A Father’s Heartbreak: Loving Sons Through Addiction

After a Home Invasion Took Her Father

In this final episode of the year, I sit down with my dear friend Eileen for a conversation that is honest, tender, and deeply human. Years ago, Eileen’s life was forever changed when her father was killed during a home invasion in Philadelphia, a traumatic loss that shattered her sense of safety and altered the way she moved through the world. In this episode, she shares what it was like to live with that kind of grief, fear, and unresolved shock. What makes this conversation even more sacred is that just weeks after recording, Eileen lost her husband unexpectedly. This episode is not about shock or tragedy, it’s about love, survival, and the quiet strength it takes to keep breathing after life breaks you open more than once. It’s about the kind of grief that doesn’t resolve, but reshapes you. If you’ve ever experienced layered loss, sudden trauma, or the feeling that your world changed in an instant, you are not alone. This conversation is held with care.

Why Movement Matters: Understanding Tension, Emotions & the Body with Michael from Fiveway Fitness

In this episode of Trusting Grief, Tami sits down with Michael from Fiveway Fitness for a grounded, eye-opening conversation about the way our bodies hold tension, emotion, and unspoken experiences. Michael shares how movement, strength work, and simple awareness can reveal what’s happening beneath the surface, why certain muscles feel “stuck,” why some areas overcompensate, and how unresolved stress can live inside our tissues without us realizing it. This episode explores: * how the body reflects emotional and physical stress * why certain muscles shut down or tighten up * the power of mindful, intentional movement * how slowing down helps the body release what it’s been holding * small, practical ways to reconnect to your body This conversation isn’t clinical or complicated, it’s human. It’s about learning to listen to your body with curiosity instead of frustration, and finding healing through the simple act of paying attention. ✨ Trusting Grief with Tami Reilly, real stories, real healing, real life.

Faith, Resilience, and Life After Breast Cancer, A Conversation with Lucy

When a mammogram came back clear, Lucy thought all was well, until just a month later she found a lump that changed everything. What followed was a year of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, all while she kept showing up to life, her work, and her faith. In this powerful conversation, Lucy shares what it was like to walk through breast cancer with courage and gratitude, how prayer became her anchor, and how she’s now living fearlessly, traveling the world, riding roller coasters, and giving thanks for every sunrise. This episode is about faith, freedom, and finding joy after hardship. Whether you’re walking through illness, recovery, or just need a reminder that light always returns, Lucy’s story will touch your heart. ✨ Trusting Grief with Tami Reilly, real stories of healing, faith, and the beauty that follows loss.

A Father’s Heartbreak: Loving Sons Through Addiction

In this emotional episode of Trusting Grief, Tami sits down with her friend Horacio, a father whose two grown sons have both battled drug addiction. Through years of treatment, relapse, overdose, and painful separation, Horacio has faced the kind of heartbreak no parent prepares for. He opens up about what it means to love children who are struggling, how setting boundaries can also be an act of love, and the heavy grief that comes with letting go to protect your own heart. This conversation is raw, real, and deeply human, a reminder that love doesn’t always look like saving someone, sometimes it looks like saving yourself.

Healing the Subconscious: A Conversation on Hypnosis, Grief, and Transformation with Zoilita Grant

In this episode of Trusting Grief, Tami sits down with her hypnosis coach and mentor, Zoilita Grant, to explore how the subconscious mind holds both our pain and our potential for healing. Zoilita shares her wisdom from decades of working with hypnosis, showing how grief, trauma, and limiting beliefs can be released by accessing the deeper layers of the mind. Together, they talk about the science and spirituality of hypnosis, how it helps calm the nervous system, and why healing doesn’t always happen through logic, it happens through safety, imagery, and self-trust. If you’re curious about the power of the mind, or you’re ready to transform your grief from the inside out, this conversation will leave you grounded, hopeful, and inspired.