When the world is loud and confusing, even the strongest believer can struggle to know what’s real and what’s not. But when you’re grieving your child, that battle becomes even harder. Your mind and heart are already tender, your emotions raw, and every headline, opinion, or social media post can feel like another weight on top of your grief.

That’s why you need a filter—a faith-based way to sort through the noise and discern what’s true, what’s false, and what you can safely let go.

In this first episode of a 3-part series, Teresa shares how to build a simple FAITH filter to protect your heart and mind after child loss. You’ll learn how to:

• Guard your heart when the world’s voices feel louder than God’s

• Recognize what you’re taking in without even realizing it

• Filter what you read, what you hear from others, and what you start to believe about God, your child, and your future

• Apply a practical acronym (FAITH) to test every thought and message you absorb

Friend, discerning truth from lies is hard enough when life is going smoothly. In grief, it can feel nearly impossible. But you don’t have to do it alone—and God has given us a way forward.

👉 Listen now to learn how to start building your faith filter today.

Listen Next

• Episode 186: Will I Ever Get Better? A Grieving Mom’s Guide to Finding Hope in the Chaos

• Episode 187: How Do I Stop Pretending I’m Okay? The Hidden Messages Shaping Your Grief

• Episode 190: What I Didn’t Expect After Loss (But I’m So Grateful For)

• Episode 200: How to Know if You're Healing or Just Hiding

1. Free Grief Survival Guide – The exact steps I used to keep me alive in that first year. Download your free copy at The Grief Mentor Website(scroll to the bottom of the page).

2. Free Grief Masterclass – A two-day event packed with tools to help you navigate grief, available on my website. The Grief Mentor Website Need access to Day 2? Reach out, and I’ll send it to you!

3. Teresa’s Grief Worship Playlist – Music is hard, I get it. But this playlist gave me courage for tomorrow and confidence for the future. Find it at the bottom of my homepage or reach out if you need the direct link.

4. Weekly Newsletter – Encouragement straight to your inbox every Tuesday with exclusive behind-the-scenes insights and links to both podcast episodes. Become A Grief Mentor Insider

5. The Grief Mentor Blog – A new way to support you with faith-filled encouragement in your grief journey. The Grief Mentor Blog

6. Monthly Support Group – A safe space where we say our children’s names, share our stories, and find hope together. Join The Support Group

7. The Grief Mentor Podcast-Released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Going Deeper

Going Deeper: 1-on-1 Grief Mentor Sessions

Maybe you’ve realized that living without your child is harder than you ever imagined. If you need deeper support, come sit with me, friend. This isn’t a casual meet-and-greet—it’s an intentional, Spirit-led time where I pray over you before we even speak. If you’re ready for that kind of support, book a Grief Mentor Session.

XOXO

Teresa-Your Grief Mentor

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If despair has been weighing you down after child loss, you’re not alone. There’s a difference between being knocked down by despair and making it your permanent address — but how do you tell the difference?

In this episode, Teresa opens up about what despair really is, why it feels so powerful, and where hope in Christ meets us in the middle of it.

💡 What you’ll take from this episode:

• A fresh way to understand despair that will shift how you see your grief

• Why the world’s answers fall short — and what God invites you into instead

• The truth that keeps you anchored when the waves feel overwhelming

Friend, you don’t have to let despair write the rest of your story. Hope is still yours in Christ — and this episode will show you why.

If today’s episode speaks to you, these will encourage your heart too:

• Episode 191 – A Glimpse of Heaven in the Everyday: What Grieving Moms Need to See to Keep Going

• Episode 183 – When Suicide Takes Your Child: One Family’s Story of Grief, Faith, and Hope

• Episode 200 – How to Know if You’re Healing or Just Hiding: 5 Faith-Based Signs to Watch For

• Episode 189 – When Grief Makes You Feel Invisible: How God’s Kindness Shows Up Through Others

1. Free Grief Survival Guide – The exact steps I used to keep me alive in that first year. Download your free copy at The Grief Mentor Website(scroll to the bottom of the page).

2. Free Grief Masterclass – A two-day event packed with tools to help you navigate grief, available on my website. The Grief Mentor Website Need access to Day 2? Reach out, and I’ll send it to you!

3. Teresa’s Grief Worship Playlist – Music is hard, I get it. But this playlist gave me courage for tomorrow and confidence for the future. Find it at the bottom of my homepage or reach out if you need the direct link.

4. Weekly Newsletter – Encouragement straight to your inbox every Tuesday with exclusive behind-the-scenes insights and links to both podcast episodes. Become A Grief Mentor Insider

5. The Grief Mentor Blog – A new way to support you with faith-filled encouragement in your grief journey. The Grief Mentor Blog

6. Monthly Support Group – A safe space where we say our children’s names, share our stories, and find hope together. Join The Support Group

7. The Grief Mentor Podcast-Released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Going Deeper

Going Deeper: 1-on-1 Grief Mentor Sessions

Maybe you’ve realized that living without your child is harder than you ever imagined. If you need deeper support, come sit with me, friend. This isn’t a casual meet-and-greet—it’s an intentional, Spirit-led time where I pray over you before we even speak. If you’re ready for that kind of support, book a Grief Mentor Session.

XOXO

Teresa-Your Grief Mentor

🔗 Join the Free Support Group:The Grief Mentor Support

💙 Book a Grief Mentor Session: Grief Mentor Session

Today’s episode is a little different. Instead of a structured teaching, I want to pause with you for a moment of reflection.

The news of Charlie Kirk’s death has shaken many people, and for grieving moms and dads, it can stir grief in unexpected ways. When someone young, bold, and outspoken is suddenly gone, it reminds us of how fragile life is, and it brings our own losses back to the surface.

If you’ve been feeling the weight of recent events—or if you’re wondering how to hold both grief and faith together—I invite you to listen in. This is a space for us to remember that while darkness is real, it will never overcome the light of Jesus.

• Why national tragedies can stir deep personal grief for parents who have lost a child

• How Scripture speaks into the reality of cold hearts in the last days

• The difference between the world’s response to tragedy and God’s promise of light

• A reminder that prayer and closeness to Jesus are what sustain us in seasons of unbearable heaviness

• [Episode 188: Why Do Triggers Hurt So Much? Finding God’s Presence in the Pain]

• [Episode 191: A Glimpse of Heaven in the Everyday: What Grieving Moms Need to See to Keep Going]

• [Episode 200: How to Know if You’re Healing or Just Hiding: 5 Faith-Based Signs to Watch For]

• [Episode 209: Why Seasons Trigger Grief—and What To Do About It]

1. Free Grief Survival Guide – The exact steps I used to keep me alive in that first year. Download your free copy at The Grief Mentor Website(scroll to the bottom of the page).

2. Free Grief Masterclass – A two-day event packed with tools to help you navigate grief, available on my website. The Grief Mentor Website Need access to Day 2? Reach out, and I’ll send it to you!

3. Teresa’s Grief Worship Playlist – Music is hard, I get it. But this playlist gave me courage for tomorrow and confidence for the future. Find it at the bottom of my homepage or reach out if you need the direct link.

4. Weekly Newsletter – Encouragement straight to your inbox every Tuesday with exclusive behind-the-scenes insights and links to both podcast episodes. Become A Grief Mentor Insider

5. The Grief Mentor Blog – A new way to support you with faith-filled encouragement in your grief journey. The Grief Mentor Blog

6. Monthly Support Group – A safe space where we say our children’s names, share our stories, and find hope together. Join The Support Group

7. The Grief Mentor Podcast-Released twice weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Going Deeper

Going Deeper: 1-on-1 Grief Mentor Sessions

Maybe you’ve realized that living without your child is harder than you ever imagined. If you need deeper support, come sit with me, friend. This isn’t a casual meet-and-greet—it’s an intentional, Spirit-led time where I pray over you before we even speak. If you’re ready for that kind of support, book a Grief Mentor Session.

XOXO

Teresa-Your Grief Mentor

🔗 Join the Free Support Group:The Grief Mentor Support

💙 Book a Grief Mentor Session: Grief Mentor Session