Open Again (After 5 Years) - Season 2 Relaunch: Break the Silent Struggle With Grief In My Backyard Garden
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
Release Date: 04/06/2026
Just Fly, A Memorial Reflection - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief In My Backyard Garden
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
In this hearfelt final episode connected to Chapter 1, "A Change of Planes" from My Backyard Garden: A Memoir of How Love Conquers Grief. Debra Hester reflects on the meaning of "Just Fly" through memory, mentorship, love and lived experience. What began as a planned interview became a memorial reflection honoring a mentor whose lessons reached far beyond business consulting. This episode reminds us that “Just Fly” does not mean moving on too quickly. Sometimes, it means carrying the love and lessons of those who helped lift us. “Watch Episode #21 on my YouTube channel,...
info_outline
Turbulence: From Disruption to Direction - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief In My Backyard Garden
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
What if the moments that shake us… are the very moments meant to redirect us? In Episode 20 of Break the Silent Struggle With Grief in My Backyard Garden, Debra Hester reflects on the meaning of turbulence—not just as disruption, but as a gentle realignment back to purpose and awareness. As we near the close of Chapter 1: Change of Planes, this episode explores how grief, loss, healing and life transitions often arrive unexpectedly: 🌿 A memory 🌿 A date 🌿 A scent 🌿 A moment that suddenly shifts everything inside of us But what if turbulence is not only an upset… ✨ What if it...
info_outline
Open Again (After 5 Years) - Season 2 Relaunch: Break the Silent Struggle With Grief In My Backyard Garden
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
🌿 Episode 19: Open Again (After 5 Years) From My Backyard Garden | #EmpathyForGrief After a five-year hiatus, Debra Hester returns with the Season 2 relaunch of Break the Silent Struggle with Grief in My Backyard Garden podcast. This podcast is rooted in #EmpathyForGrief— a space where we move beyond sympathy into reflection, understanding, and healing. In Episode 19, “Open Again,” Debra reflects on her personal grief journey and the path toward healing, empathy, and emotional renewal. This episode invites listeners to move beyond silent struggle and begin a reflective...
info_outline
I Am Closed - Part 2 #empathyforgrief podcast
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
Let's finish Part 2 of "I Am Closed" episode 18 #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief and Loss podcast with former Michigan Wolverine Touchdown Billy Taylor. Currently, a successful businessman and radio host. He wrote "Get Back Up, the Billy Taylor Story and through his non-profit business, he helps others get back up when they fall down.
info_outline
I Am Closed - Part 1 #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
We all fall down. But how do we get up? When do we get up? This "I Am Closed" episode of #empathyforgriefandloss explores how the sign on so many of our favorite storefronts could be the title of our life without #empathy for ourselves and others. Join me and my guest, Touchdown Billy Taylor who has some experience in being on the top, falling down, and getting back up. Not just on the football field but in real life.
info_outline
Portal To Another World - Part 2 - #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
The #empathyforgrief podcast #17 continues with Part 2 of Portal To Another World! And that world and the portal is right here on planet earth. It is available, ready, and waiting for you to tap into it. Why the green filter on the cover image? Because this time, my Guest, MC Medina and I go from green to ripe about grief, loss, and Oneness in the Age of Aquarius. He says to call him...all his contact information is included.
info_outline
Portal To Another World - #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
#empathyforgrief and loss podcast goes live on Facebook with Episode #16 - Portal To Another World. Host Debra Hester interviews the Digital Priest, MC Medina.
info_outline
Grief Gets Physical - #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief and Loss
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
Do you know what helps your body to stabilize and recover when you are struggling with grief and loss? If you don't, I encourage you as a grief and loss survivor to thriver, listen, learn, and use these tips when grief gets more than emotional. Figure out what you need to do when grief gets physical.
info_outline
The Unspeakable - #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief and Loss
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
Do you have thoughts about grief and loss that you have not shared? Is it time to ask yourself if you need to break the silence around these thoughts or wait? The "unspeakables" are these thoughts. Take a few minutes to listen to how I manage the unspeakables so you can reflect on yours. Join me on this #empathyforgrief journey as we explore the silent side of grief.
info_outline
Small Choices, Big Blessings - #empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief
#empathyforgrief - Break the Silent Struggle With Grief Podcast
Loss is loss and grief is a part of moving forward. With COVID-19, those who have lost a lifestyle instead of a loved one may be new to the grief journey. We encourage you to not despair and have #empathyforgrief. Take this time to listen how we make small choices and experience how big blessings grow for you and others.
info_outline🌿 Episode 19: Open Again (After 5 Years) From My Backyard Garden | #EmpathyForGrief
After a five-year hiatus, Debra Hester returns with the Season 2 relaunch of Break the Silent Struggle with Grief in My Backyard Garden podcast. This podcast is rooted in #EmpathyForGrief— a space where we move beyond sympathy into reflection, understanding, and healing.
In Episode 19, “Open Again,” Debra reflects on her personal grief journey and the path toward healing, empathy, and emotional renewal.
This episode invites listeners to move beyond silent struggle and begin a reflective journey through grief using compassion, self-awareness, and intentional healing practices.
✨ Reflection Prompt: Where are you in your journey today?
This episode is part of an ongoing series inspired by the book My Backyard Garden: A Memoir of How Love Conquers Grief and introduces the MOVE Mapping Reflection approach.
📺 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NtIy7kjiKMU?si=r3riY1towJTjCIVX
🌿 Visit: https://mothersbackyard.org
📓 Download the Reflection Journal: https://mothersbackyard.org/my-backyard-garden-reflection-journal/
#EmpathyForGrief #HealingJourney #GriefSupport #EmotionalHealing #GriefPodcast
Listen and follow Break the Silent Struggle With Grief on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or at mothersbackyard.org/backyard-buzz 🌿
Music: Royalty Free Music: Bensound.com License code: EKP5H9QKM0WGZEIR Artist: : Benjamin Tissot