Grief is a Sneaky Bitch
Lisa Keefauver, MSW
Grief is a Sneaky Bitch creator and host Lisa Keefauver is on a mission to reimagine grief, helping us to center aliveness in a world full of loss.Yes, this is a podcast all about grief. Since 2019, Lisa and her guests have been exploring the expansiveness and pervasiveness of grief in our lives. Let's face it: 100% of us experience grief, multiple times in our lives. Lisa witnessed it time and time again in her career as a social worker and in her personal life—most significantly when she lost her husband in 2011. More recently, she experienced ambiguous grief while navigating breast cancer in 2024. And yet, individually and collectively, we're so grief-illiterate, and that's causing us all harm. So she's on a mission to reimagine grief so we can center aliveness in a world full of loss. She's so glad you're joining us.She brings her deep curiosity, love of conversation, and knowledge of how language and culture shape our experiences of ourselves and our world (including our grief) to each unscripted conversation. From thought leaders, CEOs, and social workers to authors, educators, researchers, filmmakers, and spiritual leaders, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they've gained by navigating a grief journey of their own.About HostLisa Keefauver is equal parts heart & humor (with a judicious use of cussing. She's a narrative-therapy trained social worker, widow, and cancer survivor turned grief activist, podcast host and author helping you center aliveness in a world full of lossORDER her book, Grief is a Sneaky Bitch: An Uncensored Guide to Navigating LossWATCH her TEDx talk, Why Knowing More About Grief Can Make it Suck LessWATCH her Endwell talk, Centering Aliveness in a World Full of LossREAD her essays on Substack, AFGO with Lisa KeefauverLEARN more about working with Lisa Keefauver by visiting www.lisakeefauver.com and follow on social media @lisakeefauvermsw If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts.If you like watching podcasts, please subscribe and view on YouTube at @lisakeefauvermsw. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 15, 2019 • 57min
Autumn Campbell | When Stillness Silences Our Grief
In this episode of Grief is a Sneaky B!tch, my dear friend Autumn Campbell bravely and boldly shares her experience of delivering her son Zion, stillborn, 18 years ago this month. She opens our eyes to how the medical, social, and larger cultural systems amplify the pain of this type of loss in so many ways. Autumn also reminds us that simple acts of showing up in silence, or accompanying people in their darkest moments, like her sister did for her can make the biggest difference in our grief journey. Autumn isn’t just breaking the silence on stillbirth, she is shattering it, full of swear words and all. Listen in to one of the most important conversations we’ve had yet on Grief is a Sneaky B!tch.About the showIf you love deep, honest, authentic conversations, get ready to love Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Host Lisa Keefauver, is a grief and empathy activist who holds an extensive grief resume herself, as a social worker, narrative therapist, grief guide, and widow. From CEOs and social workers to best-selling authors, educators, filmmakers, and stay-at-home moms, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they have gained by navigating a grief journey of their own. To learn more about the show and how Lisa Keefauver is reimagining grief, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, follow on Instagram and Twitter or visit www.lisakeefauver.com today!If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 1, 2019 • 1h 1min
Heather Saucedo | So Young, But Growing Up Fast
In this episode of Grief is a Sneaky B!tch, I sat down with Heather Saucedo, a young woman I first met back in 2014. Our first encounter was during one of the scariest times in her young life. At just 22, she had just learned that her fiancé was facing a cancer diagnosis. Not long after that, they welcomed their beautiful daughter Aubree into the world. She was considered medically fragile from birth. By 23, Heather had become a mother and a widow, two titles we happen to have in common. But as Heather will tell you herself, don’t you pity her. She means it!About the showIf you love deep, honest, authentic conversations, get ready to love Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Host Lisa Keefauver, is a grief and empathy activist who holds an extensive grief resume herself, as a social worker, narrative therapist, grief guide, and widow. From CEOs and social workers to best-selling authors, educators, filmmakers, and stay-at-home moms, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they have gained by navigating a grief journey of their own. To learn more about the show and how Lisa Keefauver is reimagining grief, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, follow on Instagram and Twitter or visit www.lisakeefauver.com today!If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 26, 2019 • 55min
Jae Kim | Life Lessons from a Little Sister
In this episode of Grief is a Sneaky Bitch, I sat down with my new friend Jae Kim, Founder and CEO of Chi’lantro to talk about grief and gratitude and the lessons he learned from his little sister Michelle. He opens up about how his admiration for how she lived, and her death as a result of a long struggle with Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2), has transformed how he shows up in his personal and professional relationships.About the showIf you love deep, honest, authentic conversations, get ready to love Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Host Lisa Keefauver, is a grief and empathy activist who holds an extensive grief resume herself, as a social worker, narrative therapist, grief guide, and widow. From CEOs and social workers to best-selling authors, educators, filmmakers, and stay-at-home moms, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they have gained by navigating a grief journey of their own. To learn more about the show and how Lisa Keefauver is reimagining grief, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, follow on Instagram and Twitter or visit www.lisakeefauver.com today!If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 9, 2019 • 1h 6min
Romy Suskin | A Long Goodbye
On this episode of Grief is a Sneaky Bitch, host Lisa Keefauver, sat down with her dear friend Romy Suskin at her Photography Studio to talk about her early experiences of watching and caring for her father during her formative years as he endured nearly a decade long journey with Lou Gherig’s disease and how that period and her subsequent grief journey has shaped her outlook on life and love and even how she shows up now as a caregiver for her mother.About the showIf you love deep, honest, authentic conversations, get ready to love Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Host Lisa Keefauver, is a grief and empathy activist who holds an extensive grief resume herself, as a social worker, narrative therapist, grief guide, and widow. From CEOs and social workers to best-selling authors, educators, filmmakers, and stay-at-home moms, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they have gained by navigating a grief journey of their own. To learn more about the show and how Lisa Keefauver is reimagining grief, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, follow on Instagram and Twitter or visit www.lisakeefauver.com today!If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 28, 2019 • 1h 2min
Mickey Kay | Grief Brings a New Friendship
In this episode, host Lisa Keefauver is joined with a new friend, Mickey Kay. Mickey shares a bit about how a horrific bike accident at age 20 changed the trajectory of his life. And perhaps more importantly, what he has learned over the last 15 years about grief, love, life, sorrow, and joy.About the showIf you love deep, honest, authentic conversations, get ready to love Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Host Lisa Keefauver, is a grief and empathy activist who holds an extensive grief resume herself, as a social worker, narrative therapist, grief guide, and widow. From CEOs and social workers to best-selling authors, educators, filmmakers, and stay-at-home moms, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they have gained by navigating a grief journey of their own. To learn more about the show and how Lisa Keefauver is reimagining grief, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, follow on Instagram and Twitter or visit www.lisakeefauver.com today!If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2019 • 4min
Host Lisa Keefauver | Unwelcome Birthday Guest
In this Pilot Episode, host Lisa Keefauver just shares a Grief Moment as her way of introducing the show and why Grief is indeed a sneaky bitch.Everyone warns you that the anniversaries and firsts are gonna be hard, but no one tells you how that sneaky b*tch grief shows up at happy celebrations!About the show:If you love deep, honest, authentic conversations, get ready to love Grief is a Sneaky Bitch. Host Lisa Keefauver, is a grief and empathy activist who holds an extensive grief resume herself, as a social worker, narrative therapist, grief guide, and widow. From CEOs and social workers to best-selling authors, educators, filmmakers, and stay-at-home moms, her guests open up about the complexity, confusion, and even confidence they have gained by navigating a grief journey of their own. To learn more about the show and how Lisa Keefauver is reimagining grief, sign up for her not-so-regular newsletter, follow on Instagram and Twitter or visit www.lisakeefauver.com today!If you like this series, please make sure to leave a rating and write a review TODAY on Apple Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
