What happens when you gather a circle of grievers, creators, and grief-literacy leaders around one table and ask them to tell the truth about how loss has reshaped their families, and their lives?
In this special Grief Week episode of Grief and Light, we find out.
*** Watch the video here. ***
This episode is an offering for anyone navigating family changes after loss, for anyone bracing for the holidays, and for anyone who needs to hear that their grief makes sense, that their story matters, and that connection is still possible even in the midst of heartbreak.
Each year, the first week of December marks Grief Week—a global invitation to slow down, raise awareness, open conversations, and build a more grief-informed world. In honor of this mission, Nina Rodriguez brings together members of the Get Griefy Small Business Collective for a roundtable conversation that feels equal parts honest, tender, and unexpectedly uplifting.
From the moment the mic turns on, the episode unfolds like a shared living room, where stories overlap, tears sit beside laughter, and the complexity of grief is met with curiosity instead of fear. Together, Nina and her guests explore how loss ripples through families: the shifting dynamics, the roles we grow into (or out of), the unspoken tensions, and the surprising places where connection begins to mend what grief has fractured.
What emerges is not just a conversation, but a reminder:
Grief may isolate, but community brings us home to ourselves.
Through creativity, storytelling, mutual witnessing, and the simple act of speaking honestly, this group shows what’s possible when we don’t grieve alone.
Connect with our guests & their offerings:
- AMANDA MCKOY FLANAGAN: amandamckoyflanagan.com
- ANGIE HANSON: butterfliesandhalos.com
- CHARLENE LAM: curatinggrief.com
- KERA SANCHEZ: getgriefymagazine.com
- LIZ QUINN: @lizquinnheals
Hosted by: Nina Rodriguez
- Creator of Grief and Light, Grief Guide
- griefandlight.com
- @griefandlight
- Resting Grief Face on Substack
Grief Support Resources for the Road:
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