Guide Through Grief

Guide Through Grief

Welcome to Guide Through Grief, a podcast that explores the many ways grief can impact our lives. Hosted by Tom Van Ness, the first season of Guide Through Grief follows his personal grief journey after the loss of his wife. Along the way, listeners will meet others who have also faced grief, co-hosts and guides who bring their own stories and insights. Guide Through Grief is a space where people can open up about their experiences, share the lessons they’ve learned, and reflect on how they’ve continued to grow through grief. The goal of this podcast is to create a safe and supportive place for anyone navigating a grief journey, a place to lean on one another and share openly. Because there is no single “right” way to grieve, only your way. And remember: I got this. You got this. We all got this.

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July 15, 2025 42 mins

In the fifth episode of Guide Through Grief, Tom Van Ness and Bob Woosley discuss Tom's grief and the importance of embracing it. Grief is an emotion that the entire human race will feel at some point in their lives. With this in mind, reconciling and even having gratitude for the experience of grief is one of the hardest and most important challenges we all...

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In the fourth episode of Guide Through Grief, Tom Van Ness and Dr. Ryan Stivers talk about the importance of therapy, not only concerning Tom's mental health journey, but also in general. For Tom, grief created a world where he felt guilty and ashamed of how he was grieving. Through meeting with Ryan, Tom discovered a safe space to share his struggles, thoughts, and goals moving forward. Therapy paired with meetings with Father Pat...

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In the third episode of Guide Through Grief,  Tom Van Ness and Father Patrick Smith talk through some of the spiritual challenges Tom has faced while processing Lesley's passing. Throughout Tom and Lesley's marriage, Father Patrick has played a large part in their story. He officiated their wedding, baptized their sons, and walked with Tom through the organizing of Lesley's funeral. Even since Lesley's passing, Tom and Father Patri...

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In the second episode of Guide Through Grief, Tom Van Ness and Bob Woolsey talk through the weeks following Lesley's passing. Tom reflects on the difficult challenges that awaited him as he traveled back home to Illinois. Telling his seven and eight-year-old sons that their mother had passed, organizing the funeral, and writing his wife's obituary were only some of the daunting tasks that Tom had to wrestle through. Through tears a...

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Welcome to Guide Through Grief, a podcast that explores the many ways grief can impact our lives. In the first episode of Guide Through Grief, host Tom Van Ness and co-host Bob Woolsey introduce listeners to Tom’s personal story of profound loss following the sudden death of his wife, Lesley, in April 2023. Tom recounts the shocking 12-day journey that began during a family vacation and ended with Lesley’s passing. Through vivid me...

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Welcome to Guide Through Grief, a podcast that explores the many ways grief can impact our lives. In the first episode of Guide Through Grief, host Tom Van Ness and co-host Bob Woolsey introduce listeners to Tom’s personal story of profound loss following the sudden death of his wife, Lesley, in April 2023. Tom recounts the shocking 12-day journey that began during a family vacation and ended with Lesley’s passing. Through vivid me...

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