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The Grief Between Us

The Grief Between Us

By: Patti Merrill
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The Grief Between Us is a podcast about the many ways grief reshapes our lives and the conversations that help us carry it.

Hosted by Patti Merrill, founder of The Waiting Place, this podcast creates space for honest conversations about loss, faith, identity, and the long journey of learning to live after life changes in ways we never expected.

Each episode features thoughtful conversations with people who have experienced grief in different forms. Parents, friends, caregivers, and professionals who walk alongside others through loss share their stories and reflections. Together, these conversations explore what it means to mourn, to remember, and to continue forward while holding what cannot be fixed.

Rather than offering quick answers or easy solutions, The Grief Between Us honors the reality that grief is complex, personal, and ongoing. These conversations invite listeners to slow down, reflect, and recognize that none of us carry grief alone.

This podcast is part of The Waiting Place, a non profit dedicated to supporting people navigating grief and trauma through conversation, reflection, and connection. If you are grieving, supporting someone who is grieving, or simply seeking a deeper understanding of loss and healing, you are welcome here.

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Episodes
  • The Grief Between Us: Reflections and Blessings

    The Grief Between Us: Reflections and Blessings
    Jun 3 2026
    As Season One of The Grief Between Us comes to a close, Patti reflects on the stories, lessons, and moments that shaped this first season of conversations.

    Throughout the season, guests shared experiences of death, divorce, chronic illness, infertility, mental health struggles, faith transitions, loneliness, family rupture, and profound life change. Together, these stories revealed a deeper truth: grief is far more varied, universal, and human than we often realize.

    In this season finale, Patti reflects on what she learned about accompaniment, courage, truth-telling, faith, healing, and the invisible grief that so many people carry alone. She explores how suffering changes us, why presence matters more than fixing, and what becomes possible when grief is witnessed instead of hidden.

    This episode is both a reflection and an invitation. It is a reminder that healing does not mean becoming untouched by grief, but learning to carry it with greater tenderness, honesty, and support.

    Whether you've listened to every episode or are joining for the first time, this conversation offers a thoughtful closing to Season One and a hopeful look toward what comes next.

    The Grief Between Us is part of The Waiting Place, a non-profit dedicated to supporting those navigating grief and loss.

    Learn more about us and upcoming events below!
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    17 mins
  • Learning to Live Beyond Survival

    Learning to Live Beyond Survival
    May 27 2026
    What happens when survival has been your normal for so long that joy begins to feel unfamiliar?

    In this episode of The Grief Between Us, Patti sits down with Mariah Pagliasotti, Executive Producer of The Grief Between Us and Executive Assistant to The Waiting Place Foundation, for a deeply personal conversation about trauma, chronic illness, grief, emotional safety, and learning how to build a life beyond simply making it through the day.

    Mariah reflects on growing up around instability, navigating lupus and cancer diagnoses at a young age, and living for years believing she would never make it to thirty. Together, Patti and Mariah explore survival mode, self-worth, chosen family, emotional healing, and the fear that can come with allowing yourself to dream about a future you never expected to have.

    This episode also touches on grief, mental health, trauma responses, empathy, forgiveness, chronic illness, and the complicated process of learning to care for yourself after spending years only trying to survive.

    At its heart, this conversation is about what becomes possible when safety, compassion, and connection begin to replace fear.

    The Grief Between Us is part of The Waiting Place, a non-profit dedicated to supporting those navigating grief and loss.

    Learn more about us and upcoming events below!
    The Waiting Place Foundation
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    55 mins
  • You Can Heal and Still Carry Scars

    You Can Heal and Still Carry Scars
    May 20 2026
    What does healing actually look like after deep loss?

    In this episode of The Grief Between Us, Patti sits with Angela to explore widowhood, long-term grief, faith, and the complicated journey of learning how to move forward without feeling like you’re leaving someone behind.

    Angela shares the experience of losing her husband nearly eleven years ago and reflects on the ways grief has changed over time. Together, they talk about the difference between “moving on” and “moving forward,” the pressure society places on grieving people, and the guilt that can come when joy begins to return.

    This conversation also explores motherhood, memory-making, faith, community support, and the importance of giving ourselves permission to keep living. Angela speaks openly about how grief softens over time without ever fully disappearing, and how healing doesn’t erase the scars left behind.

    If you’ve ever struggled with the fear of becoming joyful again, or wondered whether healing means forgetting, this episode offers a compassionate and hopeful perspective.

    The Grief Between Us is part of The Waiting Place, a non-profit dedicated to supporting those navigating grief and loss.

    Learn more about us and upcoming events below!
    The Waiting Place Foundation
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    45 mins
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