<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hot Mess Express - Grief Unfiltered]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Grief is messy, ugly, and nobody tells you that. We do.</p><p></p><p>Nobody hands you a roadmap when someone you love dies. There's no script, no timeline, and definitely no one warning you that grief will hit you in the cereal aisle at 11 am on a Tuesday.</p><p>Hot Mess Express: Grief Unfiltered is the podcast for people who are doing grief wrong,  or at least that's what it feels like. Two real women, in the thick of their own losses, sitting down with people from an actual grief support group to talk about what this really looks like. 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We do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nobody hands you a roadmap when someone you love dies. There&apos;s no script, no timeline, and definitely no one warning you that grief will hit you in the cereal aisle at 11 am on a Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hot Mess Express: Grief Unfiltered is the podcast for people who are doing grief wrong,  or at least that&apos;s what it feels like. Two real women, in the thick of their own losses, sitting down with people from an actual grief support group to talk about what this really looks like. Not the highlight reel. The whole disaster.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&apos;re Canadian, we&apos;re unfiltered, and we&apos;re not here to fix you. We&apos;re here because nobody should have to white-knuckle this alone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New episodes drop regularly. Bring your mess.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Zoe Clements &amp; Maria Van Den Elzen</itunes:name><itunes:email>zoeclements94@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Personal Journals"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Health &amp; Fitness"><itunes:category text="Mental Health"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/b7f6866f-ead3-422b-8a39-17ff1daa56ce/logos/dc22919b-99eb-4bbf-a677-219b28d41bec.jpeg"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Day Everything Changed]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>The fog of having to make decisions you were never supposed to make alone.</p><p></p><p>We lived through the worst day of our lives. And we came out the other side still standing. Barely sometimes. 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And we came out the other side still standing. Barely sometimes. But standing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is that story.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:28:06</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/b7f6866f-ead3-422b-8a39-17ff1daa56ce/logos/dc22919b-99eb-4bbf-a677-219b28d41bec.jpeg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:title>The Day Everything Changed</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buckle Up, Welcome to the Mess]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Grief is a mess. We are a mess. Welcome home. Nobody told us it would be like this. So we're telling you. This is what grief actually looks like. 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