Life With Grief Podcast | Grief Support Podcast

Tara Accardo
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Welcome to the Life With Grief Podcast! I'm your host and Grief & Soul Purpose Coach, Tara Accardo. I created Life With Grief and this community to normalize the complexities of grief, navigate life after loss, feel inspired along the way, and so much more.Consider this your safe space where you feel seen, validated, and supported. I'm in this with you as a fellow griever who lost both parents to cancer before I turned 30 (six months apart, no less), lost my fur baby less than a year later, and experienced a traumatic birth. I'm here to walk this path with you as we we work together and dig into how to live a fulfilling, vibrant life with grief in tow. I warmly invite you to tap into the world of healing with me and some truly incredible guests as you take in guidance, support, tangible coping tools, and uplifting conversations to help you cultivate a more meaningful, intentional existence.Be sure you're subscribed for laughs, life lessons, and everything in between... even beyond the grief, life is so much more than what we've lost, too. Leave me a voice message, too! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief

  1. 194. The Duality of Celebrating Others While Mourning What You’ve Lost

    1D AGO

    194. The Duality of Celebrating Others While Mourning What You’ve Lost

    Send a text Grief and life transitions often bring emotions that feel confusing, complicated, and sometimes even contradictory. One of the most common experiences people face after loss is feeling genuinely happy for someone they love, while simultaneously feeling sadness, longing, or grief for themselves. Can you relate to this? If you’ve ever celebrated someone else’s milestone while quietly mourning what feels missing in your own life, you are not alone. Let's talk about: ✨ Why it’s normal to feel happy for others while feeling sad for yourself ✨ How grief increases emotional complexity and depth ✨ The role of comparison, timeline grief, and unmet expectations ✨ Why mixed emotions don't make you selfish, ungrateful, or unsupportive ✨ Gentle tools for processing emotional duality in a healthy way ✨ How to practice self-compassion while supporting others ✨ Ways to stay connected to your own healing and life path You’ll learn how grief can expand emotional depth, why comparison and timeline grief can show up around other people’s milestones, and gentle ways to support yourself when happiness and heartbreak coexist. This episode is for anyone who has struggled to celebrate others while navigating their own grief, loss, or life circumstances that feel tender or uncertain. Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    29 min

  2. 5D AGO

    193. Navigating Brother Loss and Chronic Illness with Dr. Heather Taylor

    Send a text In this episode of Life With Grief I sit down with Dr. Heather Taylor, a Licensed Psychologist and Grief Educator, for an honest and deeply human conversation about grief, sibling loss, and living with chronic illness. Dr. Heather shares her personal story of losing her younger brother and navigating the often-overlooked experience of sibling grief. She opens up about her own struggles to find effective grief therapy, and how those gaps ultimately led her to pursue a career in psychology so she could offer the kind of grief-informed care she once needed herself. We also talk about:  ✨ Her diagnosis of postpartum cardiomyopathy. ✨ What it’s like to live with heart failure. ✨ An unexpected genetic discovery that deeply impacted her health and her family.  ✨ The emotional, physical, and psychological layers of grief when it’s intertwined with chronic illness. Throughout the episode she shares practical coping strategies for grief, including her STAY acronym, a grounding framework designed to help you stay present with grief rather than pushing it away or trying to “fix” it. If you’re grieving a sibling, living with chronic illness, or searching for more compassionate and nuanced approaches to grief support, this conversation offers validation, insight, and gentle guidance for integrating grief into everyday life. Connect with Dr. Taylor: www.griefisthenewnormal.comFollow on IG: @grief_is_the_new_normalEmail: hello@griefisthenewnormal.comhttps://linktr.ee/griefisthenewnormalSupport the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    1 hr
  3. 192. Navigating Relationship Changes & Outgrowing Friendships After Loss

    FEB 9

    192. Navigating Relationship Changes & Outgrowing Friendships After Loss

    Send us a text Grief doesn’t just change how you feel, it often changes your relationships, too. After losing someone you love (or after any loss, really), friendships, family dynamics, and romantic relationships can start to shift. You may feel misunderstood, unsupported, or emotionally unsafe sharing your grief. And for many grievers, this can feel like a secondary loss layered on top of the first. Join me in talking about the very real experience of outgrowing relationships after loss, why it happens, and how to navigate the complicated emotions that can come with relationship changes during grief. We chat about: ✨ Why grief naturally changes identity, emotional needs, and connection ✨ How loss can shift friendships, family relationships, and partnerships ✨ Signs you may be outgrowing a relationship after losing a loved one ✨ Why some people struggle to show up for grief in meaningful ways ✨ How to set compassionate, healthy boundaries while grieving ✨ Navigating the grief of losing or redefining relationships ✨ Finding safe, supportive connections while learning to live with loss This episode is for you if: 💛 You feel misunderstood or unsupported in your grief 💛 Your relationships have changed after a loss 💛 You feel guilt or confusion about needing different support 💛 You’re navigating loneliness or identity shifts after loss 💛 You’re craving deeper, more emotionally safe connections If you’ve ever felt alone in your grief, struggled with friends who don’t understand, or wondered why certain relationships feel different after loss, this conversation will help you feel seen and supported. Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    36 min

  4. FEB 5 · BONUS

    BONUS: 5-Minute Grief Talk: When Grief Changes Your Identity

    Send us a text Grief doesn’t just break your heart, it literally changes who you are. In this heartfelt 5-Minute Grief Talk (in honor of my 35th birthday!), I’m sharing a truth that so many grievers quietly wrestle with: the way loss reshapes your identity. The moment you realize you don’t feel like the same person anymore. The disorientation of trying to understand who you are now after everything you’ve lost. We talk about: ❤️‍🩹 How grief changes your sense of self ❤️‍🩹Why wanting to “go back” is so common (and so painful) ❤️‍🩹 Grieving the person you were before loss ❤️‍🩹 The identity shift that happens after loving and losing deeply ❤️‍🩹 How to gently rebuild who you are—without rushing clarity If you’ve been feeling disconnected from your old self, pressured to return to who you used to be, or stuck in that in-between space of becoming… this episode is for you. Remember: grief didn’t erase you, it expanded you ✨  🎧 Listen, breathe, and let yourself meet the version of you that’s still unfolding. Be sure you're subscribed on YouTube so you don't miss more conversations like this! Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    6 min
  5. 191. 5 Life-changing Lessons at 35: Grief, Growth, and Living With Intention

    FEB 2

    191. 5 Life-changing Lessons at 35: Grief, Growth, and Living With Intention

    Send us a text In this birthday episode of Life With Grief, I’m sharing five life lessons I’m still actively practicing as I turn 35! Lessons grief, age, motherhood, and lived experience have etched into me over time. These are things rooted in identity shifts, discernment, presence, and learning how to live a full life while carrying loss. I’ve realized that I’ve gone through many deaths and rebirths in my life—once when my parents died, again when I became a mother, and in quieter ways as I continue to evolve into the truest version of myself. We'll dig into: ✨ Reflections on grief, identity shifts, and personal growth ✨ What it means to build a legacy beyond achievements ✨ How loss reshapes our relationship with time, presence, and purpose ✨ Why slowing down can be one of the most powerful choices we make This episode is also an invitation to reflect on the footprint you’re leaving behind—not based on what you do, but how you do it. I also share a special birthday announcement: the launch of my new Substack, Life Beyond Grief! It's a space for the life that continues after everything changes. Not life without grief, but a life that keeps unfolding anyway. 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ If you’re navigating grief, parenthood, identity shifts, or a season of becoming, this episode is for you! Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    47 min

  6. JAN 29

    190. Sibling Loss & Childhood Grief: Growing Up After Losing a Brother with Dominic Simpson

    Send us a text In this heartfelt episode of Life With Grief I’m joined by Dominic Simpson, who shares his experience of losing his older brother, Paul, at the age of nine—and how that early loss quietly shaped his life in ways he’s still uncovering today. We talk about sibling loss as a deeply under-acknowledged form of grief, especially when it happens in childhood, and how bereaved siblings often learn to carry their pain silently. Dominic opens up about grief, masculinity, and the pressure many boys and men feel to “stay strong,” as well as the tools and communities that have helped him process his loss over time. Dominic also shares his connection to Winston’s Wish, a UK-based charity supporting bereaved children, and why grief-informed spaces are so vital for long-term healing. We explore: ✨ What it means to grow up as a bereaved sibling ✨ The lasting impact of childhood loss into adulthood ✨ Why sibling grief is often minimized or misunderstood ✨ Grief, masculinity, and emotional expression ✨ Finding grounding through movement, music, and community This conversation offers honesty, validation, and a reminder that grief doesn’t disappear with time... it asks to be witnessed. Connect with Dominic: https://www.instagram.com/domontherunforwinstonswish/https://2026tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/dominic-simpsonSupport the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    54 min
  7. 189. Soft Life Habits in Grief That Have Changed Me

    JAN 26

    189. Soft Life Habits in Grief That Have Changed Me

    Send us a text In this episode I’m reflecting on what living a “soft life” really means—especially after loss. As I approach my 35th birthday, especially, I’ve been thinking deeply about how grief reshaped my priorities, my energy, and the way I move through my days. This isn’t about perfection, productivity, or avoiding hard emotions. It’s about creating gentle, supportive rhythms inside a very real life. One that includes grief, responsibilities, and limited capacity. I’m sharing six soft life habits that genuinely changed me and helped me feel more grounded, present, and connected to myself again. These practices have supported my nervous system, helped me trust my intuition, and brought more ease into my daily life without pressure to “fix” or rush my healing. In this episode, I talk about: ✨ How creating soothing, decluttered surroundings impacts emotional wellbeing ✨ The role of scent, rituals, and comfort in regulating the nervous system ✨ Mindful movement through workouts, walks, and time in nature ✨ Daily journaling and weekly reflection as anchors in grief ✨ Energy check-ins, breathwork, and listening to my body ✨ Acts of self-kindness that soften life without guilt ✨ Curating media and social input to reduce comparison and overwhelm This episode is for anyone navigating grief, emotional exhaustion, burnout, or a season of life where slowing down feels necessary, but also complicated. If you’re craving a gentler way of living without abandoning your real life, this conversation is for you. Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    35 min

  8. JAN 22

    188. Finding Healing After Unimaginable Mother, Sibling and Pregnancy Loss with Tiriq Rashad

    Send us a text In this deeply honest episode of the Life With Grief Podcast, I sit down with artist and spoken word poet Tiriq Rashad to talk about grief, loss, and the role creativity can play in healing. Tiriq shares his experience navigating multiple profound losses, including the sudden death of his mother in a car accident and the loss of a child. We explore how these losses shaped his emotional world, his identity, and his relationship with art. We also dig into: ✨ Navigating the multiple layers of grief. ✨ The inspiration behind his spoken word album, Kiss My Art, and how art became an outlet for processing grief ✨ Creativity as a powerful tool for emotional expression when words feel difficult or insufficient ✨ The importance of community and support in grief and why isolation can deepen pain ✨ Therapy, vulnerability, and emotional honesty, especially in spaces where grief is often minimized ✨ Healthy ways to release overwhelming emotions like anger, sadness, and longing This conversation is for anyone grieving a loved one, searching for meaningful ways to express their emotions, or looking for permission to feel deeply without fixing or rushing their grief. It’s a reminder that grief changes us, but creativity, connection, and compassion can help us carry it. Connect with Tiriq: https://tiriqrashad.com/https://www.instagram.com/tiriq_rashadSupport the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast 📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/ Work with me: Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara Connect with me further: Leave a voice note through Speakpipe! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lossesbecomegains/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifewithgriefpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/losses.become.gains Website: https://lossesbecomegains.com/ Shop the LBG Daily Journal: ...

    45 min
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Welcome to the Life With Grief Podcast! I'm your host and Grief & Soul Purpose Coach, Tara Accardo. I created Life With Grief and this community to normalize the complexities of grief, navigate life after loss, feel inspired along the way, and so much more.Consider this your safe space where you feel seen, validated, and supported. I'm in this with you as a fellow griever who lost both parents to cancer before I turned 30 (six months apart, no less), lost my fur baby less than a year later, and experienced a traumatic birth. I'm here to walk this path with you as we we work together and dig into how to live a fulfilling, vibrant life with grief in tow. I warmly invite you to tap into the world of healing with me and some truly incredible guests as you take in guidance, support, tangible coping tools, and uplifting conversations to help you cultivate a more meaningful, intentional existence.Be sure you're subscribed for laughs, life lessons, and everything in between... even beyond the grief, life is so much more than what we've lost, too. Leave me a voice message, too! https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithGrief

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