Speak Your Grief with Sonya
by Sonya
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About this podcast
From my story to your story, let’s talk about grief. I will share my grief journey and interview others about their path of sorrow and healing. I hope that you, the listener, will hear something that helps as you navigate your own grief and that God is glorified along the way.
This is a discussion and not meant to give professional help.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- Strength for Today, Bright Hope for Tomorrow: Life After 62 Years of Marriage · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 35Send us Fan Mail What a privilege to interview one of my heroes of the faith! Dr. Jack Knapp was married to Judy for 62 years. He describes how they met and their deep love. We…
- You're Not Alone: Telling Your Grief Story Matters · 53 min · Season 2 Episode 34Send us Fan Mail Do you think your story of loss is just too hard to tell? Do you feel like your journey is different or you aren't grieving a "textbook" grief? Sometimes sharing…
- The Anchor of Truth Through the Storm of Grief: Bekah's Story · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 33Send us Fan Mail When terrible things happen to us, it often shakes us to the core. It is hard to think clearly and causes us to doubt things we thought were true. Bekah Furches…
- God's Purpose in Your Suffering · 4 min · Season 2 Episode 32Send us Fan Mail God has Peter share a 4-fold purpose for our suffering in 1 Peter 5:10. @SonyaSumpterHoffman #griefandhope #griefjourney #griefhealing #grief #griefpodcast…
- Loss of a Child While Helping Siblings Grieve · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 31Send us Fan Mail You are already dealing with the grief of losing your son. How can you possibly help your children? Dawn Hawley shares the story of her son's passing along with…
- Grief and Dreading the Holidays · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 30Send us Fan Mail God tells us in 2 Corinthians 1:3 that He is the God of all comfort. This podcast is a reminder that He wants to strengthen and help you with both your dread and…
- Why Did Our 19 Year Old Son, Jadon, Have To Die? · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 29Send us Fan Mail Why Did Our 19 Year Old Son, Jadon, Have To Die? This is the title of a tract Dallita (Jadon's mom) was able to write after his death. Dallita takes the time to…
- Losing Our Son: Infant Loss at 7 Months (Part 2) · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 28Send us Fan Mail In Part 2, Alex and Ashley share different facets they have dealt with after the death of their seven month old son. They discuss guilt, regret, telling…
- Losing Our Son; Infant Loss at 7 Months · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 27Send us Fan Mail Little Benjamin went to Heaven just days before he turned seven months old. Alexander and Ashley share the details of that difficult day. Along with the deep…
- A Care-Giver's Needs · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 26Send us Fan Mail Valerie concludes her interviews by telling us about the last nine months of her mother's life. It was a rollercoaster of ups and downs, and day after day of…
- Cancer: Recourse, Remission, Reset! Mom's Rebound · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 25Send us Fan Mail Valerie shares the cancer journey that her mother faced. After fifteen previous surgeries and intestinal difficulties, Margaret was told she had bladder cancer…
- What Could Break Me Only Shaped Me · 26 min · Season 1 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail How a person handles life is largely how they let hard times shape them for good. Before we learn about Valerie Kucera's large, gaping hole in her life from…
- When Life Doesn't Go As Planned · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail What do you do when the plan you had for your life gets turned upside down? Instead of pouting, becoming bitter, or turning away from God, Erika Washington…
- The Heroes On My Cancer Journey: Angie's Story · 25 min · Season 1 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail Angie experienced a cancer diagnosis not only once, but twice. She went through biopsies, surgeries, radiation, and chemo therapy, Yet, in part three, she tells…
- A Second Cancer Diagnosis: Angie's Story · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail Angie describes what it was like to have cancer diagnosed for a second time. It was a different type of cancer and she faced the giant of chemotherapy this time…
- Hearing the Cancer Diagnosis: Angie's Story · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail We often laugh at the teacher from Charlie Brown as she talks, "Wah, wah, wah..." But that is exactly how Angie felt after she heard the word "cancer" from her…
- Dealing with Suicide: Losing a Son, Remembering Troy · 33 min · Season 1 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail They say the loss of a child is like no other loss. How can you navigate this kind of death, especially when it was a suicide? When your loved one takes their…
- The Sister Bond: Losing Madelyn · 19 min · Season 1 Episode 18Send us Fan Mail Have you lost a sister or brother? The bond between siblings can run deep. Tena Wokaty talks about the close relationship she had with her sister, Madelyn's…
- To Grieve or Not To Grieve · 35 min · Season 1 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail Are you from a family, generation, or situation where you were told not to grieve? Does grieving make you a weak Christian? Tena Wokaty sits down with me and…
- Dementia: Watching a Loved One Die Slowly · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 16Send us Fan Mail There is a grief that comes from losing a loved one, over time, to dementia. As her father went into the hospital, my sister-in-law was faced with the caring of…
