Grief Episodes

⚠️ Content Note: This episode includes discussions of grief and loss. Please take care of yourself while listening. Grief doesn’t come with a timeline — and it doesn’t look the same for everyone. In this episode of Travel Time Stories with Shannon, Shannon and Ann sit down with Lisa Rites, certified grief educator and author, for an honest, compassionate conversation about the many forms grief can take — including loss, divorce, and life transitions that don’t always get acknowledged. Toge...

What happens when the life you built with someone you love suddenly changes forever? In this deeply moving episode of Travel Time Stories, Shannon and Ann sit down with Derrik Dyka, author of Good Grief Travel, to discuss grief, healing, loneliness, reinvention, and the unexpected ways travel helped him rebuild life after losing his wife of 24 years. Through journeys across Thailand, China, and beyond, Derrik discovered that healing often happens in the quietest moments—through conversations ...