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In this episode of Life With Grief, Barri Leiner Grant shares her experience of losing her mother suddenly to a brain aneurysm at age 27, and what it meant to grieve at a time when grief was rarely spoken about.

She opens up about becoming a motherless mother, seeking therapy during pregnancy, and learning how to carry loss without silencing it.

We explore spiritual and intuitive healing, including working with a shaman and medium, and how those experiences led her to create The Memory Circle, a space centered on continuing bonds and conscious grieving.

The conversation also turns to the long goodbye of dementia. Barri reflects on caring for her father, Neil, through years of memory loss alongside her siblings, the differences between sudden loss and cognitive decline, and how anticipatory grief shapes the caregiving journey.

This episode touches on:
✨ Sudden loss and brain aneurysm grief
✨ Becoming a mother after losing your own mother
✨ Continuing bonds and conscious grieving
✨ Spiritual healing and grief support
✨ Dementia, caregiving, and anticipatory grief
✨ Navigating mortality without living in fear

If you’re grieving a parent, navigating caregiving, or learning how to live fully while carrying loss, this conversation offers insight, validation, and practical ways to stay connected to those you love.

Connect with Barri:

• https://www.instagram.com/thememorycircle
• https://thememorycircle.com
• Permission Granted https://open.substack.com/pub/barri

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• Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation
• 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief
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In this episode of Life With Grief, let's dig into the quiet desire many grievers feel after loss: the pull to completely reinvent themselves.

When someone we love dies, it doesn’t just change our circumstances... it changes our identity. Our priorities shift, our tolerance lowers, and what once felt meaningful may no longer fit. And wanting something new can bring guilt, confusion, and even pushback from others.

Let's explore why reinvention after grief is a deeply human response to loss, not a betrayal. I talk about the identity shifts that happen after loss, why friends and family may struggle with the “new you,” and how to navigate the guilt that can come with craving more alignment, depth, and intention in your life.

I also share gentle ways to begin this process without pressure: starting with curiosity, honoring your desires, and allowing change to unfold at your own pace.

If you’ve felt called toward a different version of yourself after loss, this conversation will remind you that you’re not wrong for evolving.

Episode referenced: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/191-5-life-changing-lessons-at-35-grief-growth-and/id1688812587?i=1000747688577

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• Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation
• 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief
• Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara

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In this episode of Life With Grief, I sit down with Nina Rodriguez to talk about sibling grief after the sudden death of her only brother, Yosef, who died from fentanyl poisoning on September 11, 2019—just one day after his 32nd birthday.

Nina shares what it means to grieve as a sibling, why bereaved siblings are often the “forgotten mourners,” and how the loss of a brother or sister can deeply impact identity, birth order, and family dynamics.

Together, we explore the complex layers of grief after addiction-related death, including stigma, shame, anger, and the painful reality of intrusive questions about cause of death.

We talk about:
✨ Sibling grief and the experience of being a “forgotten mourner”
✨ Losing an only sibling and the identity shift that follows
✨ Addiction, recovery, and fentanyl poisoning
✨ Navigating stigma and intrusive questions after a drug-related death
✨ Supporting grieving parents while grieving yourself
✨ Parentification and complicated family roles
✨ Grieving legacy and the end of a family line
✨ Continuing bonds and staying connected after loss
✨ Spiritual curiosity, near-death experiences, and meaning-making after grief
✨ Finding purpose after loss and redefining what it means to “walk each other home”

If you’re grieving the death of a sibling, navigating loss due to addiction, or trying to make sense of who you are after loss, this conversation will remind you that your grief matters—and you are not alone.

Connect with Nina:

• https://www.griefandlight.com/
• https://griefandlight.substack.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/griefandlight

Support the podcast: https://buymeacoffee.com/lifewithgriefpodcast

📖 Life Beyond Grief Substack: https://taraaccardo.substack.com/

Work with me:

• Micro-Moments for Transformation: https://lossesbecomegains.com/transformation
• 14-Day Relief in Your Grief Challenge: https://lossesbecomegains.com/relief-in-grief
• Work with me one-on-one: https://lossesbecomegains.com/work-with-tara

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