knowing that t...
2021-02-221h 07Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between49. The Power Of Handwritten Letters- With Dara KurtzDara Kurtz is the creator of the popular blog crazyperfectlife.com, with over 180,000 followers from around the world. After going through breast cancer 6 1/2 years ago, she quit her job as a financial advisor, launched her blog, and wrote her first book Crush Cancer. Her second book just released, I am My Mother’s Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love, It is all about the connection between mothers and daughters, how the loss of her mom impacted her life, and how to be intentional about growing relationships to create a more meaningful life. Dara is a speaker, workshop leader, and co...
2021-02-1858 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between48. If You Can't Tell What Someone Needs, Ask Them! -With Dave GrammerDave received his Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy in 2011 from Pepperdine University, he has been a licensed therapist since 2017. He then worked in community mental health with adults battling homelessness and prolonged substance use. Dave worked with adolescents in residential treatment focusing on substance use and major mental health disorders from 2014-2019. In 2019 he founded Grammer Family Therapy. Dave believes therapy is a process that should be goal oriented, focused on solving the problems the individual is facing, and can be on and off depending on the needs of the individual.
Dave...
2021-02-151h 51Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between46. It's All About Supporting Others - with Cory BertischIn this episode I chat with Cory Bertisch, My Gym Enterprises Founding Partner & Chief Executive Officer, about how his company has handled all the hurdles that have come up in 2020 and 2021 ; How they supported their Franchisee's and how they created a live virtual platform as well as on demand classes for their customers.
From the very inception of My Gym Enterprises, Cory Bertisch has overseen all corporate operations including sales, employee development, franchisee training, company direction, expansion, and product conception and advancement. Cory’s background prior to establishing MGE includes extensive experience in the field of early childhood development, hands-on co...
2021-02-0137 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between44. All You Have To Do Is Pay Attention To The Signs - With Jen ZwinckJen Zwink shares with us her grief journey after becoming a widow. Their daughter was only two years old when this tragedy happened. Jen felt as is the world was closing in on her! She took a bold leap to move herself and Claire to a small Island in Turks and Caicos for some time. She needed space to sit with her grief, but also be in nature to help her heal. When she came back to her home in Louisiana she found a community of widows to help her through her grief journey.
It has been almost 10 years since...
2021-01-181h 26Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between43. Death Has Taught Me To Live and Love Fully - With Rabbi Steve LederRabbi Steve Leder- is the senior rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles. After receiving his degree in writing and graduating cum laude from Northwestern University, and spending time studying at Trinity College, Oxford University, Leder received a master's degree in Hebrew letters in 1986 and rabbinical ordination in 1987 from Hebrew Union College.
He is the author of several books: The Extraordinary Nature of Ordinary Things, More Money Than God: Living a Rich Life Without Losing Your Soul, the bestseller More Beautiful Than Before: How Suffering Transforms Us, and his most recent book, The Beauty of What Remains: How our...
2021-01-1449 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between42. Why NOT me? - With Cristela FowlerCristela Fowler shares her incredible journey with us. Her love story of how she met her husband Dave, as well as her grief journey of when he died from cancer. She became a widow and single mom to their son Noah, who was still a toddler.
She worked really hard to make sure she didn't lose herself in her grief and would lose the essence of who she was. It was already a tragedy that Noah would grow up without ever knowing his father, and she was not going to make that worst by not letting him get to know...
2021-01-111h 41Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between41. Freedom in Forgiveness - With Bobbi Jo HeagyBobbi Jo Heagy is a Certified Life Coach, she helps women tap into who they are. She helps them see the gifts that they have acquired by having gone through their own struggles and tap into their worth.
We talk about her own hardships, including being sexually abused as a child, and how this occurrence made her label herself as “bad” and not see her own worth. She had no idea who she was and thought there was something wrong with her, so she looked up every disorder, every disease because she was trying to “fix herself”. Until one day she sent...
2021-01-0449 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between40. Can't We Catch A Break? - With Shelby ForsythiaIn this conversation with Shelby Forsythia she shares about the “four years of hell’ that she and her family lived through, which in hindsight she is grateful for because it’s allowed her to understand others who experience grief.
They faced many different types of grief, one thing right after another, as if they could not catch a break! It all started when her dad lost his job, then shortly after he was diagnosed with two brain aneurisms. Not too long after that Shelby shared with her family that she was gay, which tested their relationship. Then her mom was diagno...
2020-12-211h 07Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between39. In My Heart I Already Knew -With Amber HarrisAmber Harris shares her grief journey after the sudden death of her best friend Samantha. This was her first time experiencing this much pain. Her friend Mathew was her rock and support during her grief.
Their friendship developed into a romantic one, but due to having a long distance relationship, it ended but their friendship remained. Some time later Amber had a dream in which Mathew had come to visit her. She woke of the next morning and got a call from a friend saying Mathew had died. In her heart she already knew! He had said goodbye to her...
2020-12-1446 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between36. Trauma and Triggers - With Genell GormanIn this episode with Genell Gorman, we talk about childhood trauma and how it can show up in different ways later in life. We also talk about how to handle triggers.
Here is Genell's bio in her own words:
"While growing up I experienced abandonment, trauma and loss that followed me throughout my early adult life until it all came to a head in my mid 20’s.
Through a very painful break up, my awakening was brought on. All of the pain from my past came to the surface. One of them being my father's passing from when I was ju...
2020-11-1650 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between34. Processing Grief Through Songwritting - With Hope LittwinHope Littwin is composer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Her newest song release “Hollow” is an exploration of how childhood trauma affects us once it is triggered and awakened later in life. Recently she has been leading virtual songwriting courses to teach people how to tell their story through music.
We talk about her songwritting process and talk about many themes but in particular how to use songrwritting as a tool to process grief. She shares with us about how she translates her emotions into music, and about her creative process.
In this episode we also talk about how music can be a...
2020-11-021h 08Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between33. Learning To Embrace Happiness Amidst Grief - With Autumn Toelle-Jackson"Autumn Toelle-Jackson has lived a life of love and loss, filled with happiness and marked by tragedy. Labels are too simple, but they do have meaning and they do tell part of her story: wife, widow, mother, survivor. The loss of a husband, a beloved cousin and mentor, and her daughter have left scars on her soul and memorial tattoos on her body, but Autumn learned to grow through it all.
She found love and reasons to get up each day until those days strung into weeks, then months, then years. Autumn wrote "Boldly into the Darkness: Living with Loss...
2020-10-261h 42Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between32. In Joy there Is Strength -With Glory SalasGlory Salas, a mom of 3 beautiful children, shares with us her heartbreaking story . Her 5 year old daughter, Kassidy Grace, suffered a tragic accident that took her life.
Her story is one of love, resilience, and faith! It is her faith in God and the love and support of her family and friends that has helped her and her family in their grief journey. She also shares how joy and laughter give her strength, and how the biggest lesson she's learned is to live life to the fullest!
Contact Glory Salas: https://www.instagram.com/gloryjeanne__/
Contact Kendra Rinaldi to be...
2020-10-191h 21Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between31. Finding Your Own Inner Voice Of Wisdom- With Gail GallagherGail Gallagher is a Chicago-based improv music director, performer, teacher, songwriter, and composer whose lyric-driven songs reflect on the highs and lows of life with a witty and vulnerable twist.
Gail’s debut album Power of the Unnamed Passion (release date October 23, 2020) is a musical theatre folk rock journey about those moments in life when everything falls apart and you learn to make new meaning.
In this episode Gail shares her grief journey after her mom died of cancer, and the role composing music has played in her grieving process.
Contact Gail Gallagher
Website www.gailgallaghermusic.com
Bandcamp https://gailgallagher.ba...
2020-10-121h 10Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between29. Standing In The Ashes Of Your Life- With Angela Gentile *EAngela Gentile shares with us her journey of grief after the death of her father from an aneurism. When her dad died she was in a very unhappy and unfulfilled place in her life and felt she was not living in alignment with who she was. After her dad died she was standing in the ashes of her life and had to do multiple 360’s to create the life she was meant to live. A life that would become also a way to honor her father’s memory, because she did not want his death to be in vain.
Since then...
2020-09-281h 03Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between22. Grieving Someone Of Whom I Have No Memories Of. -With Lindsay Joy TaylorLindsay Joy Taylor, MACP, is a grief advocate and founder of The Joyful Jewelry Box. Lindsay's mom died when she was just an infant so now she works to keep her mother's memory alive by serving other bereaved people with community grief support and her remembrance jewelry line. She also writes and speaks to normalize and raise awareness about grief, loss, and trauma.
Contact and Follow Lindsay : https://www.bit.ly/tjjbnews
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2020-08-101h 30Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between19. Pivot With Purpose - With DelRae MesserDelRae Messer shares with us her journey from farm girl to Chiropractor and now being a multi-million dollar entrepreneur, all while raising her two girls as a single mom.
We talk about the many skills and tools she used to help her grow through each transition and hardship in her life, and use those challenges to Pivot With Purpose! She now teaches others these skills and trains for thousands on the subject.
If you've ever wanted to change your career but have been to afraid to take the leap, listen to DelRae on this podcast, and follow her on IG...
2020-07-2047 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between18. This Experience Cracked Me Wide Open! - With Amber OnstineAmber shares her very personal and vulnerable journey of grief after the sudden death of her brother to suicide. She shares about the hard times their family has gone through in this journey, but also the tools they've used in their grieving process. There have been many "tender mercies" in their grief, and this experience also cracked her wide open!
Amber Onstine: FB Amber Witt Onstine IG @amberonstine
Music: www.oneplanetmusic.com IG
Production: Carlos Andres Londono
Kendra Rinaldi: www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com
2020-07-131h 18Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between7. Breaking The Cycle Of Generations-With Dr. Valerie GershenhornIn this Episode Dr. Valerie Gershenhorn shares about the passing of her mom, 10 years after she was diagnosed with cancer. She also shares the lessons she learned in that journey about breaking the cycle of generations. Listen as she shares her story and how that experience also impacted the way she practices medicine.
Dr. Valerie Gershenhorn FB @valerienozad
Music Composition- www.rinaldisound.net
Editing- Carlos Andres Londono (aka.. My husband)
Get in touch with Kendra Rinaldi: www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com
IG and FB @griefgratitudepodcast
2020-05-0457 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between6. Resilience and Grit!- With Kim AliprantisKim Aliprantis shares with us several life changing events in her life that caused her grief. An how the resilience and grit that she learned from her grandparents, who were Holocaust survivors, helped her in her grieving process when they passed away as well as her outlook in life.
Get in touch with Kim Aliprantis on IG @aliprantiskim and on FB Kim Aliprantis.
Music Composition by www.rinaldimusic.net
Get in touch Kendra Rinaldi: @griefgratitudepodcast on IG and FB
www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com
2020-04-2751 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between5. Victim or Victor: The Choice Is Yours! - With SaraMae HollandsworthSaraMae Hollandsworth is an athlete who lost her feet but gained more than she could ever imagine! She made a choice to be a Victor and not a Victim! Listen to her journey and feel inspired by her perseverance, patience, determination and above all FAITH!
Find out more about SaraMae: www.saramae.co or IG @thesaramae
Music: www.rinaldisound.net
Get In Touch with Kendra Rinaldi:
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IG @griefgratitudepodcast
2020-04-2059 minGrief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between2. Part 1: Grief through the eyes of a child - with Daniel RinaldiIn this candid chat with my brother Daniel Rinaldi, he shares his journey of experiencing the death of our sister, when he was only 7 years old,. He also shares his process of grief and mourning and the tools that have helped him.
Links: Background music created by www.rinaldisound.net
Daniel Rinaldi on IG @oneplanetmusic.fm or www.oneplanetmusic.com
Video that Daniel did in honor of our sister Zorana https://youtu.be/sh15lR2eSN0
Quotes mentioned in the interview come from the Baha'i writings. For more information about the Baha'i Faith www.bahai.org
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