Grief is such an overpowering emotion especially after losing someone so close to you. It can take months, years, even decades to "get back to normal" (if that's even possible) after experiencing a significant loss. This podcast was created to help you move through and release the emotions allowing you to heal the hurt and begin living again. Listen in as I chat with medical professionals, grief workers and people who have first-hand experience in losing a loved one, what their experience has been and what they did to help heal themselves and those around them. Life isn't always sunshine and rainbows... but I believe there is always a silver lining, if you're willing to look.
65 Delia Colantuono: Delia Colantuono: Life is a Journey, and Grief is the Most Challenging of All
Delia is a born traveler, and spent her childhood journeying all over the globe with her parents. It was during the planning stages of a grand trip to South America that her father, who she already had a challenging relationship with, found out he had advanced lung cancer. In just a few short months, he would be gone… and Delia would feel a world of regret.While loving her dad deeply, Delia did not have the capacity in her father’s last weeks of life to express her feelings of affection and gratitude. This missed opportunity became a quest to heal from not only words unsaid, but from the wounds of a dysfunctional parent/child relationship. Through various forms of therapy, including somatic therapy to connect her mind and body, Delia has been able to find peace after years of feeling incalculable loss.Now as a full time professional solo nomad and travel content creator/coach, Delia travels the globe inspired with the same sense of adventure her parents - especially her father - instilled in her. She now can honor her father’s memory by sitting with her sadness, laugh while recalling a funny moment, or just rejoice in her extraordinary life he helped create. She has learned she doesn’t have to suffer through her grief, even as it is omnipresent in her life. Because grief is just part of life’s overall journey, and holds beauty in its lessons of loss.ResourcesSuicide Hotline: 1(800) 273-8255 or text 988Hospice & Community Care: (717) 735-9661Cope Foundation: https://copefoundation.org/grief-resources/A Walk With Faith: Surviving the Death of a Child: https://faiths.me/awalkwithfaith Connect With Delia & FaithDelia Colantuono:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/delia-colantuono-1b126812a/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delia_co/ Faith Sage:FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/faith.sageWebsite: www.faithsage.netThe Healing Huddle: www.healinghuddle.com
3 Feb 2025
64 Beth Erlander: Grieving What Was & Loving What Is
Life was going in a positive direction for Beth in 2012 — she and her partner were even contemplating parenthood. But everything literally turned upside down when her significant other Michael broke his neck in a nighttime mountain biking accident, paralyzing him from the neck down. While he survived, the aftermath would be life altering.In an instant, Beth’s world shifted from that of being one half of an able-bodied couple, to that of grieving caregiver, trying desperately to navigate a new reality that was overwhelming and perplexing at the same time. The support groups and resources she discovered were all rooted in grief surrounding the passing of a loved one… not the grief you experience when a tragic accident transforms your life into one you don’t recognize.What resulted from that day was a complete shift in the trajectory Beth’s life would take. Already a licensed counselor, Beth began to explore multiple therapeutic options such as elemental, shamanic, animist, and ancestral honoring and grieving modalities. Beth’s journey wasn’t just about grieving the life she and her partner knew and the future they thought they would have… it’s about doing a deep dive into life itself and embracing perceivably catastrophic changes to “love what is” even when it’s out of our control.Today, Beth is a self-described “grief friend” who has a mission to help others lost in grief empower themselves with knowledge, compassion and coping tools. Through her specialized training in traditional counseling, creative grief support, art therapy, EMDR practice and other methods of healing, Beth hopes to act as a sherpa for those who need a caring, guiding hand to find their way back to themselves. She is also an author, with her book “Life Upside Down: The Fall That Transformed Our Lives, Lifting Me Through Grief, Love & Quadriplegia” available on Amazon.ResourcesSuicide Hotline: 1(800) 273-8255 or text 988Hospice & Community Care: (717) 735-9661Cope Foundation: https://copefoundation.org/grief-resources/A Walk With Faith: Surviving the Death of a Child: https://faiths.me/awalkwithfaith Connect With Beth & FaithBeth Erlander:Amazon book: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Upside-Down-Transformed-Quadriplegia-ebook/dp/B0CHN8SLLF/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freebetinaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/beth_erlander_grief_friend/ Website: https://betherlander.com/about-beth/ Faith Sage:FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/faith.sageWebsite: www.faithsage.netThe Healing Huddle: www.healinghuddle.com
27 Jan 2025
63 Desiree Doucet: Finding Sparks of Joy While Navigating Grief & Change
Desiree had just gone through a divorce when her mother received a devastating diagnosis of ALS in 2016. Describing her mom as “super awesome,” roles were reversed when Desiree had to take on the role of caregiver for her mom, who had always been a devoted, doting parent meeting her family’s every need. Medical appointments, physical disability and the stresses of everyday coping were hard. It was the comical moments, peppered throughout her journey, that made her impending grief manageable… like when her mom hid a hot dog in her purse for lunch during a medical appointment, oblivious to the opinions of everyone around her.Before her mother passed, Desiree and her sister arranged for a “living memorial” where close friends and family members could come and celebrate her mom’s birthday with incredible fanfare. At this point in her illness, Desiree’s mother was unable to speak, but communicated that it was “beyond anything she could have imagined” for a life celebration. And when the time came to plan her mom’s funeral, special touches like a butterfly release and “Amazing Grace” sung in Cajun French made the milestone of saying goodbye even more meaningful.Through her experiences, Desiree found her true calling – helping people navigate tough transitions with acceptance, joy and with reclaimed empowerment. She is now a practicing life coach and grief educator, showing her clients that while the only constant in life is change, it’s how we choose to adapt and process change that will determine our ability to still find all the silver linings life has to offer.ResourcesSuicide Hotline: 1(800) 273-8255 or text 988Hospice & Community Care: (717) 735-9661Cope Foundation: https://copefoundation.org/grief-resources/A Walk With Faith: Surviving the Death of a Child: https://faiths.me/awalkwithfaith Connect With Desiree & FaithDesiree Doucet:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/desireedoucetcoach Website: https://desireedoucet.com/about/ Faith Sage:FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/faith.sageWebsite: www.faithsage.netThe Healing Huddle: www.healinghuddle.com
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