This podcast aims to normalize grief and make it a comfortable part of our conversations. I want to create a safe space for everyone experiencing grief while removing shame, guilt, and judgment.

• There are no rules, timelines, or right/wrong ways to grieve
• Grief comes from all types of changes and losses, not just death
• Even positive life changes like children moving out can bring grief
• Anticipatory grief and grieving for someone you've never met are valid experiences
• Getting comfortable with grief helps us better support each other
• Acknowledging grief rather than avoiding it leads to healing

Please share this podcast with someone who needs to hear they're not alone in their grief. Contact me with your stories or questions—I'm here to help educate, strengthen, and support you through whatever grief you're experiencing.

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Have you ever been blindsided by grief when you least expected it? That's exactly what happened to me recently and suddenly I was in tears. 

Grief works in mysterious ways, striking without warning through the most random connections.

This episode explores the unpredictable nature of grief and how it can be ambush us during ordinary moments. 

I share my personal experience with grief waves 18 months after my father's passing, and how they've revealed an important truth: we're not the same people we were when our loved ones were alive. Part of what we grieve is the relationship that could have existed between our evolved selves and those we've lost—conversations never had, connections never deepened.

But here's the crucial lesson I've learned: don't beat yourself up over what "could have been." We weren't the people we are now back then, and importantly, the dynamics between you weren't solely your responsibility. 

This perspective can be immensely freeing, releasing you from the burden of thinking you could have single-handedly created a perfect relationship. 

Allow yourself to feel grief when it surfaces, but try not to dwell permanently in the land of "what ifs." You did the best you could with who you were then.

Honor both your memories and your growth.

If  you have experienced something similar,  I'd love to hear your story in the comments or through a message.

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In this episode we are going to address a specific question in our search for freedom and grace in grief. We will expand the idea of “ no rules in grief” with looking at the question “What if I do not want to go back to the cemetery? I am not ready.”

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In this episode we talk about the different kinds of grief we can experience in our life journey. A loss of a role and loss of a house or job can produce grief in us. 

There are so many types of grief. Many we don’t even think about. 

Grief cannot be compared or judged. Our grief is our grief. 

Grief is grief. We are all going to have it in our lives. 

Let us journey together in grief supporting each other and allowing freedom in grief. 

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In this episode I follow my heart. I talk again on there being no rules for grief. We all travel the grief journey at our own pace, in our own way, and for as long or as short as we need.

I remind listeners that this is their space. Their safe place.

One day at a time. This is your journey. Extend grace to yourself. 

If you are not grieving, hold space for someone who is. Extend grace today. 

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When supporting someone in grief often nothing more is needed than being a presence. Whether that’s a text expecting no response or a note saying you are thinking of them. It can even be just sitting with them , holding space. Often words are not needed.

Accept their grief journey as their own with no judgement. Do not try and “ fix” them or where they are at in their grief.  Be a listening ear. Be a presence in a griever’s life. 

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In this episode The Caring Death Doula discusses how there are no rules, no timelines and no right or wrong way to grieve. 

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This is the premier episode of The Caring Death Doula. Your host, Frances is a certified grief educator. In this episode she shares her passion to make grief widely talked about and accepted; and to help those grieving and those supporting grievers.

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