The Beautiful Side of Grief

Sometimes we can just be too close to a situation. We don't want to see what is right in front of us. This was true for Rev. Jocelyn when she was facing her beloved father's battle with Alzheimer's. She initially didn't want to see her strong,...

In this episode I have the privilege of talking to a very beautiful soul, Nathalie Himmelrich, around some very sensitive and confronting topics.  Nathalie is a passionate writer, holistic counsellor, coach, woman & mother. Her areas of...

What would you do if you were facing a life-ending diagnosis at 46? Would you just hunker down and do the best you can? Or would you step outside conventional medicine and thoughts and do whatever it takes?   The latter is what my guest, Ian...

My guest on this episode, Kim Peacock, is a courageous mum who witnessed the horrific accident of her eldest child just after Christmas in 1998. She had to find a way to make sense of this and go on for her remaining children and husband. - so how do...

I truly believe caregivers are unsung heroes! That is why it is a privilege to talk with Sheila Clemenson who became a caregiver for her husband early into their relationship at the age of 26, when he was diagnosed with ALS. In this raw, authentic...

In this episode of The Beautiful Side of Grief we are exploring war-torn Bagdad to the sunny caribbean, and many countries in between through the eyes of a diplomat's wife, who had to struggle with infertility, pregnancy loss, parental loss, and fast...

What would it mean to you to know that you are always right where you are supposed to be? That nothing is ever done "to you", it's being done "for you", and to understand why we have to lose our precious loved ones... and how we can grow from that to...

Grief is definitely multifaceted! Cathy Gabrielsen had a divine childhood devoted to Mother Mary and Christ. At 18 she had her first near-death experience in the same accident that left her boyfriend severly brain-damaged. Knowing she had to return to...

War does something to a person, not only emotionally, also physiologically. For starters, it rewires your brain to dampen emotional responses to what is being experienced, to exist in a hyper state of alertness and awareness, and to cope with altered...

Is your mum your best friend? What would you do if she died? Would your life continue to have the same meaning or would you feel like you were suddenly set adrift?   The later is what happened to Nichole Lee in 2018 when she lost her mum to...