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What happens when life changes in an instant?
Within just ten days, Elizabeth Grandinetti lost both her grandfather and her fiancé while recovering from major surgery. The losses were overwhelming, and for a time, grief became the center of her world. This conversation explores what came next: the slow work of healing, rediscovering herself, and learning that while grief changes us, it does not have to define who we become.
Episode Summary
In this episode of Thrive While Loving an Addict, KL Wells sits down with Elizabeth Grandinetti to talk about navigating profound loss, rebuilding trust in herself, and finding hope after addiction and grief reshaped her life. Elizabeth shares the story of losing her fiancé to an overdose after his relapse following years of recovery, just days after losing the grandfather who helped raise her.
Together, KL and Elizabeth explore the importance of community, stillness, self-trust, and the small daily choices that gradually make healing possible. This conversation offers encouragement for anyone grieving a loved one or trying to reconnect with themselves after life has been turned upside down.
Key Discussion Points
- Losing multiple loved ones within days of each other
- Grieving the loss of a partner to addiction and overdose
- Recovering physically while navigating overwhelming emotional loss
- The role of grief support groups and community in healing
- Friends who showed up with consistent care during difficult seasons
- How busyness can become a form of emotional avoidance
- Learning to trust yourself and your instincts again
- Rebuilding life after profound loss
- Leaving a successful career to pursue a more meaningful path
- Reconnecting with joy through intentional daily practices
- Choosing how grief will shape, but not define, your future
Some Questions I Ask
- What are three to five things you would share with someone who feels lost in grief or in someone else's addiction?
- When did you begin to realize that the strength you were looking for was already within you?
- What helped you learn to trust yourself again after everything you experienced?
- What patterns do you commonly see in the women you coach today?
In This Episode, You Will Learn
- Why grief does not have to determine the rest of your life
- How community and support groups can provide hope during difficult seasons
- Why slowing down can reveal what constant busyness often hides
- How rebuilding trust in yourself happens one step at a time
- Why reconnecting with joy can become part of the healing process
- How childhood memories can help reconnect you with feelings of hope and possibility
- Why major life changes can sometimes lead to greater clarity about purpose
- How healing can create space for new relationships, new experiences, and a renewed sense of self
Resources
Learn more about This Way to Joy
http://www.elizabeth-grand.com
Notable Insight From The Episode
"Grief doesn't get to decide who you become."
Grief can change the course of our lives, but it does not have to define our identity. Healing often begins through small, intentional choices that gradually help us reconnect with hope, purpose, and ourselves.
About the Guest
Elizabeth Grandinetti is a Tampa-based coach and founder of This Way to Joy, where she helps women reconnect with themselves after seasons of grief, overwhelm, and life transition. Drawing from her own experiences with profound loss, Elizabeth encourages others to cultivate self-trust, embrace stillness, and intentionally reconnect with joy.
Her coaching focuses on helping women move beyond survival and create lives rooted in authenticity, resilience, and purpose.
Connect With the Guest
Website
http://www.elizabeth-grand.com
