Navigating Grief Together | Clarissa and Fiona Moll | Episode 325

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Mother-daughter duo Clarissa and Fiona Moll join Blake to discuss their journey of grief after losing Rob, Clarissa's husband and Fiona's father, in a tragic hiking accident. They talk about how their experience led them to write the book Hurt Help Hope, which serves as both a guide and a resource for others walking through grief. Clarissa reflects on the importance of having conversations about death, even before tragedy strikes, and how those discussions provided a sense of direction amidst loss. Fiona opens up about balancing societal pressures with grief as a young teen and how leaning into vulnerability, rather than strength alone, became essential. Together, they emphasize the value of embracing faith during sorrow, recognizing Jesus as a comforting presence in both the darkness of grief and moments of hope. The conversation offers insights into navigating grief non-linearly, encouraging listeners to find comfort and community in their journeys. In this episode, you’ll be able to… Gain insights into navigating grief as a family and fostering deeper connections through shared vulnerability. Learn how to balance personal healing with supporting others during difficult times. Explore the challenges of grieving at different life stages, especially as a parent and teenager. Clarissa and Fiona are the authors of Hurt Help Hope – available everywhere now! To connect with Clarissa and Fiona… Website: clarissamoll.com Instagram: @mollclarissa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian, a
0:09.7	misfit media network production. I am your host and resident Crappy Christian Bla this about all the things most Christians are still not sure we're allowed to talk about.
0:24.0	So if you've been looking for a place to land with all your crap
0:27.5	and for someone to just be honest about what it looks like to walk through this Christian life
0:32.0	when you've come to the right place.
0:34.2	Pull up a seat, pop in your headphones, and tune out your kids, and come hang out with me and
0:38.8	a guest for the authentic conversations that you have been looking for.
0:42.6	All right, you guys, welcome to another episode of Confessions of a crappy Christian. I am super excited to have a mother-daughter duo on the show today.
0:58.6	We're talking about something that is hard and heavy, but is just a really necessary conversation in life.
1:04.4	Maybe not all of us walk through the kind of loss that Clarissa and
1:09.3	Fiona have walked through, but we are going to all encounter grief in some capacity.
1:14.0	I think these two are doing a really incredible job of pioneering a type of conversation that
1:19.2	needs to be had and doing it really beautifully.
1:21.6	So welcome to the show you guys.
1:23.4	Thanks so much for having us. So you wrote a book and it is in response to walking through like a pretty
1:30.6	incredibly tragic situation a few years before that losing a husband and a
1:35.3	father but you kind of picked up this mantle of wanting it to be different for
1:40.7	other people and allowing them to learn from the path that you have walked.
1:45.4	So to introduce yourselves and your story to the audience, can you tell us a little bit,
1:51.4	back us up to 2019?
1:53.6	Yeah.
1:54.6	Hi, I'm Fiona and I lost my dad five years ago
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