Finding Light in Loss with Amy Kennedy

Grief isn’t just sadness. It’s not just missing someone. It’s love with nowhere to go. It’s the silence where a voice used to be. It’s reaching for your phone before remembering there’s no one on the other end. Grief is love in its most raw and aching form.

Grief is a process. There’s no right or wrong way to do it. You also don’t “get over” grief. You learn to move and shape yourself around it but it’s always there.

Grief is love with nowhere to go—or at least, that’s how it feels at first. We carry this love inside us, wondering what to do with it now that they’re no longer here. But the truth is, love never dies. It transforms. One of the most powerful ways we can honor the people we’ve lost is to carry their memory forward. Not in sadness, but in ways that breathe life into who they were and what they meant to us.

n this episode, I explore how giving grace to ourselves plays a crucial role in healing from loss. Grief is often accompanied by guilt, regret, or self-judgment, but embracing grace allows for softness, self-compassion, and deeper healing.

In this episode of "Finding Light in Loss", I explore practical and compassionate coping strategies for navigating grief and healing. Whether you're facing fresh loss or carrying the weight of long-term grief, these tools can help you find moments of peace, resilience, and hope. Join me as we discuss ways to honor our emotions, create space for healing, and move forward with grace.

In this episode, I invite you to step into the imagery of a boat floating on still waters, guided by ripples that move outward, pulling us toward something unseen. Grief can feel like drifting, lost, untethered, but what if we're being carried. What if the ripples of our loss are not just echoes of pain, but gentle signs guiding us forward?

Navigating grief when there is no closure is extra difficult. We are left with unanswered questions and unresolved feelings. No one likes an unfinished story, and if given the chance would want to say goodbye to their loved one. This particular type of grief causes a tremendous toll on not only our mental state but also physical. It's important to try to find a way to form your own goodbye. This could be through a letter, lighting a candle, or creating a memory box. The important thing is that you do something that is important to you and would honor your loved one. It's also imperative that you have a good support system, resources, therapy etc. It is possible to work through the issues when you don't have closure, but it takes time, patience, and a lot of working through your feelings.

The last two days have been really difficult for me. I have felt overwhelming sadness and still have so many questions. However, even in the darkest of times, I am able to find light in the loss. This episode I talk a little more about the details of my dad's death as well as some of the different things that I've been able to find light in.

I have made an update to the name of the podcast. I go into detail as to why and list the streaming platforms you can find the show on. I also have an Instagram now that correlates with the show.

When going through grief, your mind instantly floods with a million questions, overlapping and crashing into each other. You might feel pulled in opposite directions: part of you wants answers, and another part is terrified of what you might learn. You might reach for memories, photos, or texts, trying to piece together the why. At the same time, there’s this crushing reality that no number of answers will ever feel like enough. This episode takes us through some of those questions that I have personally had.

This is the first episode of a brand-new podcast called Holding Space with Amy: Finding Light in Loss. In this episode, we explore the complex emotions of grief and loss, focusing on the often-overwhelming sensation of emotional numbness that can accompany the early stages of mourning. Why do we feel disconnected or "frozen" when faced with devastating news? How does our brain protect us during times of immense pain?