Honest conversations about grief and what’s quietly calling you forward.

12 Years After Losing My Daughter, My Body Was Still Holding Grief
Kendra Merrill Kendra Merrill

12 Years After Losing My Daughter, My Body Was Still Holding Grief

Kendra breaks down three cultural messages about grief that felt misaligned in her experience: that grief has an ending, that it stays where you put it, and that feeling your feelings sets you back instead of moving you forward. She also shares her story of loss, including a recent hike that taught me exactly where my body had been holding grief for over a decade.

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Truth After Loss Podcast
Kendra Merrill Kendra Merrill

Truth After Loss Podcast

This isn't a podcast about grief. Although we’ll talk about grief a lot. It's about who you become after loss strips away the noise, and you start to wonder, “Who am I now that everything has changed?” Welcome to Truth After Loss.

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Are Your Core Beliefs Actually True? The Question Most Women Never Stop to Ask
Kendra Merrill Kendra Merrill

Are Your Core Beliefs Actually True? The Question Most Women Never Stop to Ask

What if the beliefs you've been living by were never really yours to begin with?

In this episode, we're getting into the hidden rules running your life — where they came from, why they feel so true, and what happens when you finally stop to ask: is this actually me? Real talk, a personal story from Bali, and a 3-step process you can use today.

Hit play. This one goes deep.

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How to Live a Meaningful Life Without Knowing Your Purpose

How to Live a Meaningful Life Without Knowing Your Purpose

I spent most of my life without a passion. No big calling. Nothing that made me leap out of bed. And I carried a lot of quiet shame about that because our society says you should have a passion, a purpose, or a calling. In this episode, I'm sharing four truths about meaning that took all that pressure off.

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Depth Before Direction: How to Set Goals From Inner Truth, Not Pressure

Depth Before Direction: How to Set Goals From Inner Truth, Not Pressure

What if the exhaustion and tension you feel isn’t because you’re doing too little but because you’re moving in a direction that isn’t rooted in your truth?

In this episode, we explore why depth must come before direction and how listening to your inner wisdom can change the way you set goals, make decisions, and move forward in your life.

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Beyond Resistance: Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Don't Stick
Align and Reclaim Your Life Kendra Merrill Align and Reclaim Your Life Kendra Merrill

Beyond Resistance: Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Don't Stick

Change is hard, even when it's a change you actually want.

In today’s episode, I discuss why resistance shows up and explain why it's not your fault...it's how your brain is wired. We’ll explore how cultural expectations, constant mental noise, and survival mode quietly pull us away from ourselves. And more importantly, what happens when you stop pushing against your brain's natural state and start working with it instead.

Are you tired of striving to make positive change in your life and feeling like a failure? Are you ready for a gentler way forward? If so, this is your invitation to soften into change in a way that feels good and to reconnect with the truth that's already inside you.

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