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Danielle Elliott Smith
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  • This week on Hope Comes to Visit, I sit down with Kelly Karavousanos — a licensed professional counselor, certified thanatologist, licensed funeral director, and someone who has personally helped guide me through some of the darkest grief of my life. Kelly understands grief not just as a clinician, but as a human being who has lived through profound loss herself. In this conversation, we talk about what grief really asks of us, why our culture is so uncomfortable with death and dying, and how healing happens not by avoiding pain — but by moving through it.

    Kelly Karavousanos on Grief, Hope, and the Healing Power of Presence

  • It Only Takes One Yes: Julie Whitney on Reinvention, Resilience and Second Acts

  • Ann Imig shares how to rewire your brain for hope, calm, and clarity — even in burnout and midlife transition. In this episode, we discuss neuroscience, stress, achievement addiction, sobriety, and why hopeful action creates hopeful feelings.

    How to Rewire Your Brain for Hope: A Conversation with Ann Imig

  • A mindfulness coach, yoga teacher, and soon-to-be author, Oneika spent years teaching meditation and yoga at Rikers Island — bringing practices of loving kindness into an environment often defined by hostility and control.

    Learning to Love What You Don’t Like: A Conversation with Oneika Mays

  • This week I’m joined by Susan L. Combs—president of Combs & Company, bestselling author, and daughter of Major General Roger E. Combs. We talk about the moment “Pancakes for Roger” was born, the quiet heroism of caregivers, what the military gave her family (and took), and how a single story can make a difference

    Pancakes for Roger: Love, Service, and the Lessons Our Parents Leave Us — with Susan L. Combs

  • I’m joined by my long-time friend Jessica Ashley—the Divorce Coach for Moms (CDC Certified Divorce Coach®), award-winning writer, and pink-haired powerhouse helping women move through divorce with clarity, community, and yes… a little cussing. We talk about identity, grief that resurfaces in tiny moments, and how to be “amicable” with yourself when co-parenting isn’t collaborative.

    Laugh, Cry, Cuss, Evolve: Practical Hope for Divorce with Jessica Ashley

  • Every story has a turning point. For Tina, loving Adam meant learning the difference between fixing and faithfully showing up. In this conversation, we talk about the season when alcohol felt like a blanket for his pain, the boundaries that kept Tina from losing herself, and the day Adam decided to break the chains for good. We also talk about parenting through guilt, why recovery is not one-size-fits-all, and how joy returns—slowly, daily, together.

    When Love Stay: Showing Up for your Partner Without Losing Yourself with Tina Hamby

  • When the relationship changes, the season isn’t over. Here’s how we became co-captains for our kids—and the five rules we run every day.

    From Marriage to Team: Our Co-Parenting Playbook with my ex-Husband (and friend) Jeff Smith

  • This year, my word of the year is Audacity—not the loud kind, the tender kind that says: I’m still here, and I’m going to live like it.

    Light, Audacity, and Showing Up- My Word (and Work) for 2026

  • Theo shares the day everything changed: her mother’s tragic death in a farm accident, the unraveling of her marriage, the sudden loss of her counselor, and—three years later—her father’s suicide. Through it all, Theo kept writing, first in private journals, then in two books: My Grief Is Not Like Yours and now Hope All the Way.

    When the Paint Chips: Finding Light After Unthinkable Loss with Theo Boyd

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