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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 May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
SHOW NOTES
What does health have to do with what you are going through? After all, who cares about being healthy when you’ve lost your loved one? The short answer is that you should.
One of the biggest similarities between grief and health in my experience is the “when” question! When will it change, when will it be done?
Today we’ll talk about the ‘measuring stick’ of change. We’ll talk about how we tend to look at the wrong measure for healing in grief and for getting healthy in our physical bodies.
And, most importantly, I’m going to remind you of the one thing you have that many don’t. I’ve had a reminder of the stark contrast of those of you listening to this podcast versus others!
WORD of the Week For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised. Hebrews 10:36 (amplified)
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
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday May 16, 2024
Thursday May 16, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
“But here is the real power in the “why behind the what” that goes well beyond working with kids. It is a powerful tool for dealing with temptation in your own life.
God has set boundaries over us to keep us safe and help us to accomplish the purposes He planned in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2). Those boundaries are clearly laid out in Scripture. And He always, always tells us the “why behind the what” when it comes to those boundaries.”
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
The Holidays are Over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
SHOW NOTES
What does health have to do with what you are going through? After all, who cares about being healthy when you’ve lost your loved one? The short answer is that you should. I’m not talking about the long-term results because getting active while in the day-to-day life of grief will do three things for you: improve your emotions, decrease overwhelm and give you a healthy distraction or break from the heaviness of what you must deal with.
I wish I could tell you how I did that and how much it helped, but as you know my fight with God took all my energy the first 2 years and even when I was able to push, I didn’t. If that’s you today, that’s perfectly alright, but what if you could feel better with minimal effort?
Today we’ll talk about ‘challenging the impossible’ and I’ll share where I am in my health journey which started in earnest in February of this year. This is important for my long-term health, but it’s also the last thing I never took control of after Monica died.
Going through grief, you are equipping yourself to improve your health because the processes are similar. And, if you improve your health, you will help your daily emotions.
WORD of the Week For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised. Hebrews 10:36 (amplified)
Song of the Week Happy Dance by MercyMe
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
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday May 09, 2024
Thursday May 09, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
“When pressure and stress bear down on me, I delight in Your Word.”
David clung to the promises of God.
He consciously remembered the history of God’s people as well as his personal history with the Lord. As he chose to remember God’s Word, he heard God’s voice – above the tumult that was his life.
And he not only knew it in his head, he cradled it in his heart.
But even that would have been useless if he had not applied it to his life.
He lived God’s commands.
Even when it was hard.
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
The Holidays are Over but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
SHOW NOTES
When you lose a loved one, there is no question that you will question some things. I don’t care how close a relationship you have or don’t have with God, you will question things from his existence to your faith and everything in between because your loved one has died. This is where your plans, the life you were living and expecting to continue to live ‘bump into the sovereignty of God.’
That bump for me made me question my questions and his goodness. It made me question whether he was there and listening because Monica’s faith was not rewarded, she was not healed and she suffered the 6 months before she died. What kind of God allows that?
It doesn’t matter where you are today in your relationship with God because great transformation is possible for you! Yes, you can get through the day without crying (it took me over a year), Yes, you can think about your loved one without falling apart and yes, you do still have a future because God is real, he is good, and he has plans for you!
Today, I’ll share how to spiritually handle unanswered prayers and how to build a deep faith even in grief. God will not waste your pain!!
WORD of the Week Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way. James 1:2-4
Song of the Week Stay Strong by Danny Gokey
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
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday May 02, 2024
Thursday May 02, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
But then came the rain. And the weeds popping up all over again.
Because that is what rain does. It brings to light what is truly planted just beneath the surface. In all my vehement hoeing, I neglected to take out the roots of the weeds. And even though I was zealous, I was not careful and absolute. And when the rains came, they showed my labors for what they were.
How like my life! When the sun is shining and my circumstances are all I think they should be, it is easy to disguise the true contents of my heart.
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
The Holidays are Over, but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
SHOW NOTES
We know we shouldn’t worry about things – that ‘giving it to God’ is the only way to truly calm our anxieties. In life before grief, you may have tried hard to ‘stop worrying,’ to stop being in control of the things you had no control over, but it wasn’t easy. Now, in grief…well – that’s a whole different deal. Your loss and how it occurred can cause you to fear new things while amplifying the fears we already had.
The song of the week (Letting Go) has lyrics that speak to this: "Maybe I don’t have to see what the future holds to trust Your promises to me. In my weakness You are strong. And in the moments when I feel powerless, you are closest to me then.”
Today I’m going to share a situation in my life – just a few weeks ago – that illustrates this point. I was disappointed in my reaction because it reminded me of when I walked through grief and tried to control everything on my own. Instead, I should have given it to God and had faith to let him handle the outcome.
WORD of the Week Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. Phil 4:6-7
Song of the Week Letting Go by Switch Music
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
The holidays are over, but the struggle is NOT! Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
Thursday Apr 25, 2024
SHOW NOTES
Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode.
Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life. I am a living testimony of going from pitiful (heartbroken, years of tears, angry at God & the world, overwhelmed and confused) to powerful (at peace, joyful and strong in my trust, hope and faith in God).
You are not alone and your today does not have to be your forever! Oh, I’m so glad you’re here today! What you need to do now is be still and just listen.
Memorable Quote:
God. Loves. You.
You. Are. Loved.
Because, for once in your life, this love is not based on your performance – or lack thereof.
It is based in His.
His performance.
His character.
His heart.
His choice.
God loves you because of Who He is.
Because He chooses to do so.
And He refuses not to.
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
The Holidays are Over but the Struggle is Not! Hear healing testimonies from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Holiday Grief Relief Summit (replay recording)
Visit my Church –Opendoor Church | Home