Some people do years of therapy and still feel stuck in their grief. In this episode, trauma specialist, psychotherapist, and author Karen Sprinkel shares the innovative east-west approach she has developed over decades of working with grieving clients — combining EMDR, somatic experiencing, internal family systems, ketamine-assisted therapy, and a Buddhist philosophical framework to help […]
Signs From Loved Ones After Death: Mediumship, Meditation & Healing After someone dies, many people wonder: Was that a sign? In this episode, we’re joined by intuitive medium Deb DeCelle to talk about the experience of receiving signs from loved ones in spirit. We explore meditation as a tool for connection, the role of gratitude […]
How Grief Impacts Self-Esteem (and Why It’s Hard to Trust Yourself After Loss) Grief doesn’t just break your heart — it can shake your confidence. In this episode, we explore how loss impacts self-esteem, identity, and your ability to trust your own intuition. Joined by Dr. Lenka Schulze, we discuss why grief can feel disorienting, […]
When someone is deep in grief, the people closest to them often want to help — but don’t know how. And the grieving person? They’re often too exhausted to explain. In this episode, relationship coach and author Joelle Lydon breaks down what’s really happening in relationships when grief enters the picture, how both partners can […]
Belongings, Meaning, and the Complexity of Letting Go When a person dies, their physical possessions become something more than objects. They become containers for memory, relationship, and identity — both the deceased’s and the bereaved person’s. The sweater that still carries a scent. The handwriting on a grocery list. The reading glasses left on a […]
Curating Grief: Choosing What to Keep, Release & Create After Loss Belongings can hold more than memory — they can hold identity, connection, and unfinished emotion. In this episode, Charlene Lamb shares her Curating Grief framework, inviting us to move beyond “keep or toss” and instead approach memory with intention. We discuss: The emotional meaning […]
The Physiological Dimension of Grief Grief is not only an emotional experience. It is a physiological one. Loss activates the nervous system in measurable, predictable ways — producing states of hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and dysregulation that affect cognition, behavior, physical health, and the capacity to process the loss itself. For helping professionals, understanding the neurobiological underpinnings […]
Polyvagal Theory & Grief: Grounding Tools to Calm Your Nervous System Grief isn’t just emotional — it’s physiological. In this episode, we explore how grief impacts the nervous system and why you may feel anxious, shut down, exhausted, or on edge. Joined by Gabrielle Juliano-Villani, we discuss polyvagal theory, grounding techniques, and practical tools to […]
When life knocks us down, most of us have ways of coping. We lean on the people we trust. We throw ourselves into work for a while. We exercise. We spend time with friends. We distract ourselves with hobbies. We remind ourselves of other difficult things we’ve survived and draw confidence from knowing we’ve gotten […]
Honoring the person you loved doesn’t have to follow a script. Five guests from the GRIEF Ladies Podcast — one for every letter of the GRIEF framework — share how they encourage grieving people to celebrate a life, keep a memory alive, and carry love forward in ways that feel true to them. G · […]
