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Pretty and Painful is a podcast about grief, growth, and showing up anyway. Hosted by B, this is a space for honest conversations about loss, healing, and finding beauty in the middle of the hard things — with heart, humor, and a little sass.
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Episode 40: Still Shining Silver (opens the original)
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🥄 New episode: Still Shining Silver 🥄 My grandma taught me to shine silver at her kitchen sink… platters, trays, butter dishes, the whole nine. Now every piece of silver I touch is a memory of her. This one’s about the grief nobody talks about — the ones left behind. She grieves different than me… quieter, steadier, decades of practice. Doesn’t mean she loves less. Doesn’t mean she doesn’t care. It just means Grandmas know things the rest of us are still learning. #PrettyAndPainful #GriefAndJoy
Episode 39: Too Young for Goodbye (opens the original)
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Some children learn multiplication tables. Some learn how to ride a bike. Some learn what it means to say goodbye. In this week’s episode of Pretty & Painful, I’m sharing the story of two childhood friends, Dugan and Alyssa, whose lives forever shaped my own. Looking back, I realize my relationship with grief didn’t begin as an adult—it began in an elementary school classroom. We’ll talk about childhood loss, the ways grief quietly follows us into adulthood, and how I spent years trying to fill
Episode 38: Cake Stand (opens the original)
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What if I told you one of the most meaningful stories I’ve ever shared… starts with a broken cake stand? It sounds silly until you realize it was never about the crystal. This episode is about my Aunt Judi, the recipes she left behind, the grief that still sneaks into ordinary moments, and a gift that reminded me I wasn’t “too much” for feeling deeply. It’s about broken things, quiet kindness, learning to make chocolate chip cookies without the person who taught you, and why I still can’t make a
Episode 37: Tough Love (opens the original)
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Some of the deepest wounds don’t come from strangers. They come wrapped in the words, “I’m just telling you the truth.” Somewhere along the way, we started confusing harshness with honesty and cruelty with strength. But Scripture never tells us that love should wound just to prove a point. Real love restores. Real love corrects with compassion. Real love tells the truth without forgetting grace. Sometimes what we call “tough love” is just pain wearing a righteous disguise. This week’s episode is
Working Thru Grief: Emotional Outbursts & Anger (opens the original)
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Grief isn’t always quiet. Sometimes it cries. Sometimes it isolates. And sometimes… it gets angry. In this episode of our Working Through Grief series, we’re talking about one of the most misunderstood stages of grief: the emotional outbursts, the short fuse, the moments we don’t recognize ourselves, and the guilt that often follows. What if people don’t just see you as “angry”… but they never stopped to ask if you’re hurting? Together, we’ll talk about the messy middle of healing, God’s grace i
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