Rachel and Richard share their experiences with loss and how grief has been a part of their lives since a young age. They are sharing what's helped them after loss and how they've handled it together. We hope you leave this episode encouraged and inspired in some way if you are or have experienced loss. 

• Rachel’s first experience with loss and her view that beauty truly can come from ashes [3:00]
• The practice of journaling that helped Rachel process her feelings and grief from loss [7:48]
• Richard shares his own experience of loss at a young age and the impact it had the trajectory of his life [21:15]
• The role faith played in navigating grief for Richard, and the reliance he has had on Jesus when going through loss [32:00] 

Rachel shares verses that have helped her through loss in the show notes here. 

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