What do you do when you're holding your newborn for the very first time and you get the call that your mother has died? For Kera Sanchez, the answer — eventually — was to build something.

In this episode, Kera shares the origin story of Get Griefy Magazine, a free, colorful, community-driven publication created to make grief approachable and to give grievers a place to feel seen. She talks about the secondary losses that followed her mother's sudden death, how grief reshaped her identity and career, and why community built through vulnerability may be one of the most powerful tools a grieving person has.

This is a conversation about benefit finding, finding your people, and what it looks like to channel pain into purpose — in whatever form that takes.

Guest Bio: Kera Sanchez is a secondary educator, Editor-in-Chief of Get Griefy Magazine, and Certified Grief and Resilience Expert—recognized as Talk Death's 2025 People's Choice Grief Educator of the Year.

Connect with Kera:

@getgriefymagazine

@lemonstolegacies

getgriefymagazine.com

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