Grief Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have a Beautiful Life with Krista Jones

Life doesn't always go the way we thought it would. Sometimes it's losing someone we love. Sometimes it's heartbreak, a friendship ending, a diagnosis, a career change, or simply realizing the life we pictured for ourselves isn't the life we're living.Krista Jones learned that lesson earlier than most. She lost her dad to cancer when she was just seven years old, was raised in large part by her grandparents before eventually losing both of them, and at 19 watched her mom battle breast cancer.But this episode isn't only about grief. It's about what happens after life changes you.Olivia and Krista talk about how to keep moving forward when something happens that you never would have chosen, why hard experiences can make us desperate for control, how to stop living in fear of the next bad thing happening, and what it looks like to let joy back into your life without pretending the hard things didn't happen.They also talk about relationships, anxiety, therapy, faith, and trusting God when life feels unfair.Because grief isn't limited to death. We grieve people, relationships, dreams, seasons, expectations, and versions of our lives we thought we'd have. And maybe moving forward isn't about getting back to who you were before.Maybe it's learning that you can carry what happened to you and still build a really beautiful life.Connect with Krista: Instagram: @kjostylesConnect with Olivia: Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett