Healing Our Grieving Hearts Podcast

Healing Our Grieving Hearts Podcast

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Healing Our Grieving Hearts Podcast episodes

  • The Benefits of Energy Healing During the Grieving Process

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • Grief Impacts More Than the Heart [02:21]
    • What Is Energy Healing? [04:08]
    • The Nervous System and Emotional Safety [05:49]
    • Reconnecting With Yourself After Loss [07:48]
    • Sound Healing and Vibrational Support [09:52]
    • Giving Yourself Permission to Heal [11:53]
    • Closing [12:51]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    16 min
  • What If They Don’t Want to Talk About Dying?

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • When Silence Becomes Part of the Journey [01:27]
    • Why Some People Avoid the Conversation [03:57]
    • Gentle Ways to Open the Door [06:33]
    • Caring for Yourself When the Conversation Never Happens [09:39]
    • Allowing the Journey to Be Imperfect [12:48]
    • Closing [14:55]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    18 min
  • Grief and the Aging Population

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • The Many Layers of Loss that Come with Aging [02:34]
    • Loneliness and Isolation in later Life [05:33]
    • Grief, Health, and Emotional Well-Being [08:12]
    • Finding Meaning and Connection After Loss [10:58]
    • Supporting the Aging Population with Compassion [13:40]
    • Closing [16:14]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    19 min
  • The Loneliness of Being Needed All the Time

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • The Invisible Weight of Always Being On [02:09]
    • When Your World Becomes Smaller [03:09]
    • The Emotional Isolation Beneath the Surface [04:13]
    • The Quiet Grief Within Caregiving [06:06]
    • The Tension Between Love and Exhaustion [05:49]
    • The Disappearance of Personal Space [06:34]
    • Finding Small Moments of Return [07:18]
    • Allowing Yourself to Receive [08:01]
    • Reconnecting with Who You Are [08:49]
    • Closing [10:21]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    13 min
  • Saying “I Love You” in a New Way

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • When “I Love You” Has Nowhere to Land [01:40]
    • Love Does Not End, It Transforms [02:57]
    • New Ways of Saying “I Love You” [04:16]
    • The Sacred Space of Memory and Presence [06:11]
    • Learning to Receive Love Again [07:12]
    • Trusting the Continuation of Love [08:26]
    • Closing [09:19]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    12 min
  • When Grief Changes Shape: Noticing Who You Are Becoming

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • Grief Does Not Disappear, It Evolves [02:13
    • The Unexpected Emotions That Come with Change [03:51]
    • Living in the Space Between Who You Were and Who You Are Becoming [05:43]
    • Noticing the Quiet Growth Within You [07:27]
    • Honoring Who You Are Becoming [09:15]
    • Closing [11:21]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    14 min
  • What No One Tells You About the Final Days

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • The Waiting and the Slowing Down [03:10]
    • The Emotional Landscape Can Shift Quickly [04:38]
    • Communication Changes in Subtle but Meaningful Ways [06:18]
    • The Physical Changes Can Be Difficult to Witness [07:24]
    • You May Question Yourself More Than You Expect [08:29]
    • There Are Moments of Grace That No One Talks About [09:25]
    • There Is No Perfect Goodbye [10:16]
    • After the Final Moment [11:09]
    • Closing [11:58]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    15 min
  • The Difference Between Grief and Depression

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics

    • Understanding the Nature of Grief [01:35]
    • Understanding the Nature of Depression [02:46]
    • Where Grief and Depression Can Overlap [03:55]
    • Listening to What Your Heart and Body Are Telling You [05:06]
    • Releasing the Need to Compare or Judge Your Experience [06:08]
    • Supporting Yourself with Gentle Care [07:36]
    • When to Seek Additional Support [08:20]
    • Closing [10:04]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    13 min
  • The Exhaustion of Carrying Grief Invisibly

    Introduction

    • Topic Introduction [00:53]

    Main Topics02:38

    • The Effort of Holding It Together [02:39]
    • When Grief Has No Place to Go [04:13]
    • The Body Remembers What the Heart Holds [05:50]
    • Allowing Yourself to Be Seen, Even Gently [07:21]
    • Resting Without Explaining [08:54]
    • You Are Not Meant to Carry This Alone [10:18]
    • Closing [11:37]

    Additional Resources

    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    • https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    • https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    • https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    15 min
  • How to Leave the Room Without Guilt

    Introduction

    1. Topic Introduction [00:56]

    Main Topics

    1. Understanding the Emotional Weight of Caregiving [02:46]
    2. Where the Guilt Comes From [04:33]
    3. Redefining Presence and Care [06:09]
    4. The Fear of Missing Something Important [07:45]
    5. Creating Space Without Guilt [09:19]
    6. Honoring Your Own Humanity [10:43]
    7. Closing [12:11]

    Additional Resources

    1. https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/
    2. https://purpose.healingourgrievinghearts.com
    3. https://healingourgrievinghearts.com/media
    4. https://www.facebook.com/kay.fontana

    15 min

About Healing Our Grieving Hearts Podcast

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I’m Kay Fontana, and have faced profound loss throughout my life, giving me a deep understanding of the pain it brings. My journey began with the loss of my brother to cancer when I was just nine, altering the dynamics of our family as my parents grappled with grief. Later, I experienced the anguish of losing my mother to Alzheimer’s and my father to cancer shortly after his diagnosis. The most heartbreaking of all was the death of my husband and soul mate of 40 years in January 2023 due to multiple health challenges.