If you are grieving, you do not have to walk this road alone.
The Catholic Grief Podcast is a faith-filled companion for Catholics navigating loss of any kind — the death of a spouse, a child, a parent, or the quiet grief of a life that no longer looks the way you expected. Here, we bring our sorrow honestly to the Cross, trusting that Christ meets us in the midst of our pain.
As a Catholic woman, I speak to you not only as someone who is rooted in the Church, but also as someone who has walked through profound loss in more than one season of life. I know the questions. I know the silence. I know the long road of rebuilding.
This is not a space for quick fixes or easy answers. It is a place for real grief, faithful teaching, and steady hope grounded in Christ and His Church.
Through Scripture, Catholic wisdom, and practical encouragement, we learn how to carry sorrow with Jesus and discover that suffering is never wasted in Him.
You are welcome here.
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Jenny Burba
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education · health & fitness · religion & spirituality
Grief Triggers, Family Boundaries & Catholic Grief Coaching with Nichole Haugen S2E4
Send us Fan Mail Grief doesn’t only affect how we feel. It can change our relationships, catch us off guard through unexpected triggers, and leave us wondering how we are supposed to move forward when everything feels different. In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, I’m welcoming Catholic grief coach Nichole Haugen back to the podcast. This time, we’re going deeper into what grief coaching actually looks like and how it can help someone learn to carry grief without ignoring or suppre...
10 Sept 2026
What Is Creative Resilience? Processing Grief When Words Aren’t Enough S2E3
Send us Fan Mail What do you do with grief when you don't have the words to explain what you're feeling? In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, Jenny introduces Creative Resilience, the faith-centered approach that grew out of her own experiences with grief and creativity. She explores how the creative process can help us recognize what we're carrying, reflect on what comes to the surface, and bring those discoveries into prayer. You'll also be invited to try a simple Creative Resilie...
2 Sept 2026
Catholic Grief After Child Loss: Trusting God & Our Lady of Sorrows | Eileen Tully S2E2
Send us Fan Mail What happens when grief doesn't just break your heart, but shakes the way you understand God? In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, Jenny sits down with Catholic speaker, writer, grief coach, and Those Who Mourn Magazine creator Eileen Tully for an honest conversation about child loss, complicated grief, faith, and learning to trust God when His answer is not the one we prayed for. Eileen shares the heartbreaking story of losing her identical twin daughters, one foll...
25 Aug 2026
Returning After a Break: Grief, Faith, and Moving Forward S2E1
Send us Fan Mail Season 2 of The Catholic Grief Podcast is here. After an unplanned summer break, Jenny Burba returns to reflect on what it means to step away, come back, and keep moving forward when life does not go according to plan. In this welcome-back episode, Jenny shares why returning to something after a pause can feel surprisingly difficult and how that experience mirrors so much of the grief journey. Our capacity changes. Our needs change. Grief changes us. But taking a break does n...
2 Jul 2026
Widow’s Fire: Catholic Widowhood, Intimacy, and Remarriage E11
Send us Fan Mail In this honest and compassionate episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, Jenny Burba talks about a tender topic that is well known in the widow community but rarely discussed in Catholic circles: widow’s fire. When a spouse dies, a widow grieves more than the person she loved. She also grieves the loss of affection, physical closeness, marital intimacy, and the sacred bond of covenant marriage. Jenny shares openly about the fear, shame, desire, and confusion that can come with...
18 Jun 2026
The First Moments of Widowhood: Grief, Dating After Loss, and Giving Yourself Grace E10
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, Jenny Burba shares from her own experience about the first moments of widowhood and the emotions that can follow when life changes in an instant. Jenny talks honestly about the fog, anger, memories, loneliness, dreams, dating after loss, judgment from others, and the pressure widows can feel to grieve according to someone else’s expectations. She also reflects on the importance of support, prayer, journaling, spiritual guidance, ...
28 May 2026
Losing Both Parents and Finding God in the Grief with Catholic Grief Coach Nichole Haugen E9
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when grief comes in layers — loss after loss after loss, with no time to catch your breath? In this episode, I sit down with Nichole Haugen, a Catholic grief coach and former hospice nurse who knows that question from the inside out. Her story is heavy, her faith is honest, and what she shares about bringing your anger to God might be exactly what you need to hear today. Find Nichole at catholicgriefcoach.com — she offers a free grief consultation to anyone who...
14 May 2026
How Blessed Am I: Grieving the Loss of a Parent with Theresa Matters E8
Send us Fan Mail What happens when the person who has always been your rock is suddenly gone? In this episode, I sit down with Theresa Matters, a certified Catholic mindset coach, speaker, and retreat facilitator inspired by Saint Therese of Lisieux. Theresa shares the story of losing her father, Deacon Randy Matters, suddenly on Mother's Day, the day before his birthday, after only four days in the hospital. He was sixty years old. Theresa opens up about the layers of loss she was navi...
6 May 2026
The Day My World Shattered: Losing my Husband E7
Send us Fan Mail There is a specific kind of grief that comes when you lose the person you were supposed to grow old with. It is not just sadness. It is disorientation. It is your world being turned upside down. In this episode, I share the story of losing my husband Shawn to COVID in October 2021. From the morning we drove to the ER, to the 20 days he spent on a ventilator, to the early hours of October 23rd when I drove to the hospital alone in the rain, praying my rosary, knowing what I wa...
29 Apr 2026
A Note From Me — And a Few Things About Widowhood
Send us Fan Mail Episode 7 is coming — and it's taking a little longer than planned, because some stories deserve more than just getting through them. In this short episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on why recording the story of losing my husband Shawn has been harder than I expected, and why I think that's actually okay. I also share a few honest reflections on widowhood — what it really does to your identity, why it's so exhausting in ways people don't always talk about, and why it does...
14 Apr 2026
The Grief That Changed Me Forever: Losing My Son Max | The Catholic Grief Podcast (E6)
Send us Fan Mail December 7th, 2014 is a date that divided my life into a clear before and after. In this deeply personal episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, I share the story of losing my son Maximilian Isaac — a late-term pregnancy loss at 19 weeks and 3 days — and how that grief shaped my faith, my marriage, and ultimately my calling to walk with others through loss. I talk openly about the moments most people don't share: the cold hospital room away from the mothers with living babies,...
8 Apr 2026
Where Is God in Grief? When God Feels Distant After Loss (E5)
Send us Fan Mail One of the hardest parts of grief isn’t just the loss… It’s the silence. The moments where you pray… but it feels quiet. Where you reach for God… and don’t feel anything in return. In this episode, we talk about what it means when God feels distant in grief. Not from a place of perfect answers… but from lived experience. You’ll hear: Why grief can change how we experience God The difference between what we feel and what is true &n...
3 Apr 2026
Who Am I After Loss? Rebuilding Your Identity Through Grief E4
Send us Fan Mail After loss… have you ever felt like you don’t recognize yourself anymore? Grief doesn’t just change your life. It changes how you see who you are. In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, we explore identity after loss… the tension between who you were and who you are now becoming. Together, we talk about: • Losing roles and sense of self • The weight of identity shifts in grief • Why you are not meant to go back to who you were • God’s unc...
2 Apr 2026
What Grief Really Feels Like: Understanding Emotions After Loss E3
Send us Fan Mail Grief doesn’t just feel like sadness. Sometimes it feels like nothing. Sometimes it feels like everything… all at once. In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, we explore what grief actually feels like… and why your emotions may not look the way you expected. Together, we talk about: • Numbness and emotional disconnection • Overwhelm and shifting emotions • Anger, guilt, and the “what ifs” • Feeling like a stranger to yourself • Why ...
2 Apr 2026
When Grief Begins: The Moment Everything Changes After Loss E2
Send us Fan Mail When did your grief begin? Not just the event… but the moment everything changed. In this episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, we explore the true beginning of grief. The quiet, often unspoken moment where something shifts inside of you… and life no longer feels the same. Through personal reflection and faith, we talk about: • The “moment of shift” in grief • Shock, confusion, and emotional disorientation • Why grief unfolds the way it does • G...
2 Apr 2026
Trailer: Welcome to The Catholic Grief Podcast, the why behind the Podcast
Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your world falls apart… and God feels silent? At 3:25am, in the middle of a storm and a heartbreak I could not stop, I whispered the only prayer I had left… God, where are You? Welcome to The Catholic Grief Podcast. I’m Jenny Burba, a Catholic remarried widow, mother of thirteen, and a woman who has lived through profound loss. This is a podcast for those navigating grief, loss, widowhood, and seasons where faith feels fragile. Here, we bring our gri...
2 Apr 2026
My Story of Grief and Faith: From Loss to Hope E1
Send us Fan Mail Have you ever looked at your life and realized it looks nothing like you thought it would? In this first episode of The Catholic Grief Podcast, I share my personal story of grief… from becoming a teenage mother, to pregnancy loss, to losing my husband to COVID and becoming a widow with ten children. This is where my journey begins. And it is why this podcast exists. Through every season of loss, I have come to see one truth: God is close to the brokenhearted… even...
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