Pretty and Painful is a podcast about grief, grace, and showing up anyway. Hosted by B, this is a space for honest conversations about loss, healing, and finding beauty in the middle of the hard things — with heart, humor, and a little sass. Real life, real feelings, and the reminder that healing doesn’t have to be quiet or perfect.
Pieces of her Episode 1 : A Life Collected along the way
Pieces of Her: A Life Collected Along the Way
What if the things we hold onto aren’t really things at all?
In this first episode of Pieces of Her, Bailey takes a tender, sometimes funny, occasionally morbid look at the art of holding on when grief tells you to let go.
A grandpa’s jacket tucked safely in a Ziplock bag. A cake pan. Japanese floral china. A pumpkin dish from QVC holding Aunt Judi’s ashes—and her car keys, just in case she decides she needs to go somewhere.
Because grief has a funny way of making ordinary things sacred.
Bailey talks about the people she’s lost, the pieces of them she carries, and the ways they continue to live through her—in her baking, her stories, her love of jewelry, her desire to help others, and even the coffee drips on the kitchen counter.
“Maybe I’m a hoarder. But I hoard so much more than things.”
This is a story about memory, grief, faith, and the beautiful mess of becoming who we are from everyone we’ve ever loved.
Because sometimes we aren’t holding onto the thing.
We’re holding onto the connection.
And maybe a life isn’t built all at once.
Maybe it’s collected along the way.
🤍 Pretty & Painful Where grief & joy sit at the same table.
24 Aug 2026
Episode 40: Still Shining Silver
🥄 New episode: Still Shining Silver 🥄
My grandma taught me to shine silver at her kitchen sink… platters, trays, butter dishes, the whole nine. Now every piece of silver I touch is a memory of her.
This one’s about the grief nobody talks about — the ones left behind. She grieves different than me… quieter, steadier, decades of practice. Doesn’t mean she loves less. Doesn’t mean she doesn’t care. It just means Grandmas know things the rest of us are still learning.
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11 Aug 2026
Episode 39: Too Young for Goodbye
Some children learn multiplication tables.
Some learn how to ride a bike.
Some learn what it means to say goodbye.
In this week’s episode of Pretty & Painful, I’m sharing the story of two childhood friends, Dugan and Alyssa, whose lives forever shaped my own. Looking back, I realize my relationship with grief didn’t begin as an adult—it began in an elementary school classroom.
We’ll talk about childhood loss, the ways grief quietly follows us into adulthood, and how I spent years trying to fill the spaces that loss leaves behind.
This episode isn’t just about death.
It’s about the little girl who learned grief before she understood it.
If you experienced loss at a young age, I hope this conversation reminds you that you’re not alone. Your story matters, your grief is valid, and healing is possible.
Pull up a chair…
Or maybe today, pull up a school desk.
Because around here, grief and joy still sit at the same table.
🎙️ Episode 39: Too Young for Goodbye
Available now on Pretty & Painful.
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