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Today we're exploring how to navigate holiday grief triggers and the anxiety that often comes with this season. The holidays can feel especially tender and overwhelming after a loss, and this episode offers grounded, approachable guidance for managing those emotional landmines.

I'm sharing high-level strategies for recognizing and responding to grief triggers during the holidays, including:
✨ Acknowledging your feelings instead of pushing through
✨ Setting intentional boundaries
✨ Creating a “Plan B” for events or gatherings
✨ Giving yourself permission to step away
✨ Practicing more compassion toward your own capacity

You’ll also hear simple, practical ways to cope with holiday anxiety, like using grounding techniques, taking social media breaks, and giving yourself space from overstimulating environments.

This minisode encourages you to create a personalized holiday survival plan, lean on your support system, and gently allow moments of joy without guilt. 

If you’re moving through grief during the holidays, this episode offers comfort, validation, and practical tools to help you navigate it with more clarity and care. Grief doesn’t pause for the holiday season, but you don’t have to move through it alone.

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Today on Life With Grief we're diving deep into the experience of grieving during the holidays—when the world feels festive, but your heart feels heavy.

I'm sharing heartfelt insight into the pressure to be merry while you’re missing someone you love. We’ll talk about why holiday grief can feel so isolating, how to release the expectation to “stay cheerful,” and what it means to honor your emotions instead of hiding them.

You’ll learn how to:
✨ Set boundaries with family and friends when you’re not feeling up for celebrations
✨ Create personal rituals or traditions that feel healing and meaningful
✨ Find small moments of comfort when grief feels overwhelming
✨ Seek support and give yourself permission to rest, cry, or simply be

This episode is your reminder that you don’t have to fake happiness or pretend you’re okay. You can grieve, honor your loved one, and still find peace during the holiday season on your own terms.

Tune in as we continue our five-part series on coping with grief during the holidays, and take a little pressure off your heart this season.

🎧 Holiday Grief Day 1: Listen here

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Welcome to Day 1 of my 5 Days of Holiday Grief series! In this episode, we explore how to cope with grief during the holiday season, especially when facing your first holiday after a significant loss. 

Whether your grief stems from the death of a loved one, divorce, or another life-changing event, this episode offers guidance to help you navigate the emotional challenges.

We chat about the importance of acknowledging and processing complex emotions, setting healthy boundaries, communicating your needs, and finding supportive outlets for your grief. You'll also hear tips on balancing moments of sadness with small, meaningful joys, so the holidays feel manageable while honoring both your grief and your loved ones.

If you’re looking for practical strategies to survive—and even find moments of peace—during this holiday season, this episode is for you.

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Today I'm welcoming Brittney Ann, a gifted medium who opens up about her incredible journey of discovering and embracing her spiritual gifts after years of denying them.

From her early childhood experiences of seeing and sensing spirits to the trauma that ultimately led her to accept her mediumship, Brittany shares a powerful story of healing, resilience, and transformation through grief.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
✨ How Brittney first discovered her mediumship and learned to trust her gift
✨ The connection between grief, trauma, and spiritual awakening
✨ What it feels like to receive and translate messages from spirit
✨ How to find healing and peace through spiritual connection
✨ Why embracing your unique gifts can lead to growth, purpose, and empowerment

If you’ve ever wondered what mediumship really looks like, how grief can become a gateway to spiritual awakening, or how to embrace your own intuition and inner knowing, this conversation will move and inspire you.

Tune in to gain a profound perspective on spiritual healing after loss, transforming trauma into growth, and embracing your intuition with courage and grace.

Website: https://www.smelltherosesoshun.net/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/smelltherosesoshun/

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In today’s episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, we’re exploring a common challenge in the grief journey: the pressure to return to your “old self” before loss.

I'm here to remind you that it’s completely normal to change after a significant loss. Grief transforms us, and that transformation isn't something to fix. It’s something to honor.

In this conversation, we're digging into why people around us may struggle to understand our evolution, and mindset shifts to help you navigate this part of your healing journey. 

You’ll learn about:
✨ Openly communicating about your grief and growth
✨ Setting healthy boundaries with those who expect you to be the same
✨ Seeking out relationships that honor who you’re becoming
✨ Embracing the process of rediscovering yourself after loss

This chat is a heartfelt reminder that you haven’t lost yourself, you’re simply becoming a new, more aligned version of who you are meant to be. Growth after grief is uncomfortable, but it’s also deeply beautiful.

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Today I'm sitting down with Jessica Maguire, a Grief and Nervous System Expert, to explore the powerful link between grief, trauma, and the nervous system.

Together we dive into how grief is stored in the body, why our nervous system responds the way it does after loss, and how to begin healing trauma and regulating your body through mindful awareness and connection.

Jessica opens up about her own story of loss (in particular, her brother to suicide), and how it inspired her work in nervous system education and trauma recovery.

You’ll learn:
✨ How trauma is held and expressed through the body
✨ Simple, practical tools for nervous system regulation during grief
✨ The role of community and co-regulation in emotional healing
✨ Why understanding your body is key to processing grief and even chronic pain

If you’ve ever wondered why grief feels so physical or how to truly support your body while healing your heart, this episode will speak to your soul!

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🔗 https://www.jessicamaguire.com/
🔗 https://www.instagram.com/repairing_the_nervous_system/

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In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, let's explore how to navigate the holiday season while grieving the loss of a loved one. More specifically, missing their presence at the holiday dinner table or celebrations.

I'm sharing a glimpse into the evolution of my own holiday seasons without my parents over the years, but more importantly, I'm offering you practical, compassionate advice if you're struggling with loneliness, sadness, or emotional overwhelm during the holidays.

You’ll learn:
✨ How to acknowledge your grief and give yourself permission to feel.
✨ Ways to create moments of quiet reflection and honor your loved one’s memory.
✨ Why having an exit plan for social gatherings can protect your emotional energy.
✨ How to balance joy and sadness without guilt or pressure to “be okay.”

This episode is a gentle reminder that you’re not alone, and that it’s okay to hold both grief and gratitude this season.

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In this episode of the Life With Grief Podcast I'm joined by Angela Vitiello, founder of The Expat Parenting Collective, to explore a unique and often overlooked form of grief: the kind that comes with major life transitions and relocation.

Angela opens up about her personal journey of moving abroad, adjusting to new cultures, and navigating motherhood as an expat. She shares how the excitement of starting fresh can coexist with feelings of loss, identity shifts, and postpartum grief.

Together, we unpack:
✨ The emotional impact of moving, relocation, and expat life
✨ How to recognize and process grief that comes with change
✨ The challenges of parenting abroad and building community from scratch
✨ Ways to balance self-care, joy, and purpose while adapting to a new environment

Angela also shares how her experiences inspired her to create The Expat Parenting Collective, a platform that helps expat parents thrive—not just survive—in their new chapters.

Whether you’re navigating a big move, major life transition, or simply learning to settle into a new version of yourself, this episode offers compassionate insight, practical guidance, and gentle reminders that you’re not alone in the process.

Connect with Angela:

• https://www.expatparentingcollective.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/expatparentingcollective/
• https://www.instagram.com/itsangelavitiello/

Episode with Angela on Taste Toast Travel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/019-lessons-from-a-global-citizen-and-expat/id1777080317?i=1000698564160

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In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on the Life With Grief podcast, we’re exploring a rarely discussed aspect of grief: changes in appetite. 

Whether you’re noticing a loss of appetite or overeating, these shifts are common and deeply connected to the body’s response to loss.

We dig into:
✨ Why grief affects our appetite and can cause undereating or overeating
✨ How stress and hormones impact hunger cues
✨ Our nervous system response to stress
✨ Practical ways to nourish your body during grief
✨ Gentle strategies for self-compassion around food
✨ Creating rituals and routines to support healing

Learn how to cultivate self-compassion around food, honor your body’s needs, and regain a sense of balance during the grieving process. This conversation is perfect for anyone navigating loss and wanting to understand how grief affects the mind, body, and soul, while also having healthy eating habits as you navigate a difficult time.

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In this episode I'm sitting down with Lauren Sisler, award-winning ESPN sideline reporter and author of Shatterproof, to explore how grief can shape—and strengthen—our lives.

Lauren opens up about losing both of her parents to fentanyl overdoses when she was just 18, and the more recent passing of her brother. 

Together we dive into the complexities of coping with sudden loss, the stigmas surrounding grief and addiction, and the importance of normalizing conversations about loss.

Through Lauren’s story, you'll gain insight into the healing process, how to build meaningful support systems, and what it means to find resilience after tragedy. Lauren also shares how her journey inspired her powerful book Shatterproof, and how it influenced her career in sports broadcasting.

Connect with Lauren:

• www.LaurenSisler.com

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