Giving Grief Grace
Giving Grief Grace is a heartfelt podcast offering a safe space where stories of love, loss, light, and healing are shared with compassion and empathy. In each episode, honest conversations woven with nurturing insights create a safe haven, fostering a community of support where sorrow is met with kindness, and the path to healing is approached with utmost care, respect, and love.
Episodes
36 episodes
Episode 34 - The Holiday Hangover: Grief, Reflection, and Finding Joy After Christmas
After weeks of anticipation, celebration, and emotional effort, the holidays end and for those who are grieving, the quiet that follows can feel overwhelming. In this solo episode of Giving Grief Grace, Lisa reflects on the often-unspo...
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Episode 34
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16:54
Episode 33 - Grieving Through the Holidays (Week 4): Gratitude & Grief
As we arrive at the final week of the Grieving Through the Holidays Advent journey, we turn toward a powerful truth: gratitude can coexist with grief.In this episode, Lisa reflects on how grief is not something to “move past,” b...
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Episode 33
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15:25
Episode 32 - Grieving Through the Holidays (Week 3): Legacy & Creating New Memories
In Week 3 of the Grieving Through the Holidays Advent series, Lisa invites the community to shift from remembrance and fully embracing emotions into a sense of renewal. After honoring our loved ones in Week 1 and holding space for our ...
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Episode 32
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10:19
Episode 31 - Grieving Through the Holidays (Week 2): Feel & Hold Space
In Week 2 of our Grieving Through the Holidays Advent Series, we move from honoring memories to fully feeling what is bubbling up inside.Our focus is about feeling the feelings and holding space for where ...
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Episode 31
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13:21
Episode 30 - Grieving Through the Holidays (Week 1): Honor & Remember
The holidays are tough. Add grief to the mix and life can get a bit complicated. We get it - we're there too, sitting alongside you on this grief journey. Welcome to Giving Grief Grace's "Grieving Through the Holidays
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Episode 30
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21:47
Episode 29 - Finding Support Through Grief: Navigating Work, Parenting, and Identity After Loss
This week, we explore what it means to navigate grief while juggling work, caregiving, motherhood, and identity shifts. Sarah Kagan of Keriah Grief Coaching shares the story of losing her mother to ...
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Episode 29
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42:10
Episode 28 - Grief Through the Holidays: Ideas, Rituals, and Support for the Hard Days
The holidays can feel overwhelming when you’re grieving. In this episode, we are joined by Walker Posey, a fourth-generation funeral director at Posey Funeral Directors and National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) spokesperson known for bl...
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Episode 28
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47:12
Episode 27 - Running with Purpose: My NYC Marathon with Project Purple and the Power of Community
In this solo episode, Lisa shares her experience of training for and running the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon with Project Purple. At ten months postpartum, she took to the streets of NYC on a perfect marathon day, raising awar...
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Episode 27
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24:09
Episode 26 - Grief, Legacy, and Literacy: How Loss Shaped an Educator’s Mission to Help People Read
Former teacher and principal, and current K–12 literacy director, Katie Megrian has spent over two decades working in schools. She founded The Reading Symphony, a mission-driven platform that helps families and educators understand how reading ...
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Episode 26
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Episode 25 - Grief in the Digital Age: Dr. Camelia Clarke on Social Media Etiquette and Setting Boundaries After Loss
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Camelia Clarke — owner of Paradise Memorial Funeral and Cremation Services, National Funeral Director Association (NFDA) spokesperson, and grief et...
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Episode 25
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46:59
Episode 24 - Living Fully with Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer: The Freedom of Letting Go
When stage 4 ovarian cancer came back for the third time, Melanie Ezell made a radical decision—to stop fighting and start living. A surfer, yogi, nutritionist, and coach in Oahu, Hawaii, Melanie has turned her diagnosis into a ...
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Episode 24
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54:22
Episode 23 - Soul Echoes: Finding Comfort and Connection After Death Through a Spiritual Medium
This week we sit down with Trish Riggle, a fifth-generation intuitive and spiritual medium who has been connecting with spirits for over twenty years. Trish opens up about what it means to carry that lineage—how she first recognized her ...
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Episode 23
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58:19
Episode 22 - From Soviet Silence to Soulful Healing: A Refugee’s Journey to Inner Peace After Lymphatic Cancer
Born Jewish in the former Soviet Union, Diana Esther grew up in a world where faith was forbidden and smiles were rare—she didn’t see a real smile until her late teens.Fleeing as a refugee with her parents and only three suitcases, she s...
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Episode 22
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Episode 21 - Breaking Through the Dark: Redefining Self After a Near-Death Experience (NDE)
Dawn Christensen’s life has been defined by resilience and reinvention. Born without breath, surviving a near-death experience (NDE) after a car accident, living with chronic illness, and still finding her way back to the light—Dawn embodies wh...
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Episode 21
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Episode 20 - A Sacred Passage: Shamanic Journeying Through Loss and Light
This week we sit down with Rachel Fitzpatrick, a yoga teacher, creator, and host of The FitZen Project Podcast. Rachel shares her life-changing experience of taking her grandmother’s hand and walking her home during a sha...
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Episode 20
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47:23
Episode 19 - Senior Living Made S.I.M.P.L.E.™: Shari Ross on Caregiving, Community, and Courage
Navigating senior living decisions can feel overwhelming—whether you’re noticing red flags with loved ones' health, living situation, or wellbeing, avoiding challenging family conversations, or feeling guilt around choosing the best affordable ...
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Episode 19
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51:34
Episode 18 - What Happens After? Author Diane Namm on Love, Loss, and Healing on Your Own Time
This week we sit down with Diane Namm—author of 65 books to discuss the release of her new book:What Happens After? Together we explore love, loss, and how healing from grief takes as long as it takes. Diane shares her extr...
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Episode 18
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42:49
Episode 17 - Building a Roadmap of Hope for Pancreatic Cancer with Dino Verrelli of Project Purple
This week we sit down with Dino Verrelli, Founder and CEO of Project Purple, a leading nonprofit dedicated to fighting pancreatic cancer. Inspired by his father’s pancreatic cancer journey, Dino turned grief into purpose by creating a co...
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Episode 17
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55:47
Episode 16 - How to Survive Caregiving: 5 Practical Tips to Ease Stress and Overwhelm
Caregiving can feel like too much to carry — the constant demands, the emotional weight, and the exhaustion that lingers even when you’re doing your best. In this solo episode, host Lisa Hartung shares five practical caregiving tips to h...
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Episode 16
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27:09
Episode 15 - The Power of Presence: A Mother’s Story of Child Loss, Leukemia, and Finding Joy
When Suzanne Andora Barron’s son Christopher was first diagnosed with leukemia at age three, she could never have imagined the rollercoaster that lay ahead. Over the next six years, Christopher faced leukemia three times, passing away at age 9....
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Episode 15
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1:01:42
Episode 14 - Living with Lupus and APS After Stillbirth: A Story of Healing Through Abstract Art
Sheri Biritz and her husband were overjoyed to be expecting a baby boy. Over the holidays, they celebrated with family, imagining the joy of meeting their son, Calvin. But during a routine prenatal visit, Sheri was rushed to the hospital with p...
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Episode 14
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1:21:21
Episode 13 - A Pancreatic Cancer Survivor’s Story: From Clinical Trials to the NYC Marathon
When Dan McNamee was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at 40, he didn't know how much time he had left. Five years later, he’s in remission—grateful, scarred, and transformed. In this powerful episode, Dan shares his journey through chemotherapy...
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Episode 13
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48:07
Episode 12 - Sibling Loss at 11: A Sister’s Story of Silent Mourning and What Could Have Been
When Jessica Kueck was just 11 years old, her 3-year-old brother Aaron drowned—an unspeakable tragedy that cracked her world open and quietly redefined her family. Jessica shares what it was like to be the “forgotten mourner,” the older sibling...
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Episode 12
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45:52
Episode 11 - From Ashes to Art: A 30-Day Grief Healing Program with The Ash Rose Foundation
This week we sit down with Ian McCartor—visual artist, hospice nurse, Certified Grief Counselor, and President & Executive Director of The Ash Rose Foundation. With over a decade of end-of-lif...
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Episode 11
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1:15:43
Episode 10 - It Is Never Too Late: Healing Childhood Trauma at 76
This week we sit down with Kathy Morrison of Campbell River, British Columbia to discuss how the profound loss of her father at the age of four shaped her life in ways she only came to understand decades later. Raised in a family where emotions...
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Episode 10
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