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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 Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
SHOW NOTES
I grew up in church, I was baptized, and I called my self a Christian. But what does 'being a Christian' mean to you?
I was saved – I did begin a relationship with God at a young age, but I never grew my relationship with God. I read devotions, sometimes the Bible and I did pray though not regularly. My Christianity was more religion than relationship and I’m not sure I recognized that until Monica died.
In grief, I couldn’t see a future or any kind of life beyond my sorrow. That came with questioning and anger. But what I saw in Monica’s sickness was not religion and it changed the worst days of her life to where she told people she was getting stronger as her physical body became weaker.
So, after 4 decades of religion, I began growing a relationship with God. I’ll show you the difference and if you have more religion than relationship, share the power that comes with relationship for your grief journey.
WORD of the Week Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
Song of the Week Psalm 23 (I Am Not Alone) [Live at Linger Conference] People & Songs ft Josh Sherman
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 Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
SHOW NOTES
I grew up in church, I was baptized, and I called my self a Christian. But what does that mean to you?
I was saved – I did begin a relationship with God at a young age, but I never grew my relationship with God. I read devotions, sometimes the Bible and I did pray though not regularly. My Christianity was more religion than relationship and I’m not sure I recognized that until Monica died.
In grief, I couldn’t see a future or any kind of life beyond my sorrow. That came with questioning and anger. But what I saw in Monica’s sickness was not religion and it changed the worst days of her life to where she told people she was getting stronger as her physical body became weaker.
So, after 4 decades of religion, I began growing a relationship with God. I’ll show you the difference and if you have more religion than relationship, share the power that comes with relationship for your grief journey.
WORD of the Week Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4
Song of the Week Psalm 23 (I Am Not Alone) [Live at Linger Conference] People & Songs ft Josh Sherman
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 Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
SHOW NOTES
Your journey of grief is confusing enough but if you add in certain emotions, it makes it harder to distinguish what is grief and what isn’t.
Two of the emotions – which are related to each other – are guilt and regret. If you feel at all guilty about something that you think you’ve done wrong to your loved one, it’s hard to let get of the regret. That regret almost feels like paying penance for what you think you’ve done.
Don’t let the devil use these emotions against you to keep you from healing and from moving forward.
Listen today as I share how guilt and regret almost cost the life a man I knew and the importance of allowing the power of the cross to set you free from it.
WORD of the Week
Do not remember the former things or ponder the things of the past. Listen carefully, I am about to do a new thing, now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even put a road in the wilderness, rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:18-19
Song of the Week I’m Still Here by Mandisa
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 Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
SHOW NOTES
Dependency can add to the loss and confusion you feel in grief.
At 43 years of age, I had to figure out just who I was. I could tell you that I liked Christian or country music or that my favorite color was blue, but beyond that, I had been more like a chameleon as I adapted to whatever everyone expected of me.
I’ll share the flip side of such dependency too. If the relationship with your loved one was more negatively dependent, you may not realize that beyond healing from the loss of your person, you must heal from the lack of relationship you expected.
Listen today to see if you are still stuck in the patterns of the past and how to walk into a freer existence with more confidence as you rebuild your life.
WORD of the Week
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans. It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes. Psalm 118:8-9
Song of the Week You’re Still God by Phillipa Hanna
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 Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
SHOW NOTES
Last week, I shared a little more of my life before grief. When you go through grief, a lot of your past can come to the surface whether it’s positive or negative.
My perception of God was skewed as I had religion but not strong relationship with Him. I needed someone to lash out at, so between blaming God and myself, there was a lot of junk to deal with.
In grief, I felt so broken, but what I realized was that God broke me open. He gave me an example in Monica of what real faith looks like when you have a real relationship with God.
This week I share the Wow of God – the amazing transformation he made in my life – my entire life from the journey of grief.
WORD of the Week
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Romans 5:1-2
Song of the Week Peace by Anna Golden
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 Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
SHOW NOTES
Over the last 3 weeks we talked about what rules your thoughts, your hopes, and your actions. There are things you may be doing that will keep you stuck in your grief and stagnant in your life. If you missed any of these, it’ll be worth your time to check them out.
This week, I want to share a little more of my journey before grief which probably contributed to my constant 'why' questioning for the first year. The questions continued but changed to asking God 'how?'. How was I supposed to make it through? How was I going to find purpose and how would He use this for good?
These questions are fair to ask, but you don’t want to get stuck in them because it leaves you vulnerable to Satan desires for your life.
WORDs of the Week
Make no mistake, Satan will use your vulnerability in grief to try and turn you against your creator.
- John 10:10 – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
- Luke 22:31 - Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat.
- I Peter 5:8 - Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
Song of the Week My Response by Phil Thompson (ft. Jubilee Worship)
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 Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
A couple weeks ago, we started talking about your mindset in terms of what rules your thoughts, your hopes and your actions. There are things you may be doing that will keep you stuck in your grief and stagnant in your life. These are thought prisons. The first one was living in the past versus learning from the past. The second one was the illusion of control.
Today, I’ll be sharing the third thought prison that might have ruled your life in the past - but now, in grief, it is keeping you from moving forward. We’re talking about victimhood.
Find out if you have an issue with blaming others for how you feel or what you act on. And, if so, find out why you are wasting precious energy and what to do about it.
WORD of the Week Psalm 144:1-2
Blessed be the Lord, my rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle;
My faithfulness and my fortress,
My stronghold and my savior,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people under me.
Song of the Week Victor's Crown by Darlene Zschech
God has overcome the world and as a daughter of the most High God, you too are an overcomer!
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 Aug 06, 2023
Sunday Aug 06, 2023
Last week we started talking about your mindset in terms of what rules your thoughts, your hopes and your actions. There are things you may be doing that will keep you stuck in your grief and stagnant in your life. These are thought prisons. The first one was living in the past versus learning from the past.
Today, I’ll be sharing the second of the three thought prisons that might have ruled your life before but now, in grief, is keeping you from moving forward.
We’re talking about control. Find out if you have issue with needing to be in control and what do you can do about it?
WORD of the Week
The Lord is my light and my salvation — Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the refuge and fortress of my life — Whom shall I dread?. Psalm 27:1
Song of the Week Control by Highlands Worship
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