Love, Loss, and Finding Joy Again

Heartache, Health, and Healing · Nov 13, 2025 · 1h 2m

In today's episode, I had the honor and pleasure to sit down with Tony Stewart — an author and certified grief educator whose story is beautiful, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful. His memoir Carrying the Tiger: Living with Cancer, Dying with Grace, Finding Joy While Grieving shares the story of his life with his wife Lynn as they faced her incurable cancer, the pain of loss, and the surprising path to healing.

During our conversation, Tony opens up with refreshingly honest detail about what it’s like to stand beside someone you love through illness, how you find meaning when everything…