The Grief Disruptor®

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  I Took Off My Wedding Ring. The Grief Police Will Survive. 02.09.2026 19min

  I wore my husband's wedding ring for four years after he died. Then, in the middle of recording this episode, I took it off. Not because I stopped loving him. Not because I've "moved on." And definitely not because somebody decided four years was the appropriate amount of time to grieve. I took it off because grief had forced me to confront a harder question: When does holding on stop honoring the person you lost and start keeping you from the life they helped prepare you to live? In Episode 3 of The Grief Disruptor® Podcast, I'm talking about widowhood, letting go after loss, the objects we turn into proof of our love, and the grief police who appointed themselves authorities on what moving forward is supposed to look like. We talk about the ring. His clothes. The hospital sheets I kept folded in my linen closet. And the realization that changed how I understand all of it: What lives in your heart cannot be decluttered. Taking off the ring doesn't erase my marriage. Letting go of his things doesn't erase Dwaine. And rebuilding my life doesn't mean I've stopped grieving the one we built together. THREE TRUTHS FROM THIS EPISODE 1. Holding onto things is not the same as holding onto love. The ring, the clothes, the toothbrush, the sheets. They can feel like proof that someone existed and that what you shared mattered. But letting go of an object cannot remove what lives inside you. 2. Nobody gets to decide when you're ready. Not his family. Not your family. Not social media. Not some imaginary grief timeline. Moving forward after losing someone is deeply personal, and you don't owe anyone an explanation for when or how you choose to do it. 3. Sometimes honoring them means using what they gave you. Dwaine didn't spend our marriage helping me build wings so I could refuse to use them after he died. He gave me everything I needed to fly. So I'm making room. Not to forget him. To fly. The Grief Disruptor® Podcast is a raw, unfiltered conversation about grief, widowhood, identity, dating, parenting, rebuilding, and learning how to live after life doesn't go according to plan. The G3 Framework: Grief → Grit → GlowUp Instagram: @thegriefdisruptor Facebook: @thegriefdisruptor TikTok: @thegriefdisruptor The Grief Disruptor® Podcast: YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms ABOUT DONIELLE YOUNG Donielle Young is The Grief Disruptor® and founder of MHDS Media. After losing her husband, Dwaine, to stage 4 colon cancer, she left a two-decade corporate career to build a platform challenging the rules, timelines, and expectations society places around grief. The Grief Disruptor® Podcast is for the woman who is done being told how to grieve and ready to rebuild her life on her own terms. If you've ever wondered whether letting go means you're leaving them behind, this episode is for you. Subscribe, share the episode, and tell me in the comments: What have you been afraid to let go of?
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  The Checklist Is a Lie: Killing the Five Stages of Grief 19.08.2026 14min

  They gave you five stages. Told you to feel it in order. Told you there was a right way to grieve. They lied. In this episode, Donielle Young, The Grief Disruptor®, burns the checklist down and tells you the truth about what grief actually looks like when nobody is performing it for anyone else. If you've ever felt like you were failing at your own grief, this one's for you. THE G3 FRAMEWORK® Grief → Grit → GlowUp FOLLOW THE GRIEF DISRUPTOR® 📱 Instagram: @thegriefdisruptor 📘 Facebook: @thegriefdisruptor 🎵 TikTok: @thegriefdisruptor ABOUT DONIELLE YOUNG Widow. Mother. Founder of MHDS Media. Over two decades in corporate finance advising C-suite executives. Now disrupting the way grief is packaged and sold. The Grief Disruptor® Podcast drops twice monthly. Subscribe. Leave a review. Share this with someone who needed it yesterday.
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  The Audacity of The Audience 05.08.2026 18min

  Where were they when you were sitting in hospital rooms? When you couldn't sleep? When your entire world was falling apart? And why do the people who weren't there suddenly think they get to decide how you should grieve... how long you should grieve... or how you should rebuild your life? In this first episode of The Grief Disruptor® Podcast, Donielle Young shares the raw truth about what happens after the funeral, when the casseroles stop coming, the phone stops ringing, and everyone seems to have an opinion about your healing. This isn't about grief. It's about reclaiming your identity after loss. You'll learn why you don't need permission to smile again, date again, dream again, or create a life that still brings you joy. Through her G³ Framework (Grief → Grit → Glow Up®), Donielle shares practical tools and hard-earned lessons to help you stop living for other people's expectations and start rebuilding a life that's yours. In this episode: Why people judge grief they never witnessed The truth about "I'll be there if you need me" How to stop carrying other people's expectations Finding the courage to rebuild after devastating loss Three practical ways to protect your peace and reclaim your life If you've ever felt judged for how you're healing, this episode is for you. 🎧 Subscribe to The Grief Disruptor® Podcast for honest conversations about grief, identity, resilience, dating after loss, parenting, rebuilding your life, and finding hope in the messy middle. 💛 If this episode resonates with you, share it with someone who needs to hear that they're allowed to live again.
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  Trailer - The Grief Disruptor® Podcast is here! 04.08.2026

  Everyone talks about the loss. We're talking about the messy middle. The part no one prepares you for. The moments when your world has changed, but life expects you to keep going. When you don't recognize yourself anymore. When you're grieving a person, a relationship, a career, a dream... or the version of yourself you thought you'd always be. I'm Donielle Young, author, keynote speaker, and creator of the G³ Framework™: Grief. Grit. Glow Up. I created The Grief Disruptor® because I've lived through the kind of loss that changes everything. I know what it feels like to wonder if you'll ever feel like yourself again. This podcast is for anyone who has ever lost someone, something, or themselves and is ready to stop simply surviving and start rebuilding. Each episode brings you raw conversations, real stories, and practical tools to help you navigate grief, rediscover your identity, and create a life you never thought was possible. This isn't a grief support group. It's where grief meets grit... and healing becomes your glow up. Welcome to The Grief Disruptor®. Your story isn't over. It's just beginning.