Grief Refuge

The U.S. military serves as defense of the state and its interests against external armed threats. Many members lose their lives as part of active duty, other types of service, accidents, and other causes. What happens when everyday becomes a memorial for the families of the fallen?

Today’s episode is an interview with Laura Herzog, Founder of Honoring Our Fallen. Laura shares more about the organization and the services and types of care it provides. 

If you need more support for your grief journey, download the Grief Refuge app for daily companionship, comfort, care, and compassionate inspiration to help manage grief (on iOS and Android)

The U.S. military serves as defense of the state and its interests against external armed threats. Many members lose their lives as part of active duty, other types of service, accidents, and other causes. What happens when everyday becomes a memorial for the families of the fallen?

Today’s episode is an interview with Laura Herzog, Founder of Honoring Our Fallen. Laura shares more about the organization and the services and types of care it provides. 

If you need more support for your grief journey, download the Grief Refuge app for daily companionship, comfort, care, and compassionate inspiration to help manage grief (on iOS and Android)

Setting goals in life can be helpful. How helpful is setting goals in your grief? This episode explores the answer to this important question, offers some suggestions for goals to set, and also provides an alternative if setting goals doesn't feel right at this time. 

If you need more grief support, download the Grief Refuge app for daily companionship, comfort, care, and compassionate guidance for managing grief (on iOS and Android).

How is grief managed in the hospice setting? In this conversation with Helen Bauer and Jerry Fenter from “The Heart of Hospice,” we discuss grief in hospice settings and how to help people live a high quality end of life experience.

Do you need more grief support? Download the Grief Refuge app for daily companionship, comfort, care, and compassionate suggestions for managing grief (on iOS and Android)

When you are grieving, faith can have a lasting impact on how you perceive the world. You can lose faith. You can grow in faith. On today’s episode, Reid interviews Gary Roe, the author of several books on grief, about his source of faith and how he leans on it to navigate the challenging thoughts and feelings that grief brings to life.

Do you need more grief support? Download the Grief Refuge app for daily companionship, comfort, care, and compassionate suggestions for managing grief (on iOS and Android)

Guilt is a common emotion one feels in grief. This episode explains 5 different types of guilt that grievers often feel: Survivor Guilt, Relief-Guilt, Joy-Guilt, Magical Thinking, and Long Standing Personality Factors. An overview of each one is provided.

Is grief making your grief feel worse? Download the Grief Refuge app for more support and comfort (on iOS and Android)

Sometimes you just need to process grief in a way that's different from the norm. Sometimes you need something more than talking through your feelings. Sometimes you need more than a good cry. Sometimes you need to do something that allows you to express exactly what you’re feeling.

On today’s episode, Gabriela Georges from The Grief Cocoon shares her expertise in helping to hold space and time for people to explore their grief in creative and healing ways. 

Get more support and comfort for your grieving heart by downloading the Grief Refuge app (on iOS and Android)

You may not recognize her name but you will know her sorrow. It is a tremendous honor to interview Patty Reis on the Grief Refuge Podcast. Patty is one of the rare people in this world who has felt the depths of despair and has made choices to be a source of light in someone else’s dark- when it’s needed most. Enjoy this meaningful interview: shared from one grieving Soul to another.

Be sure to download the Grief Refuge app (iOS and Android) for more grief support.

Is there a way to live well, even while grieving? Grief Refuge welcomes Andrèa Grace Phillips from Griefway to share more about the loss of her son, Roman, and their continued relationship. Andrèa also shares how their connection and commitment to each other influences the services of Griefway: which includes grief guidance, support groups, and retreats for people in need.

Be sure to download the Grief Refuge app (iOS and Android) for more grief support.

It’s often a watch or another piece of jewelry. It be can heirloom items as unique as giraffe statues or it can weigh over 900 lbs. Whatever the sentimental object is, it has meaning and it keeps a connection to the special person you lost.

On this Grief Refuge podcast episode, Reid narrates an article he wrote with his grief companioning colleague, Belinda Kock, to speak to the hard decisions of what to do with sentimental objects when coping with grief.

Be sure to download the Grief Refuge app (iOS and Android) for more grief support.