Grief Is A Language™ is a podcast about grief, loss, love, loneliness, healing, and what it means to be human. Hosted by John Onwuchekwa, each episode weaves together powerful stories, conversations, and insights from psychologists, neuroscientists, artists, authors, comedians, and everyday people navigating loss. Together, they explore grief in all its forms—from the death of a loved one to divorce, friendship, identity, illness, and the life we imagined but never got to live. Because grief isn't a journey to finish. It's a language we learn.
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Can You Find Love Again After Losing Your Spouse?
Saison 1
vendredi 31 juillet 2026 • Durée 10:57
In this segment, Jessica and Jordan Rice open up about the complicated reality of dating after losing a spouse young. Jessica shares what it felt like to enter the dating world as a widow in her twenties, carrying both love for Jerron and uncertainty about who she was becoming. Jordan reflects on the awkwardness of starting over after Danielle’s death, the gift of her blessing to build a life again, and the fear that he might never feel deeply for someone new.
Together, their stories give language to the tension of loving again after loss: wanting a future, honoring the past, and wondering if anyone will truly understand the grief you still carry.
RESOURCES:
John Onwuchekwa
Website | johno.co
IG | @jawn_o
Grief Is A Language is produced by EPYC Media Network
2: KevOnStage on Losing His Brother and Learning the Language of Grief
Saison 1 · Épisode 2
lundi 27 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:08:39
What happens when the person who knew you best is suddenly gone?
In this powerful and unexpectedly funny conversation, comedian, creator, and entrepreneur KevOnStage talks about the loss of his older brother, Jason. Together, they explore why grief doesn't feel like a journey, why the popular "five stages" framework often falls short, and how loss reshapes the way we move through the world.
Kev opens up about the strange realities of sibling loss: becoming older than your older brother, reaching for your phone to text someone who's no longer here, and realizing that the world keeps moving while yours has stopped. Through humor, honesty, and profound reflection, he shares how grief altered his relationships, his trust, his career, and his understanding of love itself.
This Grief Is A Language episode unpacks what it means to learn that language through the body, memory, storytelling, laughter, tears, and community.
KEY POINTS
00:00 – John and Kev share the impact of losing their older brothers
08:26 – The unique grief of losing a sibling and how it reshapes identity
12:14 – Why the 5 stages of grief are a myth
15:14 – Grief isn't linear—it comes in waves
16:40 – Grief is a language, not a journey
19:19 – The loneliness of watching the world move on after loss
30:28 – Why your brain keeps expecting your loved one to be there
36:12 – How grief changes your relationships and sense of safety
50:16 – Why joy and grief can exist at the same time
1:07:25 – The best way to support someone who is grieving
QUOTES
"It felt like I was taken from America, dropped in the middle of Vietnam. I don't know this language at all." – KevOnStage
"The loss is inevitable, and it is painful, but then with that loss, it's like I'm trying to find somebody that can at least be with me in this loss." – John Onwuchekwa
"I wanted the world to stop and acknowledge my personal pain." – KevOnStage
RESOURCES:
KevOnStage
Website | kevonstage.com
IG | @KevOnStage
John Onwuchekwa
Website | johno.co
IG | @jawn_o
Grief Is A Language is produced by EPYC Media Network
1: Dating After Widowhood: Can You Have More Than One Love Of Your Life?
Saison 1 · Épisode 1
lundi 27 juillet 2026 • Durée 01:15:13
Jordan and Jessica Rice never expected to have this much in common.
Both lost their spouses unexpectedly in their twenties. Both found themselves navigating a kind of grief that few people around them could understand. And both eventually faced the same impossible questions: Can you fall in love again after losing the love of your life? How do you build a future without leaving your past behind? Can your heart make room for both?
In this deeply moving conversation, Jordan and Jessica share the stories of losing Jerron and Danielle, the loneliness of becoming widowed at a young age, the awkward realities of dating after loss, and the surprising connection that changed both of their lives.
Together, they explore what it means to honor the people who shaped you while embracing the life in front of you. They discuss why grief doesn't disappear when love returns, why moving forward isn't the same as moving on, and how finding someone who spoke the same language of loss helped them feel less alone.
This episode challenges common ideas about soulmates, closure, and the "love of your life," offering a more honest picture of how love and grief can coexist.
Because sometimes healing isn't about letting go.
Sometimes healing is about finding someone who understands what you'll always carry.
KEY POINTS
00:00 – Jordan and Jessica share how they both became widowed in their twenties
04:50 – They explain why finding each other didn't bring an end to their grief
07:01 – They challenge the idea that you can only have one love of your life
10:19 – John reframes grief by encouraging people to ask about someone's love instead of only acknowledging their loss
12:38 – Jessica recounts losing Jerron just three months after they were married
26:07 – Jordan shares Danielle's cancer journey, remission, relapse, and death
36:47 – They reflect on the challenges of dating and loving again after widowhood
53:39 – They describe how meeting someone fluent in grief changed their lives
01:04:20 – They share how they honor Jerron and Danielle while raising their family together
01:06:18 – They offer advice on supporting widowed people with patience, honesty, and curiosity
QUOTES
“Burying somebody's body doesn't mean burying their existence.” – Jordan Rice
“Grief hadn't done something to me, [it] had enlarged my life and had created a whole new Jordan that created space for new levels of intimacy and connection.” – Jordan Rice
“I think there's something about the loss of a spouse that is particularly painful and nuanced in a way where the grief is almost the only thing that remains, not that person.” – Jessica Rice
“I never thought that I could feel the depth of what I was feeling for anybody new.” – Jordan Rice
“We're madly in love with each other. Our hearts have expanded to allow for that. It's not like we came in and replaced the other person.” – Jessica Rice
RESOURCES:
John Onwuchekwa
Website | johno.co
IG | @jawn_o
Grief Is A Language is produced by EPYC Media Network
Our Most Shared Experience Is Also The Most Isolating | Grief is a Language Official Trailer
Saison 1
jeudi 23 juillet 2026 • Durée 03:24
At some point, grief finds all of us.
Sometimes, it arrives through the death of someone we love. It may also come through divorce, illness, disappointment, loneliness, a lost future, or the painful realization that life did not unfold the way we hoped it would. Yet for something so universal, many of us struggle to find words for what we're carrying. We feel isolated in experiences that millions of people have lived before us.
Hosted by Dr. John Onwuchekwa, Grief Is A Language podcast invites listeners into a different conversation about grief. Through honest conversations with authors, therapists, neuroscientists, artists, pastors, caregivers, widows, comedians, and everyday people, every episode explores what it means to live with loss and how learning its language can help us feel less alone.
Are you grieving someone you've lost, navigating a major life transition, supporting someone you love, or simply trying to understand your own story a little better? This podcast reminds us that grief may be universal, but it was never meant to be carried alone.
RESOURCES:
John Onwuchekwa
Website | johno.co
IG | @jawn_o
Grief Is A Language is produced by EPYC Media Network
What If Grief Is A Language We Never Learned? | John Onwuchekwa
mercredi 22 juillet 2026 • Durée 02:19
At some point, grief finds all of us.
Sometimes, it arrives through the death of someone we love. It may also come through divorce, illness, disappointment, loneliness, a lost future, or the painful realization that life did not unfold the way we hoped it would. Yet for something so universal, many of us struggle to find words for what we're carrying. We feel isolated in experiences that millions of people have lived before us.
Hosted by Dr. John Onwuchekwa, Grief Is A Language podcast invites listeners into a different conversation about grief. Through honest conversations with authors, therapists, neuroscientists, artists, pastors, caregivers, widows, comedians, and everyday people, every episode explores what it means to live with loss and how learning its language can help us feel less alone.
Are you grieving someone you've lost, navigating a major life transition, supporting someone you love, or simply trying to understand your own story a little better? This podcast reminds us that grief may be universal, but it was never meant to be carried alone.
RESOURCES:
John Onwuchekwa
Website | johno.co
IG | @jawn_o
Grief Is A Language is produced by EPYC Media Network