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Grief and Light™
Grief-fluency is a life-affirming skill we were never taught. We're here to change that.
Welcome to Grief and Light™, an award-winning, independent podcast exploring the honest, messy, and deeply human experience of loss, grief, and the hard things in life.
Created and hosted by Nina Rodriguez, a grief-informed guide and bereaved sister, this space is for those navigating life-altering loss and for anyone who wants to better understand grief and show up for someone who's grieving.
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After the sudden death of my younger brother, Yosef, one day after we celebrated his 32nd birthday, I found myself searching for answers. I was surprised by how little we talk about grief publicly, how much we misunderstand it, and how few tools we're given to navigate it.
That search became Grief and Light™, launched on March 30, 2023, and grew into a mission to foster a more grief-informed, hopeful world.
Now in Season 5, with 130+ episodes, the podcast features honest conversations with first-hand experiencers, authors, researchers, creatives, and changemakers.
Together, we explore the many faces of grief, the secondary losses that often go unnamed, and what it means to keep living when life changes. Because grief isn't something to fix, rush through, or leave behind. It's something we can learn to understand, navigate, and make room for.
Here, grief and hope can coexist. So can heartbreak and joy. This isn't about finding a silver lining or turning pain into a lesson. It's about making space for the full human experience, on our own terms.
My hope is that these conversations offer a little more language for what you're experiencing, a little more understanding for the people around you, and a reminder that to grieve fully is to live fully.
“We're all just walking each other home.” — Ram Dass
Thank you for being here.
We're in this together.
💜 Nina Rodriguez, forever Yosef's sister
Founder x Host | Grief and Light™
For more, visit griefandlight.com
Grief and Light™
Latest Episodes
Grief, Anxiety, and Trauma: How Loss Changes Our Sense of Safety | Phil Lane, MSW, LCSW
Grief doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes, it looks like anxiety, panic, or a world that no longer feels safe.In this episode of Grief and Light™, host Nina Rodriguez talks with Phil Lane, MSW, LCSW, a psych...
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What Will They Say? | Denise Soler Cox on Grief, Cultural Identity, and Speaking the Unspeakable
Filmmaker, author, and speaker Denise Soler Cox joins Nina Rodriguez, host of Grief and Light™, to explore Latina identity, inherited cultural taboos, sibling grief, self-erasure,...
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A message from Nina | Deadline is OCT 15
Great news! Grief and Light™ is a finalist for the Signal Awards’ Listener’s Choice Award. And I’m in the running for Top Host to lead my own podc...
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The Grief and Hope of Living with Stage 4 Breast Cancer | Lindsy Matthews
How can hope and heartbreak can coexist? And what does that look like when navigating stage 4 breast cancer?Nina Rodriguez talks with Lindsy Matthews, a coach, mother, and public speaking instructor at the University of Tor...
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Redesigning End-of-Life Care: What can death teach us about living? | Alexander Aldarondo, AMORir
"Let's talk about death, because life is urgent." -- Alex AldarondoWhat if facing death honestly is how we learn to live more fully?In this episode of Grief and Light™, Nina Rodriguez sits down with Alexander Aldarondo Jiménez<...
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Fan Mail
I recently listened to one of your podcasts. Someone mentioned a book they talked about adult sibling loss. This book was important because there aren’t a lot of books about adult sibling loss can you tell me the name of the book
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