The Healing Power of Presence: A Chaplain’s Perspective on Grief

In this deeply grounding episode of The Empowered Grief Journey, Rev. Christine Vaughan Davies — ordained Presbyterian minister, spiritual director, seminary professor, and head of hospital chaplaincy at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital — shares profound insights from her years of walking alongside the grieving. Christine offers a compassionate perspective on what it truly means to be present with others in pain. Together, we explore the healing power of presence, the art of holding space, and why listening not fixing is one of the most sacred gifts we can offer. She also shares guidance on what to say (and what not to say) when supporting someone through loss.