Grief & gratitude with special guest Kendra Rinaldi

In this week's episode of The Widow Podcast I am honoured to be talking to special guest Kendra Rinaldi.

Kendra is the host of ‘Grief, Gratitude And The Gray In Between’ podcast, which explores grief that occurs at different times in our lives and the gratitude that can come from growing through it. 

This is a podcast not just about death, but acknowledges all the changes and transitions that shift our life.

Kendra Lives in Texas now but is originally from Columbia where she grew up as one of four siblings. At the age of 21 Kendra’s younger sister died suddenly in a tragic car accident shifting Kendras life and everything she knew.

Ten years later in 2006 Kendra’s first pregnancy sadly ended in miscarriage, and then ten years after that in 2016 Kendra’s Mum died of pancreatic cancer, after being diagnosed nine months earlier.

We talk about so much;

Anticipatory grief,

Continuing bonds,

Beliefs around what happens next,

Having our grief witnessed,

allowing the emotions,

Waves of grief,

How others respond to our loss,

What grief teaches us,

Expectations,

The importance of talking about our losses.

We cover so much and to be honest I could have talked to Kendra for so much longer, I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it.