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GRIEF AND LIGHT
This space was created for you by someone who gets it – your grief, your foundation-shattering reality, and the question of what the heck do we do with the shattered pieces of life and loss around us.
It’s also for the listener who wants to better understand their grieving person, and perhaps wants to learn how to help.
Now in its fourth season, the Grief and Light podcast features both solo episodes and interviews with first-hand experiencers, authors, and professionals, who shine a light on the spectrum of experiences, feelings, secondary losses, and takeaways.
As a bereaved sister, I share my personal story of the sudden loss of my younger brother, only sibling, one day after we celebrated his 32nd birthday. I also delve into how that loss, trauma, and grief catapulted me into a truth-seeking journey, which ultimately led me to answer "the calling" of creating this space I now call Grief and Light.
Since launching the first episode on March 30, 2023, the Grief and Light podcast and social platforms have evolved into a powerful resource for grief-informed support, including one-on-one grief guidance, monthly grief circles, community, and much more.
With each episode, you can expect open and authentic conversations sharing our truth, and explorations of how to transmute the grief experience into meaning, and even joy.
My hope is to make you feel less alone, and to be a beacon of light and source of information for anyone embarking on this journey.
"We're all just walking each other HOME." - Ram Dass
Thank you for being here.
We're in this together.
Nina, Yosef's Sister
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For more information, visit: griefandlight.com
GRIEF AND LIGHT
Grief and Light: A Podcast About Life After Loss + Living in the 'and'
You just lost your loved one. Now what?
Welcome to Grief and Light, a podcast about the honest truth of life after loss. Hosted by Nina Rodriguez, whose world was forever changed after the sudden death of her only sibling, this show explores the reality of grief, not as something to fix, but as a lifelong companion we learn to live with.
On Grief and Light, you’ll hear:
- Honest reflections on the complexity of grief
- Conversations about post-traumatic growth without bypassing pain
- Stories that remind us grief and joy can coexist
Here, we live in the "and", where sorrow and joy, darkness and light, loss and love all belong. Nina calls this felicitreza: life through grief-colored lenses, where our stories become lighthouses for one another, steady glows in the dark that say, you are not alone, and we are in this together.
This is a place where your grief is seen, your story belongs, and light still breaks through.
About Nina:
Nina Rodriguez is a podcaster, grief-informed coach, speaker, writer, and the creator of GRIEF AND LIGHT, a podcast and support platform born from the sudden loss of her only sibling. She helps grievers navigate life after loss with curiosity, compassion, and agency, on and off the mic. Through her work, Nina invites others to honor the full spectrum of being human and build sustainable practices that embrace the both/and of life.
- Visit: griefandlight.com
- Connect: @griefandlight
- Resting Grief Face on Substack
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You just lost your loved one. Now what? Welcome to Grief and Light, a podcast about the honest truth of life after loss. I'm your host, Nina Rodriguez. My journey began after the sudden loss of my only sibling, Yosef, a loss that cracked me open and changed everything. From what truly matters in life to how I show up in the world, grief thrusts us into living in the both/and of life, where opposites like sorrow and joy coexist.
where we do not move on, we move forward with. I call this felicitreza, life through grief-colored lenses where grief and joy hold hands and each of our stories, when shared, becomes a lighthouse for someone else, a steady glow in the dark that says, you are not alone and we are in this together. Here, we don't see grief as something to fix, but as a life experience to integrate. It's the roommate we never asked for, but have to learn to live with.
shaping us, teaching us, and walking beside us. On Grief and Light, you'll hear reflections and conversations that honor post-traumatic growth without bypassing pain and remind us that grief work at its heart is life-affirming. And this is our mission to help foster a more grief-informed, hopeful world, one story and one conversation at a time. So if you're seeking a place where your grief is seen, your story belongs, and the light still breaks through, this is it.
Subscribe to Grief and Light wherever you listen to podcasts and join me as we learn to live in the and, where grief and light coexist.
