Coffee and Grief

We're delighted to host readers from Hindsight 2020, curated and edited by the talented and caring Steve Fowler. Steve will emcee Coffee Talk #56 where we'll host five readers who contributed heart and words to Hindsight 2020. Please join us March 7th at 4pmPacific/7pmEastern. Note the time change! Just for this reading.

Please join us welcoming the amazing Storey Clayton to the zoom mic at Coffee Talk #56. Storey's worked as a youth counselor, debate coach, strategic analyst, development director, rideshare driver, poker player, and contributor to Hindsight 2020. He'll delight you with his words, March 7th at 4pmPacific/7pmEastern. Please note the time change for this reading only.

We're delighted to welcome phenomenal Paul Silvester to the zoom mic at Coffee Talk #56. Paul: father of two, former primary teacher of 30 years, who in retirement delivers frozen meals to homes in villages around Wi******er, and contributed to Hindsight 2020. Please join us March 7th at 4pmPacific/7pmEastern. Note the time change. Just for this reading!

We'd delighted to host the amazing Michael Cannistraci: writer, actor, clinical social worker, and contributor to Hindsight 2020. Please join us at Coffee Talk March 7th at 4pmPacific/7pm Eastern. Your March self will thank you! Note the time change! Just for this reading.

Please join us at Coffee Talk #56 and be held by the captivating Kendall Beck: a sophomore at Taylor University, passionate about faith, culture, and empathy, and contributor to Hindsight 2020. Come be delighted by her March 7th at 4pmPacific/7pmEastern. Note the time change! Just for this reading.

We're delighted to welcome the fabulous Elizabeth Kleinfeld to the zoom mic next month. This author, grief speaker, and contributor to Hindsight 2020 will talk straight to your heart. Please join us to hear Elizabeth and four other readers at Coffee Talk #56, March 7th at 4pmPacific/7pmEastern. Note the time change! Just for this reading.

We're thrilled to hold the zoom mic for the beautiful Beth Bornstein Dunnington: writer, facilitator, actor, director, full of light human. Please join us at Coffee Talk #55, February 1st at 7pmPT. Your February self will thank you!

And let's welcome the incredible J'aime Morrison: author, film maker, surfer, grief talker, oceanic-hearted human. Please join us to hear her at Coffee Talk #55, February 1st at 7pmPT.

Please join us to hear the magical Mary Mandeville: author, healer, compassionate human, with a chapbook coming out soon! Love to have you join us at Coffee Talk #55, February 1st at 7pmPT.

We're thrilled to hold the zoom mic for the phenomenal Blair Hurley: author, Pushcart winner, deep thinker. She'll bring the best heart medicine. Please join us for Coffee Talk #55, February 1st at 7pmPT.

We're delighted to welcome the amazing Anne Richardson to the zoom mic. This poet, grief guide, tender hearted human will hold you with her words, her kindness. Please join us for Coffee Talk #55, February 1st at 7pmPT.

We're delighted to bring you Coffee, Grief, and Gratitude, episode 35 with Melissa Gould. Melissa is an author, mom, and widow who speaks grief beautifully. Her memoir, WIDOWISH, is one I gift. I highly recommend it.

Please have a listen. We'd love you to like and share! If you know anyone who's grieving, who's been widowed, this is an especially good episode to share.

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We're honored to bring you episode 34 of Coffee, Grief, and Gratitude with Jennifer Lang. Jennifer talks about her experience currently living in Tel Aviv. What daily life can look like. How she and her family are living with fear, reading the names of fallen soldiers daily, while also volunteering weekly at farms and attempting to continue some of their pre-war normal life activities. As days wear on, war is being normalized for Jennifer, her family, and so many.

Please listen to this most important conversation. We're grateful for Jennifer and her willingness to talk about life in Tel Aviv.

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And please join us welcoming the fabulous Jonathan Foster to the zoom mic. Jonathan: husband, dad, writer, and former church planter will light your heart with his tender words. Please join us in the zoom room for Coffee Talk #54, January 4th at 7pm PT.

So delighted to hold the zoom mic up for the amazing Karma Rose Zavita: student, advocate, chef, plant lover, dog lover, phenomenal new mom. Come hear her heart words at Coffee Talk #54, January 4th at 7pmPT.

We're tickled to have the talent Tarn Wilson read at Coffee Talk #54. This author, facilitator, huge-hearted human will touch your soul. Please join us in the zoom room on January 4th at 7pmPT.

Please help us welcome the amazing Ann Batchelder: an advocate for women’s wisdom and ending the stigma around mental health issues. We're thrilled she'll be reading at Coffee Talk #54, January 4th at 7pmPT. Come have a listen in the zoom room!

We're delighted to host the fabulous Kelly Martineau at Coffee Talk #54, January 4th at 7pmPT. Kelly is an essayist and poet who leads with her heart. Come be held by her words. Love to see you in the zoom room!

And the phenomenal Asha Dore: writer, artist, mama to her amazing children. This huge-hearted human's art is a heart balm. Please join us at Coffee Talk #53 December 7th at 7pm Pacific. Your December self will thank you.

We're delighted to bring Danielle Marie Holland to the zoom mic. Danielle writes, parents, grieves, and hopes. Please join us for Coffee Talk #53 and be held by her words. December 7th at 7pm Pacific.

Please join us to hear Alexis Chen Johnson: writer, mother, dancer and avid tea drinker. She'll bring the best heart medicine to Coffee Talk #53: December 7th at 7pm Pacific. Love to see you there!

We're delighted to bring you Amy Gamble: former Olympic athlete, animal lover, writer, tender-hearted human. Please join us for Coffee Talk #53, December 7th at 7pm Pacific. We'd love to see you there!

We love episode 31 of Coffee, Grief, and Gratitude! Please have a listen to the phenomenal Ella deCastro Baron who's tender, smart, funny, creative, with an ocean-sized heart. She talks about grief as a portal. She talks about the 5 gates (not stages) of grief. She talks about so much more.

We hope you love it like we do. Thanks for letting us be in your ears. XO

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We hope you enjoy episode 29 of Coffee, Grief, and Gratitude: Grace and Space with Jonathan Foster. Jonathan talks about his grief that consumed him after his daughter died and how he’s learned to give himself grace, how he’s learned to allow grief to grow his heart, rather than shrink it. As a former pastor, he also shares how his relationship to God changed following his daughter’s death.

Jonathan Foster is a husband, dad, writer, and former church planter with some degrees in mimetic theory and open and relational framework. He’s the partner of one and father of three and his recent book indigo: the color of grief can be found at his website, jonathanfosteronline.com.

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Love bringing you our podcast Coffee, Grief, and Gratitude. Episode 30 is Coffee Talk #52, featuring Connie Corcoran, Dian Greenwood, Eileen Vorbach Collins, Laura Julier, and Pema Rocker, with guest co-host Kate Carroll De Gutes. Five different grief stories, all told with heart. Come have a listen.

We hope you love it like we do!

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Episode 28 of our podcast called Coffee, Grief, and Gratitude is live.

Grief Leading to Peace with Gayle Brandeis.

Available anywhere you get your podcast.

Gayle talks about renovating homes while grieving, and how renovations can feel like a mirror for grief. She renovated one home when her mother just died by su***de, and another when her dad died. She shares numerous insights on this episode and touches on the crisis in Israel and Palestine. She hopes grief can lead to peace.

Gayle Brandeis is the author of nine books, most recently, of the essay collection Drawing Breath: Essays on Writing, the Body, and Loss. All titles can be found on her website: https://gaylebrandeis.com. Gayle's essays, poetry, and short fiction have been published in places such as The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, O (The Oprah Magazine), The Rumpus, Salon, and more, and have received numerous honors, including the Columbia Journal Nonfiction Award, a Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Award, Notable Essays in Best American Essays 2016, 2019, and 2020, the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award and the 2018 Multi Genre Maverick Writer Award. She was named A Writer Who Makes a Difference by The Writer Magazine, and served as Inlandia Literary Laureate from 2012-2014, with a focus on bringing writing workshops to underserved communities. She teaches in the MFA programs at Antioch University and University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. She lives in Highland Park, Illinois.

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Please join us to hear the delightful Dian Greenwood: author, therapist, friend, and inspiration. She'll delight you with her words, her essence. Please join us at Coffee Talk #52, November 2nd at 7pm PT.

And the remarkable Pema Rocker: author, story coach and strategist, amazing listener, human, friend. Please join us and be delighted by Pema's words, her spirt. Coffee Talk #52 November 2nd at 7pm PT.

Connie Corcoran: writer, retired librarian, ex-lavender farmer and doting grandmother, will bring the best heart medicine. Come hear her read at Coffee Talk #52, November 2nd at 7pm PT. Join us in the zoom room!