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Welcome to the Life With Grief Podcast! Host Tara Accardo, a Grief & Transformational Life Coach, created this podcast and community to normalize the complexities of grief, navigate life after loss and all this entails, and so much more. Each week, consider this your safe space where we work together and dig deep to live a full life with our grief in tow.Tap into the world of healing with Tara and guests and discover guidance, support, tangible coping tools, inspiration, and some laughs alon ...
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On MotherGrief, we delve into how all forms of grief and loss—whether clear-cut or ambiguous—shape and transform our lives. We explore the profound act of grieving well, offering a space to reframe and redefine the grief experiences of mothers. Through grief literacy, grief education, and simply allowing ourselves to inhabit the sacred space of grief, this show serves maidens, mothers, and wise women alike—those who create, nurture, and hold life on this earth. Here, you will find a place to ...
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122. The Grief Wave: Why Sadness Hits Out of Nowhere
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Send us a text In this minisode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts we’re digging into the sudden and overwhelming waves of grief that can strike during everyday activities. Doing laundry, scrolling on social media, at the grocery store, a TV show… it feels like anything could be a trigger. So, let’s take a few minutes to talk about why these grief wave…
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121. How to Embrace the Unknown and Uncertainty After Loss
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Send us a text Today we’re digging into the hefty topic of facing uncertainty and the unknown after experiencing loss. In this conversation we’re talking about why the unknown can be especially painful and scary for us as grievers, but also how it also has the potential to be our greatest teacher and a space for personal growth rather than a source…
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120. How to Navigate the Birthday of a Loved One Who Has Died
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Send us a text Today on Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts we’re digging into the emotional complexities of navigating the birthdays of our loved ones who have died. On a personal note, my parents’ birthdays are on May 20th and 23rd—so this has been heavy on my heart lately. But, that just made me want to talk about it more and, hopefully, validate you if…
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119. Breaking Silence: A Fight for Justice After Trauma with Ashley Spence
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Send us a text I’m excited to introduce a Life With Grief guest that does some INCREDIBLE work—and is unlike any other guest we’ve had on before. Ashley Spence is a motivational speaker, victim advocate, and founder of DNA Justice Project; a non-profit that focuses on educating the public and policy makers on the value of forensic DNA in the crimin…
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Spirit Babies, Loss, and the Path to Becoming with Phoebe Martelli
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Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, near-death experiences, illness, and identity grief. Listener discretion is advised, especially for those currently navigating pregnancy, recent loss, or sensitive to themes of physical and emotional trauma. Summary: In this season finale episode, Sarah welcomes ener…
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118. Grieving and Missing Your Mom this Mother's Day? This Message Is For You
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Send us a text In this special minisode of Morning Sips and Soul Shifts, we’re taking a few minutes to honor Mother’s Day. I’m first sharing the quick origin story behind Mother’s Day with you—because many might not know the inspiring story behind it, AND it’s going to be an important piece to something I share with you later on in the episode. Tru…
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117. Navigating Anger in Grief: How to Understand It, Cope, and Transform From It
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Send us a text Today we’re addressing one of the most common, invasive emotions we can feel as we’re grieving: anger. In this episode we’re breaking anger down so we can better understand and cope with it as we’re grieving, and beyond. As a very natural part of the grieving process—but also being one of the most difficult emotions to cope with—I’m …
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116. Facing the Unimaginable: Trauma, Oppression & Resilience with Negin Cheleh, Part 2
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Send us a text In this gripping second half of our conversation with Negin Cheleh, she shares her harrowing story of surviving domestic abuse, sexual assault, and complex cultural and family dynamics. The conversation delves into the significant struggles and trauma she endured, her path to healing (and what that even means now), and how she has co…
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115. Facing the Unimaginable: Trauma, Oppression & Resilience with Negin Cheleh, Part 1
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Send us a text In this powerful episode of the Life with Grief podcast we’re welcoming Negin Cheleh, the CEO and founder of Pathpal, to share her deeply moving and harrowing life story. Negin vulnerably shares about her experiences growing up as an Iranian born Muslim in North America, the cultural challenges she faced, and the traumatic events tha…
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114. Navigating Grief When the Mundane & Daily Tasks Feels Heavy
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Send us a text In this minisode of Mourning Sips & Soul shifts, we're exploring the hidden challenges of grief that extend into everyday, mundane tasks. Think: grocery shopping, running errands, vacuuming... you name it. We're talking about the often-overlooked ways grief affects simple daily activities, because grief is so much bigger and more inv…
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113. Processing Loss Through Art, Living Authentically & Healing Through Grief with Susie Stonefield
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Send us a text Today we’re chatting with Susie Stonefield, a transformational creativity coach, grief midwife, expressive artist, and writer. Susie’s work is SO fantastic and beautiful, I can’t wait to share her and her story with you all. In this episode Susie shares her personal story of coming out later in life, the challenges of supporting a ch…
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Parenting After Parental Loss with Tara Accardo
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Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of parental death, terminal illness, and anticipatory grief. Please take care while listening, especially if you are in the midst of fresh grief or navigating similar losses. In this deeply heartfelt conversation, Sarah welcomes Tara Accardo, grief and transformational life coach, and host of the L…
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112. What is "Grief Brain" & Why You Keep Forgetting Everything
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Send us a text In this minisode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts we’re digging into “grief brain”—the cognitive and emotional changes that occur during the grieving process. Though not a formal medical diagnosis, grief brain describes how stress hormones affect memory, concentration, decision-making, and speech. As if grief isn’t difficult enough, ri…
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111. Empowering Financial Wellness Through Grief & Trauma with DonJay Rice
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Send us a text Today we’re welcoming DonJay Rice to the podcast, a financial coach specializing in the intersection of money, grief, and trauma. In this episode you’ll gain insight on how past and present grief and trauma influences financial behaviors and decisions. You’ll also gain the importance of understanding your own money messages, how to c…
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Today, Sarah offers listeners another tender and deeply personal episode. She opens her heart to share the grief of losing her two brothers, Jordan and Joe, and how their absence continues to shape her experience of motherhood. She reflects on what it means to mother without the presence of the very people who helped shape her and and how that loss…
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Send us a text In this special Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts minisode we explore the concept of the 'grief hangover'—the emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that follows an intense wave of grief. You’ll learn why grief hangovers occur, how they are actually a GOOD sign of emotional processing, and discover four essential tips for managing them…
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109. Father Loss, Navigating Jealousy, and Balancing Grief & Joy with Leah Stern
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Send us a text Join me in welcoming Leah Stern to the podcast, who is not only training to be an associate marriage and family therapist but is also a fellow griever who lost her father. In this episode you’ll gain insights on coping with father or parent loss, anticipatory grief, surviving the first year after a death, and jealousy and other darke…
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108. Your 90-Second Pep Talk for When Grief Sucks
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Send us a text This minisode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts provides a short, powerful pep talk to support you as you navigate wherever you are in your grief journey—particularly if your grief is just unrelenting on any given day. Here we're emphasizing presence and self-awareness, acknowledging the profound human experience of grief, and rememberi…
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107. Navigating Caregiving, Mental Illness, and Living a Fulfilling Life with Debbie Weiss
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Send us a text Today we’re chatting with Debbie Weiss, who is an author, speaker, and digital creator. Debbie lost both her father and husband after being a caregiver to both of them. In this episode we talk about the process of caregiving for her father since the age of 17, followed by the mental and physical illness her husband suffered from for …
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In this tender and intimate solo episode, Sarah explores a form of grief many mothers feel but don’t always have language for: anticipatory grief—the ache that arrives before anything is lost. From the sweetness of bedtime battles to the fleeting mispronunciations of toddlerhood, Sarah invites us into the quiet, sacred spaces where grief and joy co…
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106. The Emotional Espresso Shot: A Quick Reframe for Difficult Days
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Send us a text Welcome to the first episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts! As the "mourning sips" name implies, today we're taking a sip of emotional espresso, if you will. I'm here to give you a fast, practical mindset shift for when grief feels simply unbearable. If today feels heavy, if you woke up with that familiar ache in your chest, or if y…
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Send us a text Welcome to Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts! The new iteration of the Life With Grief Podcast where you can drop in and get bite-sized pieces of audible content to start your day on a high note, and get some extra love and support in your journey of life with grief and beyond. Named after my love of taking those first morning sips of a go…
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104. The Silent Sorrow: Navigating Disenfranchised Loss & Grief
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Send us a text We’re diving into the concept of disenfranchised grief—the “silent sorrow”, as I sometimes call it. This is grief that’s often not openly acknowledged, socially validated or publicly mourned, which makes it especially challenging to navigate. In this conversation we’re chatting about various examples of disenfranchised grief that are…
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103. Parent & Brother Loss and Embracing a New You with Moira Khan
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Send us a text Moira Khan is a Certified Grief Educator and Coach, and the founder of GriefSpan. Moira has truly turned her pain into purpose after the loss her parents and brother in the span of five years—all while trying to navigate her grief as COVID-19 come along, and caring for two toddlers. Moira provides 1:1 grief support to clients all ove…
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In this solo episode, Sarah offers a space for you to simply be with your grief. Through guided breathwork and somatic practices, she invites you to acknowledge the weight of loss, to allow it to exist without needing to fix or outrun it. She shares insights on nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and how movement—no matter how small—can hel…
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102. Secondary Losses: What They Are and How to Cope
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Send us a text We’re digging into the often unspoken and unacknowledged grief: secondary loss. This episode dives into the deep pain and complexities that secondary loss can cause, from loss of identity to financial instability to loss of security & safety, and so much more. We’ll explore the feelings of unpredictability and grief that can come wit…
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101. Navigating Grief and Healing Through Fiction with Author Lauren Evans
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Send us a text Today we’re joined by Lauren Evans, author of the highly relatable fictional novel, “Casket Case”. I serendipitously found this novel in an airport and was immediately drawn to it, then proceeded to finish it very quickly because it was THAT good! In this episode we're talking all about Lauren's book, which intertwines themes of love…
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The Story of Poppy: Planting Seeds of Grief & Growth
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In this deeply personal solo episode, Sarah invites us into the past 12 months of her life—a journey marked by grief, healing, and profound transformation. Through a raw and vulnerable narrative, Sarah recounts the loss, upheaval, and crisis that ultimately led to the birth of Poppy, her newly announced therapeutic flower farm in Loveland, Colorado…
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