Grief can leave you feeling completely untethered, from yourself, from your life, and from your sense of purpose. In this episode, landscape designer, entrepreneur, and podcast host Heather Jerrard shares how nature, gardening, and getting your hands in the soil can be one of the most powerful and accessible tools for healing after loss.

Heather opens up about her own experience of disenfranchised grief, the loss of her job, her identity, and everything she had worked toward and how that unexpected loss eventually became the catalyst for building something entirely her own. She also talks about memorial gardens, the healing art of scattering gardens, the therapeutic benefits of grounding barefoot in the grass for just twenty minutes, and why speaking out loud to your loved one in the garden might be exactly what you need.

Plus: the story of Aunt Hattie, a fire opal ring that turned out to be citrine, and what it means to carry the best of someone with you after they are gone.

Guest Bio: "Heather owns and operates a Landscape Design firm out of London, Ontario – "My Landscape Artist" and also hosts the podcast "Hops and Hedges".

Her passion and enthusiasm for people and plants are undeniable!

She has studied Landscape Design at Fanshawe College, Garden History in Italy & Spain, worked at a design firm in Cairo, Egypt, lived in India, and volunteered in Haiti. She started her business during the pandemic in 2020 and hasn't looked back.

Now she teaches, designs, builds gardens, and speaks virtually/in person all over Ontario - and one day - the world!"

Connect with Heather:

• website: https://www.mylandscapeartist.ca/ i

• nsta:https://www.instagram.com/mylandscapeartist/

GRIEF Ladies: Your Guide to What Comes Next

If you're ready to move forward without moving on—this show is for you.

🎧 Follow and connect: https://www.griefladies.com/

Kelly Daugherty: https://www.kellydaugherty.com/
Karyn Arnold: https://www.griefincommon.com/

Stay up to date with all the latest information about The GRIEF Ladies- Sign up for our newsletter at: www.griefladies.com

Join the FREE, Private Facebook GRIEF Ladies Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16WuZNsNGu/

The GRIEF Ladies podcast offers education and support for people living with grief after someone they love has died. Our content is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or crisis services. If you are in crisis or concerned about your safety, call 988 in the U.S. or contact local emergency services.

Guest perspectives shared on this platform are their own and may not reflect the views or positions of The Grief Ladies.

Estrangement is one of the most misunderstood and isolating grief experiences there is — because you're mourning someone who is still alive. In this episode, spiritual counselor, energy healer, and psychic medium Chris Wasko shares what estrangement actually looks like from an energetic standpoint, why cutting ties with family is never as clean as it sounds, and how the cords we form with the people closest to us don't just disappear when we walk away.

Chris draws on her own experience of estranging from both parents after years of physical and emotional abuse, and explains how grief shows up in the body's energy system — in the heart, the solar plexus, and the root chakra — and what somatic practices like breathwork, tapping, and movement can do to help shift what feels stuck. She also talks about how to remember loved ones at their best, and why movement plus experience equals progression.

Guest Bio: Chris Wasko is a spiritual counselor, energy healer, and psychic medium who specializes in trauma recovery and nervous system regulation. She is the author of An Old Soul's Journey and the creator of Spicy Old Souls®, a program for deep-level soul healing. Chris specializes in reading the chakra system and listening to the story the body wants to share.

Connect with Chris: https://www.chriswasko.com/

GRIEF Ladies: Your Guide to What Comes Next

If you're ready to move forward without moving on—this show is for you.

🎧 Follow and connect: https://www.griefladies.com/

Kelly Daugherty: https://www.kellydaugherty.com/
Karyn Arnold: https://www.griefincommon.com/

Stay up to date with all the latest information about The GRIEF Ladies- Sign up for our newsletter at: www.griefladies.com

Join the FREE, Private Facebook GRIEF Ladies Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16WuZNsNGu/

The GRIEF Ladies podcast offers education and support for people living with grief after someone they love has died. Our content is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or crisis services. If you are in crisis or concerned about your safety, call 988 in the U.S. or contact local emergency services.

Guest perspectives shared on this platform are their own and may not reflect the views or positions of The Grief Ladies.

What happens when grief, perimenopause, and an empty nest all show up in your life at the same time? For Tammy Medigovich, a real estate broker who built her 23-year career on deep relationships, the answer was a complete identity crisis and eventually, a complete rebuild.

In this episode, Tammy shares what it was like to lose her mother unexpectedly while simultaneously navigating her son leaving for college and the onset of perimenopause, and why she briefly considered leaving her career altogether because she no longer wanted to be around people. She talks about the difference between grief symptoms and hormonal symptoms and why getting hormone testing alongside grief support gave her real clarity, plus the power of journaling, the importance of deepening relationships through vulnerability, and her unforgettable metaphor for grief: a backpack full of rocks that never fully goes away, but gets easier to carry.

Guest Bio: Tammy is a real estate broker in Arizona and built her 23 year career working by referral. Her focus is building relationships not tallying transactions. Tammy is also a speaker sharing her perspective on grief, menopause and being an empty nester.

Connect with Tammy:

https://www.thezonalife.com/

GRIEF Ladies: Your Guide to What Comes Next

If you're ready to move forward without moving on—this show is for you.

🎧 Follow and connect: https://www.griefladies.com/

Kelly Daugherty: https://www.kellydaugherty.com/
Karyn Arnold: https://www.griefincommon.com/

Stay up to date with all the latest information about The GRIEF Ladies- Sign up for our newsletter at: www.griefladies.com

Join the FREE, Private Facebook GRIEF Ladies Community: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16WuZNsNGu/

The GRIEF Ladies podcast offers education and support for people living with grief after someone they love has died. Our content is for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional mental health care or crisis services. If you are in crisis or concerned about your safety, call 988 in the U.S. or contact local emergency services.

Guest perspectives shared on this platform are their own and may not reflect the views or positions of The Grief Ladies.