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Grief Support for Christian Women to Breathe, Laugh and Live again. Loss, Grief and Healing * Coping with Grief * Beginning of Grief * Life after Loss * Stages of Grief * Purpose After Loss * Faith * Surviving Loss * Grief Resources * Holidays and Grief I help Christian women navigate grief through understanding grief, growing faith and processing daily life to find hope. • Do you feel lost, confused, or overwhelmed by grief? • Is the pain so great, you lose your breath and feel it will never get better? • Have you cried so much there can’t be any tears left? • Are you angry with God? Or question your own faith? • Do you need faith-based help through the toughest season of your life? In this podcast, you will find faith-based grief support to navigate the overwhelming and confusing journey of grief, to continue seeking God and most importantly, to breathe, laugh, and live again. My mission is to walk with you through the healing, experience the milestones and the minefields to arrive on the other side with a gratitude and peace you never thought possible. If you’re ready to take a brave step toward healing, understand your grief and find hope, this is the place to be. Hey, I’m Stef. Southern by choice, turtle triathlete, wife and Jesus follower. I’ve experienced life-changing grief and struggled for years with the physical changes, the emotional roller-coaster and the spiritual questioning. I asked ‘why’ more times than I can count, went ‘boldly’ (and disrespectfully) to the throne, and was confused by a pain I had never felt before. I believed I would never be happy again and had all but given up on fulfilling my purpose. But God! Through my trials, I discovered a path to true healing, deeper relationship with God and gratitude that continues to fill my heart. This is a story of faith, FRamily support and redemption that only God can author. And, I want to share this with you. If you are heart sick, tired of being stuck and ready for real change with Christ at the center …. Practical steps to make your hard days less hard…Understanding of what to expect physically, emotionally and spiritually…Solutions to those ‘gut-punch’ moments…And, Results that build your faith and allow you to enjoy your own ‘great day’ this is the place to be. It is possible, I promise! Join me today – take that first step of faith right now!! website: www.grief2greatday.com
Episodes
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
SHOW NOTES - This is a replay from Thanksgiving 2022
Today is Thanksgiving and it may be a day you just want over with, so giving thanks isn’t so easy. And, when you are getting lost in your feelings, it’s hard to do the thing that will change all things. I’m talking about being in God’s word.
Today, I want you to know that you aren’t alone, that you are loved. Just sit back and listen as I read God’s word and a few quotes to help you through this day. God is still good, and He still has a purpose for your life.
WORD of the Week
The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8
Song of the Week
Spirit Lead Me by Influence Music https://youtu.be/hz34EOBKZ_A
Connect with Me
Learn More -“What to Do After the Loss of a Loved One” Workshop
Schedule Individual Online Grief Coaching
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –OpenDoor Church | Home
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
Sunday Nov 12, 2023
SHOW NOTES
This week, I’ll be answering a question that I receive a lot. It’s actually a question I had, and it was the fear I had. Because grief was so painful and made me question everything, I was convinced that life would never be good again, that it would be painful, sad, and hopeless.
Because grief is so overwhelming, it’s easy to feel this way. And when things don’t change day after day and month after month, we start worrying that grief has become our new reality.
I’ll share how to know if you are making progress, how to know if you are stuck and need help. I’ll share some things that will prolong your grief walk and share what will bring hope and healing.
WORD of the Week Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12
Song of the Week God Help Me by Unspoken
Holiday Grief Relief Summit – Get your free ticket!
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
Sunday Nov 05, 2023
SHOW NOTES
You are going through grief right now but life around you goes on as it always has. That in itself seems wrong, but are you dealing with the same expectations from others in a different way?
As Christians we tend to take on others’ problems in an unhealthy way because we feel or were taught, we are supposed to. But are we?
In grief, for the first time in my life, I had boundaries. During grief, I didn’t care who thought I was being selfish or what anyone thought of me because I didn’t have enough energy to do anything but make it through the day myself.
Today we’ll look at how to set healthy boundaries in grief and for the rest of your life. And I’ll tell you the answer to “how do I know when to say yes and when to say no?”
WORD of the Week Watch over your heart with all diligence,
For from it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23
Song of the Week Matter by King & Country
Holiday Grief Relief Summit – Get your free ticket!
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
Sunday Oct 29, 2023
SHOW NOTES
We read the Bible verse that God will make all things come together for our good. Well, how in the world is what you are going through good? How can it ever be good? This is where I struggled in the beginning. I read about a Christian singer who lost her husband in a diving accident. I could so relate with the pain and confusion and then she shared how she had to trust in God and was given hope.
She, like Monica while she was sick, had a hope I couldn’t rely on. I had moments of hope but not an underlying confidence in God. I thought that all the success stories – all the giants in the faith were blessed and loved by God in a way that I would never understand. But I held on to those stories and replayed what they did when they were hurting. After over a year of fighting it out with God – and those were some tough days – my heart softened, and I began to trust God. I went back to those stories and started to believe that God is no respecter of persons – that if he did it for them – He would do it for me.
Do you believe that yet? Boy, when you get a hold of that kind of confidence aka trust in God and HIS plan, then you’ll see progress. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever walk through but on the other side you’ll be able to say – God will make all things come together for my good. Today I’m talking about one way to build that very needed hope!
WORD of the Week “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12)
Song of the Week My Prayer for You - Alisa Turner
Holiday Grief Relief Summit – Get your free ticket!
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
SHOW NOTES
What do you do when you are exhausted but can’t sleep. Where does your mind take you?
It is not uncommon to experience insomnia when going through grief. And, when you don’t rest, it magnifies the overwhelm, the confusion, irritability and all the grief stuff.
So, how do you get a decent rest in grief?
We’ll talk about some practical steps to help the symptom of not being able to sleep but we’ll also talk about what is at the root of it.
WORD of the Week You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Isaiah 26:3
Song of the Week The Garden by Kari Jobe – you crush all my fears!
Holiday Grief Relief Summit – Get your free ticket!
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
SHOW NOTES
How many times have you prayed for this pain to stop? And yet the tears keep falling.
How many times have you prayed for help getting through another difficult hour or day? And the mornings - are still overwhelming.
Are your prayers being heard? Nothing seems to change; nothing seems to be getting better – and you start to wonder- does God even care?
Today we’ll talk about what ‘going after God’ means and what you can expect if you do!
WORD of the Week But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. Luke 5:15 When Jesus was on earth an in human form, he also needed to pray and to have time alone to be with His father. How much more do we need this.
Song of the Week Holy Forever by CeCe Winans
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
SHOW NOTES
We’re wrapping up the cousin Jesus to Abba Father series today, but I want to take a second to remind you (and me) that our relationship with God shouldn’t be like a distant cousin – only calling when there’s family news. We need to remember that we are daughters of the most high God – we call him Abba father.
It doesn’t matter how far you’ve gotten from the Abba Father relationship – it doesn’t matter how much you have blamed God for your loss – or questioned him on why he let it happen or why you have to walk through yet another rough season.
You may feel like your life as you knew it is over and you may want to quit 10 times a day. But the good news and the thing I pray I share on a weekly basis is there is hope. I met a man this week who was on death row – literally – but is now out of prison, has a family and is helping others who are still incarcerated. God is all about restoration!
Listen today for a great reminder on how to stay close to God – as Abba Father.
WORD of the Week Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5–6
Song of the Week God Help Me by Unspoken
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Learned Along the Way Blog by Kathy Live Like You’re Loved | learnedalongthewayblog (wordpress.com)
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
SHOW NOTES
I can give you a list of times in my life that I felt responsible for the outcome of things. When I was young, I felt like I had to keep the peace in the family; growing up, I felt I had to keep those I was in relationships with happy. Or, even getting the jobs I applied for, making the money I needed to keep a roof over my head.
The thing about all those circumstances I mentioned is that failure is inherently built in and so I struggled with never doing or being enough. And in all those circumstances, the outcome was never my responsibility. My level of thinking was as high as I could reach or what I could accomplish on my own and that kind of life is tiring.
After Monica died, I saw how crazy it was to think I had control over any of it. It took her death and her example of being certain of God’s provision and started on a journey to stop working so hard to make everything happen. When I began Grief 2 Great Day, I made a conscious decision not to do that. I still had to work hard but I gave the outcome to God. And it’s so much better. I’m not fully healed of this issue but certainly far from where I was.
The irony with us humans is that we try to control all the things we cannot and yet take no responsibility for the things we do have control over. Well, maybe not you, but that has been my experience.
Listen today to see how life can be when you allow God to control the outcome of your circumstances but of your life as well.
WORD of the Week Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all these things – all the things of life – will be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
Song of the Week First by Lauren Daigle
Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me
Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.”
Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook
Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Learned Along the Way Blog by Kathy learnedalongthewayblog (wordpress.com)