Grief, Gratitude & The Gray in Between

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Bilingual Podcast by Kendra Rinaldi Grief, Gratitude, and the Gray in Between: Exploring grief beyond death—identity, migration, divorce, and life’s joyful transitions like motherhood, marriage, and career change. / Explorando el duelo más allá de la muerte—identidad, migración, divorcio y las transiciones alegres de la vida como la maternidad, el matrimonio y los cambios profesionales.   It is a bilingual podcast  each episode features heartfelt interviews with individuals sharing their personal grief journeys, conversations with experts offering tools and insights, and solo episodes where host Kendra Rinaldi reflects on topics that matter. Together, we honor grief in all its forms and learn tools we can use to help us navigate it. Duelo, Gratitudy todos los matices de por medio: historias de cambio, amor y resiliencia es un pódcast bilingüe, en ingles  y en español,  que explora las muchas caras del duelo—no solo por pérdidas, sino también por las transiciones de la vida. Desde cambios de identidad y migración hasta divorcio, maternidad, matrimonio y transformaciones profesionales, profundizamos en la complejidad emocional del cambio. A través de conversaciones sinceras, historias personales y perspectivas expertas, honramos el duelo en todas sus formas y celebramos el crecimiento que lo acompaña.  https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/

  1. 2 days ago ·  Video

    Unraveling Hidden Trauma: Migratory Grief, Ancestral Healing, and Inner Strength with Dr. Hoangmai Pham

    Hoangmai (Mai) Pham is a Vietnamese American refugee, physician, artist, mother, and debut memoirist. Bridge from Saigon, her first memoir, was shortlisted for Black Spring Press’ International Beverly Prize for Literature. At six, Mai fled with her family from Saigon on a cargo plane at the end of the war to the United States, and went on to earn degrees from Harvard and Hopkins, and other markers of a model minority. She has pursued answers to mysteries about her family and her own psychological journey with interviews, voyages back to Vietnam, and a scientific healer’s eye on her traumas. Mai was the first Chief Innovation Officer for Medicare and Medicaid. When not making change in American healthcare, she hosts a baking club and relishes in her “Zoomagogue” Jewish community. Learn more about Mai: hoangmaipham.me. Contact Kendra Rinaldi for more information about her services https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/ Show Highlights: Introducing Dr. Hoangmai Pham: Meeting the physician, health policy leader, and author of Bridge from Saigon. The Child’s Experience of Displacement: Fleeing Saigon overnight at age six and learning to let go prematurely. The Silent Losses of Migration: Arriving in Philadelphia with only six family members and no anchors. Crafting an Identity from Scratch: Navigating the unspoken pressures of immigrant expectations and entering medicine. When Success Triggers Breakdown: Experiencing sudden panic attacks in middle age that unlocked buried childhood memories. Meeting "Michael" and "Eight": Discovering dissociative childhood parts in therapy and facing early trauma. "I Am the Bridge": Breaking the family silence on war trauma and feeling the duty to heal ancestral grief. Returning to the Homeland: Reclaiming Vietnamese roots and realizing a distinct American identity. A Blended Life: Embracing Judaism, raising multicultural children, and breaking generational patterns. Bridging Healthcare & Disability: Founding the Institute for Exceptional Care to advocate for neurodiverse families. Grief and Gratitude as Two Halves: Extending empathy to today's refugee children facing the long tail of displacement.

    Unraveling Hidden Trauma: Migratory Grief, Ancestral Healing, and Inner Strength with Dr. Hoangmai Pham

  2. 22 Oct ·  Video

    Planning with Purpose: Long-Term Care, and Protecting Your Family with Raymond Lavine

    Raymond Lavine is an extended care benefits advisor. He advises and designs long-term care benefits for families and LTC benefits for companies. Contact Ramond Lavine https://raymondlavineofficial.com  www.lavineltcins.com Show Highlights & Key Takeaways Raymond's Background & Expertise: As an extended care benefit advisor, co-author of Empathy and Understanding in Business, and host of Planning with Purpose: The Caregiver’s Blueprint, Raymond blends financial precision with deep empathy. The 18-Year Caregiving Outlier: Raymond shares the story of his mother, Ruth (an estate planning attorney), who bought a long-term care policy in the 1990s and required care for 18 years before passing away at age 103. The Emotional & Financial Toll on Families: After witnessing his wife’s parents navigate severe cancer and cognitive decline without a care plan, Raymond and his wife recognized the urgent need to secure their own extended care strategy. "Nobody Has That Much Money": Highlighting his mother's advice that regardless of wealth, relying solely on out-of-pocket funds for long-term care drains retirement assets and disrupts personal lifestyle. Admitting You’re Not "Caregiver Material": Why it’s healthy to admit what tasks you are—and aren't—suited for, and how to delegate functional caregiving duties to professionals while serving as a supportive family member or medical advocate . The Auto & Homeowners Insurance Analogy: Reframing long-term care planning not as a "wasted expense" if unused, but as essential liquidity and protection against life's unexpected crises]. Parenting in Reverse: Comparing caregiving for older adults to raising children—managing the same daily living activities (bathing, dressing, scheduling, meals), but with older adults who have established independence and verbal authority]. The Hidden Details of Caretaking: Discussing how caregiving extends beyond medical needs to include home maintenance (HVAC, plumbing, roofing) and simple safety tasks like checking for expired food. Breaking Through Estate Planning Roadblocks: Raymond candidly shares his recent personal breakthrough in estate planning by opting for natural organic reduction (human composting) for his final resting arrangements].

    Planning with Purpose: Long-Term Care, and Protecting Your Family with Raymond Lavine

  3. 14 Oct ·  Video

    Joy Doesn't Dismiss the Hard Stuff: SoulPancake Co-Founder Shabnam Mogharabi

    Shabnam Mogharabi is an entertainment executive, producer, and New York Times bestselling author with 20 years of experience in mission-driven media. Today, she is founder of The Joy Brigade, a boutique storytelling studio. Prior to that, Shabnam co-founded the uplifting production company SoulPancake with actor Rainn Wilson, amassing 1B+ video views, producing dozens of TV series and specials, and winning many Emmy and Webby Awards, before a successful exit to Participant Media. She and Rainn still work together - she is Executive Director of the new company Soul Boom, based on Rainn's bestselling book of the same name, which creates playful, practical media to harness ancient spiritual wisdom for modern living. Shabnam is also the New York Times bestselling co-author of Soul Boom: Spiritual Tools for Modern Living and SoulPancake: Chew on Life's Big Questions. She sits on the advisory boards of startups Seed & Spark and DEIA and on the board of directors of the nonprofits The Wayfarer Foundation and Tahirih Justice Center. She is a Henry Crown Fellow and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. She also has a certification in positive psychology and is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on the subjects of joy, purpose, and storytelling. Shabnam's Websites:: www.shabnamspeaks.com IG: @shabnamm LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shabnammogharabi/ Contact Kendra Rinaldi Key Topics & Highlights: SoulPancake & Soul Boom:   Shabnam shares her journey from traditional journalism to co‑founding SoulPancake, creating uplifting viral content with over 1 billion views, and her current work at Soul Boom, which applies ancient wisdom to modern life. Women Can Have It All — In Seasons:   A candid look at redefining work‑life balance, shifting from 70‑hour workweeks in her 20s/30s to prioritizing family and presence in her 40s. Infertility, IVF & Later Motherhood:   Her path through egg freezing, IUIs, IVF, miscarriages, and becoming a mother at 39. She speaks openly about holding gratitude for her two children while grieving the larger family she once imagined. Emotional Duality (“The And”):   How therapy helped her embrace conflicting emotions—joy in motherhood alongside grief, or relief and sorrow after ending an unhealthy relationship. Joy vs Happiness:   Happiness as fleeting and external; joy as a deeper state that integrates sadness, grief, and life’s challenges. Positive Psychology:   How practices like gratitude, growth mindset, and purpose can reshape neural pathways and shift brain chemistry. Unlearning Victimhood & Scarcity:   Growing up as a child of refugees, releasing the “power” of anger, and choosing vulnerability and connection instead. Rejection as Protection:   How losing six major executive roles after a sabbatical revealed that the universe was preserving her time with her young children. Ethical Integrity in Media:   Standing firm in her values by refusing to exploit grieving mothers for press attention—even after winning a major journalism award. Teaching Virtues Over Checklists:   Why children need curiosity, empathy, and patience more than rigid academic benchmarks. Feelings Are Not Identity:   A reminder that emotions like anger or sadness are temporary experiences—not who you are.

    Joy Doesn't Dismiss the Hard Stuff: SoulPancake Co-Founder Shabnam Mogharabi

  4. 8 Oct ·  Video

    Parenting Your Parent: Navigating Alzheimer's with Sarah Church Vosburgh

    It was never in Sarah Vosburgh’s plan to be an author or to write a memoir. As a busy mom, wife, and psychologist, she always saw her life as full (sometimes overfull). But in the dark of night, memories knocked on her brain, compelling her to commit them first to paper, then to bits and bytes. Sarah is a member of the International Memoir Writers Association and San Diego Writers, Ink. Her work has been published in A Year in Ink and numerous volumes of Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. A native New Englander, she now lives in San Diego with her husband, her daughter, her granddog, and a most extraordinary feline. Website: www.SarahVosburgh.com Reach Kendra Rinaldi on her website for questions about being a guest https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/ Episode Highlights: Growing Up as an Only Child: Sarah reflects on her New England upbringing and her complex relationship with her mother—a brilliant, intellectually attentive, yet physically distant and anxious woman whose anxiety was largely managed by Sarah's father until his passing. Late-Twenties Loss & Red Flags: Losing her father in her late 20s, followed by her mother's quick remarriage two years later to a partner where subtle signs of neglect and unexplained physical injuries began surfacing alongside early cognitive decline. Systemic Roadblocks: The immense isolation of trying to intervene when her mother was driving dangerously on the left side of the road, only to encounter dismissive responses from physicians, the DMV, and local social workers. The Car Key Breakthrough: A brilliant compromise suggested by Sarah's husband: disconnecting the car battery and placing a note inside the compartment for mechanics, while allowing her mother to keep her keys in her nightstand drawer so she retained her feeling of autonomy . The Glass Nightstand "Hack": How Sarah's husband helped her process nocturnal grief ruminations by placing a custom glass top on her nightstand with a Sharpie so she could write down late-night memories without turning on the lights. A Family Audiobook Collaboration: Crafting her memoir through San Diego Writers Inc. and recording the audiobook alongside her daughters—with her older daughter reading the "younger Sarah" passages, her younger daughter reading the poetry, and Sarah reading the present-day caregiving chapters. The Snow Incident & Memory Care: The heartbreaking turning point when her mother wandered out into the memory care gardens in her pajamas and bare feet on a December morning to watch the snow fall, leading to an abrupt transfer to a locked psych unit. "Who Will Name the Bees?": The origin of the book's title from their final Mother's Day visit, where her mother remembered Sarah's plans to start beekeeping with 40,000–50,000 bees and innocently asked in childlike wonder, "How will you find names for them all?" . A Message of Solidarity: Sarah's core encouragement to anyone caretaking a parent with dementia: "You are not alone" in navigating this amateur, isolating business

    Parenting Your Parent: Navigating Alzheimer's with Sarah Church Vosburgh

  5. 1 Oct ·  Video

    Trusting Your Inner Guidance: Normalizing Intuition, Spirit Communication, and Energetic Protection with Kate Saint Clair

    Kate Saint Clair is a Human Intuition Expert, Psychic Medium, and Intuitive Advocate who has been teaching intuition as a practical, embodied skill since 2007. Born highly intuitive, Kate found strength through her challenging childhood with her connection to the spiritual world. Kate devotes her work to normalizing intuition and helping people trust their inner guidance with clarity and confidence. Through her books, live programs, and communities, Kate supports individuals in understanding how intuition communicates. Known for her grounded, validating approach and direct insight, Kate empowers people to move from self-doubt to self-trust and live guided from the inside out. Contact Kate: https://www.katesaintclair.com/ Contact Kendra Rinaldi: https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/ Episode Highlights:  Survival Intuition in Montana: Growing up in the open landscape of Great Falls, Montana, naturally developed her baseline survival intuition to read people and energy for safety. The Four Main "Clairs": Breaking down the mechanics of intuition—clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairsentience (clear feeling), clairaudience (clear hearing), and claircognizance (clear knowing). Spirit Guides & Childhood Experiences: Seeing spirits as a young child and coming to realize her childhood sightings of "black cougars" were spirit guides preparing her for independence. The Colorado Park Turning Point: Hearing clear inner guidance to pick up her two-year-old daughter when followed by a stranger, prompting her to seek formal intuitive mentorship. Generational Intuition & Lineage: "Coming out of the closet" to her father about her work as a medium, only to discover he had experienced intuitive guidance his whole life—proving we all come from intuitive lineages. Active Dialogue with Guidance: Learning to train your intuition to hold an active, conscious dialogue with your birth guide rather than reacting passively or out of fear. Energetic Protection in Grief: Understanding that deep grief shrinks the aura, making energetic hygiene, firm boundaries, and asking angels or God for protection vital self-care tools. End-of-Life Family Harmony: How each family member brought a unique, embodied role during her grandmother's 5-day end-of-life transition. Normalizing Intuition for Children: Validating children's night terrors or spiritual sightings with curious, calm questions and establishing clear energetic boundaries in the home

    Trusting Your Inner Guidance: Normalizing Intuition, Spirit Communication, and Energetic Protection with Kate Saint Clair

  6. 24 Sept ·  Video

    Breaking Cycles of Trauma and Secrets with Joanne Redding

    Joanne Redding grew up in Brooklyn and eventually made her way to Manhattan, then the suburbs of Westchester County, and finally Greenwich, CT. She holds a bachelor’s degree in French and a master’s in finance from New York University and is a certified Master Gardener with a degree in landscape design. Over her career, she has worked at an airport and an engineering firm, spent over fifteen years on Wall Street, and run her own landscape design business. The proud mom of two amazing young adults, Joanne shares her home in the New York City area with her two elderly but endlessly loved dogs. For more information, visit https://joannereddingauthor.com/ Checkout https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/ for more  information on coaching with Kendra Rinaldi or being a guest on the show. Show Highlights & Themes: Childhood Loss & Hidden Truths: Joanne shares the sudden death of her father when she was six years old, and how the full truth surrounding his passing was kept hidden from her until she reached college. That's when she found out her dad had died by suicide. Growing Up in a "House of Pretend": Navigating an environment surrounded by generational family secrets, where grief was buried and unexpressed among family members. Intuitive Coping & Wall Street: How books, reading, and later entering the male-dominated world of Wall Street in the 80s and 90s served as intuitive ways to process her loss and seek connection. From Wall Street to Landscape Design to Author: Joanne’s multi-faceted journey of lifelong learning—from financial markets to landscape architecture, language study, and ultimately publishing her memoir. The Vulnerability of Writing a Memoir: Overcoming the feeling of "walking naked in Times Square" by sharing raw personal memories, letting go of expectations, and managing feedback. Parenting & Breaking Generational Cycles: Reflecting on how childhood trauma influenced her approach to motherhood, navigating overcompensation, and later caretaking for her mother. Honoring Children in Their Grief: Joanne’s crucial advice for adults to see and acknowledge grieving children, emphasizing that kids experience loss deeply even when they don't express it like adults

    Breaking Cycles of Trauma and Secrets with Joanne Redding

  7. 17 Sept ·  Video

    How Martial Arts, Mindfulness, and Body Inquiry Can Support Grief with Gyani Richards

    Gyani Richards is a grief counselor and uses mindfulness, somatic inquiry, and explorative dialogue to help clients navigate the land of loss. His personal experience into this field began quite early when his father died when he was 13. Shortly thereafter, he began exploring meditation and the great wisdom traditions of the world, practices which have defined the last 40 years of his life. His work is based on the observation that grief is not a problem to be solved, but a life-changing opportunity to be discovered. He has an MA in Counseling Psychology and is a Certified Grief Educator. www.ourgriefpath.com Episode Highlights: Early Loss at 13: Losing his father to cancer at a young age without formal counseling, experiencing a sudden "grief bomb" that left his family unmoored. Seeking the "Deathless": Turning to yoga, meditation, and world wisdom traditions at 17 to find spiritual grounding and something that death could not take away. The Nuance of Sibling Loss: Facing the "out-of-order loss" of his younger brother Pete 40 years later, using decades of mindfulness to hold a larger container for his grief. Aikido & "Relaxing Under Pressure": Applying 20+ years of Japanese martial arts to learn how to turn toward incoming pressure rather than defaulting to fight, flee, or freeze. Somatic Inquiry ("Issues in the Tissues"): Working with grief as a visceral, head-to-toe somatic experience held deep within physical tissues and the breath. The "Grief Garden": Viewing grief as seeds in a human garden, helping clients clear out old belief "weeds" and tend to what wants to grow. Friendly Curiosity: Approaching painful emotions with spacious, kind attention so frozen grief can naturally thaw and transform. A Sacred Opportunity: Reclaiming the perspective that grief is not a problem to be solved, but a sacred opportunity to be embraced

    How Martial Arts, Mindfulness, and Body Inquiry Can Support Grief with Gyani Richards

  8. 10 Sept ·  Video

    Duelo, trauma y terremotos: Herramientas de presencia para regular tu sistema nervioso

    En este episodio tu  anfitriona, Kendra Rinaldi, comparte una guía práctica y compasiva sobre cómo navegar el trauma y el duelo colectivo tras el terremoto en Colombia, ofreciendo herramientas de autorregulación del sistema nervioso y validación emocional. En este episodio aprenderás sobre: La ciencia de la meditación y la presencia: Kendra comparte su experiencia tras meditar 61 días continuos y asistir al taller sobre la ciencia de la meditación ipor la especialista Natalia Varela con los sistemas de Neurochange solution de Dr. Joe Dispenza Un momento de presencia guiado: Una práctica inicial centrada en escuchar, sentir el suelo y colocar la mano izquierda sobre el corazón para conectar con la respiración. Procesar el dolor y trauma a la distancia: Kendra reflexiona sobre el terremoto del 10 de agosto en Colombia y el impacto emocional de presenciar la tragedia de su país natal desde el exterior. Diferencia entre duelo y trauma: Cómo distinguir la pérdida de la cotidianidad, de la tranquilidad y de las vidas humanas (duelo) frente a la hipervigilancia, el insomnio y las memorias intrusivas (trauma). Validación sin límites de tiempo: La importancia de recordar que no existe una "forma correcta" o un tiempo límite para procesar el duelo. Herramientas prácticas de presencia y autorregulación:Respiración consciente: La herramienta más rápida y efectiva para retornar al presente.Grounding (Conexión a tierra): Hacer contacto físico con el suelo, pasto o cemento para nivelar el sistema nervioso y recordar que la tierra nos sostiene.Movimiento corporal: Caminar, estirarse o bailar para liberar las emociones y el trauma que quedan atrapados en el cuerpo.Meditación y silencio consciente: Prácticas para calmar el estado de alerta constante.Nombrar las emociones: Escribir o decir en voz alta lo que sientes (miedo, tristeza, alivio) sin juzgarlo, para quitarle el control sobre ti. Acompañamiento profesional: Cuándo y por qué es fundamental acudir a terapia, tanatólogos o acompañantes de duelo cuando el trauma interfiere con la vida cotidiana. La dualidad de las emociones: La capacidad de sostener dos emociones opuestas a la vez (como gratitud y duelo, o alegría y tristeza) sin sentir culpa.

    Duelo, trauma y terremotos: Herramientas de presencia para regular tu sistema nervioso
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Bilingual Podcast by Kendra Rinaldi Grief, Gratitude, and the Gray in Between: Exploring grief beyond death—identity, migration, divorce, and life’s joyful transitions like motherhood, marriage, and career change. / Explorando el duelo más allá de la muerte—identidad, migración, divorcio y las transiciones alegres de la vida como la maternidad, el matrimonio y los cambios profesionales.   It is a bilingual podcast  each episode features heartfelt interviews with individuals sharing their personal grief journeys, conversations with experts offering tools and insights, and solo episodes where host Kendra Rinaldi reflects on topics that matter. Together, we honor grief in all its forms and learn tools we can use to help us navigate it. Duelo, Gratitudy todos los matices de por medio: historias de cambio, amor y resiliencia es un pódcast bilingüe, en ingles  y en español,  que explora las muchas caras del duelo—no solo por pérdidas, sino también por las transiciones de la vida. Desde cambios de identidad y migración hasta divorcio, maternidad, matrimonio y transformaciones profesionales, profundizamos en la complejidad emocional del cambio. A través de conversaciones sinceras, historias personales y perspectivas expertas, honramos el duelo en todas sus formas y celebramos el crecimiento que lo acompaña.  https://www.griefgratitudeandthegrayinbetween.com/

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