For grievers, the season that once brought joy may heighten an awareness of the feeling of despair and intense pain. What can you do when the world is saying, “Let’s be merry!” while you are feeling a responsibility to honor your sorrow?

From Grief to Grace

Holiday Mourning and Meditations

On today’s program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley welcomes back Dieter Randolph, cofounder and minister of Water and Stone Church. They discuss the process of letting go of beliefs and paradigms of the past, and the transformational choice to reinvest in the now.

Reinvesting in the Now

Returning special guest, author, and grief guide Georgena Eggleston joins host Chaz Wesley to discuss the feelings of uncertainty in times of change, loss, and pain—and allowing a path of peace to unfold with action and grace. 

"From Pain To Peace"—With Special Guest Georgena Eggleston

On this World Day of Prayer in Unity, host Chaz Wesley is joined by Randy Fikki, spiritual leader at Unity Southeast in Kansas City, Missouri, discussing this year's theme, "Peace in the Midst."

"Peace in the Midst"—With Special Guest Randy Fikki

Each step of our journey holds a certain necessity of lessons and possibility. On today’s program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley offers insight into the choices and opportunities we have to honor and trust each sacred step of loss and grief so we may walk this journey with love and grace.

Stepping out in Trust

The Buddha once said, "If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete." On today’s program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley introduces enlightening conversation and self-care activities of mind, body, and spirit that can sustain energy while minimizing the fatigue commonly associated with grieving.

Self-Care for the Griever

On today’s program From Grief To Grace, host Chaz Wesley discusses the value of finding meaning in our journey of grief. Becoming mindful of the transformative capacity of grief is one of the most empowering ways to understand loss, cultivate acceptance, and honor compassion toward yourself and others.

Spiritual Care and Meaning Making

Whether in life, on our spiritual path, or our grief journey, releasing that which no longer serves us is an important task in our search for peace. On today’s program From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares words and music of comfort, ease, and letting go.

Grief Release

Loss and grief shatters the world we have known, thereby creating a tidal wave of emotions in the wake of our everyday life. On today’s program, host Chaz Wesley shares insight and clarity on what these emotions mean. We can allow the current of Truth and meaning to guide us back to shore.

Emotional Allowance

On today’s journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews Michel Pascal, author of the book Meditation for Daily Stress: 10 Practices for Immediate Well-Being. Michel Pascal is a french writer, meditation teacher/singer, photographer, and director for spiritual documentaries. Before moving to the United States, Michel lived in the largest monastery in the Himalayas, Kopan Monastery in Nepal. The high master Chepa Dorje Rimpoche (descendant of Milarepa) was his meditation teacher for 15 years. Michel has written 19 books in French about spirituality. Drawing on his experience of living at the Kopan Monastery in Nepal, Michel shares his new and easy method of meditating in the moment to calm the mind and break the cycle of stress addiction. In the midst of one's grief experience, Michel's book is a guide to a revolutionary meditative techniques for finding peace, quiet, mindfulness, and centeredness. A true authority in meditation, Michel introduces readers to the power of meditation as a coping mechanism for daily stress, anxiety, and depression—and yes, grief!

Meditation for Daily Stress

On today’s journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews writer and poet Deirdre Hade, coauther of the book The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises. A verbal and graphic trip to the unexpected, whimsical, and wise worlds, Hade and her husband and graphic visionary Will Arntz (What the Bleep Do We Know!?), with images provided by award-winning photographer Endre Balogh, will inspire the reader. They also allow for a lot of smiling and moments of clarity and wonder. The prose and poetry will raise your awareness to the level that great art does when truly enjoyed. The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises marries practical guidance for navigating our increasing busy and chaotic world with deep mystical insight to awaken the sleeping soul within us.

The (Not So) Little Book of Surprises

Their mission is to joyously use their God-given gifts—writing, singing, and speaking—to successfully inspire, uplift, and transform the lives of as many people as they can touch in their lifetime and beyond. And with their new double-CD, Beautiful Brokenness, they are doing just that! On today’s journey From Grief To Grace, host Chaz Wesley interviews inspirational speakers, singer/songwriters, and best-selling authors, Karen Taylor-Good and Stowe Daily—the powerful duo known as StoweGood.

Beautiful Brokenness With StoweGood

When caring for someone who is chronically ill or dying, we may start to grieve that person long before their physical death. Often, we grieve the loss of the person’s “former self.” Primary caregivers often experience exhaustion, regret, or even guilt or shame for “wishing it were over." It is important to recognize these feelings as normal. Ultimately, anticipatory grief is a way of allowing us to prepare emotionally for the inevitable.  On today’s journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares thoughts and coping skills for caregivers and the anticipatory grief reactions of the physical, emotional, and spiritual nature that occurs before an impending loss.

Caring for the Caregiver

On today’s journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley is joined by coauthors Dieter and Jenny Randolph of Unity Society about their new book, Branching In. Explaining their mantra of grace as, "you don't need anything extra to be who you already are," Branching In is the process of understanding this now moment as the fruit of a more profound life experience. By following it through—branch and trunk and back to root—we can use that expanded awareness as the seed for life's next now moments.

Branching In

On today’s journey From Grief to Grace, host Chaz Wesley shares how the spiritual faculty of faith becomes an action step we can take as we affirm that the healing, loving presence of the Divine is working to bring peace and harmony in the midst of chaos and fear.

Faith It Till You Make It

Transformational Coach and Grief Expert Chaz Wesley is your host on this weekly journey, From Grief to Grace—an inspirational hour of hope, healing, and humor. An ordained interfaith minister who’s been described as “Midwife to the Dying” by spiritual leaders across the nation, Chaz is a powerful, dynamic, and energetic presence who encourages listeners to honor the process of exploring new horizons of cultural perceptions of loss, love, and life. Combining engaging interviews and inspirational music from the most transformational voices of our day, Chaz and his guests Light a Candle in Your Name as, together, we embark on a journey of empowerment, significance, support, and grace. Join the conversation online via Twitter (@chazspeaks) or our Facebook page, and take another step on the journey From Grief to Grace. The ideas and opinions expressed on this program do not necessarily reflect the teachings of Unity. Unity respects a wide range of spiritual thoughts and beliefs, as reflected in the diverse range of subjects presented on Unity Online Radio.

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