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Grief Refuge
by Reid Peterson | Grief Refuge
The Grief Refuge podcast, hosted by Reid Peterson, features reflective conversations and helpful information about grief, loss, and managing the process. More support and access to the Grief Refuge app is available at griefrefuge.com
Episodes
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How Grief Impacts Self-Love—and Why Coping Can Feel So Hard After Loss
Grief doesn't just break your heart—it can quietly change how you see yourself. In this episode, we explore the often-overlooked connection between grief and self-love, and why losing someone you love can make everyday life feel so much harder than expected. When grief enters your life, it can...
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Grief's Turning Point: How to Make the Journey Less Painful and More Manageable
Listen to explore how grief shapes your thoughts, and how small shifts can make the journey more manageable and meaningful. For more support, download the Grief Refuge app
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Becoming a Mindful Mourner
This interview with Belinda Koch, Author of Becoming a Mindful Mourner, shares insights from her professional experience as a Licensed counselor, and her personal experience as a grief companion. If you've ever thought you were stuck in grief or weren't grieving the right way, this conversation…
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Instilling Faith: A Mother's Lasting Legacy
Today's episode is an interview with Chelsea Ohlemiller. Chelsea shares pieces of her grief journey and how she took to writing to honor her mother's legacy, process her grief, and create a community for people navigating their own grief journey. Please visit griefrefuge.com to download the Grief...
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Is it Grief or Depression That's Keeping You in Bed?
Understanding whether you're grieving or experiencing depression can be challenging and the symptoms for each can be similar. This episode helps you distnguish your emotnaion statle by asking yourself reflective questions and recognizing key differences to gain clarity and take important steps to...
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Plant Medicine for Grief
Today I am joined by Lisa Marie Conine to talk about the unique way she supports people in grief. Lisa Marie uses plant medicine. She views plants as helpers when people need extra support and I find it fascinating how she approaches her work. Lisa Marie is doing special work and you've got to...
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Anger and Grief: Handling Intense Emotions After Loss
Today we talk about a difficult emotion to manage when grieving. It's anger. Anger can cause a lot of problems and when you're grieving, and it's a very common emotion to feel. Today, I'm joined by Sandy Linda, who is a grief and women's empowerment coach. Sandy and I talk about her difficult...
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Pearls of the Grieving Soul
Today I would like to share a guest interview with you. My guest is Yuivany Aguilar who lives in California and has a powerful story to share about the loss of her twin daughters and how she worked through her grief. Yuivany is a caregiver by nature. She's a professional nurse and has a lot of...
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How to Deal With Grief and Isolation
Today I would like to share a webinar replay about grieving in isolation. The webinar shares some important perspectives from some of the world's leading experts on grief support. If isolation has been something you've felt during your grief, this information is for you. As you listen in, do your...
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Help for People That Have Suffered a Tragic Loss At a Young Age
Today I would like to share a guest interview with you. My guest is Bryan Jung and he created a platform for individuals who have lost a parent as a child or teen. It's called "This Is Why" and it's found online at thisiswhy.life. In our conversation, Bryan shares some of the trauma he and his...
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The Need to Voice Uncomfortable Things About Grief
On this Grief Refuge podcast episode, Founder and Host, Reid Peterson, shares a guest interview with you. His guest is Barb Higgins and she has a helpful perspective on giving grief a voice. She shares her journey publicly on her "A Thousand Tiny Steps" podcast and Youtube channels. One of the...
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Initial Responses to Grief and Loss
On this new Grief Refuge podcast episode, Founder and Host, Reid Peterson, shares his thoughts regarding some of the initial responses and reactions to a death related loss. These include: Shock Numbness Denial Disbelief Repression Distraction Avoidance It's tragic. Losing someone you love so...
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Clinical Insights for a Grieving Spouse
Today's episode is a sequel to Episode 64: As a Grieving Spouse… but today we hear the experience, perspective and support provided by a grief counselor. On today's episode, Carol Goldfain Davis shares what she observed in Marv's process as he experienced anticipatory grief, deep sorrow, and his...
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As a Grieving Spouse
This new Grief Refuge podcast episode is a story and conversation of love, loss, and repair. Repair in a sense of how a person with a broken heart got support and was able to put the pieces back together again. On this podcast episode, I interview Marv Weidner, a grieving spouse who authentically...
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Reducing Grief to Zero
Are you tired of people trying to fix your grief or judging you for feeling a certain way? If so, you will want to listen to this Grief Refuge podcast conversation with Stephenie Zamora. On this podcast episode, Grief Refuge founder, Reid Peterson, and Stephanie discuss the ways grief's "Dark and...
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How Grief Opens Doors to Communication on the Other Side
It's very rare to hear of someone who works as a Clinical Psychologist and has the gift of communicating with deceased loved ones. Today's guest, Dr. Amy Robbins is that person. Dr. Robbins is a Psychologist in the Chicago area and has a powerful story of losing her aunt unexpectedly, grieving…
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How to Cope with Losing a Loved One Twice
There are people who feel lost and alone because their grief journey is 'a-typical'. Today's guest interview with Candace Cahill is filled with her story about relinquishing her son, Michael, and then grieving the loss of his death. Candace shares several examples of what helped her work through...
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What to Do When Grief Weighs You Down
Of the many descriptions for what grief feels like, a common one is "weight that holds you down." This is hard and painful. No one really wants to feel this way. But it happens. And people struggle when they don't know what to do when they feel this way. On today's episode of the Grief Refuge...
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Believing Everything Will Be Okay When You're Grieving
Life's curve balls can seem even more tumultuous when you're grieving. Today, Shelley Knight shares her story about the loss of her stepfather, 'Badger', and how it impacted her to leave nursing, get back into education, and write a book for the grieving titled "Good Grief: The A to Z Approach of...
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Sharing Your Grieving Soul on Social Media
There's a risk in sharing grief and mourning on social media. The risk includes how vulnerable you feel and how that vulnerability is, or is not received. Negative comments may (and often do) happen, and when vulnerable, can cause a lot of pain and hurt. Is it helpful to share your grieving soul…
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Staying Heart-centered Through Death and Loss
"Death is not a medical experience. It's a human one." That is a quote from Suzanne O'Brien, my guest for this Grief Refuge podcast episode. If you haven't met Suzanne O'Brien, you'll be glad you listened to this podcast episode. Suzanne is the Founder of Doulagivers, an organization that trains...
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How to Sit With Stories of Death
Long before I put my professional experience out on the air waves, I listened to the Grief Out Loud podcast. It's hosted by Jana DeCristofaro and is produced at the Dougy Center. If you are not familiar with the Dougy Center, it is an organization in Portland, OR that provides support to grieving...
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What it Means to Be a Grief Companion
Getting grief support can be a very difficult thing. You may find some available resources but they can come with strings attached. Often, people that are grieving feel like they have to be a certain way or they will be judged for what feels more authentic to them. Kind of like a "my grief must…
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Creative Ways Language is Used in Grief
Often in grief, the language used to support another is well intended but hard to receive. The language used to communicate is filled with cliches and platitudes that are painful to hear, not relatable at all, and frequently upsetting to people who are grieving. How can language be used to help...
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A Comforting Resource for Pregnancy and Infant Loss
As a parent, there are timelines that start long before your child is born. When you lose a child during pregnancy or infancy, the timelines often get dismissed and written off as "less than" losses by our society. TEARS is an amazing resource that provides financial and emotional support to...
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Grieving the Loss of Someone You Didn't Like
There's a term in grief support called "disenfranchised grief." It means that your grief experience isn't accepted or doesn't fit in with the greater societal attitudes about how a death related loss is handled. In essence, disenfranchised grief stops you from feeling fully supported. When you...
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How Relationships Change After Traumatic Loss
For many, there's a moment in grief when you realize the experience is much bigger than you. You realize grief can't be bottled up, avoided, or even controlled. You realize that grief is better served by befriending it, giving it space to better understand, and expressing it by sharing it with...
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How Complicated Relationships Impact Grief, Mourning, and Healing
In your grief, have you ever asked yourself "Who am I without my special person?" Have you thought about certain things that made your relationship complicated and how that might impact your grieving process? If so, you will love this guest interview with Kate Burns. On today's Grief Refuge...
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Grieving Well, Actively Mourning, and Reclaiming Your Life
In grief, some peoples' hearts are broken so wide open, that as they get repaired, their hearts fill with compassion. So much so that the innate desire to help others grows and gets louder and louder until it seems like there's no longer a choice. Something must be done to help. Today's Grief...
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Yoga Therapy for Grief
There are times when words just can't explain what you are feeling. These are the times when your grief has too strong of a grip over you. These are also the times when moving your body to express your emotions is very helpful. The embodied movement helps to process grief, release tension, and…
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Grief and the Fear of the Unknown
Call it an irony or even a paradox but grief has the power to pull you into more unknowns than what feels comfortable. Too much change is scary and the transitions are painful. Today's guest is Jan Owen. Jan is a licensed therapist in Alabama and the author of the book Fighting Forward. Jan…
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Conversations That Help Prevent Teen Suicide
Today's guest is Kari Eckart from Robbie's Hope foundation. Kari and her husband, Jason, are on a mission to end teen suicide and empower kids so that their voices are heard when they are struggling. Kari shares the loss of her son Robbie, experiences of "hold on, pain ends" (HOPE), and the ways...
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Grief Support for Widowed Fathers
Even though everyone's grief journey is unique, there are still expectations and preconceived notions for how someone is supposed to grieve. "How can I be strong? Am I grieving right? Is it okay to feel this way?" These are some of the things that men as widowed fathers can think and feel...
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Grieving, Healing, and Serving Others
Throughout the grief journey, there comes a time when you contemplate your purpose. You may feel more lost than ever or deeply inspired to be a source of hope and healing for others. "What do I do now?" becomes a fundamental question for how to move forward. The answer dictates whether grief…
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Honoring Our Fallen
The U.S. military serves as defense of the state and its interests against external armed threats. Many members lose their lives as part of active duty, other types of service, accidents, and other causes. What happens when everyday becomes a memorial for the families of the fallen? Today's…
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Setting Goals for Grief and Loss
Setting goals in life can be helpful. How helpful is setting goals in your grief? This episode explores the answer to this important question, offers some suggestions for goals to set, and also provides an alternative if setting goals doesn't feel right at this time. If you need more grief…
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The Heart of Hospice
How is grief managed in the hospice setting? In this conversation with Helen Bauer and Jerry Fenter from "The Heart of Hospice," we discuss grief in hospice settings and how to help people live a high quality end of life experience. Do you need more grief support? Download the Grief Refuge app…
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Faith and Grief
When you are grieving, faith can have a lasting impact on how you perceive the world. You can lose faith. You can grow in faith. On today's episode, Reid interviews Gary Roe, the author of several books on grief, about his source of faith and how he leans on it to navigate the challenging…
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5 Ways Guilt Can Impact Grief
Guilt is a common emotion one feels in grief. This episode explains 5 different types of guilt that grievers often feel: Survivor Guilt, Relief-Guilt, Joy-Guilt, Magical Thinking, and Long Standing Personality Factors. An overview of each one is provided. Is grief making your grief feel worse?...
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Expressing Grief Through More Than Words
Sometimes you just need to process grief in a way that's different from the norm. Sometimes you need something more than talking through your feelings. Sometimes you need more than a good cry. Sometimes you need to do something that allows you to express exactly what you're feeling. On today's...
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Reaching Out From The Emptiness
You may not recognize her name but you will know her sorrow. It is a tremendous honor to interview Patty Reis on the Grief Refuge Podcast. Patty is one of the rare people in this world who has felt the depths of despair and has made choices to be a source of light in someone else's dark- when…
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How to Live Well Through Grief
Is there a way to live well, even while grieving? Grief Refuge welcomes Andrèa Grace Phillips from Griefway to share more about the loss of her son, Roman, and their continued relationship. Andrèa also shares how their connection and commitment to each other influences the services of Griefway:...
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Coping With Sentimental Objects After a Death
It's often a watch or another piece of jewelry. It be can heirloom items as unique as giraffe statues or it can weigh over 900 lbs. Whatever the sentimental object is, it has meaning and it keeps a connection to the special person you lost. On this Grief Refuge podcast episode, Reid narrates an...
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Transpersonal Experiences in Dying, Death and Grief
In times of brokenness, weakness, and despair, it's not uncommon to have an experience that feels more than human. A connection to the Divine, communicating with a loved in Spirit form, and feelings of complete peace and grace: these are often labeled Transpersonal experiences. On this Grief…
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Adapting to Life After Mom's Death
"Preparing for death doesn't mean you're ever prepared." A wise message from "Tina," a Grief Refuge community member who shares her story of adapting to life after the loss of her mother. Be sure to download the Grief Refuge app (iOS and Android) for more grief support.
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How to Find Your Community of Grief Support
It's hard to find support for your grief. It's even harder to find a community that can provide the support you need. On this episode, I interview Sara Cobb from My Grief Connection- who is putting her heart and Soul into making it easier to find your community of grief support. Be sure to…
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How to Honor Your Grief
It's common to honor a loved one who has passed. How about honoring your grief? This episode talks you through what it means to honor your grief, why it's important, and how to do it. Be sure to download the Grief Refuge app (iOS and Android) for more grief support.
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Managing Grief When The World Acts Like You Should Be Over It
Professionals call it "Prolonged Grief:" grief after the first year. It's taboo'd and can invoke feelings of shame if your grief still hurts. Karyn Arnold from Grief In Common joins me for a conversation about managing grief in the 2nd year of loss- when you can feel even more isolated because...
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Bound for Grief: A Fatherless Odyssey
Today, I'm sharing a personal story from my own experience. This story is one of many on the Grief Refuge app. If you're not getting enough grief support right now, download the app (iOS and Android).
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Grieving Around (and with) Children
Parents are in a difficult situation when they have to hold their grief and the grief of their children. This episode is an interview with Mia Mendoza, Program Director at the Children's Grief Center of New Mexico. Mia shares more about the general ways children grieve and how adults can grieve...
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The Grief Refuge podcast, hosted by Reid Peterson, features reflective conversations and helpful information about grief, loss, and managing the process. More support and access to the Grief Refuge app is available at griefrefuge.com
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