This space was created for you by someone who gets it – your grief, your foundation-shattering reality, and the question of what the heck do we do with the shattered pieces of life and loss around us.It’s also for the listener who wants to better understand their grieving person, and perhaps wants to learn how to help.Now in its fourth season, the Grief and Light™ podcast features both solo episodes and interviews with first-hand experiencers, authors, and professionals, who shine a light on the spectrum of experiences, feelings, secondary losses, and takeaways.As a bereaved sister, I share my per...
Latest episodes
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49 min
Grief, Anxiety, and Trauma: How Loss Changes Our Sense of Safety | Phil Lane, MSW, LCSW
Grief doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes, it looks like anxiety, panic, or a world that no longer feels safe.In this episode of Grief and Light™, host Nina Rodriguez talks…
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47 min
What Will They Say? | Denise Soler Cox on Grief, Cultural Identity, and Speaking the Unspeakable
Filmmaker, author, and speaker Denise Soler Cox joins Nina Rodriguez, host of Grief and Light™, to explore Latina identity, inherited cultural taboos, sibling grief, self-erasure,…
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3 min
A message from Nina | Deadline is OCT 15
Great news! Grief and Light™ is a finalist for the Signal Awards’ Listener’s Choice Award. And I’m in the running for Top Host to lead my own podcast produced by iHeartRadio, take…
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1 h 04
The Grief and Hope of Living with Stage 4 Breast Cancer | Lindsy Matthews
How can hope and heartbreak can coexist? And what does that look like when navigating stage 4 breast cancer?Nina Rodriguez talks with Lindsy Matthews, a coach, mother, and public s…
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Redesigning End-of-Life Care: What can death teach us about living? | Alexander Aldarondo, AMORir
"Let's talk about death, because life is urgent." -- Alex AldarondoWhat if facing death honestly is how we learn to live more fully?In this episode of Grief and Light™, Nina Rodrig…
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52 min
When Grief Becomes a National Movement | Brad Wolfe
What happens when grief meets music, community, and the question of what we might do with the pain we carry?Nina sits down with singer-songwriter, community activist, and Reimagine…
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2 min
Season 5: Meeting Life in Times of Uncertainty
Life as you know it can change in an instant, leaving us with more questions than answers.Welcome to Season 5 of Grief and Light™, a two-time award-winning podcast where grief is m…
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57 min
Let Life Surprise You: What Becomes Possible After Loss? | Summer Shifts Series (Part 3)
What happens when life has already surprised you in the worst possible way?After loss, staying open to possibility can feel complicated. When you’ve experienced something you never…
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10 min
Grief Is Not Karma: Letting Go of Guilt After Loss
Grief has a way of convincing us that loss must mean we did something wrong.That if we had prayed harder, loved better, been more vigilant, or been more faithful, our person would…
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60 min
Shifting Our Stories: What Stories Are Keeping You Stuck? | A Summer Shifts Series (Part 2)
What stories are you still carrying, and what might you write instead?In Part 2 of the Summer Shifts Series, grief educator and Grief and Light™ founder and host Nina Rodriguez joi…
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59 min
Living Into the Questions: What If You Didn’t Need Answers to Move Forward? | A Summer Shifts Series (Part 1)
What if you didn't need answers to move forward?What if the questions themselves are where life begins to open again?In the first conversation of the Summer Shifts Series, grief ed…
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11 min
Summertime Grief and Shifts
Why can grief feel unexpectedly heavy during the summer?While the holidays are often recognized as difficult for grieving people, the quieter shifts of summer can bring their own w…
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1 h 15
Life Beyond Deep Grief: A roundtable on living fully after loss
What happens when grief isn’t as heavy as it once was? This candid, multi-voice conversation explores what it means to live fully after loss.While much of the grief space centers o…
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52 min
Friend-Loss Grief Is Real: Disenfranchised grief with Hannah Rumsey of Friends Missing Friends
In a world where grief is often tied to family ties and romantic relationships, the loss of a friend can feel isolating and unrecognized.Hannah Rumsey is a writer, certified Grief…
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51 min
Staying Human in the Era of AI: Storytelling, Grief & Change with Patrice Poltzer
What does it mean to stay human in a world increasingly run by AI? In this episode, Nina sits down with Patrice Poltzer — Gracie Award–winning former TODAY Show producer and co-fou…
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56 min
Women’s Health & Self-Advocacy: How to Be Heard in Healthcare | Spencer Moore
What does it mean to advocate for yourself as a female patient, especially in healthcare systems that often overlook women’s pain, symptoms, and lived experiences?In this episode w…
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1 h 21
Losing Both Parents Changed Everything | Tara Accardo on Navigating Life With Grief
How do you navigate life after multiple losses and still make space for joy, purpose, love, and hope?In this deeply honest conversation, grief and soul purpose coach Tara Accardo j…
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57 min
Food Allergy Anxiety & Chronic Illness | Dr. Amanda Whitehouse on Trauma-Informed Care & Not Feeding Fear
What does grief look like when it lives inside a body that can't always feel safe? Dr. Amanda Whitehouse joins Nina to explore food allergy anxiety, trauma, and the layered losses…
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59 min
Life After Sibling Loss: Identity, Faith & Following Your Destiny | Destiny Rael
What happens when grief doesn’t just take your person, but reshapes your identity, your faith, your career, and your sense of what’s possible?In this episode of Grief and Light, Ni…
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55 min
Grief Doesn’t Have to Rule the Show: Living Alongside Compounded Grief with Sylvia Wolfer
Sylvia Wolfer has lived through a lifetime of loss. Her father died suddenly when she was seven. Her younger brother, Johan, at sixteen. Her older brother, Stefan, in 2019. Her mot…