In this episode of the Rise Up & Radiate Podcast, host Ivory Granger sits down with licensed mental health counselor and bestselling author Natalie Southward to talk about navigating grief during the holiday season.

They unpack the complexities of grief, the importance of emotional awareness, and practical tools for coping with loss. Natalie shares personal experiences, how her faith has anchored her through seasons of pain, and why grief and joy can coexist.

The conversation highlights:

• Honoring your emotions without judgment
• Setting healthy boundaries during the holidays
• Making meaning from loss and living as “legacy in motion”
• How Natalie’s book, Let’s Do Grief Together, can walk with you through seasons of grief

If the holidays feel heavy, this episode will remind you that you are seen, loved, and not alone.

• Natalie’s Website (Author + Speaker):

https://www.nataliesouthward.com

• Life Transformation Counseling:

https://www.lifetransformationcounseling.com

• Book – Let’s Do Grief Together by Natalie Southward (Amazon):

Purchase here!

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In this week’s Soul Care episode, Ivory invites you into a moment of reflection and strengthening. Building on the rhythm of faith and gratitude woven through this month, this conversation explores what happens when trust goes deeper — into belief, expectancy, and the places where we’ve struggled to have faith because life has felt heavy, disappointing, or slow.

You’ll be guided to see how faith and gratitude work together, how the testimonies in Hebrews 11 give us evidence to cling to God’s promises, and how the Holy Spirit wants to heal the very places where faith has felt fragile.

You’ll reflect on:

• The connection between faith and gratitude
• Why Hebrews 11 is a blueprint for trusting God
• How disappointment, hurt, and waiting shape our belief
• What Hebrews 11:6 reveals about how faith moves God’s heart
• How gratitude becomes prophetic — thanking God before you see the promise
• A gentle invitation to process the areas where your faith has been bruised

This is a sacred invitation to stop carrying your faith by striving… and start strengthening your faith through trust — letting gratitude lighten what’s been heavy and letting the Holy Spirit tend to the parts of your soul that still need healing.

“Faith doesn’t ignore what hurts — it brings what hurts into the presence of a faithful God and thanks Him for what’s coming before the breakthrough arrives.”

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Feeling weary while you wait for your miracle?

In this week’s Soul Reset, Ivory invites you to slow down, breathe deep, and discover how gratitude is faith in action—the bridge between your prayers and your breakthrough.

You’ll learn how thanking God before you see the miracle strengthens your roots, builds your faith, and opens the door for the very thing your heart has been believing for.

Take a deep breath, beloved one. Let gratitude become your worship and watch how heaven responds.

Press play and let your soul be reset.

“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

— Colossians 2:6–7 (NIV)

• A moment of peace and presence in the middle of your week
• A reminder that faith grows in gratitude
• Hope while waiting for your miracle
• A spiritual reset for your soul

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What happens when you say yes to God, and instead of light flooding in, the shadows close around you? Morgan Uhl knows that road well. From classroom lesson plans to business blueprints, she stepped out in faith to launch Knobez, only to face grief, job loss, and refining fire right after her “yes.” Yet through it all, she found that obedience doesn’t extinguish darkness—it invites God’s light to shine brighter.

Ivory and Morgan talk about walking through loss, parenting when provision seems thin, and trusting Jehovah-Jireh to meet every need. This conversation reminds you that the dark can’t cancel God’s design—your purpose still glows beneath the ashes.

Scriptures: Jeremiah 29:11 • Philippians 1:6 • 1 Peter 4:10

• The “If not now, when?” leap of faith that changed everything
• Grief, loss, and God’s peace that doesn’t make sense
• Provision stories that prove His timing is always on time
• Letting obedience outshine fear
• Holidays without the hustle—letting what you do be enough

1. Where has God’s light met you in a dark place this year?
2. What door do you need to release so He can open the next one?
3. How can you use your gifts to bring light into someone else’s season?

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Website: knobez.com

Clutter-free décor that reminds you joy belongs in every home.

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In this Soul Respite, Ivory invites you to pause and breathe in the beauty of God’s love — a love that is patient, kind, and unwavering.

As she reads 1 Corinthians 13, you’ll be reminded that love is more than an emotion; it’s the heartbeat of Heaven, the very nature of God poured into our human experience. This passage isn’t just a description of how we love — it’s a revelation of how deeply He loves you.

Let these words wash over your soul like a gentle river, quieting the noise, softening the striving, and realigning your heart with divine love. Whether you’re weary, longing for peace, or simply in need of stillness, this moment is for you.

As you listen, ask yourself:

“What would it look like to let this kind of love shape my thoughts, my relationships, and my view of God?”

Let His love be your standard, your safety, and your song.

Rest here awhile. Listen closely. Let Love Himself whisper again of the love He pours into you — and the holy call to pour it back into the world.

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In this week’s Soul Care episode, Ivory invites you into a moment of reflection and healing. Building on the previous episodes this month, this conversation explores what happens when love goes deeper — into trust, surrender, and the places we’ve struggled to believe in love because of past wounds.

You’ll be guided to see how perfect love casts out fear, how love grows from trust, and how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit each desire to heal different areas of your heart.

You’ll reflect on:

• The connection between love and trust
• How father, mother, and sibling wounds affect how we receive God’s love
• What it means to let perfect love drive out fear
• A practical reflection to invite God’s love into wounded memories

This is a sacred invitation to stop striving to love and start receiving love — right where fear once lived.

“Perfect love doesn’t just cast out fear — it wants heals the memories that taught you love was unsafe.”

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There is no fear in love — but perfect love drives out fear.

In this calming Soul Reset, Ivory invites you to pause, breathe deeply, and let the perfect love of God meet you in the places where fear has been hiding.

Through gentle reflection and guided breathwork, you’ll explore what it means to release fear and receive the kind of love that doesn’t demand you earn it — a love that covers shame, silences punishment, and whispers, “You are safe here.”

Episode 32 reminded us what sacrificial love looks like, this one helps you experience it for yourself — the love that overcomes fear and restores peace to your soul.

Take a deep breath, beloved one. Let love win today.

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When the world turned upside down and the valley called for more than she ever imagined, Beth Benecke chose love. In this raw and powerful conversation, Beth shares her journey of caring for her husband through stage-four cancer, the moment God whispered “It’s not your job to save him—it’s your job to love him”, and how grief became both her darkest valley and the soil where God planted new hope.

You’ll hear about surrender that feels like weeping on the floor, why vulnerability invites miracles, and how community, therapy, creativity, and worship became Beth’s lifeline. She opens up about raising her four kids in the middle of loss, the ways God reminded her He was present help in trouble, and how her healing flowed into songwriting that birthed her debut EP Snowdrop.

This is a story of grit, grace, and the God who can bring spring even in the coldest winter.

• “Staying stuck in the why won’t help me face what’s before me.”
• “It’s not your job to save him—it’s your job to love him.”
• Living from love, not striving for love.
• Vulnerability disarms shame and makes room for miracles.
• Healing is body, soul, and spirit—counseling, creativity, and the presence of God.
• Snowdrops bloom even while snow still covers the ground.

• Psalm 46 — God is our refuge and present help in trouble.
• Nothing Is Wasted – Pain to Purpose Course
• Songs in the Night – Widow’s Ministry
• Christian Counseling (seek out local, faith-based licensed counselors)
• Brainspotting (BSP) & ART – Accelerated Resolution Therapy (trauma healing modalities)
• Beth’s EP – Snowdrop → Listen here

Reach out to connect with Beth through me at the Rise Up & Radiate Podcast, and be sure to listen to her music linked above.

The darkness is not a detour—it might be the very place God refines you for your destiny. May Beth’s story remind you that you are not alone, and that even in winter, new life is stirring.

And if you need the courage to love through your dark, I’d love to walk with you through Life or Soul Care Coaching. Together we’ll uncover the burdens you’re carrying, release what isn’t yours to hold, and learn how to rest in God’s presence so you can rise radiant. → Book a Discovery Call below!👇🏾

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This month we’ve been talking about freedom — freedom from what has been mastering you, freedom from cycles that keep you stuck, freedom from trying to satisfy your soul outside of Jesus. In this Soul Respite, we slow down and let Psalm 107 remind us that God doesn’t just promise freedom — He delivers it.

Every cry for help in this Psalm is met with rescue. Every chain is broken. Every storm is calmed. And every wandering heart is led home. If you’ve been feeling bound, overwhelmed, or like you’re at your wits’ end — this is your reminder: Your rescue is here.

Jesus died so you could live free — free to serve, free to love, free to radiate.

Feeling those chains snap but not sure how to walk out your next steps?

- Life Coaching helps you set clear goals and move forward with confidence.

- Soul Care helps you heal the root wounds and break the strongholds that have kept you stuck.

You don’t have to figure this out alone — let’s do the work together.

📅 Schedule your free discovery call today and start living free, whole, and radiant.

You weren’t created to live bound. You were created to live free, whole, and radiant. The same God who led His people out of the wilderness is leading you now — into safety, peace, and the fullness of His love.

Rise up, beloved. Step into freedom. Your rescue is here.

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In this powerful Soul Care episode, Ivory dives deep into Galatians 5:13 and 1 Corinthians 6:12 to explore what may be secretly “mastering” your soul. She shares how fear, unhealthy coping mechanisms, and lies from the enemy can enslave us — and how Jesus came to set us free. (If you missed this month’s Soul Reset episode, I highly recommend listening to it first — it beautifully sets the stage for what we’re talking about today. Click here to listen!)

You’ll be guided through a process of confession, renouncing lies, repentance, and asking the Holy Spirit to restore what’s been broken. This is an invitation to walk in true freedom — freedom from sin, shame, guilt, and the cycles that keep you stuck — so you can live empowered by the Spirit and radiate the light of Jesus in a dark world.

If you’ve been feeling weighed down, stuck in old patterns, or hungry for breakthrough, this episode will help you step into your God-given authority and rise up to push back the darkness.

Key Verse: Galatians 5:13 — “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free…”

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