Redefining Grief with Herdyne Mercier, LCSW

Welcome to a heartfelt episode of the Redefining Grief Podcast with Herdyne Mercier, LCSW. Join us as Herdyne, your favorite grief advocate, shares her enlightening journey and discusses the profound impact of funerals and the life lessons they provided her. 

In this episode, Herdyne welcomes her first podcast guest, funeral director, Patricia Gumbs Oscar, who brings over a decade of compassionate service within the funeral industr...

Welcome to the Redefining Grief podcast with your host, Herdyne Mercier, as she embarks on a transformative journey back to her roots. In this heartfelt episode, Herdyne discusses the significance of names, heritage, and identity with her special guest, Nkem Ekwukoma, a renowned UK business lawyer and founder of The Legal Storyteller. Together, they explore the power of names, the stories they carry, and their impact on our life's ...

Join Herdyne Mercier, LCSW, your dedicated grief counselor and advocator, as she returns refreshed and invigorated after navigating life's challenges.

In this episode, she shares her heartfelt journey of restoration, the empowering communities she built, and the strength found in faith.

Discover how she transformed her trials into triumphs and learn about her exciting new ventures, including her upcoming LIVE conference and book ...

Rho Thomas: The Power Of Self Love

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When was the last time you thought to yourself that you were more important than anybody else, that it was only when you took care of yourself that you could take care of others and be fully functional? If you've been missing out on prioritizing yourself, this episode is for you.

Today, I speak with Rho Thomas, an attorney and financial coach who believes that true wealth is h...

Brandi Harvey: Beyond Her

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Many of us hover over unworthy relationships and habits only because saying a healthy goodbye is hard. We end up going back to places that don't serve us, being around people who don't love us, and spending money on things that deplete us. Today, we learn that there's a lot more to us than we can visualize.

In this episode, Herdyne speaks with Brandi Harvey, Founder of Beyond Her, a ne...

Jameson Mercier: Hope Is Not A Plan

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According to Jameson Mercier, "Hope is not a plan". We need to understand that possessing a practical plan for our goals and then working sincerely to make it work is the starting point of liberation. In this episode, my husband Jameson Mercier sits with me and talks about honesty, sincerity, hope and plans, and how these elements are vital for keeping your relationships cont...

Sinika Calloway

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Do you know that at times of grief, knowing that there are others who have been where you are can greatly help you heal? There is inexplicable power in human connection.  

In this episode of Redefining Grief, I speak with Sinika Calloway about her journey through grief and where it took her in life. Sinika’s life draws a parallel to my life personally and there’s a lot of good things to imbibe f...

Marshawn Evans Daniels

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Do you want to discover the path to your life’s purpose? However hard the course may appear to you, this episode would change your belief altogether. I welcome on the show today Marshawn Evans Daniels, a reinvention strategist and life coach, mentoring women worldwide to live bolder in the areas of faith and business. As a serial entrepreneur, TV personality, creator of the Godfidence mov...

Jazlyn Denise: The Prayer Playbook

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Things that you have been destined for need not happen to you in challenging ways always. Have you known how mysteriously you could be brought to understanding your life's purpose? Listen in to this episode of Redefining Grief as I introduce to you Jazlyn Denise, a professional prayer coach, real estate expert, fundraising professional, author, and public speaker.

Jazlyn truly...

J. Nicole Jones - The Grief Bully

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When times are hard and grief has hit over, how do you know if you really want to feel better? Sometimes, life wants us to embrace the happy and sad times and not run away from them. But when grief robs you off of life’s joys, allow yourself to bully it in return.

Wondering if you could actually do that? Join me on this episode of the Redefining Grief podcast as I interview spe...

Jessie May Wolfe

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Some of us have a wall around our hearts that we're afraid to allow through or break. Do you realize this is robbing you of living your life's purpose? If you need to set free from its clutches, I firmly believe that this episode will help you.  Tune in today as I converse with Jessie May Wolfe, a brave heart leader, speaker, visionary, and founder of the HeartRise movement, which was born ...

Patrice Washington - Redefining Wealth

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This is a special episode of the Redefining Grief Podcast. Our guest today is my dearest friend and personal business coach, Patrice Washington. She is a professional finance expert, America's money Maven turned holistic lifestyle innovator, award-winning author, and host of the Redefining Wealth podcast. She has used her podcast to teach millions of people that wealth is ...

Valerie Johnson-Reed: Triumph Over Tragedy 

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What if you learned someday that your name symbolized what you will go through and how you will handle life? Some learnings could be just as incredible. Often, we have to not say anything at all, for it is not about saying something; it is about being there.

Join me on this episode of the Redefining Grief podcast...

Latrese Kabuya: Overcoming The Odds

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Any pain that you bury inside would keep resurfacing until you deal with it the way you're supposed to. Do you wish to come out of all that is eating up your mental space?

Whatever it is that you're going through right now emotionally,  I want to tell you that you're going to feel pumped and ready to overcome it. Get ready to tackle it with confidence and grace as my gue...

Whitney West: Grieving The Life You Had

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Sometimes, life gets awfully messy and unpredictable en route to reaching your goals. Recentering yourself and accepting the changes that you are to undergo could be overwhelming. But remember, those are the times that actually trick you into discovering what you are truly capable of!

Have you been wanting to battle your way out through challenges to living the life you...

Ebony Tutora

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As kids, our instinctual intelligence guided us when understanding right and wrong. We knew it when something was not right, we could sense danger and steer clear from it. What happens to that instinctive light as we grow older? Why does it get so clouded that you find yourself afar from the truth? Ebony Tutora is a revolutionary thinker and creator who emerged out through the darkest of times to b...

Do you find it hard to communicate with your creator? Do you not know what to say? Maybe you are at a place in your heartbreak that the prayers of others are providing you strength. In today's episode, Herdyne will be praying for The Grief Crusader Community. 

This episode is brought to you by our supportive, informative, and complimentary Grief Crusader Community.

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Healing Requires Action - Herdyne Mercier Episode Introduction

Battling your way out through grief requires you to take action. It is the little things that help you build the muscles to take up more significant things, which applies in the context of healing also. Start by not feeling comfortable with your grief and pain. It is not normal. Don't coddle it like a baby. Be vulnerable to pain. Face the truth, however terrible it feel...

New Year, Same Grief - Herdyne Mercier

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This new year, let us all take that step forward to redefining grief. You know that healing requires you to take action and make informed decisions. The pain may have been around for so long that we really do not know what to do with it. Though it might feel normal, know that it should not. 

Today, I want you to explore this thing I call Actively Healing to Live. Listen to...