🎙️ Episode 23: When Grief Changes Your Worship

What happens when worship no longer sounds like singing, but like silence? What do you do when the songs that once brought joy now bring tears?

In this tender episode, Gigi invites us into a sacred conversation about how grief transforms the way we connect with God. Whether it’s sitting in stillness, weeping through worship, or barely whispering His name, this is still worship. And God still hears it.

You’ll be reminded that even when your praise sounds different, it’s no less powerful. Because worship is not about volume. It’s about surrender.

🕊️ Scripture, personal reflections, and gentle encouragement await you here.

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📖 Grab Gigi’s book Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief

Available in Paperback | Digital | Audiobook

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🎵 Background music: “In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

Used with permission.

Episode 22: Rebuilding from the Rubble – Who Am I Now?

After grief, after heartbreak, after the storm who are you now?

In this powerful episode, Gigi opens her heart about what it means to lose the version of yourself you once knew. When life shakes the foundation of your identity, it can leave you feeling unrecognizable even to yourself. But there’s hope in the ruins.

Together, we’ll talk about:

• ​ The grief of identity loss after trauma or a major life change
• ​ Why rebuilding doesn’t mean rushing
• ​ How God meets us in the rubble, not just the restoration

Whether you’re piecing your life back together or quietly asking God, “Where do I go from here?” — this episode is for you. You are not what you lost. You are not what happened to you. You are still becoming.

✨ Let’s heal together, one moment at a time.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you tune in.

📖 Grab Gigi’s latest book, Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief — available in paperback, digital, and audiobook formats.

📅 Book a coaching session at ChristianCareConnect.com (search Geleta Parker).

🎶 Music by Brock Hewitt – “In His Presence” (Stories in Sound)

Episode 21: Letting Go of the Old You

When Grief Changes Who You Are

Grief doesn’t just break your heart. Sometimes, it breaks your identity. The version of you that existed before the loss may never return. And while that can feel scary, it can also be sacred.

In this episode, Gigi opens up about what it means to let go of the version of yourself that once survived chaos, tolerated pain, and stayed silent in unhealthy spaces. She reflects on the ache of praying for change in someone else, while God was gently calling her to change within.

This one is for anyone who has outgrown their old survival self. For anyone grieving who they used to be. For anyone afraid to become someone new.

Let God restore the parts of you that were never meant to carry the weight alone. You are not going backward. You are being made new.

💬 Book a session with Gigi at ChristianCareConnect.com (search Geleta Parker)

📚 Get Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief on Amazon:

• ​ Paperback or Kindle
• ​ Audiobook

🎵 Music Credit: “In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

Episode 20: When Grief Triggers Anxiety

Grief doesn’t always look like sorrow. Sometimes it looks like sleepless nights, racing thoughts, and an anxious heart that just won’t settle.

In this episode, Gigi shares how grief can stir up anxiety in unexpected ways. She gently unpacks how your nervous system responds to loss, why even little things can feel overwhelming, and how faith and breath can help calm the storm inside.

This is for the one who can’t explain the heaviness they feel. For the one who feels like their chest is tight, their peace is missing, and their soul is tired. You are not alone, and you are not crazy. You are grieving. And your body is feeling it too.

Let this episode be your reminder that God cares about your whole self, including your mental and emotional well-being.

💬 Book a session with Gigi at ChristianCareConnect.com (search Geleta Parker)

📚 Get Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief on Amazon:

• Paperback or Kindle

• Audiobook

🎵 Music Credit: “In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

Episode 19: Living with Questions

When You May Never Know Why Something Happened

Some grief leaves us with silence. Not because we don’t want answers, but because they never come.

In this episode, Gigi gently walks us through the pain of not knowing why. Why someone left. Why the healing didn’t happen. Why the loss was so sudden. Why the breakthrough never came. Sometimes the most painful part of grief is the question that lingers.

But even when we don’t get the answers we long for, we are not abandoned. God sees. God knows. And even in the ache, His presence is still steady.

If you’ve been living with questions, this episode is for you. There is grace for the not-knowing.

💬 Book a session with Gigi at ChristianCareConnect.com (search Geleta Parker)

📚 Order Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief on Amazon:

• ​Paperback or Kindle
• ​Audiobook

🎵 Music Credit: “In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

Title: Grief Without Goodbye

In this deeply personal episode, Gigi opens up about the pain of sudden loss when there’s no time to say goodbye, and grief leaves more questions than answers. She shares the heartbreaking story of her dear friend Kareem, who passed away alone, just hours after they were laughing together over WhatsApp.

This episode is for anyone who’s lost someone unexpectedly. Anyone still carrying the weight of words unsaid. And anyone wondering how to heal when the door to goodbye was never opened.

Through personal reflection, biblical truth, and a tender invitation to salvation and forgiveness, Gigi reminds us that even when we don’t get closure, God still offers comfort.

💬 Book a session with Gigi at ChristianCareConnect.com (search Geleta Parker)

📚 Get her latest book Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief on Amazon:

• Paperback, Kindle, or Digital

• Audiobook

🎵 Music credit: “In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

Episode 17: When Grief Becomes a Shrine – Remembering Without Idolizing

Grief can make us cling to anything that reminds us of who we lost a shirt, a room left untouched, a social media page that never goes dark. But what happens when remembering turns into idolizing? In this tender and truth-filled episode, Gigi shares a personal story of walking alongside a grieving friend whose mother turned every item into a shrine. Together, they gently explored how to honor the dead without losing the living.

This episode invites you to take an honest look at how you’re holding your grief. Are you remembering… or worshiping? There is a way to honor your loved ones while still choosing life and it starts with truth, love, and letting go of what keeps you stuck.

Book Gigi for a coaching session:

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Get Gigi’s books on Amazon:

📖 Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook): https://a.co/d/iihQWlm

📖 Book 2: https://a.co/d/fKGbUSL

📖 Book 3: https://a.co/d/frRr4ei

🎧 Audiobook: https://a.co/d/4kuwFtG

🎵 Background Music: “In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

Episode 16 – A Sacrad Selah: Breathing Through Grief

Grief can take your breath away.

It shows up in your body before your mind can even name it—tight chest, shallow breaths, clenched jaw.

Sometimes, the healing begins not with words, but with a single inhale.

In this special episode, Gigi invites you to pause and reconnect with your body through the sacred act of breathing.

You’ll be guided through simple, Spirit-centered breathwork to help settle your nervous system, ground your thoughts, and remind your soul you are still here.

This isn’t a lecture. It’s a space to breathe. To exhale. To reset.

You’ll receive:

• ​Gentle, guided breathing exercises
• ​Biblical reflections on breath and presence
• ​A moment to acknowledge how far you’ve come in your grief
• ​Grace to be exactly where you are

📖 “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.”

(Job 33:4, NIV)

You don’t have to hold your breath to hold it together.

Let this be your moment to breathe through grief.

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🎧 Background Music:

“In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

📚 Books by Gigi:

• ​Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief (Paperback)
• ​Kindle Edition
• ​Audiobook

📆 Book a coaching session with Gigi:

Christian Care Connect (search “Geleta Parker”)

Episode 15 – God, I Don’t Feel You: When Grief Numbs Your Spirit

There’s a kind of grief that goes beyond tears.

It numbs you.

It silences your prayers.

It makes you wonder, “God… where are You?”

In this honest and tender episode, Gigi opens up about the spiritual disconnection that often accompanies deep sorrow. When worship feels far away. When Scripture doesn’t hit the same. When your spirit feels too tired to feel.

You’ll hear:

• ​ Why numbness is a natural response to trauma and grief
• ​ How to stay anchored in truth when your emotions are shut down
• ​ What Scripture shows us about feeling forsaken—and being held anyway
• ​ And gentle ways to reconnect with God, even when He feels distant

This episode is a soft landing for the soul that’s been barely hanging on.

Even when you don’t feel God He still feels you.

📖 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me…”

(Psalm 23:4, NIV)

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🎧 Background Music:

“In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

📚 Books by Gigi:

• ​ Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief (Paperback)
• ​ Kindle Edition
• ​ Audiobook

📆 Book a coaching session with Gigi:

Christian Care Connect (search “Geleta Parker”)

Episode 14 – Unfinished Healing: Living in the In-Between

What do you do when you’re not where you were, but not yet where you hoped to be?

In this tender and truthful episode, Gigi speaks to the space in between the messy middle of grief, where healing is happening, but your heart still feels sore. It’s the space where you’re showing up, but silently aching. The space where joy feels possible, but distant.

If you’ve ever asked, “Why do I still feel like this?” even after doing the work… this moment is for you.

You’ll explore:

• ​ How God meets us in the middle, not just at the finish line
• ​ Why “healing” doesn’t mean you stop hurting
• ​ What to do when you’re tempted to perform instead of process
• ​ How to embrace grace while you’re still in progress

📖 “Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion…”

(Philippians 1:6, NIV)

You’re not broken because you’re still in process.

You’re becoming… layer by layer, breath by breath.

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🎧 Background Music:

“In His Presence” by Brock Hewitt – Stories in Sound

📚 Books by Gigi:

• ​ Jesus, Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief (Paperback)
• ​ Kindle Edition
• ​ Audiobook

📆 Book a coaching session with Gigi:

Christian Care Connect (search “Geleta Parker” in the directory)