What does compassion look like when someone in our lives is suffering? Are there both practical and meaningful ways that we might care for a loved one in their season of grief?

This episode is the second half of our conversation with our friend, Catherine Fitzgerald. After her brother suddenly passed away, her pain was multiplied by an unexpected loss of community. Over the course of her healing journey, she dove headlong into self-education, with an insatiable appetite for research on how trauma affects the brain and body. Spiritually, Catherine found her faith to be more refined and purified as a result, less focused on easy answers and more rooted in honest presence with pain.

She also became keenly aware that our culture often lacks the confidence to respond to suffering with compassion. From this realization, Catherine began to articulate a vision of grief as something that must be companion­ed and witnessed, not fixed or rushed through. She speaks to the power of the ministry of presence: having the courage to walk alongside someone, to stay, to listen, and to offer simple, practical care when words fall short. Grief is so deeply personal and unique, which can also lead to isolation… because no one really understands. For this reason, what heals is not advice, but people willing to show up, again and again.

In this episode, Catherine invites us to rethink how we care for one another in loss, and what it truly means to love someone well in their season of grief. Her recommendations for books and resources are thorough and broad, so please check our show notes for those as well. We hope you’ll find a moment to listen and learn how to enter someone else’s dark season with tenderness and love.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/suffering

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Grieving a loved one is an experience shared by all of humanity. And yet, while grief acquaints itself with each of us, we find ourselves uncertain when someone close to us suffers.

We aren’t sure what to say…

We don’t want to bring up the pain…

We want to fix the hurt and relieve the sorrow…

So we end up saying nothing.

This is precisely why we want you to meet our dear friend, Catherine Fitzgerald. Our two-part conversation will reveal a heart laid bare, confessing the rawness of her brother's death, a journey through a dark night of the soul, and then the process of rebuilding her heart, mind, and soul towards wholeness.

Her story will give you the courage to enter into your own healing journey and to be better equipped to offer compassionate witness and love to those who suffer. Catherine has courageously undertaken the transformative work of self education and spiritual healing, and by giving her pain a purpose, her story testifies that, with Christ, nothing indeed is wasted.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/suffering

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This episode is opening our first series of Season Two of Find a Moment. These conversations will be focused on grief and suffering… an experience that touches every one of us in some measure and spares no season of life.

In this powerful conversation, we sit down with our dear friend and worship leader, Taya Johnson, whose story is marked by unimaginable loss and resilient faith.

At just 27 years old, Taya’s testimony includes a volume of tragedy that has shaped her young life in profound ways.

Taya shares openly about grief, worship, and what it means to persist in trusting God when the pain feels unbearable. Her faith is hard-won, deeply rooted, and formed in the valley. Even in sorrow, she continues to be a beacon of hope and light for her family, friends, and congregation.

The episode is an invitation to find a moment to sit with grief, to honor loss, and to discover that Jesus meets us most tenderly in our deepest pain. May your own tender encounters with grief and suffering be soothed by the knowledge that you are not alone and that there is hope.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/suffering

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Stepping into each new year prompts us to pause for reflection and contemplation. In our first episode of Season Two, we share our personal processes for discerning our words for the year: how we listen, notice, and invite both wisdom and strategy.

We share honestly about what it looks like to stay focused on those words throughout the year—not as rigid goals, but as invitations for alignment, honing, and recalibration. This is a conversation about partnership with Christ as we allow our internal narratives to be reshaped by truth, learning to preserve our ideals in the midst of everyday life.

We also acknowledge the sacred limits of our own effort. Even as we synthesize and grow, there are places only God can sift... spaces of sanctification that cannot be rushed or controlled. Together we are called into the tending of many landscapes of our lives: the overgrown, the barren, and the already-tidy, trusting God to meet us in each one.

Whether you choose a word for the year or not, this episode invites you to ponder afresh how you’re being formed, guided, and gently refined as a new season unfolds.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/welcometoseason2

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In our most spontaneous episode to date, we decided to reflect on all of the different topics from season one and how those conversations have shaped the way we move through our everyday lives.

If you are a new listener, this would be a great opportunity to hear summaries and highlights from each series to help you choose where to start. For those who have listened from the beginning, you’ll enjoy the familiarity and easy connections with each part of the conversation.

We hope you’ll join Gretchen and Jennifer in this both lighthearted and contemplative conversation as they look back with gratitude and then share their hearts for series plans for 2026. We would love to hear from you if our content has impacted you in any way. Please also share your reflections on season 1 and requests for season 2 via email or social media. We’re grateful for your support along this journey of growth and stewardship.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/

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With gratitude and excitement, we bring you the finale of our Home for the Holidays series with one of the most inspiring and influential voices of our time. Sally Clarkson’s legacy includes decade upon decade of messages sent out to women across the world, equipping and inspiring them to live into their calling as orchestrators and conductors of the sacred space of home.

In this honest and heartfelt conversation, Gretchen and Jennifer find a moment with Sally to explore how the calling of shaping a home begins with the transformation of our own hearts. When we seek healing and are able to repurpose our past woundings, we grow into women who lead with compassion, patience, grace, and empathy. This episode closes out our holiday series with a message of courage, restoration, and the divinely-appointed responsibility of creating a nurturing home culture.

With the upcoming holiday season and a new year knocking at the door, may your vision for home be refined and sharpened by this message of encouragement to protect your ideals while living with grace through the ups and downs of everyday life.

Show notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/homefortheholidays

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Join Gretchen and Jennifer as they dive into the delicious chaos of holiday traditions! From Gretchen’s scratch-made egg noodles and three kinds of pies to Jennifer’s Grandmommy’s cranberry salad and cozy crock pot mac ‘n’ cheese, this episode is brimming with food, laughter, and stories from home.

They explore the ideals we imagine for holiday cooking versus the reality of everyday life, the ways family traditions help create a sense of home throughout the year, and the joy (and occasional mess) of sharing favorite dishes with loved ones. Plus, they share their favorite books for the Advent and Christmas seasons, recommending titles for all ages that are sure to delight and deepen with every page. Expect plenty of food talk, heartfelt memories, and the kind of laughter that makes you feel like you’re sitting around the kitchen table with old friends.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/homefortheholidays

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In our third Home for the Holidays episode, Gretchen and Jennifer sit down with their friend Melissa Capps, owner of Simple Spaces, to talk about what it really looks like to stay organized through the holiday season and beyond.

Melissa shares practical, doable tips for managing the chaos of decorating, hosting, and keeping your home feeling peaceful and functional. Together, we dive into the ideals we all picture this time of year… cozy, perfectly styled, stress-free… and the reality of everyday life with families, messes, and full schedules.

We also dive into family traditions — the ones lovingly passed down through generations — and the complicated feelings that can come with inheriting sentimental items that don’t fit your current space or lifestyle. How do you make choices that honor your family’s history while still creating peace and simplicity in your own home? This episode is full of laughter, honesty, and permission to make the season truly your own.

If you’ve ever wanted to find that sweet spot between calm and chaos, this conversation will leave you inspired to simplify, let go of perfection, and make space for what truly matters this season.

Show Notes: www.medicinemotherhood.com/blog/homefortheholidays

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