Your Odyssey Podcast18 Marras 2025

Gratitude and Grief Can Coexist

Gratitude and grief aren’t opposites—they often arrive together. One doesn’t cancel out the other. Gratitude can soften the edges of grief, and grief can deepen our gratitude for what was.

In this episode, Tara and Karen open an honest conversation about what it means to hold both — to thank God (or life) for the beauty that remains while acknowledging the ache of what’s been lost.

✨ You’ll hear:

Why gratitude and grief often coexist in real life
How gratitude can bring healing without silencing pain
Gentle practices for holding both emotions with honesty and compassion

Because real gratitude doesn’t deny pain; it honors love. It gives grief shape, tenderness, and meaning.

Listen and be reminded that your ability to feel deeply—both joy and sorrow—is holy ground.

Music: Love Is Waiting

Produced in collaboration with VMJ Arts Collective

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Chapters

(00:00:03) - The OVODA Podcast
(00:00:54) - How Gratitude and Grief Work Together
(00:02:34) - How to Hold Both Gratitude and Grief
(00:07:11) - How to Get Through a Year of Grief
(00:08:37) - Practices for Holding Both Gratitude and Grief
(00:13:08) - Rivers and Roads by the Head and Heart
(00:15:20) - Grief Is About Shifting Your Identity
(00:17:29) - What are you grateful for even as you grieve?
(00:17:49) - How to Honor a Legacy at a Funeral
(00:19:36) - How to Deal with Grief in Transition
(00:22:34) - A shoutout to Durham based 1023 Media

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