This time of year brings about all sorts of emotions, especially as grieving parents. This year, it’s causing me to really think about what’s important in my life. What are my priorities? Am I spending enough time in my life doing what matters most to me?  How can you answer that? Is your life so busy that at the end of the day, you look back and think “I didn’t do anything that really mattered to me”.  If so, friends, this episode is for you! I give you 3 steps you can take to claim back...

Have you ever felt like you’re just barely keeping your head above water in your grief? Like no matter what you do, you’re sinking deeper and deeper? Maybe you’re wondering if you’ll ever catch a break or breathe a little easier again.  I so understand you friend. In this episode, I want to share three ways to help you rise above the waves, take a breath, and start moving forward - even in those moments when it feels impossible.  🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: FREE Download - Find Your...

Prayer is something we know we need to do daily. Connecting our hearts with God, praying protection over ourselves and our family.  We know that it's crucial to our relationship with Jesus, to talk with him daily. But sometimes it can seem hard to "fit it in" with the busyness of life.  In this episode I wanted to bring you 3 creative ways that you can infuse prayer not just in your mornings, but throughout your entire day.  🔗Links Mentioned in Episode:FREE 31 Days of Prayer DownloadShop...

Are you facing something new in your life? A new job? Moving to a new house? Or simply just making new memories? Experiencing new things in your life without your child can be so hard. It can be difficult to wade through all the emotions that come with it.  Here are 3 things you can do to help you face whatever “new” you’re getting ready to experience in your life.  ✨Free Resources: 31 Days of God’s Character Scripture CalendarFind Your Lifesaver Verse 💚Connect With Me:  Learn >>...

Grief can be so heavy and overwhelming. It can be hard to see our way through it, especially in the early days. And grief also takes a toll on us mentally to where we just can’t do or think about doing anything complicated.  So how do we make it through an emotion that’s so heavy with a mental capacity to not doing anything complicated?  No worries friend. In this episode I give you 3 simple, easy things you can do to lessen the overwhelm of that big emotion we have to walk with after losing...

Have you been struggling with the state of the world right now? Have you been wrestling with the uncertainty of the future? How is it all going to work out when it seems impossible right now? Well friends, this episode is for you! God has shown me something that I’m so excited to share with you. Something that I believe will give you peace even in the midst of an unknown future.  Plus I share with you some scriptures that I’m speaking over me and my family. Scriptures of God’s provision and...

A few years back I had a fresh revelation of a very familiar story in the Bible. This story reminds us how Jesus meets us in the hardest moments and offers us something incredible in return.  He doesn’t leave us alone in this messy life, but is so close to us.  If you're looking for hope and a reminder of Jesus' constant presence in your life, this episode is for you. 🔗Links Mentioned in Episode:How Close is God in Your Grief? 4 Ways He Shows Us He's Near4 Ideas to Breathe New Life Into Your...

There’s a verse that has been such a big part of my grief journey. I have felt the promise that this verse gives us over and over again.    However, recently I heard a different take on this verse that blew me away. I couldn’t wait to share it with you.    In this episode, we dive into the closeness of the Father in our grief, and I bring you 4 ways you can know that he’s near.   ✨Free Resources: 31 Days of God’s Character Scripture Calendar Find Your Lifesaver Verse   💚Connect With...

Feeling peace in the middle of your grief can seem impossible. However, when we look in the Bible it’s full of promises of peace that we can claim over our grief and pain and sadness.    I’ve experienced this peace in my own grief journey, the peace that doesn’t make sense.     In today’s episode, I share a time that I felt this peace. And then we’ll go into what peace is and how you can claim it in your own grief journey.   🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: Yes and Amen worship song Blog Post: 15...

The journey of rediscovering who you are after losing your child is such a process. And it can seem overwhelming.    In today’s episode, I break down how to start this journey into two phases with steps that you can start taking today in the process of rediscovering the new you after child loss.    This is such a process, friend. It won’t happen overnight, but I know you can begin the journey of discovering who you are again, the new you, partnered with Jesus.    🔗Links Mentioned in...

We all know how powerful God’s word is, especially in helping us make it through our grief journey. But why? Why is it so powerful?    In this episode, I go into 4 reasons why God’s word has so much power and how you can use it to help you make it through hard situations that come up in your life and in your grief journey.   🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: Find Your Lifesaver Verse   ✨Free Resources: 31 Days of God’s Character Scripture Calendar   💚Connect With Me:  Learn >>...

Grief affects us in so many different ways - emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually. Our entire being is affected.    I believe there are certain things we need to prioritize in our healing journey. Today I’m bringing you 4 things to prioritize. While these aren’t the only 4 things, I wanted to bring these to you today as I think they are some important ones.    These things can help bring healing to your heart and your body, and will help you learn how to start living again after...

Our child’s heaven anniversary is the hardest day of the year. The day our babies left this earth and went to heaven is a no good, awful day. So how are you supposed to make it through?    I recently went through my Sam’s heaven anniversary and I made it through the day. So I wanted to make this episode to share with you what I did to give you some ideas on how to make it through your child’s next heaven anniversary.    I pray that as you have to face this day, that you’ll feel Jesus and your...

Fear is one of the emotions I have really struggled with after losing Sam. If you struggle with fear as well, you know how crippling it can be.    But God has not left us to deal with this emotion on our own! He’s equipped us with things we can do, weapons we can use, against our fears.    In this episode, I go into what causes our fear (and no, it’s not the situation that causes the fear), how we can overcome that fear, and some truth we can speak into our fear.   🔗Links Mentioned in...

Throughout my own grief journey, I’ve received advice that just didn’t fit after losing Sam. This type of grief that we’re having to walk through, the grief of losing a child, is just not right. It shouldn’t be this way.    And so the “typical” advice that we might receive just doesn’t apply to us as grieving moms.    In this episode I bring you 4 pieces of advice that you might receive that doesn’t work in our situations. And then I give you what DOES work instead.    🔗Links Mentioned in...

Summer is here! Summer is a great time to make memories with your family. And as we all know, memories are so precious. Memories are things we can hold on to for years and years to come.   However, most of the time memories won’t just happen - we have to be intentional in planning for them!   I don’t want you to get to the end of your summer and realize you let the time slip by without taking the time to make memories with your family.   That’s what this episode is about. I give you some tips...

Feeling joy after losing your child can seem impossible. How in the world are we going to be able to feel joy and happiness after walking through such deep grief?    I feel you friend. I was there wondering that same exact thing after losing Sam.    But I’m here on the other side looking back to you saying that you CAN feel joy and happiness again! And here are 5 things I did to bring that joy back into my life.   🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: Ep. 26 | Struggling to Find a Grief Community? 3...

We all know we should be spending time every day with Jesus. It’s how we find our strength to get through the days, especially after losing our child.    I believe the key in making this a routine, a part of your every day life, is to keep it simple!   So in this episode I’m sharing my easy 3 step quiet time routine that I strive to do every morning. I pray that this will inspire and motivate you as you set up your daily quiet time routine.    🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: Free SOAP Bible...

Y’all know how big a fan I am of walking! Walking outside in nature has played (and continues to play) such a huge part of my healing journey.    But why? Why would walking outside help with healing your heart?   I’m here to tell you! Here are 3 ways that walking outside in nature, in God’s creation, is a great thing to do in your grief journey.   🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: Ep. 29 | How Does Grief Affect Your Body and Mind? 5 Ways to Start Healing After Grief   ✨Free Resources: Find Your...

Sometimes you just have a plain old bad day. Either you wake up missing your child or a wave of grief knocks you down and you find it hard to come back from it.   What do you do?    It can be hard to feel like you can turn the day around when it starts going south. Almost like you’ve fallen in a pit of quicksand that’s pulling you down and you don’t see any way to escape it.    No worries friend! I’m here with 7 things you can do the next time you’re having a hard day missing your child. I...

If you were to ask me... Courtney, what is the one thing that helped you get through after losing Sam?    What would I say? What is the one thing that helped me survive?    Well my friend, in today's episode, I tell you. And I also will let you know how you can use this same thing in your grief journey to help you make it too.    ✨Free Resources: Find Your Lifesaver Verse 31 Days of God’s Character Scripture Calendar FREE Facebook group for grieving moms   💚Connect With Me: Etsy Shop >>...

When we’re walking through our grief journey anything we can do to help bring some peace to our lives is helpful!   So today I wanted to bring you 3 simple ways you can make your home a place of peace. These things are NOT hard at all! And most of them will cost you nothing!   I pray that as you listen to this episode it will give you some ideas that you can implement inside of your own home!   🔗Links Mentioned in Episode: YouTube channels: Clutterbug and The Minimal Mom Plant Therapy Oils:...

There are a few things that have been critical in me being able to make it after losing my child. One of those things, without a doubt, is my lifesaver verse.    So what is a “lifesaver verse”? And how can you find yours?   In this episode I go all into what this is and how I’ve used it in my own grief journey to help keep me from drowning in my grief.    I pray that the Holy Spirit will help you be able to find the one that’s perfect for you and your journey.    🔗Links Mentioned in...

Stepping out in faith and doing something that God has called you to do can be so scary.    What if it wasn’t God telling you to take that step? How is it going to work out?  How will I know what my next step is supposed to be?   The fear of not knowing can hold you back from doing what you feel God is telling you to do.    This recently happened to me. I had God telling me to do something, but I was scared out of my mind! I had NO IDEA how it was going to work out!   But I’m here to tell you...