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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
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Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Sunday Jul 30, 2023
Last week we talked about how to make your grief journey harder and this week we go a little deeper into 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.
Today, I’ll be sharing one of the three thought prisons that might have ruled your life before but now, in grief, it's keeping you from moving forward.
This episode comes with a truth-in-love alert, so be prepared to hear things you may not want to. But know that I share them only for your benefit because I care about you and your healing!
WORD of the Week For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
Song of the Week Whatever Your Plan is by Josie Buchanan
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 Jul 23, 2023
Sunday Jul 23, 2023
One of the scariest things for me when I was going through grief was getting stuck. Initially I didn’t know what to do to get through in a healthy way, so I did a lot of the wrong things. I knew that life would never be the same, but I feared that I would never have a life again.
I can tell you there are helpful and healing things you can do – a lot of which I’ve talked about in previous episodes. But there are also things that can help keep you stuck.
Today, I’m going to share 3 things you may be doing that will keep you from healing. Listen to see if you are doing any of them and if you are, how to change that!
WORD of the Week But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint." Is 40:31.
Song of the Week Gonna Be Alright by Ryan Ellis
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 Jul 16, 2023
Sunday Jul 16, 2023
Over the last month or so we’ve talked about faith and feelings over faith and that can get heavy.
So, for a second week, we’re switching gears to give the emotional and spiritual parts of us a break and we’ll focus on the physical. Now, we are spiritual beings living in a physical body, so there is a great connection.
Please note the ‘turtle’ in the title…that is a big reminder that nothing we do in grief will come quickly, so when we talk about getting stronger physically, it is also at a turtle’s pace. Your identity is probably in question right now, so I’m also sharing a movie that while is about running is more about finding your identity in the one who created you.
WORD of the Week
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
Song of the Week Enough by Koryn Hawthorne from the movie Overcomer. Watch the video and the Movie!
Movie of the Week (just this week) Overcomer by the Kendrick Brothers
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 Jul 09, 2023
Sunday Jul 09, 2023
For the last month or so we’ve talked about faith and feelings over faith and that can get heavy if we are willing to put time and effort into reflecting on where we are currently and where we'd like to be.
Remember, we’ll never reach perfection, but the desire of getting closer to God to live by faith (instead of feelings) is always important.
Today, we’ll switch gears to give the emotional and spiritual parts of us a break and we’ll focus on the physical. Now, we are spiritual beings living in a physical body, so there is a great connection.
Please note the ‘turtle’ in the title…that is a big reminder that nothing we do in grief will come quickly, so when we talk about getting stronger physically, it is also at a turtle’s pace.
WORD of the Week
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:8-10
Song of the Week Press On 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 Jul 02, 2023
Sunday Jul 02, 2023
Last week I shared what God says faith is. This week, I’ll share what I learned about faith in a current day example – it transformed my life forever.
As Christians, we believe in a God whom we have never seen, and as long as our faith fits what we are able to comprehend and see with our eyes, we consider ourselves faith filled. Should faith be so small as to fit in our back pockets, to be pulled out only during crises?
Faith must be experienced, and after you do, mere words cannot contain its depth. Faith doesn’t mean talking about how good God is when you haven’t a care in the world.
Faith holds hope for a better tomorrow, no matter what today brings. It opens the heart to loving beyond itself and acknowledges the vastness of a God who created the incredible intricacies of our lives.
WORD of the Week Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1
Song of the Week Help Me God by Kathy Tricolli
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 Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
For the last four weeks we’ve talked about faith and feelings. My assumption has been that we are all on the same page about what faith in God even means and what it looks like in daily life.
You have already shown great faith by believing in God. However, in grief that belief can turn to questioning and anger. When I experienced those things, it made me think that I had no faith and that I was doing the opposite of pleasing God and felt great guilt.
I don’t want you to feel guilt, so today we’ll explore what faith in God means as you walk through grief. And I’ll spend time in Hebrews 11 where there is great power, hope, confidence for you!
WORD of the Week Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1
Song of the Week That’s the Power by Hillsong 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 Jun 18, 2023
Sunday Jun 18, 2023
Regardless of the length of time in grief – all the ‘work’ is like a constant bootcamp. You are in unfamiliar territory; you are being pushed to perform while you’re exhausted and doubting everything.
Regular bootcamps focus on the physical but your bootcamp – the grief bootcamp is physical too, but it is more so, spiritual.
Remember, we do not war with flesh and blood but against principalities, powers, the ruler of the darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places. Do you not think the devil won’t use this time of vulnerability and doubt to come after you?
The good news is that you only need a mustard seed of faith – so listen today to find out how to take that ‘little bit of faith you have’ and grow it.
WORD of the Week If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20
Song of the Week Faith of a Mustard Seed by WorshipMob original by Colten & Claudia May
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 Jun 11, 2023
Sunday Jun 11, 2023
What is Faith Yo-Yo?
In the last 2 episodes we talked about faith and feelings. How our feelings, our emotions are a part of us, but they aren’t always truth. So, to live above your feelings and circumstances, you must allow faith to guide your steps. Faith – that hope or confidence of what is not yet seen – is based on the Word of God and that’s truth.
This week, I want to stay on the topic of faith but look at it from a different perspective.
WORD of the week Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. I Chronicles 16:11
Song of the Week Thank God I Do 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