John Onwuchekwa
Grief isn’t a journey to finish. It’s a language we learn.
The Talk
The Podcast
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.
Episodes
What If Grief Is A Language We Never Learned?
1. Dating After Widowhood: Can You Have More Than One Love Of Your Life?
2. KevOnStage on Losing His Brother and Learning the Language of Grief
3. This Is Your Brain on Grief — with Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor
5. Compounded Grief: Multiple Losses and Numbness — with Natalie Lauren Sims
6. What Witnessing 1,000 Deaths Taught Hospital Chaplain Joon Park About Grief, Faith and Loneliness
Why This Hospital Chaplain Stopped Trying to Fix People’s Grief
The Book
The Writing
What If Grief Is A Language We Never Learned?
The Five Stages of Grief Were Never Meant for You