History in the Heart: Grief in African American Women

February is both Heart Awareness Month and Black History Month. In this episode of Permission to Breathe, Dr. Tammy Isaac explores the connection between grief, history, and heart health in African American women. Grief is often understood only as loss through death, yet for many Black women it has been ongoing, layered, and deeply tied to caregiving, chronic stress, silence, and survival.This episode invites listeners to consider heart health through lived experience, examining how unacknowledged grief and prolonged emotional strain affect the body, particularly the heart. With compassion and clarity, Dr. Isaac creates space to reflect on what has been carried and what caring for the heart can look like moving forward.