Throughout my own grief journey, I’ve received advice that just didn’t fit after losing Sam. This type of grief that we’re having to walk through, the grief of losing a child, is just not right. It shouldn’t be this way.

And so the “typical” advice that we might receive just doesn’t apply to us as grieving moms.

In this episode I bring you 4 pieces of advice that you might receive that doesn’t work in our situations. And then I give you what DOES work instead.

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Ep 39 | 5 Things I Did to Bring Joy to my Life After Losing my Child

Ep 28 | Finding the Joy of the Lord in Your Grief Journey

Ep 17 | The Power of Distractions in Your Grief Journey

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Summer is here! Summer is a great time to make memories with your family. And as we all know, memories are so precious. Memories are things we can hold on to for years and years to come.

However, most of the time memories won’t just happen - we have to be intentional in planning for them!

I don’t want you to get to the end of your summer and realize you let the time slip by without taking the time to make memories with your family.

That’s what this episode is about. I give you some tips on planning things to do this summer, plus some ideas of things you can do - both if you have little kids and if you don’t.

Here’s to making a summer full of memories!

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Ep. 22 | Stop the Scroll! A Step-by-Step Plan to Reduce Social Media Usage

Ep. 37 | 3 Ways Walking Outside Can Play a Role in Your Healing Journey

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Feeling joy after losing your child can seem impossible. How in the world are we going to be able to feel joy and happiness after walking through such deep grief?

I feel you friend. I was there wondering that same exact thing after losing Sam.

But I’m here on the other side looking back to you saying that you CAN feel joy and happiness again! And here are 5 things I did to bring that joy back into my life.

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Ep. 26 | Struggling to Find a Grief Community? 3 Places You Can Look!

Ep. 18 | Gratitude and Grief? 5 Ways to Experience Gratitude After Child Loss

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We all know we should be spending time every day with Jesus. It’s how we find our strength to get through the days, especially after losing our child.

I believe the key in making this a routine, a part of your every day life, is to keep it simple!

So in this episode I’m sharing my easy 3 step quiet time routine that I strive to do every morning. I pray that this will inspire and motivate you as you set up your daily quiet time routine.

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Y’all know how big a fan I am of walking! Walking outside in nature has played (and continues to play) such a huge part of my healing journey.

But why? Why would walking outside help with healing your heart?

I’m here to tell you! Here are 3 ways that walking outside in nature, in God’s creation, is a great thing to do in your grief journey.

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Ep. 29 | How Does Grief Affect Your Body and Mind? 5 Ways to Start Healing After Grief

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Sometimes you just have a plain old bad day. Either you wake up missing your child or a wave of grief knocks you down and you find it hard to come back from it.

What do you do?

It can be hard to feel like you can turn the day around when it starts going south. Almost like you’ve fallen in a pit of quicksand that’s pulling you down and you don’t see any way to escape it.

No worries friend! I’m here with 7 things you can do the next time you’re having a hard day missing your child. I pray that these tips will help you survive the next time a bad day hits.

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Ep. 17 | The Power of Distractions in Your Grief Journey

Ep. 16 | Sleeping After Child Loss: 5 Tips to Help You Fall Asleep After Losing Your Child

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If you were to ask me... Courtney, what is the one thing that helped you get through after losing Sam?

What would I say? What is the one thing that helped me survive?

Well my friend, in today's episode, I tell you. And I also will let you know how you can use this same thing in your grief journey to help you make it too.

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When we’re walking through our grief journey anything we can do to help bring some peace to our lives is helpful!

So today I wanted to bring you 3 simple ways you can make your home a place of peace. These things are NOT hard at all! And most of them will cost you nothing!

I pray that as you listen to this episode it will give you some ideas that you can implement inside of your own home!

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