One Year of Healing Hearts: A Journey of Grief, Love, and Holding Space

 One year ago, I sat down, took a deep breath, and hit record. I wasn’t sure what would come of it—if anyone would listen, if my voice would shake, if this space would become what I hoped it could be. But I knew one thing: grief needed a place to exist without apology.

I started Healing Hearts Podcast because I know what it feels like to grieve in a world that moves too fast, that doesn’t always know what to do with loss. I know what it’s like to hold a love so big for someone who isn’t here. To feel the weight of an empty space at the table, the ache of unspoken memories, the way time keeps moving forward when your heart is still stuck in a moment that changed everything.

I didn’t want to create a podcast full of answers—because the truth is, grief doesn’t have them. I just wanted a space where we could be honest about it. Where we could say their names, share their stories, and admit that healing is messy, non-linear, and sometimes, just really, really hard.

And now, a year later, this podcast has become something I never could have imagined.

This past year, I have sat across from people who have shared their deepest losses with me. I have listened to parents speak their babies’ names with both pain and pride. I have cried with strangers who feel like family. I have whispered Alivia’s name into the mic, knowing that every time I do, she is remembered.

I have learned that grief is not just an individual experience—it is a thread that connects us. The stories we share, the ways we hold space for each other, the way we sit in the discomfort of loss without rushing to make it better—that is where healing happens.

If there’s one thing this past year has taught me, it’s this: grief doesn’t mean we are broken. It means we have loved deeply.

We don’t “move on.” We move with it. We learn to live in the space where love and loss coexist. And somehow, in that space, we find each other.

I didn’t expect this podcast to change me the way it has, but it has given me so much more than I ever could have imagined. It has reminded me that none of us are truly alone. That sharing our stories is how we keep love alive. That even in the heaviest grief, there is still connection, still meaning, still light.

So today, as I celebrate one year of Healing Hearts Podcast, I just want to say: thank you.

Thank you for listening.
Thank you for sharing your stories.
Thank you for allowing me to hold space for your hearts.

Here’s to another year of love, loss, and healing—together. 

With love and gratitude,
Liz