Dorina Gilmore: Breathing Through Grief

Grief often brings up heavy feelings of sadness and pain but this conversation is filled with hope and restoration. If you are living with grief or you aren’t sure how to best support other people in your life who have experienced loss, you will find both practicals and permission to feel in this episode.

In a surprise story of unexpected loss and grief, Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young had her faith put to the test when her husband was suddenly faced with a cancer diagnosis that he did not survive. She shares her experience on how God met her in her pain and how she grieved as a parent with grieving children who had also lost their father. This episode focuses on celebration and life, exploring the different ways people grieve based on their culture and proposing new ways of talking about death with children to remove fear and replace it with remembrance.

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LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:

Breathing Through Grief

Chasing God’s Glory (grief for kids)

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RELATED RESOURCES:

Grieving Unexpected Loss

What Good is God when Life Hurts?

Healing Trauma with a Christ-Centered Therapist

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SCRIPTURE TO EXPLORE:

Psalms 34:18 MSG

Genesis 16:13

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