What happens after the heaviest part of grief begins to lift and how do you actually start to feel alive again without feeling guilty about it?

In this special episode, I had the honor of joining four incredible women for a Reimagine roundtable panel on life beyond deep grief. Together, we explored what it really looks like to move from surviving loss to slowly, imperfectly re-engaging with life—not by “moving on,” but by holding both the sorrow and the joy at the same time.

In this episode, you’ll hear from:

✨ Nina Rodriguez, who lost her brother in 2019 and now integrates his legacy through her grief work with Grief and Light
✨ Kara Sanchez, who lost her mom in 2022 and recently lost her father-in-law, and channels grief alongside gratitude through Get Griefy Magazine
✨ Imogen (“Im”), co-founder of Good Mourning, who lost her mother to suicide in 2020 and is a powerful voice for somatic healing in grief
✨ Blair Kaplan-Venables, our host who brings her Navigating Grief Framework and her own experience with multiple losses including separation
✨ And me, Tara Accardo, Grief and Soul Purpose Coach, founder of Losses Become Gains, and someone who has lost both of my parents and my beloved fur baby

We dive deep into:

✨ The “both/and” of grief—holding sadness and joy without toxic positivity or pressure to “move on”
✨ What post-traumatic growth actually looks and feels like (including the friendships you lose along the way and the boundaries you find)
✨ Continued bonds with our loved ones—signs, mediums, and the ways they stay present
✨ Non-death losses and why they deserve just as much space (yes, including divorce and separation)
✨ The role of time, community, and nervous system regulation in grief healing
✨ Meaning-making and how we begin to find purpose after loss

We also opened it up to the audience for real-time takeaways. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s okay to feel joy again, whether you’re “healing right,” or whether life can still hold beauty after devastating loss, this episode is for you.

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