By Stefanie Cabaniss - Christian Grief Coach, Purpose After Loss Coach, Health Professional
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SHOW NOTES
…This made me think about life in grief.
My existence was myopic on my grief. It was nearsighted on my loss, pain, confusion, anger with the Lord. It was all I could see. It was all I focused on. In the beginning of grief, this is very normal because everything (if you knew the loss was coming or not) is traumatic and the body has to survive, process what has happened and still function. It’s overwhelming and there’s nothing else you can see at that point.
As you walk through the grief journey, there will be times when you have the option to think about, pray about, see other things that are not loss related and I struggled to choose to take my eyes off of my grief. Everything was filtered through my loss and that kept me nearsighted on pain, questions, frustration and anger.
Today I’ll share what will help you continue to process & heal are the same things that help nearsighted people see in the distance…or see a bigger picture.
WORD of the Week We humans keep brainstorming options and plans,
Song of the Week Hallelujah Anyway by Charly Perry
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Memorable Quote:
People like to say, “God helps them who help themselves!”
But the biblical reality is that God helps those who realize they are helpless.
And Mercy put my punishment on Jesus. While Grace stood with open arms, inviting me to come into fellowship with God.
That is Saving Grace. And that is awesome.
But God also provides a different Grace.
A living, sustaining, “I-even-care-about-smoke-detectors” Grace. A daily Grace for even the things that are, at best, mundane. A Sustaining Grace.
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are Over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
If you are new to the podcast, let me share a quick overview of the summit I am talking about. The Holiday Grief Relief Summit is a way to ‘escape’ the normal holiday season. See when the holidays come, and they are coming – there’s a whole ‘nother level of feeling your loss. You can’t escape the happy holiday marketing that is everywhere – even in the big box stores now (what in the world, Hobby Lobby) – and the true meaning of Christmas is not only lost on our culture but it’s hard to grasp in grief. It becomes the period of time that is incredibly heavy and doubly hard. Family traditions and social times around the holidays accentuate loss, and you may feel anger, jealousy or envious of those who are clueless to the type of pain you are dealing with…which feels like everyone.
So, the Holiday Grief Relief summit was created to help you escape and be around those who aren’t hard to be around - where other Christian women who get it - share their journeys (and journeys-in-progress) to give you great hope to survive the holidays and to know that you can breathe, laugh and truly live again.
WORD of the Week
Take the old prophets as your mentors. They put up with anything, went through everything, and never once quit, all the time honoring God. What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You’ve heard, of course, of Job’s staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That’s because God cares, cares right down to the last detail. James 5:10-11 (Message)
Song of the Week I Can Feel You by Bethel Music
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
You can…but you won’t.
You are able to heal my friend.
You are able to change my financial circumstances.
You are able to heal the marriage.
I know You are able because You have done it before.
And I know because You have done it in the 2,000 years since Jesus walked the earth.
So where are you now, God?
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are over, but the struggle is not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES (part 2)
On Sunday, Zach Lloyd was here and shared his inspiring journey with God and how he became a lifestyle – anti-diet – coach.
He told us about struggling with addiction and depression and how his aunt played a role in leading him to God. If you did not hear that episode, please go back and listen to it.
Today, Zach will share his expertise on becoming healthy and it might surprise you since it’s not what you are used to hearing. What you are walking through is incredibly hard and Zach understands how life can be debilitating!
What you are walking toward (navigating this unfamiliar world without your loved one and creating your new identity in it) will absolutely be made better if you’ll take care of your physical body in the best way you are able.
If you have any questions for Zach, join the private FB group and I’ll make sure they get to Zach to be answered. If any question is important to you, then it’s important to Zach!
Listen today to see how great changes come from small steps in health and in grief.
WORD of the Week (chosen by Zach Lloyd) "In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, and the word was God." John 1:1
Songs of the Week (chosen by Zach Lloyd)
UP! Forrest Frank & Connor Price
Good to Know by Zach Williams
All things Zach Lloyd:
Free Gift! Zach's End Calorie CountingToolkit: https://bit.ly/EndCalCounting
Website: https://zachlloydcoaching.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9rYOAoCGonrZpdWxSl6oUQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachlloydcoaching/
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
So today, you get to hear from our first ‘guy’ on the podcast. :-)
We’re gonna talk with Zach Lloyd. He is a Lifestyle – anti-diet – coach. He emailed me after listening to an episode of Grief 2 Great Day, so he had my attention with that fact. But as we emailed and then met via Zoom, I was excited to share not only WHAT he does with you but WHO he is.
I’ve said many times that after going through grief, I can also tell if someone has been through something in their life because, if they allow it, God will bring growth, maturity and most importantly a higher perspective. Well, that’s what I see in Zach.
You might be thinking - who cares about health right now? I want you to because it will help you! See, even though I knew what to do, I wish I had met someone like Zach back then.
Someone to help support the small steps, to encourage with an understanding of how hard it can be to get out of bed and to keep me accountable. He’s been through hard times which have shaped who he is.
Listen today to see how great changes come from small steps in health and in grief.
WORD of the Week (chosen by Zach Lloyd) "In the beginning was the word, the word was with God, and the word was God." John 1:1
Songs of the Week (chosen by Zach Lloyd)
UP! Forrest Frank & Connor Price
Good to Know by Zach Williams
All things Zach Lloyd:
Free Gift! Zach's End Calorie CountingToolkit: https://bit.ly/EndCalCounting
Website: https://zachlloydcoaching.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9rYOAoCGonrZpdWxSl6oUQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachlloydcoaching/
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
Because a tiny baby was born to a virgin in a stable in Bethlehem, one day I can get all my questions answered.
I can meet Jesus’ brothers and sisters.
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
Candy Chang on creating Before I Die in New Orleans:
I lived a block away from an abandoned house that had been collecting dust and graffiti for years. I wondered if I could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood and make a tribute to Joan by creating a space to restore perspective. I made a homemade stencil that said, “Before I die, I want to _____.”
With help from old and new friends, I painted the side of this crumbling house with chalkboard paint and stenciled it with this prompt so that anyone walking by could pick up a piece of chalk, reflect on death and life, and share their personal aspirations in public.
It was all an experiment, and I didn’t know what to expect. Because it was cheap to make, I thought it would be no big deal if it didn’t work out.
By the next day, the wall was entirely filled and it kept growing: Before I die I want to… sing for millions, abandon all insecurities, get my wife back, eat all the carbs I want, hold her one more time, be completely myself. The gamut of humanity was on full display, and the wall became an honest mess of the longing, fear, insecurity, gratitude, humor, pain, and grace you find in every community. I saw how much I was not alone as I tried to make sense of my life, and the wall became in icebreaker for meaningful conversations on death and emotional health. Seeing some private corner of your psyche reflected in someone else’s handwriting on a public wall can be incredibly reassuring on an individual level, and it’s a step towards seeing ourselves in one another.
WORD of the Week This certain hope of being saved is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls, connecting us with God himself behind the sacred curtains of heaven. Hebrews 6:19
Song of the Week I Have to Believe by Karen Wheaton
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The Holidays are over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
SHOW NOTES
Today is a short but practical way to feel better and who doesn’t want to feel better in grief?
I’m gonna talk a little more about the “RISE” part of pray, read and rise. I’ve shared with you that the greatest actions you can take in grief are praying (no matter what that sounds like); reading the Bible (no matter how little you are able to) and Rising.
The Rise portion is of great value to your journey – not only for the future – but for right now. See, exercise has been shown to be as effective as Prozac for depression. And exercise comes with only good side effects such as better (or deeper sleep)……
WORD of the Week A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22
Song of the Week Alabaster Box by CeCe Winans
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
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