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This is not a polished highlight reel it’s real stories, raw truth, and the kind of courage that changes lives. Each week, host Corree Roofener brings you unfiltered conversations and heartfelt solocasts that remind you you’re not alone in the climb.
From navigating money and mental health to breaking cycles in foster care and redefining success, every episode is about choosing faith over fear and taking your next brave step. The Courage Coalition is more than a podcast it’s a community of dreamers and doers who are ready to live authentically, even when it’s hard.
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Dancing with Grief with Mary Fields
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This conversation with Mary Fields stirred something deep in me because grief is not a side story in our lives — it is woven into almost every chapter. We have been taught that grief looks like death, like tragedy, like something obvious and dramatic. But grief can be the loss of a relationship you never had, the body you once lived in, the identity you thought you’d become, or the version of someone you hoped would show up. Mary said something that struck me hard: grief isn’t something we move on from — it’s something we learn to carry. And I believe that. We don’t grieve what we never loved. To grieve is proof that joy existed. It’s proof that hope once lived there. And instead of rushing to “get over it,” maybe the invitation is to ask, How do I honor it?
What moved me most was the honesty around rage, boundaries, and forgiveness. We don’t talk about that enough. There is space for anger. There is space for grief over what never happened. There is space for saying, “I can give grace, but I also need boundaries.” Forgiveness is not a one-size-fits-all spiritual badge we earn. It is personal. It is layered. It is shaped by our stories and our safety. And sometimes peace doesn’t look like reconciliation, sometimes peace looks like clarity. Like saying, “I see what happened. I see the trauma behind the trauma. And I choose what I carry forward.” That is courage.
Mary described grief as something we can “dance with,” and I love that imagery. Not suppress it. Not conquer it. Not erase it. Dance with it. Light the incense. Say their name. Build the shelf. Write the story. Talk about them even when it feels uncomfortable. Because silence does not protect us — it isolates us. And if courage truly is being afraid and doing it anyway, then maybe courage in grief looks like getting out of bed. Maybe it looks like speaking their name. Maybe it looks like asking, What do I have to gain on the other side of this pain? There is a version of you on the other side of that choice that you haven’t met yet, and I promise you, she is stronger than you think.
If this conversation stirred something in you, share it. You never know who needs permission to grieve in their own way. And around here, we believe if it changes the life of one, it’s worth it.
Find out more about Mary Fields here: https://www.facebook.com/nononopenope
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