Have you ever wanted to throat-punch someone for telling you "everything happens for a reason" after your person died, but settled for an awkward smile instead? Welcome to our grief cliché roast! 🔥

In this grief support episode, Aleksei and Audra are tearing apart every toxic platitude and dumb things people say to grievers. We're dissecting the worst grief advice including:

• "Everything happens for a reason"

• "They're in a better place"

• "You're so strong"

• "Just get over it"

• "Time heals all wounds"

• "God needed another angel"

Learn what NOT to say to someone grieving and what to say instead. This grief podcast episode covers setting boundaries with toxic positivity, dealing with loss, and coping with grief after losing a loved one.

But this becomes something more. Watch as two advanced grievers have a beautiful discovery moment about grief healing—realizing that while they carry scars, they've healed from their losses and relinquished guilt, shame, regret, and the unanswerable question of "why." They explore the grief journey and how to let love back into the void left behind by bereavement.

This is grief validation, real talk about mourning, and profound revelations about what healing actually looks like after loss.

Ever brushed your teeth with deodorant or had a panic attack because you lost your keys… that were in your hand? Welcome to the glamorous world of grief brain — where memory, focus, and logic go to die.

In this episode, Aleksei and Audra get real (and ridiculous) about what happens when grief hijacks your brain and your body. From panic attacks in the grocery store to forgetting what day it is mid-sentence, we unpack why trauma turns your nervous system into a drama queen and your mind into a full-blown sitcom.

We’ll laugh, overshare, and offer a few survival tips for when your brain decides to peace out and your body starts sounding the alarm. Because healing is hard — but it’s also hilarious when you realize you’re not the only one crying in a Trader Joe’s parking lot.

Ever grieved so hard you woke up with a mysterious tattoo and a credit card bill that could fund a small country? In this episode we're getting brutally honest about the expensive, messy, and spectacularly unhealthy ways we cope when life goes to shit. We'll explore why "self-care" sometimes looks suspiciously like self-sabotage, share our most questionable coping decisions, and offer some actually helpful alternatives that don't require explaining yourself to your bank or your liver. Think of it as a survival guide for when your healing journey takes a detour through the land of poor life choices. Tune in and take what you need.