Getting Real with Grief

About Getting Real with Grief

Welcome to Getting Real with Grief, the podcast that provides tools and tips for supporting yourself and others through hard times. GRWG also normalizes sharing our stories of loss while showcasing the ways that grief can become a catalyst for creating positive change in the world. Join Randi Cutler Hall on this journey as we navigate the challenges and the beauty that accompany the grieving experience.

Publisher

Randi of Realness Rising

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Apr 2024

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

37 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Opening a Relationship: The Good and the Grief

   Opening a relationship can be a meaningful, exciting choice, and there can still be parts of that change to grieve. In this episode, Randi is joined by Jess Williams, a relationship specialist who works with individuals, couples, and polycules navigating non-monogamy. Together, they explore how to make room for both the possibilities you’re choosing and the things you may miss along the way. They talk about getting honest about your “why,” what to know as you open your relationship, and why “just close it” isn’t always the answer when grief or hurt shows up. From “hard nos” to “sacred nos,” Jess shares insights on boundaries and grief practices to support you through the transition. It’s a conversation about honoring loss within something good, without assuming that grief means you’ve made the wrong choice. Learn more about Jess' practice and website: www.oakevergreentherapy.com (https://www.oakevergreentherapy.com/)

2. 

   3 Sept 2026

   The Willow Womb: My Traveling Grief Sanctuary

   On this episode, Randi shares about her art installation, a portable grief sanctuary called the Willow Womb. She tells the story behind its creation, explores why she felt called to bring it to life, and describes how it embodies the change she wishes to see in the world around grief tending, ceremony, and intentional endings. Part immersive artwork, part community ritual space, the Willow Womb invites people to step out of the noise and into a softer, slower relationship with grief. Visitors can enter the sanctuary to rest, remember, create, contribute to the community altar, leave memorial offerings, honor someone or something they have lost, or simply spend time in the presence of what they are carrying. Randi shares what it means to bring a traveling grief sanctuary into festivals, burns, and community spaces, making room for sorrow in places devoted to connection, creativity, and aliveness. She reflects on the power of creating accessible spaces where grief does not need to be fixed, hidden, or carried alone, and offers a glimpse into her larger vision for a culture in which our losses, transitions, and endings are met with greater intention, imagination, and communal care. Learn more about the Willow Womb here (https://www.realnessrising.com/willow-womb)

3. 

   23 Jul 2026

   The Road to Hope Through Difficult Discourse: Discussing Division in Jewish Identity

   In this episode Randi speaks with Yakir Englander about finding hope and direction when two sides are at odds. In this episode, they discuss the sensitive subject matter of Jewish identity and the ways that current Israeli Palestinian politics have shifted the landscape of Judaism. Dr. Yakir Englander is the Senior National Director of Leadership programs at the Israeli-American Council. He also teaches at the AJR (a rabbinical school) in NY. Originally from the Hasidic community of Israel, Englander obtained his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem in Jewish philosophy and gender studies. He is a Fulbright scholar and was a visiting professor of Religion at Northwestern and Rutgers Universities, the Shalom Hartman Institute and Harvard Divinity School. Englander’s books about body, gender and sexuality in the Ultra-Orthodox and Zionist-Orthodox communities have changed the discourse on sexuality and gender inside the Jewish religious societies in Israel. After leaving Orthodoxy, Yakir was drafted to the Israeli military, spending most of his service in an elite unit tasked with the identification of human remains. As a result of his service, he joined as a director at Kids4Peace, an interfaith youth movement in Jerusalem and other cities in North America.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

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