SHARING OUR KNOWLEDGE

Sharing Our Stories and Experiences

Through my story and with the help of my contributors – friends, and family who have experienced loss in different ways –  we will share our stories of loss and living through grief. Together as a community, we have chosen to speak our truth and share our experiences to help others navigate these daunting paths of loss. With knowledge and understanding, we hope to help bring you through your own Journey to Grateful.

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After loss, time changes; sometimes slowing, sometimes blurring, sometimes losing meaning altogether. In this episode, inspired by Marc Mero’s powerful phrase, “I no longer live in time, I live in moments,” Tim explores how grief reshapes our sense of time and teaches us to pay attention in new, life-giving ways. Through reflection, personal stories, and gentle guidance, you’ll discover how moments—not minutes—become the true markers of healing, connection, and hope. If you’ve ever felt like you’re living in the “after” of a great loss, this conversation may help you find meaning in the moments that still unfold around you.

Grief is so often misunderstood as sadness or tears — but anyone who has lived it knows it reaches far deeper. In this episode, Tim explores the often unseen, physical, and emotional weight grief brings: the exhaustion, the fog, the moments when memories ambush you, the belongings you can’t let go of, and the shock of watching the world continue as if nothing has changed. Through compassion, honesty, and lived experience, this conversation reminds you that you are not doing grief “wrong.” Your body, mind, and heart are responding exactly as they should when someone you love is no longer here.

Grief changes us, sometimes in ways we never expected. It can feel like our loss becomes the only story we have, the defining identity we carry everywhere. But grief is just one chapter of who we are. In this episode, we explore the idea that your grief is part of your story, but not all of it, and what it means to make space for the and. You can miss who you love and still grow. You can remember and still move forward. You can carry grief and still become someone new. We’ll talk about identity after loss, how we slowly learn to integrate grief into the whole of who we are, and why honoring both memory and new possibility is not only allowed, but deeply human.

What happens when joy — or even love — returns after loss? For many of us, the first flicker of happiness can feel confusing, even disloyal. In this episode, Tim explores the emotional complexity of allowing new joy to coexist with grief — whether it shows up as friendship, creativity, self-discovery, or romantic love. Through the story of his late wife, Colleen, who rebuilt her life after loss and bravely opened her heart again, Tim reflects on how embracing new love doesn’t erase the past — it honors it. Because love, in all its forms, is never lost. It simply continues in new ways.

After loss, we find ourselves caught between two worlds — the life we once knew and the one we never asked to live. In this episode, Tim explores that difficult in-between space where identity, purpose, and belonging feel uncertain. Through his own story of rebuilding life after the death of his wife, Colleen — from purchasing a townhome in their family’s “happy place” near Disney to rediscovering his passion for photography and stepping into a new chapter of purpose — Tim reflects on what it means to live not just beyond grief, but within it.

This conversation is about learning to be at peace in transition — to honor what was while gently stepping into what’s next.

We often hear that finding “closure” means we’ve healed — that one day, grief will neatly wrap itself up and let us move on. But grief doesn’t end; it transforms. In this episode, we’ll explore why the idea of closure can actually work against our healing, how to replace it with integration, and what it means to live a full, meaningful life while still carrying the love of someone we’ve lost. Through reflection, story, and simple steps forward, you’ll discover how to stop searching for closure — and start welcoming connection that lasts.

We often hear people talk about “moving on” after loss — but what if that idea is completely wrong? In this episode, I explore what it truly means to move through grief instead. Because grief isn’t something we get over or leave behind — it’s something we learn to live with.

When we understand that grief will always be part of our lives, just as our love for the person we lost will always be part of us, something shifts. We begin to give ourselves grace. We stop believing there’s a finish line to healing. And we start to see that living with grief isn’t failure — it’s a form of love that continues.

Join me as I talk about how this mindset can help us find strength, educate others about the reality of grief, and let go of the pressure to “move on.” Whether you’re grieving yourself or supporting someone who is, this episode offers perspective, compassion, and truth about what it really means to walk with grief for the rest of our lives.

Hope in grief doesn’t come quickly — and it never replaces the love or the loss. But over time, meaning can begin to emerge in unexpected ways: through advocacy, creativity, or simply a quiet shift in how we choose to live.

In this episode, When Grief Meets Hope: Stories of Meaning Found in the Aftermath, we explore what it means to hold both grief and hope at the same time — to find light without feeling like we’ve betrayed the darkness.

I share how meaning slowly found its way into my own life after loss, and how it continues to shape the work I do today. I also share a deeply personal story — how my late wife, Colleen, once chose hope after losing her first husband, and how her courage to believe in life again led to the life we built together.

This conversation isn’t about “moving on.” It’s about learning how love, loss, and hope can coexist — and how, in time, we can begin to live again while honoring what was lost. Whether you’re newly grieving or years down this road, this episode is a reminder that hope can exist even in the aftermath… and that the love we carry forward is often where meaning begins.

Rituals can connect us to the people we loved and lost, and they can also evolve as we do. In this intimate conversation, we explore how to create simple rituals that support early grief, how to adapt long-standing traditions as life changes, and how to release practices that no longer fit, all without guilt. You’ll hear practical ideas, scripts for navigating family dynamics, a gentle holiday playbook, and journaling prompts to help you carry love forward in ways that feel true to your season.

Loss doesn’t just change our world — it changes who we are. In this episode, we’ll explore one of the most unsettling questions after loss: Who am I now without them? When a spouse, partner, parent, or loved one dies, our sense of identity can feel fractured. The roles we once filled no longer fit, and the person we were before grief feels far away. Together, we’ll talk about what it means to live in that in-between space — no longer who we were, but not yet who we’re becoming — and how, with time and compassion, we can begin to rediscover ourselves. Whether you’re early in your grief or years down the road still searching for your footing, this conversation is an invitation to see yourself not as lost, but as becoming.