Life With Grief Podcast
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 along the way to help you cultivate a more meaningful, intentional, and beautiful life. Grieving or not, lets navigate this crazy thing called life together! Subscribe now for laughs, life lessons, and everything in between. Leave me a voice message! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief
Episodes
In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, let's explore why comparing your grief to someone else’s can feel so instinctive... and so damaging. I'm breaking down the societal pressures, conditioning, and survival instincts that push us into comparison mode, especially after loss, and am here to remind you that grief is a deeply personal, non-linear journey.
You’ll hear relatable insights fr...
174. Grief Awareness Week: Real Talk on Navigating Life After Loss with Liz Quinn and Nina Rodriguez
In honor of Grief Awareness Week, I’m joined by fellow podcast hosts Liz Quinn (Healing Hearts Podcast) and Nina Rodriguez (Grief and Light Podcast) for a vulnerable, honest conversation about the many layers of grief during the holidays.
Together, we explore our personal experiences with loss, how grief evolves over time, and what it really looks like to navigate overwhelming emotions when the world expects ...
In case you missed my new 5 Minute Grief Talks on YouTube, here's a little sneak peek so you can get a taste of what they're like! These are here to be a little boost of support, guidance, and inspiration you can watch or listen to whenever you need it. Quick, but impactful!
When grief sneaks up during the holidays, it can feel like the wind gets knocked out of you. In this short five-minute holiday...
In this episode, we're exploring the complicated dance between grief and gratitude during the holiday season—a time that can feel emotionally conflicting, overwhelming, or even isolating after loss.
I break down:
✨ Why it’s normal to feel both thankful and heartbroken
✨ Challenges the pressure to “just be grateful"
✨ Grounded strategies for navigating holiday gatherings, expectations, a...
Today I'm here to gently guide you through navigating the holiday season after losing someone you love.
We'll talk about how to honor the memories of those who are gone while finding new ways to celebrate and create meaning. I'll also share ideas for reimagining traditions that no longer bring joy, introduce you to simple journaling prompts for reflection, and will lead you through a beautiful...
Today we're exploring how to navigate holiday grief triggers and the anxiety that often comes with this season. The holidays can feel especially tender and overwhelming after a loss, and this episode offers grounded, approachable guidance for managing those emotional landmines.
I'm sharing high-level strategies for recognizing and responding to grief triggers during the holidays, including:
✨ Ac...
Today on Life With Grief we're diving deep into the experience of grieving during the holidays—when the world feels festive, but your heart feels heavy.
I'm sharing heartfelt insight into the pressure to be merry while you’re missing someone you love. We’ll talk about why holiday grief can feel so isolating, how to release the expectation to “stay cheerful,” and what it means to honor your emotions ...
Welcome to Day 1 of my 5 Days of Holiday Grief series! In this episode, we explore how to cope with grief during the holiday season, especially when facing your first holiday after a significant loss.
Whether your grief stems from the death of a loved one, divorce, or another life-changing event, this episode offers guidance to help you navigate the emotional challenges.
We chat about the importance...
Today I'm welcoming Brittney Ann, a gifted medium who opens up about her incredible journey of discovering and embracing her spiritual gifts after years of denying them.
From her early childhood experiences of seeing and sensing spirits to the trauma that ultimately led her to accept her mediumship, Brittany shares a powerful story of healing, resilience, and transformation through grief.
In th...
In today’s episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, we’re exploring a common challenge in the grief journey: the pressure to return to your “old self” before loss.
I'm here to remind you that it’s completely normal to change after a significant loss. Grief transforms us, and that transformation isn't something to fix. It’s something to honor.
In this conversation, we're digging into...
Today I'm sitting down with Jessica Maguire, a Grief and Nervous System Expert, to explore the powerful link between grief, trauma, and the nervous system.
Together we dive into how grief is stored in the body, why our nervous system responds the way it does after loss, and how to begin healing trauma and regulating your body through mindful awareness and connection.
Jessica opens up about her o...
In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts, let's explore how to navigate the holiday season while grieving the loss of a loved one. More specifically, missing their presence at the holiday dinner table or celebrations.
I'm sharing a glimpse into the evolution of my own holiday seasons without my parents over the years, but more importantly, I'm offering you practical, compassionate adv...
In this episode of the Life With Grief Podcast I'm joined by Angela Vitiello, founder of The Expat Parenting Collective, to explore a unique and often overlooked form of grief: the kind that comes with major life transitions and relocation.
Angela opens up about her personal journey of moving abroad, adjusting to new cultures, and navigating motherhood as an expat. She shares how the excitement of starti...
In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on the Life With Grief podcast, we’re exploring a rarely discussed aspect of grief: changes in appetite.
Whether you’re noticing a loss of appetite or overeating, these shifts are common and deeply connected to the body’s response to loss.
We dig into:
✨ Why grief affects our appetite and can cause undereating or overeating
✨ How stress and ...
In this episode I'm sitting down with Lauren Sisler, award-winning ESPN sideline reporter and author of Shatterproof, to explore how grief can shape—and strengthen—our lives.
Lauren opens up about losing both of her parents to fentanyl overdoses when she was just 18, and the more recent passing of her brother.
Together we dive into the complexities of coping with sudden loss, the stigmas surrounding grie...
In this episode of Mourning Sips and Soul Shifts, we’re exploring one of the most common and tender fears in grief: feeling like a burden.
If you’ve ever kept your pain quiet because you didn’t want to “bother” anyone, this conversation will remind you that your grief is not too much. We’ll chat about the cultural discomfort around grief, why we often suffer in silence, and how to begin releasing guilt when a...
In this episode of the Life with Grief Podcast, I sit down with Diandra Ford-Wing—a tech sales professional turned author—for a heartfelt conversation about grief, healing, and the power of creative expression after loss.
Diandra opens up about losing her mother, aunt, and grandfather, and how her grief journey inspired her to write her debut memoir, Redbird.
She shares how writing became a form of therap...
In this episode of Morning Sips & Soul Shifts, I explore the tender yet powerful journey of rediscovering joy after loss. Grief often brings fear, anxiety, and hypervigilance, making it difficult to fully trust moments of happiness.
Together, we’ll talk about how to gently lean into joy, even when it feels fleeting or overshadowed by the fear of “the other shoe dropping.”
You’ll hear practical i...
Today on Life With Grief I'm sitting down with Hannah Rumsey, creator of the Friends Missing Friends Podcast, to discuss the unique and often overlooked grief of losing a friend.
Hannah opens up about her personal story of losing her friend, Lauren, under tragic circumstances, and how this loss inspired her to create a space for others navigating friendship loss grief.
Together, we explore:
Have you ever felt pressured to find your big life purpose after loss? Like you need to radically change everything or discover one monumental calling? In this episode of Mourning Sips & Soul Shifts on Life With Grief, we’re unpacking why that’s not the only way forward.
We’ll explore:
✨ Why the idea of “purpose” can feel overwhelming after loss.
✨ The truth about small, everyday purposes and why ...
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