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
211 episodes
207. Why You're Still Grieving When Everyone Else Has Moved On
If you've ever watched a family member or close friend seem to "bounce back" from a loss while you're still deep in the thick of grief—and also wondered, "what is wrong with me?"—this episode is for you.Spoiler: nothing is wrong with yo...
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Episode 207
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26:40
206. Losing a Child and Both Parents: Liz Quinn on Continuing Bonds, Parenting Through Grief, and Finding Strength
Grief doesn't always come just once, and for some of us, it comes in waves that feel impossible to survive. In this episode, I sit down with grief advocate and host of The Healing Hearts Podcast Liz Quinn, who has walked through some of the mos...
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Episode 206
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58:14
205. The First Step to Rediscovering Yourself Again After Loss
If you’ve been craving a shift in your grief but don’t know where to start, this episode is for you.In today’s Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts minisode, I’m giving you a free, behind-the-scenes look at Day 1 of my Micro Moments for Tran...
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Episode 205
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10:41
204. Sibling Grief, Identity Loss, and Life After a Sudden Death with Ben Forman
In today’s episode, I’m sitting down with Ben Forman to talk about a kind of grief that often goes unseen—losing a sibling, and what it means to navigate life as the “forgotten griever.”Ben shares the story of losing his younger brother...
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Episode 204
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50:52
203. Feeling Overwhelmed by Grief? Try This Simple Practice & Unlock Healing
If your grief has been feeling especially heavy lately, I wanted to give you something real to hold onto this week.In today’s episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on Life With Grief, I’m sharing Day 1 of my 14-Day Relief in Your G...
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Episode 203
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10:40
202. Navigating Grief, Loneliness, and Losing the People We Love with Dr. Jody Carrington
In this episode of Life With Grief, I’m joined by Psychologist, bestselling author, and globally recognized speaker Dr. Jody Carrington for an honest, raw (and funny!) conversation about grief, loneliness, and the healing power of community.&nb...
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Episode 202
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59:51
201. When Someone You Love Has Cancer: Coping With the Helplessness
Watching someone you love go through cancer is one of the most painful and powerless experiences a person can face. You want to take their pain away, you want to fix it, but cancer is one of those moments in life where love doesn’t give you con...
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Episode 201
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22:00
200. 200 Episodes!! What 200 Conversations About Grief & Loss Have Taught Me
In this milestone episode of Life With Grief, I’m reflecting on what 200 conversations about grief and loss have truly taught me about healing, identity, resilience, purpose, and what it really means to live a full life after loss.When ...
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Episode 200
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42:22
199. Self-Care vs. Soul Care: What Grief ACTUALLY Needs
Grief is often met with the same advice: practice self-care. Take a bath. Go for a walk. Journal. Rest. And while those things can support your nervous system, they don’t always touch the deeper layers of loss.In this episode of Life Wi...
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Episode 199
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15:16
198. The Fog of Grief: Why You Can’t Concentrate After Loss
Have you been struggling to focus since your loss? Perhaps you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over, forgetting simple words, or feeling mentally slower than you used to. Maybe you're wondering, “What is wrong with me?”
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Episode 198
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14:21
197. Grieving Two Parents: From a Sudden Death to Dementia Caregiving with Barri Leiner Grant
In this episode of Life With Grief, Barri Leiner Grant shares her experience of losing her mother suddenly to a brain aneurysm at age 27, and what it meant to grieve at a time when grief was rarely spoken about. She opens up about ...
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Episode 197
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1:08:59
196: Reinventing Yourself After Loss: Is It Wrong to Want a New Life?
In this episode of Life With Grief, let's dig into the quiet desire many grievers feel after loss: the pull to completely reinvent themselves.When someone we love dies, it doesn’t just change our circumstances... it changes our identity...
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Episode 196
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25:50
195. Grieving the Death of a Brother: Addiction, Stigma & Finding Identity with Nina Rodriguez
In this episode of Life With Grief, I sit down with Nina Rodriguez to talk about sibling grief after the sudden death of her only brother, Yosef, who died from fentanyl poisoning on September 11, 2019—just one day after his 32nd birthday.
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Episode 195
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1:03:59
194. The Duality of Celebrating Others While Mourning What You’ve Lost
Grief and life transitions often bring emotions that feel confusing, complicated, and sometimes even contradictory. One of the most common experiences people face after loss is feeling genuinely happy for someone they love, while simultaneously...
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Episode 194
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28:43
193. Navigating Brother Loss and Chronic Illness with Dr. Heather Taylor
In this episode of Life With Grief I sit down with Dr. Heather Taylor, a Licensed Psychologist and Grief Educator, for an honest and deeply human conversation about grief, sibling loss, and living with chronic illness.Dr. Heather shares...
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Episode 193
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1:01:05
192. Navigating Relationship Changes & Outgrowing Friendships After Loss
Grief doesn’t just change how you feel, it often changes your relationships, too. After losing someone you love (or after any loss, really), friendships, family dynamics, and romantic relationships can start to shift. You may feel misunderstood...
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Episode 192
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35:34
BONUS: 5-Minute Grief Talk: When Grief Changes Your Identity
Grief doesn’t just break your heart, it literally changes who you are.In this heartfelt 5-Minute Grief Talk (in honor of my 35th birthday!), I’m sharing a truth that so many grievers quietly wrestle with: the way loss reshapes your iden...
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5:48
198. The Fog of Grief: Why You Can’t Concentrate After Loss
Have you been struggling to focus since your loss? Perhaps you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over, forgetting simple words, or feeling mentally slower than you used to. Maybe you're wondering, “What is wrong with me?”
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Episode 198
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14:45
191. 5 Life-changing Lessons at 35: Grief, Growth, and Living With Intention
In this birthday episode of Life With Grief, I’m sharing five life lessons I’m still actively practicing as I turn 35! Lessons grief, age, motherhood, and lived experience have etched into me over time. These are things rooted in identity shift...
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Episode 191
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47:24
190. Sibling Loss & Childhood Grief: Growing Up After Losing a Brother with Dominic Simpson
In this heartfelt episode of Life With Grief I’m joined by Dominic Simpson, who shares his experience of losing his older brother, Paul, at the age of nine—and how that early loss quietly shaped his life in ways he’s still uncovering today....
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Episode 190
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55:03
189. Soft Life Habits in Grief That Have Changed Me
In this episode I’m reflecting on what living a “soft life” really means—especially after loss. As I approach my 35th birthday, especially, I’ve been thinking deeply about how grief reshaped my priorities, my energy, and the way I move through ...
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Episode 189
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35:07
188. Finding Healing After Unimaginable Mother, Sibling and Pregnancy Loss with Tiriq Rashad
In this deeply honest episode of the Life With Grief Podcast, I sit down with artist and spoken word poet Tiriq Rashad to talk about grief, loss, and the role creativity can play in healing.Tiriq shares his experience navigating multipl...
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Episode 188
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45:58
187. The Mirror Effect of Grief: How Loss Reveals Strength, Patterns, and Personal Growth
Grief doesn’t just change your life, it reveals YOU. In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts let's explore what I like to call the "mirror effect" of grief. The way loss acts as a mirror that reflects our unacknowledged strengths, em...
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Episode 187
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25:24
186. When Grief Keeps Stacking: Finding Hope After Multiple Profound Losses with Theo Boyd
In this episode of Life With Grief, I sit down with author Theo Boyd for a deeply honest and heart-opening conversation about navigating layered loss and finding hope after profound grief.Theo is the author of "My Grief Is Not Like Your...
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Episode 186
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53:16
185. Decision Avoidance in Grief: Why It Happens and How to Make Aligned Choices
Grief doesn’t just affect how we feel, it impacts how we think, plan, and make decisions. If you’ve been avoiding decisions lately or feeling frozen and overwhelmed by even small choices, you’re not alone (and you’re not broken).Let's e...
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Episode 185
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