Life With Grief Podcast | Grief Support Podcast
Welcome to the Life With Grief Podcast!
I'm your host and Grief & Soul Purpose Coach, Tara Accardo. I created Life With Grief and this community to normalize the complexities of grief, navigate life after loss, feel inspired along the way, and so much more.
Consider this your safe space where you feel seen, validated, and supported. I'm in this with you as a fellow griever who lost both parents to cancer before I turned 30 (six months apart, no less), lost my fur baby less than a year later, and experienced a traumatic birth. I'm here to walk this path with you as we we work together and dig into how to live a fulfilling, vibrant life with grief in tow.
I warmly invite you to tap into the world of healing with me and some truly incredible guests as you take in guidance, support, tangible coping tools, and uplifting conversations to help you cultivate a more meaningful, intentional existence.
Be sure you're subscribed for laughs, life lessons, and everything in between... even beyond the grief, life is so much more than what we've lost, too.
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Episodes
247 episodes
243. A Mother's Love and an Impossible Choice: Rosanna Brown on TFMR
What do you do when loving your baby means having to say goodbye to him before he's even born?In this episode I sit down with Rosanna Brown, who takes us inside one of the most misunderstood and least-talked-about kinds of loss there is...
242. 25 Years Later: A 9/11 Widow on Rebuilding Her Life with Tara Bane
Twenty-five years ago, Tara Bane's husband Michael kissed her goodbye, walked out the door, and never came home. He was working on the 100th floor of the North Tower on September 11, 2001. In this episode, Tara opens up about that day, the year...
241. Why Some Relationships Don't Survive Loss
Have you ever looked at a relationship that used to feel like home and suddenly felt like you were speaking a different language? That disorienting shift is something I hear about constantly from my clients, and it's something I lived through m...
240. Losing a Son, Complicated Grief, and Learning to Live Again with Teresa Davis
There's a specific kind of grief that comes from losing a child. It's out of order, it defies everything we think we understand about life, and it changes you in ways that are almost impossible to put into words. In this episode, I sit ...
239. Father Loss & Divorce: Finding Yourself Again After Compounded Loss with Emilie Eiden
I don't think I've had a conversation on this podcast that captures the sheer whiplash of compounded loss quite like this one. My guest today is Emilie Eiden—flight attendant, grief and trauma-informed coach, and the heart behind the Instagram ...
238. Becoming the Most Magnetic Person You Know After Loss
Can grief actually make you more magnetic? I know that might sound like a strange question—maybe even a little "woo woo"—but stick with me on this one.This episode was sparked by an afternoon walk with my daughter, an episode of Sahara ...
237. Sara Rian on Losing Her Mother to Suicide, Navigating Anger, and Finding Solace in Poetry
I sit down with poet, therapist, and author Sara Rian to talk about the day her world changed. Sara's mom, Susan, died by suicide in July 2018 when Sara was just 28, and this conversation goes straight into the parts of grief after suicide loss...
236. The Courage and Permission to Explore After Loss: A Guided Meditation
This week's episode is a little different! Instead of my usual conversation, I'm leaving you with something to hold onto while I'm away.I'm off exploring Sicily with my husband and daughter, and it got me thinking about how loaded it ca...
235. Using Greek Mythology to Heal Grief, Trauma, and Core Negative Beliefs with Dr. Gillian O'Shea Brown
I don't think I've ever had a conversation on this podcast quite like this one. Today I'm sitting down with Dr. Gillian O'Shea Brown, a psychotherapist, trauma specialist, and author who has found the most fascinating way to make trauma and gri...
234. The Shame Spiral: Why We Can Feel Behind In Grief
In today's episode of Mourning Sips and Soul Shifts, I'm talking about something I don't think gets named enough in grief: the shame spiral. That heavy feeling of watching everyone around you move forward—working, laughing, planning vacations—w...
233. What Men's Grief Really Looks Like: Roger Nairn on Father Loss, Guilt, and Letting Go of the Mask
Losing a parent changes you, but losing a parent as a man when you've been taught your whole life to keep it together? That's a different kind of grief. In this episode, I sit down with Roger Nairn, co-host of the Dead Dads Podcast, to talk abo...
232. Navigating Trauma, Burnout, and the Nervous System of Grief with Korie Leigh, PhD
I first connected with Korie Leigh at GriefTastic and I knew I had to get her on the podcast, because we don't talk nearly enough about what it actually looks like to build grief-informed spaces, especially in the workplace.Korie's back...
231. How to Navigate Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop After Loss
Why does happiness feel scary after you've lost someone? If you've ever caught yourself waiting for the other shoe to drop right in the middle of a genuinely good moment, this episode is for you. I'm unpacking why joy can feel unsafe after loss...
230. Life After Diagnosis: Amanda Lentz on Grief, Identity, and Rebuilding After Cancer
In this episode I sit down with Amanda Lentz, host of Who We Become: Life Beyond Change, to talk about something we don't say out loud enough: that surviving a life-threatening illness comes with its own kind of grief.Amanda found out s...
BONUS! Introducing Letters of Light: Monthly Grief Support Born From Loss, Nostalgia & My Dad's Letters
Surprise! I'm popping in with a bonus episode, and I am SO excited about it! 🥹Today I'm officially introducing you to something I've been quietly working on for months and cannot wait to get into your mailbox. It's called Letters of Lig...
229. From Sudden Mom Loss to Good Mourning: Sally Douglas on Grieving and Building a Life After Loss
Sally's mum Rose died suddenly in November 2019 from a prolonged seizure. No warning, no goodbye, just a 6am phone call that flipped her world upside down. She and her now co-host, Imogen, met at a support group for motherless daughters and tur...
228. Why Grief Hurts: How Loss Shows Up in Your Body
Have you ever been deep in grief and wondered: why does my chest actually hurt? Why can't I sleep no matter how exhausted I am? Why do I feel like I'm getting sick all the time? If that's you, this episode is for you.In this episode, I'...
227. Life Beyond Grief: A Reimagine Panel Conversation on Grief, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Reclaiming Joy
What happens after the heaviest part of grief begins to lift and how do you actually start to feel alive again without feeling guilty about it?In this special episode, I had the honor of joining four incredible women for a Reimagine rou...
226. Navigating Widowhood, Sudden Loss, and Brain Fog with Heidi Dunstan
I'm sitting down with Grief Educator Heidi Dunstan, who lost her husband Mike unexpectedly to a heart attack in 2018—the day before her 40th birthday, after she performed CPR trying to save him. We talk about what early grief actually feels lik...
225. Navigating the Messy Middle of Grief Between Heartbreak and Healing
If you're past the early, gut-punch stage of grief but nowhere near "healed", you might be living in what I call the messy middle. And it's one of the most disorienting, confusing, and misunderstood seasons of the entire grief journey.L...
224. Navigating Father Loss: Grief, Identity & Rebuilding Your Life with Liz Quinn and Nicci Scimone
Losing a dad changes everything, and no one talks about the full picture of what that actually looks like. In this special episode in honor of Father's Dat, I'm joined by two incredible women who get it: Liz Quinn, host of the Healing Hearts po...
223. 11 Years at a Trauma Center: A Hospital Chaplain's Guide to Grief, Death, and Living with J.S. Park
What happens when the person who holds space for the dying suddenly becomes the one who needs to be held?I sat down with J.S. Park, hospital chaplain of 11 years at a Level 1 trauma center, for one of the most profound conversations I'v...
222. Divorce, Disenfranchised Grief, and Finding Yourself Again with Jess Prudhomme
Have you ever grieved someone who's still alive? Or lost yourself so completely inside a relationship that when it ended, you didn't even know who you were anymore?In this episode, I'm sitting down with the incredible Jess Prudhomme—pod...
221. The Fear of Forgetting Our Loved Ones: Navigating Grief and Our Memory
Have you ever woken up and panicked because you couldn't quite remember the sound of your loved one's voice, or the exact way they laughed? That quiet, creeping fear of forgetting is one of the most common and least talked-about experiences in ...
220. Twin Loss, Father Loss, Divorce, and the Power of Forgiveness with Robin Ducharme
What happens when grief keeps finding you in different forms, at different stages of life? In this episode, I'm joined by Robin Ducharme, author and founder of Real Love Ready, for a truly honest and vulnerable conversation.Robin shares...