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The Grief Disruptor®

The Grief Disruptor®

Donielle Young 2 Episodes Aug 19, 2026

The Grief Disruptor® is a podcast hosted by Donielle Young, who shares her personal experience of losing her husband to Stage IV colon cancer and rebuilding her life. The show offers honest conversations about grief, widowhood, caregiving, healing after loss, resilience, identity, dating after loss, and finding purpose again. It aims to provide a supportive space for those who feel left behind after a loss, countering toxic positivity. New episodes are released twice a month.

Episodes

The Checklist Is a Lie: Killing the Five Stages of Grief
The Checklist Is a Lie: Killing the Five Stages of Grief Aug 19, 2026 842 They gave you five stages. Told you to feel it in order. Told you there was a right way to grieve. They lied. In this episode, Donielle Young, The Grief Disruptor®, burns the checklist down and tells you the truth about what grief actually looks like when nobody is performing it for anyone else. If you've ever felt like you were failing at your own grief, this one's for you. THE G3 FRAMEWO
Episode 2 - Teaser
Episode 2 - Teaser Aug 17, 2026 30 The Checklist Is a Lie: Killing the Five Stages of Grief Episode 2 Dropping Thursday! Somebody put your grief in a box. Gave it five neat little stages. Told you to feel it in order and come out healed on the other side. They lied. Donielle Young - The Grief Disruptor® is burning that checklist down on Thursday. If you’ve ever felt like you were grieving wrong this episode was made fo
The Audacity of The Audience
The Audacity of The Audience Aug 5, 2026 1118 Where were they when you were sitting in hospital rooms? When you couldn't sleep? When your entire world was falling apart? And why do the people who weren't there suddenly think they get to decide how you should grieve... how long you should grieve... or how you should rebuild your life? In this first episode of The Grief Disruptor® Podcast, Donielle Young shares the raw truth about what happens
Trailer - The Grief Disruptor®  Podcast is here!
Trailer - The Grief Disruptor® Podcast is here! Aug 4, 2026 30 Everyone talks about the loss. We're talking about the messy middle. The part no one prepares you for. The moments when your world has changed, but life expects you to keep going. When you don't recognize yourself anymore. When you're grieving a person, a relationship, a career, a dream... or the version of yourself you thought you'd always be. I'm Donielle Young, author, keynote speaker, and crea

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