Getting Real with Grief

The holidays can amplify grief in ways that feel tender, isolating, and overwhelming. In this episode, Randi explores the layered realities of holiday grief, including the invisible weight many of us are carrying, the expectations we’re navigating, and the ache of moving through traditions that no longer feel the same. Alongside honest reflection, she offers grounding tools, gentle practices, and permission-based tips to help you tend to your grief with care and compassion throughout this complex season.

On this episode, Randi and Kat Glick, M. Ed, LPC, LCADC, ACS, SAP get into the grief that comes from having living family members who can't or won't change. They get into the different ways family members are unable to make changes- addiction, health related improvements, acceptance of sexual orientations, gender identities, differing political view and more. They also outline how to show up differently in ways that preserve mental well being, as well as provide tips for how to handle the holiday season when it comes to visiting stressful family members and dynamics.

On this episode, Randi talks about anger- you know, that often misunderstood and suppressed, yet very valid emotion we all feel. She dives in to how to understand what anger is signaling to us, as well as healthy and effective ways to express it.

On this episode, Randi connects us with the Mama Milk Therapist! Alyssa Hansen is the brilliant woman who combined perinatal mental health services with lactation consulting to help new parents all along their feeding journey, including the ups, downs, challenges, and joys that comes with feeding infants. They also get into the tenderness of mothering after losing your own mother.

This one is for all the mamas out there who are navigating the whole complex landscape of emotions that come with new motherhood and the co-parents and family members who support them!

Have you ever experienced something that required you to put life on hold? A new baby, a loss, or a change? Big trip or move? On this episode, Rnadi dives into what happens after that thing. On the other side of the big shift that took you away. She explores that tension between longing for space to integrate and slowly recenter society at our own pace, while simujltaneously being lured back in to the regular grind one email, one meeting, one tempting paycheck, or guilt trip about productivity at a time. And then once we're back in, its' so so much harder to pull back out to honor all the transformation that just took place. Check out this episode for ways to honor yourself and slow this process down!

On this episode Randi goes deep with Dr. Yakir Englander as they discuss the power and potential of grieving as a collective. They describe specific ways to utilize the wisdom of your ancestry to honor all that we are holding and healing from in the present. They also touch on the impact of gender, culture, international turmoil, and national celebration of what is most important to us and for us. You won’t want to miss this deep dive as they get into the heart of what truly matters as we make meaning of all we’re holding as a collective.

In this heartfelt episode, we explore Legacy Love — the powerful, lasting bonds we carry with those we've lost. Randi goes through her specially designed course that offers compassionate tools for navigating loss, honoring memories, and healing through connection.

On this episode, we will be discussing how to honor a Matriarch. We'll be getting what it means to lead, to lose, and to carry her legacy forward. We'll also be sharing practical ways to acknowledge her impact and appreciate all she has been and done for her family and the world.

Additionally, I want to note that, while we refer to the matriarch int eh episode using she/her pronouns, anyone with any gender identity can be a Matriarch.

In this week's episode, Sonja and I connect about the beautiful and complex intertwining of grief and love. This conversation with @bodystoryteller delves into rewriting the narrative, choosing ourselves, and allowing joy and expansion to take up space. Tune in for more about letting go, what holds us back, and how to step into what sets us free.

On this episode we learn about "The Change Dance", a body positive dance studio. We talk about family legacies and passions passed down through generations. We also get into the beauty and meaning of creating something in someone's honor, and how healing it can be to memorialize someone beloved in this way.