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Oh, Good Grief | The Podcast

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If faith feels complicated and healing feels slow, you’re in good company. Oh, Good Grief is a space for honest conversations about the hard and holy moments of life—the ones that stretch us, shape us, and sometimes unravel us. Through stories, reflections, and real conversation, Joy McMillan invites us to struggle well, stay rooted in truth, and encounter God’s goodness through community—right in the midst of our grief—as we learn to be seen, known, and carried along the way.

This podcast explores the intersection of faith, emotional and mental wellbeing, and life in community—where we learn to process pain and trauma in ways that make us softer, wiser, and more like Jesus, not bitter or closed off.

These conversations hold space for the tension of being human—where joy and grief, hope and sorrow, healing and hurt coexist without cancelling one another.

Rooted in the belief that God wastes nothing—not our pain, not our questions, not our becoming—this podcast invites us to let our struggles refine us, shape our character, and draw us deeper into connection with God and one another.

Tune in wherever you find your favorite podcasts: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon + more

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Hello there! I'm Joy. Speaker, designer, author & coach, and creator of the #weROARproject. Welcome to Simply Bloom Co., where passion & purpose collide.

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Are you always the one checking in, showing up, re Are you always the one checking in, showing up,
remembering the details, and making sure everyone else is okay?

Maybe you've wondered why asking for help feels so much harder than offering it.

This week on Oh, Good Grief, we're exploring the Enneagram Type Two (The Helper or Befriender)...how our greatest gifts can become survival strategies, why people-pleasing often has deeper roots than we realize, and how the Gospel gently reminds us that we don't have to earn the love we've already been given.

If you've ever believed your value comes from what you do for others,
I hope this conversation reminds you of something better:

You are not loved because you serve. You serve because you are loved.

🎧 Episode 030 | Summer Enneagram Series
  Type 2 | When Love Becomes a Job
  is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #Enneagram #HealingJourney #TraumaHealing #SpiritualFormation #Beloved
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What if the Enneagram isn't about discovering your What if the Enneagram isn't about discovering your personality...
but uncovering your survival strategy, and finding freedom and wholeness.

Today we're kicking off a summer series on Oh, Good Grief exploring the Enneagram through the lens of grief, trauma, healing, and the Gospel.

This isn't a series about labels or stereotypes. It's about understanding the stories we've believed, the coping strategies we've developed, and the invitation God extends to each of us to live in greater freedom.

Whether you've known your number for years or you're not sure what all the Enneagram fuss is about, I hope you'll join me for the journey.

🎧 Episode 029 is available now wherever you listen to podcasts.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #Enneagram #SpiritualFormation
The world tells us to be productive. Jesus often i The world tells us to be productive.
Jesus often invited people to be present.

This week's episode, inspired by Theo of Golden,
is about slowing down long enough to notice the birdsong, the feather on the path, the hurting friend, the image of God in another person.

Because sometimes the most sacred work isn't accomplishing.
It's paying attention.

🎧 028 | Be More Like Theo is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #TheoOfGolden
Because people are rarely changed by being impress Because people are rarely changed by being impressed,
they are changed by being seen.

Perhaps the most Christlike thing you can do this week
is simply pay attention. To God. To beauty.
To the person in front of you.

The world has enough people rushing through it.
Be the kind of person who notices.

#TheoOfGolden #OhGoodGriefPodcast
I finished a book recently, and instead of closing I finished a book recently,
and instead of closing the cover and moving on,
I found myself carrying it around in my heart.

Not just because of the story.
But because of the main character.

Theo of Golden left me asking a question I can't shake:
What kind of person am I becoming?

The kind who hurries?
Or the kind who notices?
The kind who is quick to fix?
Or the kind who simply stays?

This week's episode is a reflection on the sacred art of noticing,
the beauty in ordinary places, the gold hidden in people,
and the Christlike practice of being fully present.

🎧 Episode 028 | Be More Like Theo
  The Sacred Art of Noticing is now streaming.

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #TheoOfGolden
The enemy may wound. But he doesn't get to write t The enemy may wound.
But he doesn't get to write the ending.

Morgan's story includes abuse, betrayal, fear, and years of healing.

Yet today she spends her life loving vulnerable children, opening her home to foster kids, and building a family rooted in grace.

What could have broken her became
the very place God planted compassion.
That's redemption.
Not erasing the wound.
Not pretending it didn't happen.

But allowing God to grow something beautiful from what was meant to destroy.

🎙️ Listen to Episode 027 of Oh, Good Grief wherever you find your podcasts

#RestorationStories #OhGoodGriefPodcast #HealingJourney
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Some stories are painful to tell. And some stories Some stories are painful to tell.
And some stories need to be told anyway.

This week on Oh, Good Grief, I'm joined by the lovely Morgan Brailley, a survivor, foster mama, adoptive mom, and living testimony to God's redemptive love.

Morgan shares her journey through abuse, trauma, healing, foster care, and the unexpected ways God can bring beauty from the deepest wounds.

This conversation is honest.
Tender. Hard.
And full of hope.

Because trauma may shape us,
but it does not get the final word.

🎙️ Episode 027 | When the Silence Breaks
  A Story of Abuse, Survival, and Redemptive Love

#OhGoodGriefPodcast #TraumaHealing #RedemptionStory
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